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Eline Alons1,2, Bianca Berndsen-van Swaaij3, Caroline Terwee4,5
1Research Centre Healthy and Sustainable Living, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
|December 11, 2025
Summary
Children with communication disorders identified 44 concepts detailing difficulties in communicative participation. These findings will inform the development of a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for speech and language therapy.
Area of Science:
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Pediatric Communication Disorders
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
Background:
- Communicative participation is a primary goal of speech and language therapy.
- A patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) is needed to assess children's communicative participation.
- Children's perspectives on communication challenges are crucial for developing effective PROMs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify aspects of self-reported communicative participation relevant to children with communication disorders.
- To explore children's own experiences of communication difficulties.
Main Methods:
- Semi-structured interviews and diaries were used with 13 children (ages 5-12) with speech disorders, DLDs, voice disorders, and/or hearing loss.
- Data analysis involved directed content analysis based on an existing theoretical framework.
- Children's recall and reflection abilities were also observed.
Main Results:
- 171 situations were discussed, yielding 44 concepts categorized into person, topic, pace, location, moment, and mode.
- Some children, particularly those under 8 with DLD, experienced difficulties recalling and reflecting on communicative participation.
- The identified concepts offer insights into children's self-perceived communication challenges.
Conclusions:
- The 44 concepts provide a foundation for developing a PROM for children's communicative participation.
- These concepts can be directly applied in clinical conversations with children.
- The study contributes to a better understanding of communicative participation from the child's perspective.
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