[Error analysis of functional articulation disorders in children].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To explore the clinical characteristic of functional articulation disorders in children and provide more evidence for differential diagnosis and speech therapy.

METHODS:

172 children with functional articulation disorders were grouped by age. Children aged 4-5 years were assigned to one group, and those aged 6-10 years were to another group. Their phonological samples were collected and analyzed.

RESULTS:

In the two groups, substitution and omission (deletion) were the mainly articulation errors in these children, dental consonants were the main wrong sounds, and bilabial and labio-dental were rarely wrong. In age 4-5 group, sequence according to the error frequency from the highest to lowest was dental, velar, lingual, apical, bilabial, and labio-dental. In age 6-10 group, the sequence was dental, lingual, apical, velar, bilabial, labio-dental. Lateral misarticulation and palatalized misarticulation occurred more often in age 6-10 group than age 4-5 group and were only found in lingual and dental consonants in two groups.

CONCLUSION:

Misarticulation of functional articulation disorders mainly occurs in dental and rarely in bilabial and labio-dental. Substitution and omission are the most often occurred errors. Lateral misarticulation and palatalized misarticulation occur mainly in lingual and dental consonants.

• Authors: Qiao-juan Zhou, Heng Yin, Bing Shi
• Journal: Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology (Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi) Vol. 26 Issue 4 Pg. 391-5 (Aug 2008) ISSN: 1000-1182 [Print] China
• PMID: 18780497 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Articulation Disorders
• Child
• Female
• Humans
• Lip
• Male
• Tongue