Speech and nonspeech: What are we talking about?
Edwin Maas
PMID 27701907WHAT IT FOUND
No new evidence for practice.
This theoretical review debates whether speech uses a special motor system or shared oral-motor systems, without participants or outcomes.
What this paper is
This is a theoretical review, not a study of patients. It debates whether speech production is controlled by a special motor system or by systems shared with other oral movements, and discusses what that debate means for assessment and treatment. It reports no methods, participants, or outcomes, so there is no finding here to change practice.
Declared interests
The author reports no conflicts of interest and states the author alone is responsible for the content and writing.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this review as evidence that speech is controlled by a separate motor system or that nonspeech oral motor exercises improve speech. It is theoretical and reports no participants or outcomes.