Adolescent Outcomes of Children with Early Speech Sound Disorders with and Without Language Impairment

Overview

Journal Am J Speech Lang Pathol

Specialty Otorhinolaryngology

Date 2015 Jan 9

PMID 25569242

Citations 25

Authors

Barbara A Lewis

Lisa Freebairn

Jessica Tag

Allison A Ciesla

Sudha K Iyengar

Catherine M Stein

H Gerry Taylor

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Abstract

Purpose: In this study, the authors determined adolescent speech, language, and literacy outcomes of individuals with histories of early childhood speech sound disorders (SSD) with and without comorbid language impairment (LI) and examined factors associated with these outcomes.

Method: This study used a prospective longitudinal design. Participants with SSD (n = 170), enrolled at early childhood (4-6 years) were followed at adolescence (11-18 years) and were compared to individuals with no histories of speech or language impairment (no SSD; n = 146) on measures of speech, language, and literacy. Comparisons were made between adolescents with early childhood histories of no SSD, SSD only, and SSD plus LI as well as between adolescents with no SSD, resolved SSD, and persistent SSD.

Results: Individuals with early childhood SSD with comorbid LI had poorer outcomes than those with histories of SSD only or no SSD. Poorer language and literacy outcomes in adolescence were associated with multiple factors, including persistent speech sound problems, lower nonverbal intelligence, and lower socioeconomic status. Adolescents with persistent SSD had higher rates of comorbid LI and reading disability than the no SSD and resolved SSD groups.

Conclusion: Risk factors for language and literacy problems in adolescence include an early history of LI, persistent SSD, lower nonverbal cognitive ability, and social disadvantage.

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