title: Extralinguistic variables, gender and age, in the self-awareness of speech impairment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Self-awareness of speech impairment according to the following extralinguistic variables: gender and age.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine the influence of gender and age on the self-awareness of speech impairment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 24 children with the diagnosis of phonological disorder, 15 boys and 9 girls, with ages ranging between 5:0 and 7:7 years. For this group the assessment of self-awareness of speech impairment was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated that 45.83% of the subjects presented self-awareness of speech impairment. There were no significant statistical differences between the studied extralinguistic variables and the self-awareness of speech impairment. However, a higher self-awareness of speech impairment was observed for six-year-old male children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children with phonological disorder can be self-aware of speech impairment; gender and age are not important factors for the development of this ability.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. robertafdias@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Roberta Freitas
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Roberta Michelon
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Carolina Lisbôa
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mezzomo
authors.forename: Helena Bolli
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Mota
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D012649:Self Concept; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013067:Speech Perception