The Relationship Between Articulation And Other Developmental Factors In Children

Abstract

110 elementary children having articulatory deviations were compared with 110 elementary children with normal articulatory patterns in regard to age of holding up head, onset of crawling, sitting, walking, talking, voluntary bladder control, eruption of first tooth, grip, height, weight and handedness Children with normal articulation showed better intellectual development. There was a slight tendency for reading delay in the group with defective articulation, particularly in the male sex.