title: Investigation of Visual Motor Integration Skills in Children With Speech Sound Problems.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate visual motor integration skills in children with speech sound disorders compared with age-matched controls. Sixty-five children aged from 5 to 6½ years old (68% males, 32% females; M age = 5.4, SD = 0.5) participated in the study. Thirty-one of them had speech sound problems, and 34 were children without any problem in their speech. The Ankara Articulation Test for evaluating speech sound skills and the Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration with its supplemental tests of Visual Perception and Motor Coordination were used in the study. Visual Motor Integration, Visual Perception, and Motor Coordination scores of children with speech sound disorders were significantly lower than those of controls.
authors: Faculty of Education Preschool Education Department, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey zgercan@yahoo.com.
authors: Zülfiye Gül
authors: ZG
authors: Ercan
authors: Faculty of Health Sciences, Audiology Department, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
authors: Şule
authors: Ş
authors: Yilmaz
authors: Faculty of Health Sciences, Audiology Department, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
authors: Memduha
authors: M
authors: Taş
authors: Faculty of Health Sciences, Child Development, Ankara University, Turkey.
authors: Neriman
authors: N
authors: Aral
mesh_terms: D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Speech sound disorder; early childhood; visual motor integration