Speech Rate of Children with Developmental Language Disorder in a Narrative Context
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| Title: | Speech Rate of Children with Developmental Language Disorder in a Narrative Context |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Georgios P. Georgiou (ORCID |
| Source: | Communication Disorders Quarterly. 2025 46(4):212-221. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Speech Communication, Language Fluency, Child Language, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Greek, Foreign Countries, Young Children, Story Telling, Syllables, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Oral Language |
| Geographic Terms: | Cyprus |
| DOI: | 10.1177/15257401241271417 |
| ISSN: | 1525-7401 1538-4837 |
| Abstract: | This study investigates the speech rate of Cypriot Greek-speaking children with developmental language disorder (DLD) as well as the effect of age and gender. The participants were 16 children with DLD ages 4 years 11 months to 8 years 1 month and 22 children with typical language development (TLD) ages 4 years 5 months to 8 years 7 months. Both groups were divided into younger and older groups. All children participated in a storytelling task, and measurements were conducted based on syllables and words per second. The results indicated significant differences between children with DLD and children with TLD in the speech rate, but no differences between younger and older and male and female children of both groups. The stagnancy of speech rate across different age groups demonstrates that children with DLD follow similar developmental trajectories as children with TLD and that speech rate is not affected by gender. Speech rate could be considered as a marker for identifying DLD in Cypriot Greek-speaking children. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1476087 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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