Speech and Reading Disorders Screening, and Problems in Structure and Function of Articulation Organs in Children in Mashhad City, Iran
| Autor: | Mohadese Gholamiyan Arefi, Sediqe Safaeyan, Hamideh Ghaemi, Ghazaleh Balouchian, Mohaddeseh Dabirian, Moones Rezaei, Leila Ezazi, Hamid Heidarian Miri, Davood Sobhani-Rad |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 20, Iss 3, Pp 415-424 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1735-3602 1735-3610 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Investigating the prevalence of speech and language disorders and the contributing factors can help determine the best treatment options suited to the needs of these patients. So far, no comprehensive study has been conducted on screening speech and reading disorders and Problems in the Structure and Function of Articulation Organs (PSFAOs) in children in Mashhad City, Iran. This study aims to screen for these disorders and investigate the effects of demographic factors on such disorders. Methods: Via the stratified-cluster sampling method, 2770 native Persian-speaking children participated in this study, of whom 1381 were girls and 1389 were boys, ranging from preschool to the third grade (3 to 9 years old). After obtaining the demographic information, the PSFAOs screening was performed for all participants using a semi-structured questionnaire taken from Paul et al.’s report (2017). Screening for a grade of dysphonia was then carried out for children with suspected voice disorders using the grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, and strain test. Fluency of speech screening for children with suspected fluency disorders was performed using the stuttering severity instrument – fourth edition test, and screening of reading skills for school children was performed using the screening inventory reading test. Analytical analysis was performed via the Chi-square test between study variables, including disorders and other variables. Two types of logistic regression models were used. The data were analyzed using survey data analysis of the Stata software, version 14.1, and P |
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