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Multisyllabic word production in Persian-speaking children with typical development and speech sound disorder.
| Τίτλος: | Multisyllabic word production in Persian-speaking children with typical development and speech sound disorder. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Imani-Shakibayi M; Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Speech Therapy, school of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Zarifian T; Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Speech Therapy, school of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: ta.zarifian@uswr.ac.ir., Pascoe M; Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. |
| Πηγή: | Journal of communication disorders [J Commun Disord] 2026 Oct 03; Vol. 124, pp. 106700. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Oct 03. |
| Publication Model: | Ahead of Print |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0260316 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-7994 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00219924 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Commun Disord Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: New York Ny : Elsevier Scientific Publishing Original Publication: Amsterdam, North-Holland Pub. Co. |
| Περίληψη: | Objective: Multisyllabic word production is considered a sensitive indicator of phonological development and disorder, yet data from Persian‑speaking children remain limited. This study aimed to provide quantitative and qualitative evidence on multisyllabic word production in Persian‑speaking children with typical development (TD) and those with Speech Sound Disorder showing consistent error patterns (SSD-CEP). Method: Eighty monolingual Persian‑speaking children (40 TD, 40 SSD) aged 4;0-7;0 years participated. Speech samples were elicited using the Multisyllabic Words Test. Quantitative measures included proportion of consonants correct‑revised (PCC‑R), proportion of whole‑word correctness (PWC), and proportion of whole‑word proximity (PWP). Qualitative analyses examined phonological error patterns, including word‑structure errors and substitution processes. Age‑group comparisons and correlational analyses were conducted to examine developmental trends within and between groups. Results: Children with TD tended to show significant age‑related increases in PCC‑R, PWC, and PWP, with steady improvements across age groups (p < .001). Children with SSD-CEP consistently performed lower across all measures in this sample. In TD children, associations among PCC‑R, PWP, and PWC strengthened with age and were uniformly strong by ages 5;0 and 6;0. In contrast, children with SSD-CEP showed very strong correlations at younger ages, particularly between PCC‑R and whole‑word measures, which weakened by age six. Major phonological error patterns in multisyllabic word production appeared to be largely resolved by 4;0 in TD children, whereas fronting, final consonant deletion, backing, and cluster reduction persisted in the SSD group. Conclusion: Despite language‑specific phonological characteristics, multisyllabic word accuracy and error persistence patterns in Persian‑speaking children align with cross‑linguistic findings, providing preliminary support for the potential clinical utility of multisyllabic word measures for assessment and profiling of phonological disorders. (Copyright © 2026 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Childhood speech disorders; Multisyllabic word production; Persian language; Phonological error patterns; Speech sound disorder; Whole-word measures |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20261010 Latest Revision: 20261010 |
| Update Code: | 20261011 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2026.106700 |
| PMID: | 42858618 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1873-7994 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2026.106700 |