Phonological processes in Portuguese children with speech sound disorders

• Authors: Luis M. T. Jesus , Marisa Lousada , Diana Domingues , Andreia Hall , David Tomé
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study investigates the nature of phonological impairment in 20 pre- and early school Portuguese children with phonologically based Speech Sound Disorders (SSD). The phonological profile of these children was compared with the performance of 232 younger typically developing (TD) controls. Results showed differences in phonological acquisition of children with phonologically based SSD, namely a low percentage of correct consonants score and a higher percentage of occurrences of typical phonological processes. Children with phonologically based SSD also used phonological processes (e.g., backing and initial consonant deletion) that are considered unusual in normally developing children and were not observed in the TD group. Results for SSD children also showed that early acquisition consonants were substituted by later acquisitions. Children with SSD presented differences in phonological acquisition, unusual phonological processes, and replaced early acquisition consonants by later acquisition consonants. This knowledge is useful for speech and language therapists in the diagnosis and treatment of SSD.

Keywords

EN

speech sound disorders; phonological processes; children; Portuguese

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Journal: Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-88

Dates

received

2014-06-23

revised

2014-10-21

accepted

2014-11-09

online

2015-03-31

Contributors

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Luis M. T. Jesus

• University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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Marisa Lousada

• University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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Diana Domingues

• University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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Andreia Hall

• University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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David Tomé

• Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/psicl-2015-0003