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Speech motor control in children with phonological acquisition difficulties
Author(s) -
WATERS DAPHNE
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-6984.1995.tb01692.x
Subject(s) - psychology , imitation , audiology , control (management) , maturity (psychological) , developmental psychology , language disorder , phonological development , phonology , linguistics , cognition , medicine , social psychology , philosophy , management , neuroscience , economics
A brief report is given of an investigation of level of maturity of speech motor control in a group of 12 phonologically disordered children aged 44–58 months. The study uses spectrographic analysis of multiple token connected speech data elicited by delayed imitation. Results give some support to the view that poor speech motor control may be a factor in developmental phonological disability. Implications for assessment and therapy are discussed.