Gibbon, FionaWood, Sara2018-06-292018-06-292003Gibbon, F.E. and Wood, S.E. (2003) ‘Using electropalatography (Epg) to diagnose and treat articulation disorders associated with mild cerebral palsy: a case study’, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 17(4–5), pp. 365–374. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/0269920031000079976.2699206http://doi.org/10.1080/0269920031000079976https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/2190Some children with mild cerebral palsy have articulation disorders that are resistant to conventional speech therapy techniques. This preliminary study investigated the use of electropalatography (EPG) to diagnose and treat a longstanding articulation disorder that had not responded to conventional speech therapy techniques in an 8-year-old boy (D) with a congenital left hemiplegia. The targets for EPG therapy were speech errors affecting velar targets /k, g, n/, which were consistently fronted to alveolar placement [t, d, n]. After 15 sessions of EPG therapy over a 4-month period, D's ability to produce velars improved significantly. The EPG data revealed two features of diagnostic importance. The first was an unusually asymmetrical pattern of tongue-palate contact and the second was unusually long stop closure durations. These features are interpreted as a subtle form of impaired speech motor control that could be related to a mild residual neurological deficit. The results suggest that EPG is of potential benefit for diagnosing and treating articulation disorders in individuals with mild cerebral palsy.365-374Congenital HemiplegiaCerebral PalsySpeechElectropalatography (Epg)Speech And Language TherapyArticulation Disorder. Introductionarticlehttp://DOI: 10.1080/0269920031000079976