Icht Michal, Ben-David Boaz M
Department of Communication Disorders, Ariel University , Ariel , Israel .
Clin Linguist Phon. 2015 Feb;29(2):102-14. doi: 10.3109/02699206.2014.961650. Epub 2014 Sep 26.
Oral-diadochokinesis (DDK) tasks are a common tool for evaluating speech disorders. Usually, these tasks involve repetitions of non-words. It has been suggested that repeating real words can be more suitable for preschool children. But, the impact of using real words with elementary school children has not been studied yet. This study evaluated oral-DDK rates for Hebrew-speaking elementary school children using non-words and real words. The participants were 60 children, 9-11 years old, with normal speech and language development, who were asked to repeat "pataka" (non-word) and "bodeket" (Hebrew real word). Data replicate the advantage generally found for real word repetition with preschoolers. Children produced real words faster than non-words for all age groups, and repetition rates were higher for the older children. The findings suggest that adding real words to the standard oral-DDK task with elementary school children may provide a more comprehensive picture of oro-motor function.
口腔轮替运动速率（DDK）任务是评估言语障碍的常用工具。通常，这些任务涉及重复无意义词。有人提出，重复实词可能更适合学龄前儿童。但是，使用实词对小学生的影响尚未得到研究。本研究评估了说希伯来语的小学生使用无意义词和实词时的口腔DDK速率。参与者为60名9至11岁、言语和语言发育正常的儿童，他们被要求重复“pataka”（无意义词）和“bodeket”（希伯来语实词）。数据重现了通常在学龄前儿童实词重复中发现的优势。所有年龄组的儿童重复实词的速度都比无意义词快，年龄较大的儿童重复率更高。研究结果表明，在针对小学生的标准口腔DDK任务中加入实词，可能会更全面地反映口部运动功能。
