Speech development in monosyllables of Chinese 3-years old children.
- Author:
Zhenyu ZHENG
1
;
Weijia KONG
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Asian Continental Ancestry Group;
Child Language;
Child, Preschool;
Humans;
Language;
Language Development;
Speech Discrimination Tests
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2007;21(22):1009-1014
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate speech development in monosyllables of Chinese 3-year old children, to explore the difficulties of these words in these children, and to provide a reference for rehabilitation of deaf and dumb children.
METHOD:Speech material consists of 245 monosyllables in high and flat tone. 71 children between the ages of 2 year and 9 months to 3 year and 3 months (average 3 years) were involved in this investigation by oral imitation test. Proportions correct of every word were statistically analyzed.
RESULT:The proportions correct of these words ranged from 0.26 to 1.00 (median= 0.92). There are significant differences among proportions correct of those words (P <0.01).
CONCLUSION:It should be considered that monosyllables are different in difficulty to Chinese 3 years old children by oral imitation test when selecting materials and criteria of speech test for rehabilitation of deaf and dumb children.
