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WHY CAN’T SOME KIDS SAY THE LETTERS?
When should articulation disorder, known as the problem of not being able to say letters, be seen as a problem, especially in preschool age? Giving information about the subject, audiology, voice and speech disorders specialist listed the points that parents should pay attention to and the measures that prevent this problem from occurring.
One of the most common speech problems in childhood is the inability to produce speech sounds correctly. Articulation disorders, popularly referred to as “letter disorder”, “inability to decipher letters”, are often encountered in preschool age.
Turkey Medicals member and hospital Turkish specialist in audiology, voice and speech disorders, points out that it is normal for children to make simplifications when speaking in the 1-3 age period, but the intelligibility of speech should increase as they get older;
In general, the speech of a child who has reached the age of 4 should also be clearly understood by those outside the family. One of the most common mistakes made in this regard is that people who spend a lot of time with a child get used to this way of talking and understand the child easily, so they perceive the current conversation without problems or find it cute. The main thing here is not whether their parents, but friends or other adults can easily understand the child.
Articulation(articulation) is the processing of air through the vocal cords, forming it in the tongue, jaw, teeth, tongue and palate and processing it into sounds, syllables and words. With the successive and harmonious movements of the speech organs, the correct pronunciation of the sounds of speech belonging to the language is ensured.
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WHY CAN’T SOME KIDS SAY THE LETTERS?
This condition can have many different causes. Just as it may depend on structural reasons, this problem can be experienced without any reason.
The most common structural causes include hearing muscle, cleft lip and palate, weakness in muscles, tongue tie, mental retardation, autism, neurological disorders. But often the presence of articulation disorder is also often encountered without any physical cause. Because the child does not yet know the correct position that he needs to make the sound, he produces the sound incorrectly. For example, the Turkish person says “ayı” instead of bee “arı“, ”tedi“ instead of cat ”kedi”.
Another problem that we call a phonemic disorder is that a person has problems obtaining information about the rules of language that form the basis of speech. For example, when using the /k/ sound correctly in one word, it may use it incorrectly in another word. This condition can be confused with articulation disorders and can also cause problems when acquiring literacy skills later on.
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WHEN SHOULD I GET THERAPY?
As with everything, Turkish children learn speech sounds in a certain order and in a developmental process. For example, /b/ learns its sound at the age of 2-3 years, while /r/ learns its sound later. Or, when using a sound correctly in one word, it may be more difficult to produce it when it is in another word.
If the suspicion that the child has insufficient speech intelligibility has occurred in his parents or teachers, it is definitely worthwhile to get an expert opinion. By using test batteries that help evaluate the child’s age-appropriate speech, taking natural speech samples and making the necessary observations, it can be determined by an expert whether the child can produce speech sounds appropriate for his age.
If the child has problems with the production of some of the speech sounds, a shorter and more effective result can be obtained if the problem is solved at an early stage. If it is late to get therapy support, the child is affected both socially and emotionally, and the improvement may be a little later depending on the habituation.
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARENTS
1- First of all, make the right model
The most important point is to be the right model for the child. The most common mistake is that the family also gets used to this mistake and even begins to pronounce it in a similar way themselves. For example, if the child says “fu” instead of water “su”, his close circle will also ask the child “ do you drink fu?” he can call.
2- Never reinforce the error!
Another problem is that this baby-like way of speaking seems cute to families at an early stage. if an infant speech is observed in a child who has passed the age of 4, support should be provided. Considering the possibility that this conversation will be transferred in a similar way to the coming years, one should try to help, rather than consolidate it.
3- Do not constantly correct his speech
Constantly warning about a sound that he cannot produce, when he does not know how to do it, correcting it emotionally wears out the child. Families can try to teach the child the right language position with the formulas they find at home, making the job even more complicated. At this point, it will be more correct to get expert support and teach the child how to do what.
4- Be sensitive
In addition, there may be situations when parents or others in their immediate environment make fun of the child, find it infantile. It is necessary not to allow anyone to make fun of or humiliate the child because of his speech. Teachers should also be sensitive about this issue at school, and they should take the lead in other children’s sensitive behavior about this issue.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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