Browsing by Subject "DLD"

Abstract Objectives. The aim of this review is to examine early rehabilitation methods that affect phonological awareness in developmental language disorder in pre-school children. Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) refers to a disorder of speech production and speech comprehension characterized by impaired acquisition and control of linguistic abilities. Studies have found that children with DLD may have difficulty with phonological awareness, which may affect, for example, learning to read and write. Much research has been done on the significance of phonological awareness, yet only few studies have concentrated on the effect of exercise of phonological awareness in the DLD. The review is limited to those studies that look at early-stage rehabilitation, as it is important to seek to prevent the far-reaching and cumulative negative consequences of the disorder. Methods. The literature was searched in Google Scholar using the search term “developmental language disorder phonological awareness intervention”. The literature was selected on the basis that the studies targeted phonological awareness and pre-school children. Only studies on small group interventions, computer assistance, or interactive reading were included in the review. Results and conclusions. All the studies reviewed showed statistically significant results in improving phonological awareness, and the methods reviewed appeared to be useful and clinically applicable in the early rehabilitation of DLD. However, caution should be exercised in generalizing the results to a wider population, as small sample sizes in studies, for example, limit conclusions. In the future, in addition to a wider sample size, the focus should be on, among other things, more diverse experimental setups and the inclusion of subjects from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.