Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders
ORCID IDs
Kelly Farquharson http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1836-4681
Tiffany P. Hogan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2160-6995
Date of this Version
2018
Citation
Published in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 20 (2018), pp 422–433 doi: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1293159
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the role of working memory processes as a possible cognitive underpinning of persistent speech sound disorders (SSD).
Method: Forty school-aged children were enrolled; 20 children with persistent SSD (P-SSD) and 20 typically developing children. Children participated in three working memory tasks – one to target each of the components in Baddeley’s working memory model: phonological loop, visual spatial sketchpad and central executive.
Result: Children with P-SSD performed poorly only on the phonological loop tasks compared to their typically developing age-matched peers. However, mediation analyses revealed that the relation between working memory and a P-SSD was reliant upon nonverbal intelligence.
Conclusion: These results suggest that co-morbid low-average nonverbal intelligence are linked to poor working memory in children with P-SSD. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.
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