Eleven individuals previously diagnosed as having familial dysautonomia were tested by means of the Templin-Darley articulation test and pure tone audiometry to determine their speech and hearing performances. The most frequently misarticulated sounds were /l/, /s/, /z/, /∫/, and /r/, with sound distortion being the most frequendy occurring type of misarticulation. The articulatory defects appeared to be due to dysarthric disturbance manifested by difficulty with gross and fine motor control, coupled with general retarded motor development. Audiometric hearing levels (ASA-1951) were within normal limits.