Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
مجله انگلیسی زبان توانبخشی
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
Medical Sciences
http://irj.uswr.ac.ir
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2018
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Percentage of Consonants Correct for 3-5 Years Old Kurdish-Speaking Children With Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani Dialect
گفتار درمانی
Speech therapy
پژوهشي
Original Research Articles
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives: </strong>The present research aims to study the normal development of Percentage of Consonant Correct (PCC) in Kurdish-speaking children, with Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani Dialect as an Articulation Competency Index (ACI). PCC was examined in terms of the manner of articulation and position of sound in the word. <br>
<strong>Methods: </strong>In this descriptoanalytical cross-sectional study, 120 Kurdish-speaking children aged 3-5 years were evaluated by a Kurdish phonetic test. Participants were selected randomly from health centers and nursery schools in Bukan City, Iran. Nonparametric statistical tests of Kruskal-Wallis and Mann–Whitney U were used to analyze data through SPSS software (version 19).<br>
<strong>Results:</strong> The percentage of accuracy of Kurdish language consonants gradually increased from 3 to 5 years. The results did not show any significant difference between the girls and boys (P>0.05), although girls showed better performance than boys. Kurdish-speaking children were more accurate in the pronunciation of nasal, glide, lateral, stop and flap than fricative, affricative and trill consonants. Consonants in the initial position were produced better and were more precise than consonants in the medial and final position.<br>
<strong>Discussion:</strong> PCC is an important and helpful index for speech and language pathologists, who are involved in assessment and treatment of Kurdish-speaking children. The results of this study showed that the PCC in Kurdish-speaking children with Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani Dialect increased with age and it was related to the manner of articulation and the position of sound in words. </p>
Percentage of consonant correct, Test, Articulation, Child, Kurdish language
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Shahla
Fatemi Syadar
shahla.fatemi@yahoo.com
1800319475328460017593
1800319475328460017593
No
Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Talieh
Zarifian
ta.zarifian@uswr.ac.ir
1800319475328460017594
1800319475328460017594
Yes
Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Yahya
Modarresi
ymodarresi@gmail.com
1800319475328460017595
1800319475328460017595
No
Institute of Linguistics, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
Muhamad Sediq
Zahedi
sediza1353@gmail.com
1800319475328460017596
1800319475328460017596
No
Department of General Linguistics, Farhangian University, Sanandaj, Iran.
Mona
Ebrahimipour
mo.ebrahimipour@uswr.ac.ir
1800319475328460017597
1800319475328460017597
No
Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Akbar
Biglarian
abiglarian@yahoo.com
1800319475328460017598
1800319475328460017598
No
Department of Biostatistics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.