(2007-08) McCann, Joanne; Wrench, Alan A.; This research was supported by a grant form the
Recent research has suggested that eliciting
diadochokinetic (DDK) rate and accuracy in young
children is difficult [1], with analysis being timeconsuming.This paper details a new protocol for
assessing DDK in young children or children with
intellectual impairment (Down's syndrome) and a
method for calculating accuracy scores
automatically. Accuracy scores were calculated
from auditory and electropalatographic analyses
and found to correlate in some instances. The
children with Down's syndrome presented with
similar DDK rates to typically-developing children
but reduced accuracy.
