Evaluation of pragmatic aspects of children with phonological disorders

Purpose to investigate the pragmatic abilities in children with phonological disorder. Method 12 children (three girls and nine boys) with phonological disorders aged from 3:7 to 7:8 were chosen by triage. Pragmatic analysis was executed using the instrument ABFW – pragmatic through speech and hearing screening. Furthermore, we calculated the level of severity of the phonological evolutionary disorder using a quantitative – Percentage of Consonants Correct – Revised (Shiriberg & Kwiatkowski, 1982) and a qualitative approach (Keske-Soares, 2001). Results there are no statistically significant correlation between the level of severity of the phonological disorder and pragmatic performance. However, we observed that subjects with phonological disorder showed a number of communicative acts per minute lower than the default values of the test when ranged by age group. Conclusion based on the results, it is not possible to state a direct relationship between level of severity of the phonological disorder and pragmatic performance even if these subjects have a lower performance than the default values of the test.

研究目的：探究语音障碍儿童的语用能力。研究方法：本研究通过分诊招募12名语音障碍儿童，其中女孩3名、男孩9名，年龄区间为3岁7个月至7岁8个月。采用ABFW言语与听觉筛查语用评估工具（ABFW – pragmatic through speech and hearing screening）开展语用分析；同时分别采用修订版正确辅音百分比法（Shiriberg & Kwiatkowski, 1982）这一量化指标，与Keske-Soares（2001）提出的质性研究方法，对语音发育障碍的严重程度进行评估。研究结果：语音障碍的严重程度与语用表现之间未呈现统计学意义上的显著相关。不过，按年龄分组后可观察到，语音障碍儿童每分钟的交际行为数量低于该测试的常模值。研究结论：基于上述研究结果，即便语音障碍儿童的表现低于该测试的常模值，仍无法证实语音障碍严重程度与语用表现之间存在直接关联。