Effectiveness of speech therapy in adults with intellectual disabilities.

Hayo TerbandMarjolein C Coppens-HofmanMaaike ReffeltrathBen A M Maassen

Published in: Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID (2017)

Speech therapy for people with intellectual disability can be effective at adult age and hearing loss should not prevent treatment. Continued attention to speech can help augment verbal communication skills in this population.

Keyphrases

hearing loss
intellectual disability
working memory
autism spectrum disorder
randomized controlled trial
systematic review