Eun–Young Seo|Yoo-Kyeong Ko|Gyung-Ah Oh|Soojin Kim
Phonological Awareness and Vocabulary Characteristics of Children with Speech Sound Disorders
Korea Nazarene University|Korea Nazarene University|Korea Nazarene University|Korea Nazarene University
objectives phonological awareness pa skills vocabulary knowledge known significant predictors later reading literacy skillsthere inconsistent reports pa characteristics vocabulary influences literacy children speech sound disorders ssdthe aim study investigate whether differences pa vocabulary skills ssd children typically developing children tdmethods subjects 24 td children 24 ssd children 5 6 years oldthese children tested articulation ability percentage correct consonants pcc pa vocabulary skillsresults results followsfirst statistically significant differences found pa vocabulary skills age groups ssdtd groupssecond pa skills stronger correlation vocabulary knowledge articulation ability pccthirtythree percent ssd children showed delay pa vocabularysixteen percent ssd children showed delay phonological awareness 16 ssd showed delay vocabulary skills onlylastly 33 ssd children considered pure ssd delay tested areaconclusion researchers suggest differential evaluation intervention crucial ssd children accompanying difficulties pa vocabulary skillsfor ssd children delay pa andor vocabulary skills direct intervention continued monitoring early literacy skills required prevent potential future literacy difficulties