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Exploring the Overlap Between Dyslexia and Speech Sound Production Deficits
Kathryn L Cabbage1, Kelly Farquharson2, Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel3
1Department of Communication Disorders, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
|November 21, 2018
Summary
Children with dyslexia often exhibit speech production errors. Speech-language pathologists can identify dyslexia risk factors in young children by examining these speech production deficits.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Developmental Psychology
- Speech-Language Pathology
Background:
- Children with dyslexia frequently present with speech production deficits.
- These deficits occur across various spoken language contexts.
- Understanding these errors is crucial for early identification.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore speech production errors in children with dyslexia.
- To identify speech production-specific risk factors for dyslexia.
- To aid speech-language pathologists in predicting and identifying dyslexia in young children.
Main Methods:
- Review of phonological deficits and their manifestation as speech production errors.
- Analysis of speech sound disorder in relation to dyslexia.
- Examination of non-phonological risk factors for dyslexia.
Main Results:
- Phonological deficits contribute to speech production errors in dyslexia.
- Speech sound disorder can co-occur with dyslexia, but not always.
- Speech-language pathologists can utilize speech production data for dyslexia identification.
Conclusions:
- Speech-language pathologists are uniquely positioned to identify children at risk for dyslexia.
- Clinical recommendations for addressing speech production deficits in dyslexia are provided.
- Early identification of dyslexia risk is facilitated by understanding speech production patterns.
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