Phonological abilities in Persian preschool children with stuttering and fluent peers
Iranian Journal of Child Neurology,
Vol. 13 No. 4 (2019),
1 October 2019
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Page 75-82
https://doi.org/10.22037/ijcn.v13i4.19122
Abstract
Objectives
Speech sound production is poorer in stutterers than normally fluent peers. This study was performed to compare speech sound production abilities in Persian speaking children with developmental stuttering.
Materials & Methods
Overall, 34 children with stuttering and 60 children without stuttering aged from 3 to 6 yr old were enrolled from Ahvaz City, Khuzestan Province, southern Iran in 2016. The phonetic information test was used to assess speech sound production in this study and 30-minute mother-child conversations were utilized for calculation of Percentage Consonant Correct. Phonological abilities of these two groups were compared against each other and a correlation between stuttering severity and speech sound articulation was calculated.
Results
There was significant difference between children with stuttering and normal peers for articulation error total percentage but not significant difference was found for percentage consonant correct (P=0.16). Moreover, no significant correlation between stuttering severity and speech sound production in this population was found.
Conclusion
No association seems to exist between stuttering severity and speech sound production abilities in this population. This study may lead to the notion that there was significant difference between the two groups in speech sound production assessment.
- Stuttering
- Speech sound production
- Percentage consonant correct
- Preschool children
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