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The article focuses on basic techniques in obtaining objective data during speech-language therapy for persons with speech and language disorder. Among the techniques cited include voice recording through the use of appropriate microphone, measuring the sound pressure level (SPL) at various points of the patient speech, and assessing the laryngeal system. It also emphasizes the importance of respiratory phrasing to improve measurement of speech rate by observing the breathing.

Discusses clinical decision-making processes involved in the selection and timing of interventions for dysarthria, a group of motor speech disorders characterized by weakness, slowness and lack of coordination of the speech musculature resulting from damage to the central peripheral nervous system. Models of disablement; Management of velopharyngeal function; Interventions for spasmodic dysphonia; Management of respiratory and phonatory dysfunction

The article discusses a 2019 study in Sweden which shows that international adoptee children with deft lip and/or palate (CL/P) who have undergone corrective surgery may experience higher rates of hearing loss due to middle-ear disease and velopharyngeal impairment. It states that such children had impaired palate function and speech at age 5 compared to non-adoptee children with the same condition. Also noted are adopted children's high risk for undergoing several operations.

Deals with the Web site developed by the University of Iowa Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Team to address treatment issues in children with velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI). Range of information provided by the site; Goals of the site.