Research seminar: Interaction between speech and language

Abstract

Speech and language are interconnected systems, and speech sound disorders (SSDs) often co-occur with language disorder. Potential trade-off effects between speech and language in connected speech in children without overt language disorder have been less explored. In this study, we investigate whether speech accuracy (percent phonemes correct [PPC]) predict linguistic variables in story retell narratives in children with and without SSDs. Results showed significant relationships between PPC and all linguistic variables, and a higher-than-expected occurrence of linguistic errors in narratives from children with SSD, which might indicate a trade-off. Results are discussed in the light of models of speech and language and cognitive load theory.

The associated publication can be found here

About the speaker

Anna Eva Hallin is an Assistant Professor in the division of Speech and Language Pathology at Karolinska Institutet. She is a licensed SLP and has a Ph.D. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University. Her teaching, research, and clinical work focus on children with literacy and language difficulties, especially school age children with developmental language disorder (DLD), with the overarching aim to inform clinical and classroom practice. She is an advocate for interprofessional collaboration to support young people with developmental disorders, and aims to make research and knowledge in this area available for the wider public through blogging, podding, and teaching outside academia. She has also written two books on DLD for practicing teachers.

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The seminar will be held in English.