Barbara Lewis|Lisa Freebairn|Amy J. Hansen|Catherine M. Stein|Lawrence D. Shriberg|Sudha K. Iyengar|H. Gerry Taylor
Dimensions of early speech sound disorders: A factor analytic study
Case Western Reserve University|Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital|Case Western Reserve University|Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital|Case Western Reserve University|Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital|Case Western Reserve University|University of Wisconsin–Madison|Case Western Reserve University|Case Western Reserve University|Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
goal study classify children speech sound disorders ssd empirically using factor analytic techniques participants 37year olds enrolled speechlanguage therapy n 185 factor analysis extensive battery speech language measures provided support two distinct factors representing skill dimensions articulationphonology semanticsyntactic skills validate factors 38 children followed school age reevaluate speech language skills assess readingspelling achievement validity two factors supported differential associations schoolage reading spelling achievement persistence ssd affection status family members closer relationship family member proband male gender predicted higher odds disorder findings suggest articulationphonology language abilities least partially independent children ssd constructs distinct clinical biological correlates reader develop knowledge subtypes speech sound disorders understand relationship early speech sound disorders later reading spelling difficulties obtain information concerning familial transmission speech sound disorders