Akram Ahmadi, Michelle Pascoe, Marjan Larimian, Talieh Zarifian, Armon Massoodi, Fatemeh Pirfirouzjaei, Zahra Amadeh, Zahra Malmir
PURPOSE: To date there are no studies of speech sound acquisition in Laki, a language spoken in western regions of Iran. Thus, we set out a pilot study to investigate the speech development of 56 first language Laki-speaking children (aged 3-5 years). METHOD: Single words were elicited through a picture naming test specifically developed for this study. After recording and transcribing of speech samples, percentage of consonants correct (PCC), percentage of vowels correct (PVC), and proportion of whole word proximity (PWP) were documented in four age groups (36-41, 42-47, 48-53, and 54-59 months) and both genders...
August 7, 2023: International Journal of Speech-language Pathology