Risk factors associated with developmental Articulation disorders

Abstract

Speech and language development is influenced by multiple factors and depends on interaction between biological bases and environmental influences. Developmental process of voices pronunciation acquisition is a part of speech and language development. Various risk factors during labor and after the birth, besides risk factors present during the pregnancy, may have a negative influence on early child development including the process of speech and language acquisition. Research aim was to determine in what extend are present different perinatal and postnatal risk factors in children who have developmental articulation disorders. The research was conducted in Institute for experimental phonetics and speech pathology (IEPSP) in Belgrade. It included a group of 215 children (118 boys and 97 girls) at the age between 3 and 9 years who have diagnoses of developmental articulation disorder (Dyslalia-F80.0) according to estimation by IEPSP Test Battery. All children were on continuous audio-linguistic treatment. Methodology procedures included the elaboration of case-history files and medical reports from maternity hospital which refer to presence of risk factors before, during and after the birth. Research results showed that perinatal and postnatal risk factors may be in relation with developmental articulation disorders and were discussed according to their frequency in relation to articulation disorders.

Razvoj govora i jezika se odvija pod dejstvom mnogobrojnih fak- tora i zavisi od interakcije biološke osnove i sredinskih uticaja. Razvojni proces usvajanja glasova je važan segment govorno-jezičkog razvoja. Različiti riziko faktori prisutni tokom trudnoće, na samom porođaju kao i u periodu posle rođenja deteta mogu nepovoljno utica- ti na sve segmente ranog razvoja deteta, uključujući i proces usvajanja govora i jezika. Cilj rada je utvrđivanje učestalosti određenih pe- rinatalnih i prenatalnih riziko faktora kod dece sa razvojnim po- remećajima artikulacije. Istraživanje je sprovedeno u Institutu za eksperimentalnu fontiku i patologiju govora (IEFPG) u Beogradu. Ispitivana grupa je obuhvatila 215 dece (118 dečaka i 97 devojčica) uzrasta od 3 do 9 godina starosti, koja su imala dijagnozu poremećaja artikulacije (Dyslalia – F80.0) prema proceni putem Baterije testova IEFPG-a. Sva deca su bila na kontinuiranom logopedskom tretmanu. Metodološka procedura je obuhvatila detaljan pregled kartona dece kao i otpusnih lista za novorođenčad na osnovu kojeg su registrovani riziko faktori prisutni pre, tokom i nakon porođaja. Rezultati is- traživanja su pokazali da se perinatalni i postnatalni riziko fak- tori mogu dovesti u vezu sa razvojnim poremećajima artikulacije, a diskutuju se u odnosu na artikulacioni poremećaj kao i njihovu učest- alost pojavljivanja.