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SO398

Effectiveness of speech and language therapy in children with speech disorders: an interventional study with pre- and post-intervention measurements

EFFICACY OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH SPEECH DISORDERS: A PRE-POST INTERVENTIONAL STUDY

Structured speech and language therapy delivered weekly over three months produced measurable gains in speech intelligibility and functional communication in children.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of a structured speech and language therapy program on intelligibility and functional communication in children with speech disorders. This interventional study with pre- and post-intervention measurements included 25 children aged 3 to 12 years with stuttering, speech sound disorder, or related difficulties; each child received 8 to 12 weekly therapy sessions over three months, with each session lasting 30 to 45 minutes. Outcome measures were the parent-reported Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) and the clinician-rated ASHA Functional Communication Measures (FCM); the paired-samples t-test and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used for analysis. The ICS score increased from 2.8 to 3.7 (p<0.001; effect size d approximately 1.4). For the FCM domains, absolute Wilcoxon Z values were reported as 3.6 for speech intelligibility (p<0.001; r approximately 0.7), 3.1 for multimodal communication (p=0.002; r approximately 0.6), 2.9 for fluency (p=0.004), and 2.2 for feeding/swallowing (p=0.028). Of the participants, 66.7% (approximately 17 of the 25 children) improved by at least 1 FCM level, and 70% (approximately 18 children) achieved an increase of at least 0.5 points on the ICS. In conclusion, the three-month weekly therapy program was associated with measurable gains, with the greatest improvements observed in speech intelligibility and multimodal communication. The ICS and ASHA FCM were considered feasible and sensitive tools for monitoring pediatric therapy outcomes.

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