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Behavioral Impairments in Children with Speech Development Disorders

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Objective. To study emotional and behavioral disorders in children with speech development disorders. Materials and methods. The study group included 60 children aged 4–6 years with diagnoses of “specific expressive language impairment” (SLI, specific language impairment). Emotional and behavioral impairments were assessed using the Strengths and Diffi culties Questionnaire, the SNAP-IV scale, and the Lavrentieva and Titarenko questionnaire. The severity of speech impairments was objectivized using a 10-point scale assessing levels of understanding of addressed speech, the volume of active vocabulary, and the lexical-grammatic structure of speech. The control group consisted of 30 children of the same age without psychoneurological impairments. Results and conclusions. The combination of speech and behavioral impairments, as well as significant attention deficit, hyperactivity, and difficulty with interactions with peers, was more frequent in the study group (61.7%) than in the control group. This comparative study showed that the combination of SLI and behavioral impairments produced speech impairments of greater severity.

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    L. S. Chutko, S. Y. Surushkina, E. A. Yakovenko, T. I. Anisimova & D. V. Cherednichenko

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Translated from Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S. S. Korsakova, Vol. 121, No. 5, Iss. 1, pp. 57–61, May, 2021.

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Chutko, L.S., Surushkina, S.Y., Yakovenko, E.A. et al. Behavioral Impairments in Children with Speech Development Disorders. Neurosci Behav Physi 52, 343–346 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-022-01246-y

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