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- Title
Parental Perception Vs. Professional Assessment of Speech Changes Following Premature Loss of Maxillary Primary Incisors.
- Authors
Adewumi, Abimbola O.; Horton, Camille; Guelmann, Marcio; Dixon-Wood, Virginia; McGorray, Susan P.
- Abstract
Purpose: This study's purpose was to compare parental perceptions of children's speech changes with a professional speech assessment fol-lowing premature extractions of maxillary primary incisors (PEMPI). Methods: Healthy 5- to 6-year-olds, with no cognitive and speech delay and who received PEMPI between the ages of 2 and 4 years old at a university-based clinic, were recruited for the study. First, their parents took part in a telephone interview regarding their perceptions of speech changes following the extractions. The children were then invited to undergo individual speech evaluations by a certified speech and language pathologist Results: Of 204 patients identified from the database, 57 parental interviews were completed. Sixty percent (34) felt their children sounded different following extractions, and 65% (37) reported difficulty with pronunciation of the "s" sound. For children who were perceived by their parents to sound different, 46% had problems pronouncing words with the letters s and z. For parents who did not perceive speech changes, none of the children had problems with s and z as determined by the professionally conduced speech evaluations (Fisher exact test P=.02). Conclusions: Children who undergo premature extractions of maxillary primary incisors show problems articulating words containing s and z, and there is an agreement between parental perceptions and actual disarticulations detected from a professional assessment
- Subjects
DENTAL extraction complications; PARENT attitudes; SPEECH disorders in children; DECIDUOUS teeth; INCISORS; DIAGNOSIS of articulation disorders in children; PEDIATRIC dentistry; SPEECH perception; CONSONANTS
- Publication
Pediatric Dentistry, 2012, Vol 34, Issue 4, p295
- ISSN
0164-1263
- Publication type
Article