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http://dx.doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2019.11.3.057

Regional differences in Korean children's development of speech production  

Shin, Moonja (Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Chosun University)
Ha, Ji-Wan (Department of Speech Pathology, Daegu University)
Kim, Young Tae (Department of Communication Disorders, Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Soo-Jin (Department of Communication Disorders, Korea Nazarene University)
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences / v.11, no.3, 2019 , pp. 57-67 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate regional differences in the development of speech production in Korean children. A total of 619 children aged 2 to 7 years from the Jeolla, Seoul/Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang areas were included in this study. The subjects were assessed with the UTAP2 word-level test. In PWC, PMLU, and PWP, the performance was significantly lower in Gyeongsang at 2 years 11 months and in Jeolla and Chungcheong at 3 years 5 months than in Seoul/Gyeonggi. The total PCC of Gyeongsang and Chungcheong and UTAP PCC of Chungcheong were significantly lower at 2 years 11 months compared with those of Seoul/Gyeonggi, while Jeolla and Chungcheong showed significantly lower total PCC and UTAP PCC than Seoul/Gyeonggi at 3 years 5 months. However, no regional difference was observed in any indicators after the age of 3 years 6 months. These results suggest that there are regional differences in the ability to produce speech sounds at a very young age, and that the differences can be explained by the differences between Seoul/Gyeonggi and the other provinces rather than by the individual characteristics of specific regions.
Keywords
speech development; regional differences in Korea; UTAP2;
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