AbstractOne challenging area of speech-language patholo-gy is evaluating treatment change in children with speech sound disorder (SSD) with amotor basis. A clinician’sknowl-edge and use of outcome measures following treatment are central to evidence-based practice. This narrative review eval-uates the use of outcome measures to assess treatment change inmotor-based SSDs. Seven databases were searched to iden-tify studies reporting outcomes of treatment in SSDs between 1985 and 2014. Sixty-six studies were identified for analysis, and reported outcome measures were categorized within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework (ICF-CY). The majority of studies used perceptual methods (despite their limitations) to evaluate change at the impairment level of the ICF-CYand only three studies examined participation level factors. Accurate outcome measures that reflect the underlying deficit of the SSD as well as activity/participation level factors need to be implemented to document intervention suc-cess in this population.
KeywordsSpeech sound disorder.Motor speech.Child. Speech therapy.Speech intervention.Outcomemeasure