Jonathan L. Preston|Margaret M. Hull|Mary Louise Edwards
Preschool Speech Error Patterns Predict Articulation and Phonological Awareness Outcomes in Children With Histories of Speech Sound Disorders
Haskins Laboratories|Southern Connecticut State University|Southern Connecticut State University|Syracuse University
purpose determine speech error patterns preschoolers speech sound disorders ssds predict articulation phonological awareness pa outcomes almost 4 years later method twentyfive children histories preschool ssds normal receptive language tested average age 46 yearsmonths followed age 83 frequency occurrence preschool distortion errors typical substitution syllable structure errors atypical substitution syllable structure errors used predict later speech sound production pa literacy outcomes results group averages revealed belowaverage schoolage articulation scores lowaverage pa ageappropriate reading spelling preschool speech error patterns related schoolage outcomes children gt10 speech sound errors atypical lower pa literacy scores school age children produced lt10 atypical errors preschoolers produced distortion errors likely lower schoolage articulation scores preschoolers produced fewer distortion errors conclusion different preschool speech error patterns predict different schoolage clinical outcomes many atypical speech sound errors preschoolers may indicative weak phonological representations leading longterm pa weaknesses preschoolers distortions may resistant change time leading persisting speech sound production problems