Abstract：This study reports the findings from an experimental study of two groups of Chinese-speaking children with speech sound disorders and language disorders. Thirty-four children who were clinically diagnosed as having communication disorders were further divided into two subgroups: one with phonological disorders only (PD) and one with additional language disorders (LI-PD). Their speech-language processing capacities were investigated by three tasks: (a) a picture naming task, (b) a nonword repetition task and (c) a classifier elicitation and learning task. Two control groups, one age-matched group and one younger group, were also examined. In the picture naming task, the LI-PD group showed more variations in their speech productions while the PD group was found to have more consistent substitutions. In the nonword repetition task, both the LI-PD group and the PD group performed significantly poorer than their age-matched controls. However, when consistent articulation errors were not counted incorrect in the children’s response of repeating nonword, age-level mean scores were found in the PD group while a below-age performance was still observed in the LI-PD group. Correlational analyses indicated both nonword repetition and phonological capacity might account for the variations in children’s performance in learning new classifier. These findings also suggested that the difficulties that PD group encountered were more related to oral-motor and articulation of speech sounds while the LI-PD group had processing difficulties at higher cognitive levels, involving phonological processing of speech sounds.
张显达，许馨仁. 从语音处理能力看儿童语音障碍与语言障碍的共性与差异[J]. 语言战略研究, 2020, 5(2): 35-50.
Cheung Hintat and Hsu Hsin-jen. Speech and Language Processing Abilities in Chinese Children With Speech Sound Disorders and Language Disorders. , 2020, 5(2): 35-50.
