Distinguishing groups of children with persistent speech disorder: Findings from a prospective population study

Wren, Yvonne E.; Miller, Laura L.; Roulstone, Sue

Abstract

As part of a large-scale study of children's development, 7390 children were assessed on a range of speech tasks. These were used to identify three groups of children with speech errors within the sample: persistent speech disorder (PSD); speech errors but below the threshold for classification as persistent speech disorder (non-PSD); and common clinical distortions only (CCD). These three groups were compared on demographic factors, performance on IQ, non-word repetition, and diadochokinetic tests. Findings showed that the PSD group and the non-PSD group were most similar for gender, socio-economic status, IQ, and non-word repetition. In the diadochokinetic tasks, the PSD group and the CCD groups were more similar. Implications for these findings in terms of clinical practice are discussed. © 2012 Informa UK, Ltd.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2012
• Journal: Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology
• Print ISSN: 1401-5439
• Electronic ISSN: 1651-2022
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-10
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/14015439.2011.625973
• Keywords: children, speech disorder
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/948647
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14015439.2011.625973