Imitative and spontaneous articulatory assessment of three-year-old children

One hundred children (25 three-year-old girls, 25 three-year-old boys, 25 three-and-a-half-year-old girls, and 25 three-and-a-half-year-old boys) were administered an articulation test using the spontaneous method and then the imitative method of stimulus presentation. No significant differences were found between the methods of stimulus presentation on the subjects' total articulation scores. Articulatory performance was significantly influenced by age, sex, and the interaction of age and sex.