Acquired apraxia of speech (AOS) commonly occurs concomitant with Broca’s, anomic, or nonclassified aphasiaAOS is a disorder of motor speech characterized by disruption of automatic programming and sequencing of oral motor patters for speech.This disruption of sensorimotor plans or programs causes speech to be phonetically and prosodically distorted because phonological representations of speech are inadequately programmed and executed (Duffy, 2005)