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Waring, Rebecca; Rickard Liow, Susan; Dodd, Barbara; Eadie, Patricia – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: The conversational speech of most children can be understood by people outside the family by the time they reach 4 years. However, for some children, speech sound disorders (SSDs) persist into their early school years, and beyond, despite adequate hearing, oromotor function, and language learning opportunities. One explanation for…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Phonology, Short Term Memory, Speech Impairments
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Jørgensen, Line Dahl; Willadsen, Elisabeth – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: Speech-sound development in preschoolers with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) as a group is delayed/disordered, and obstruents comprise the most vulnerable sound class. Aims: To evaluate the development of obstruent correctness (PCC-obs) and error types (cleft speech characteristics (CSCs) and developmental speech…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Speech Communication, Congenital Impairments, Foreign Countries
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Waring, R.; Knight, R. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: Children with speech sound disorders (SSD) form a heterogeneous group who differ in terms of the severity of their condition, underlying cause, speech errors, involvement of other aspects of the linguistic system and treatment response. To date there is no universal and agreed-upon classification system. Instead, a number of…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Classification, Etiology, Speech Language Pathology
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van Bysterveldt, Anne Katherine; Gillon, Gail; Foster-Cohen, Susan – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: Children with Down syndrome experience difficulty with both spoken and written language acquisition, however controlled intervention studies to improve these difficulties are rare and have typically focused on improving one language domain. Aims: To investigate the effectiveness of an integrated intervention approach on the speech,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Phonemes, Beginning Reading, Written Language