I am a graduate student working on Master's degree in Speech Pathology. I am currently seeing a child with OMA and I visited this site to find more about the causes of OMA for the child's mother. From my studies I have found that in cases where damage has occurred in the brain, it is located in the premotor area and the supplementary motor area of the frontal lobe. I would like to now more about the pathways and how and where the signals are getting lost. Apraxia is a strange disorder with all of its inconsistencies, but my client seems to be doing very well with therapy. I am using the program called "Moving Across Syllables." It seems to be an effective tool for facilitating responses and improving productions.