Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a speech disorder in which the mouth cannot make the quick movements necessary to speak, even after the brain tells it what to do.
ASHA is the national professional, scientific and credentialing association for audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language support personnel; and students.
NIDCD, part of the National Institutes of Health, conducts and supports research in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech and language.