The Grammatical Deficits of Persian-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment
Background: Specific language impairment (SLI) is one of the most common disorders of language development in children, which has been less addressed in Persian studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the grammatical characteristics of Persian-speaking children with SLI using Photographic...
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| author | Zahra Ghayoumi-Anaraki Fatemeh Haresabadi Toktam Maleki Shahmahmood Abbas Ebadi Veda Vakili Zahra Majidi |
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| description | Background: Specific language impairment (SLI) is one of the most common
disorders of language development in children, which has been less addressed
in Persian studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the grammatical
characteristics of Persian-speaking children with SLI using Photographic
Expressive Persian Grammar Test (PEGT).
Methods: This case-control, cross-sectional study was conducted on 16 children
with SLI and 16 normal children aged 4-6 years, who were monolingual Persian
speakers. The subjects in both groups were age- and gender-matched. After
selecting each participant, PEGT was administered and results were recorded
in an answer sheet and analyzed. To analyze the data, the mean total scores of
the test and mean scores related to each syntactic structure of the PEGT were
compared between the two groups using Mann–Whitney test.
Results: In this study, a significant difference was observed in mean total
scores of the test between the studied groups. In detail, the mean score of the
normal group was significantly higher as compared with the SLI group (P<0.05).
Moreover, a significant difference was found between the groups regarding each
of the evaluated syntactic structures (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, children with SLI had
weaker performance as compared with their normally developing age-matched
peers in evaluated morphosyntactic structures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1885eb4f159f44e59c33023f8868c2052022-12-22T00:11:48ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research2345-61592345-61592017-12-010404102108The Grammatical Deficits of Persian-Speaking Children with Specific Language ImpairmentZahra Ghayoumi-Anaraki0Fatemeh Haresabadi1Toktam Maleki Shahmahmood2Abbas Ebadi3Veda Vakili4Zahra Majidi5Department of Speech Therapy, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranDepartment of Speech Therapy, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranDepartment of Speech Therapy, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranBehavioral Sciences Research Center (BSRC), Life Style Institute, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranDepartment of Speech Therapy, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranBackground: Specific language impairment (SLI) is one of the most common disorders of language development in children, which has been less addressed in Persian studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the grammatical characteristics of Persian-speaking children with SLI using Photographic Expressive Persian Grammar Test (PEGT). Methods: This case-control, cross-sectional study was conducted on 16 children with SLI and 16 normal children aged 4-6 years, who were monolingual Persian speakers. The subjects in both groups were age- and gender-matched. After selecting each participant, PEGT was administered and results were recorded in an answer sheet and analyzed. To analyze the data, the mean total scores of the test and mean scores related to each syntactic structure of the PEGT were compared between the two groups using Mann–Whitney test. Results: In this study, a significant difference was observed in mean total scores of the test between the studied groups. In detail, the mean score of the normal group was significantly higher as compared with the SLI group (P<0.05). Moreover, a significant difference was found between the groups regarding each of the evaluated syntactic structures (P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, children with SLI had weaker performance as compared with their normally developing age-matched peers in evaluated morphosyntactic structures.http://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/index.php/jrsr/article/view/249/125Specific language impairmentTestPersianChildren |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Ghayoumi-Anaraki Fatemeh Haresabadi Toktam Maleki Shahmahmood Abbas Ebadi Veda Vakili Zahra Majidi The Grammatical Deficits of Persian-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research Specific language impairment Test Persian Children |
| title | The Grammatical Deficits of Persian-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_full | The Grammatical Deficits of Persian-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_fullStr | The Grammatical Deficits of Persian-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Grammatical Deficits of Persian-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_short | The Grammatical Deficits of Persian-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment |
| title_sort | grammatical deficits of persian speaking children with specific language impairment |
| topic | Specific language impairment Test Persian Children |
| url | http://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/index.php/jrsr/article/view/249/125 |
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