Language Abilities of Monolingual Turkish Speaking Children who Stutter Değerlendirmesi / Türkçe Konuşan Tek Dilli Kekemeliği Olan Çocukların Dil Yetileri

Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine differences in language abilities between children who stutter and their age and gender matched peers with typical development. In this cross-sectional study, subjects were two groups of 25 children (N = 50) between the ages of 3;5 and 7;11 (years; months) who do (CWS) (mean age = 6;5 ) and do not stutter (CWNS) (mean age = 6;4). We administered the Turkish version of Test of Early Language Development (TELD-3) to evaluate receptive and expressive language abilities of children participated in this study. The main findings of the study were that expressive subtest and composite scores of CWS on TELD-3-T were significantly lower than CWNS while the difference between groups was not significant on TELD-3-T receptive subtest score. Expressive language scores and total language scores of CWS are below their peers. Keywords: stuttering, receptive language, expressive language, turkishÖzet: Bu çalışmanın amacı kekemeliği olan ve yaş ve cinsiyetleri eşleştirilmiş tipik gelişim gösteren çocukların dil performanslarının karşılaştırılmasıdır. Kekemeliği olan 3;5 ve 7;11 yaşları arasındaki 25 çocuğa (ort.=6;5) ve yaş ve cinsiyetleri eşleştirilmiş tipik gelişim gösteren akranlarına (ort.=6;4) Türkçe Erken Dil Gelişim Testi (TEDİL) uygulanarak alıcı ve ifade edici dil becerileri değerlendirilmiştir. Kekemeliği olan çocukların TEDİL testinin ifade edici dil ve toplam dil puanı ortalamaları tipik gelişim gösteren çocuklardan anlamlı düzeyde düşük bulunurken, alıcı dil alt testinde iki grup arasında anlamlı düzeyde bir farklılık bulunmamıştır. Kekemeliği olan çocukların ifade edici dil ve toplam dil performansları yaşıtlarının gerisindedir. Anahtar Kelimeler: kekemelik, alıcı dil, ifade edici dil, türkçe

Anahtar Kelimeler:

stuttering, receptive language, expressive language

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