Phonological skills in Down Syndrome (DS): Experimental findings from a Greek sample
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2012/05/0002/000208Keywords:
phonology, Down Syndrome, language impairments, mental retardationAbstract
This paper presents an experiment we carried out in order to investigate phonology in Down Syndrome (DS). Research has shown that during pre-school and school years, children with DS use phonological processes and sound patterns that are similar to those used by typically developing children but at a slower rate. In view of the above and given the paucity of research in the Greek language in children with DS, we conducted an experiment so as to investigate phonological skills in ten children with DS. We examined articulation, phonetic analysis, phonemic completion, and phonemic distinction. Our results showed that children with DS present a phonological impairment in the Greek language.
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