Effectiveness of Speech Therapy for Second Grade Children with Misarticulations—Predictive Factors.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate speech therapy for functional misarticulations and to determine the measures which predict improvement in speech, language, and listening. The following factors appeared predictive: (a) occupational status of the fathers and word recognition; (b) mental age and improvement in word recognition, auditory discrimination, and articulation; ( c ) stimulability of sounds and improvement in articulation; (d) auditory skills and improvement in connected speech. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]