title: [Low level phonological processing and intelligence potential in preschool children].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study group recently developed a test material to assess phonological processing in children and presented various data regarding the reliability and validity. To assess concurrent validity the correlation between test results using this material and results of an intelligence test were examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 203 preschool children aged from 5 years to -5 years 11 months participated in this study. Low level phonological processing was tested using minimal pairs for both words and non-words (logatoms) as described earlier. Intelligence was tested using the coloured progressive matrices test (CPM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No relevant correlation was found between all subscales of low level phonological processing and the intelligence test results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As shown previously a correlation exists between the level of maternal school education and low level phonological processing abilities of children. A direct link between low level phonological processing and children's intelligence is not supported by these data, as no such correlation could be found. It must be taken into account that general intelligence was assessed nonverbally.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover. Ptok.Martin@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ptok
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dunkelmann
mesh_terms: D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013223:Statistics as Topic