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1Phonetics Department, Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary.
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
|November 26, 2014
Summary
Children with functional articulation disorders (FADs) exhibit underdeveloped auditory speech processing and comprehension skills compared to peers. These deficits vary by task and are present across all tested age groups.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Developmental Psychology
- Speech-Language Pathology
Background:
- Functional articulation disorders (FADs) can impact broader language skills.
- Auditory processing is crucial for speech comprehension and production.
- Early identification of co-occurring disorders is vital for intervention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate auditory speech processing and comprehension in Hungarian children aged 5-8 with FADs.
- To compare the auditory skills of children with FADs to typically developing peers.
- To determine if FADs are associated with auditory processing deficits.
Main Methods:
- Participants included monolingual Hungarian children aged 5-8 with FADs and typically developing controls.
- Auditory speech processing was assessed using sentence and non-word repetitions.
- Non-word discrimination and sentence/story comprehension tasks were also administered.
Main Results:
- Children with FADs demonstrated underdeveloped auditory speech processing compared to controls.
- Auditory skill deficits in children with FADs varied significantly across different task types.
- Differences were observed in all age groups from 5 to 8 years.
Conclusions:
- Functional articulation disorders may co-occur with auditory speech processing impairments.
- The findings highlight the heterogeneity of auditory processing challenges in children with FADs.
- Results have significant clinical implications for assessment and intervention strategies.
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