title: Accuracy of articulatory movements of speech in a group of first-graders.
abstract: Associations between different types of misarticulations and morphology as well as function of the speech articulators were assessed in 287 first-grade children. Sounds produced too far anteriorly evidently were due to immaturity of the articulatory speech movements, which showed a tendency to improve spontaneously with age. Sounds produced too far posteriorly correlated positively with problems in coordinating the movements of different muscles of the tongue, indicating a possible dyspractic origin. Children who had problems with lip tonus were prone to have laterally produced misarticulations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Phoniatrics, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Qvarnström
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jaroma
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Laine
mesh_terms: D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D012016:Reference Values; D012660:Semantics; D014059:Tongue / Q000503:physiopathology*