[Phonological processes detected in children between seven and eight years].
BACKGROUND
Phonological performance of children between 7 and 8 years.


OBJECTIVE
To describe cluster simplification and final consonant deletion processes used by children with typical phonological development.


METHODS
Participants of this research were 80 children of private and public schools. The phonological tests of the ABFW Teste de Linguagem Infantil were used.


RESULTS
The type of school attended by the subjects was a significant factor to explain the probability of presenting phonological processes. On the contrary, factors of age and gender were not significant.


CONCLUSIONS
The study demonstrated that there is a higher probability of public school children to use cluster simplification and final consonant deletion when compared to children of private schools.
Wertzner
Haydée Fiszbein
HF
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. hfwertzn@usp.br
Consorti
Talita
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D000367:Age Factors; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013068:Speech Production Measurement