Speech development in preschool children: evaluating the contribution of phonological short-term and phonological working memory.
J Child Lang
; 46(4): 632-652, 2019 07.
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Emerging evidence suggests domain-general processes, including working memory, may contribute to reduced speech production skills in young children. This study compared the phonological short-term (pSTM) and phonological working memory (pWM) abilities of 50 monolingual English-speaking children between 3;6 and 5;11 with typical speech production skills and percentage consonant correct (PCC) standard scores of 12 and above (n = 22) and typical speech production skills and PCC standard scores of between 8 and 11 (n = 28). A multiple hierarchical regression was also conducted to determine whether pSTM and/or pWM could predict PCC. Children with typical speech production skills and PCC standard scores of 12 and above had better pWM abilities than children with typical speech production skills and PCC standard scores of between 8 and 11. pSTM ability was similar in both groups. pWM accounted for 5.3% variance in overall phonological accuracy. Implications of phonological working memory in speech development are discussed.
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MEDLINE
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Habla
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Fonética
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Desarrollo del Lenguaje
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Memoria a Corto Plazo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
J Child Lang
Año:
2019
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Article
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Reino Unido