Examination of Articulation, Auditory Discrimination and Phonological Awareness Skills of Primary School Students with and without Dyslexia

Canay Ünal Maral Yeşilyurt
Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to examine the articulation, auditory discrimination and phonological awareness skills of primary school 1st and 2nd grade students with and without dyslexia.

Method: A comparative descriptive research model was used in the study. The study involved 22 students with dyslexia and 22 students with typical language development and without reading difficulties, matched by age and gender. The participants of the examination were between the ages of 7.0-8.11. The students were administered the Articulation Screening Subtest (SET) of the Turkish Articulation and Phonology Test (SST), the Auditory Discrimination Subtest (IAT) of the SST, and the Turkish Phonological Awareness Test (FFT).

Results: It was observed that the SET standard score, IAT standard score and FFT total raw score were significantly lower in the dyslexia group. As a result of the 9 subtests of the FFT, it was found that there were significant differences between the two groups in all tasks at the rhyme and phoneme level, except for word combination. When the relationship between SET, IAT and FFT tests was examined, no significant relationship was found between the 3 tests in the group without reading difficulties, but moderate positive relationships were found between SET-IAT, SET-FFT, and IAT-FFT in the dyslexia group.

Conclusion: In this study, it was concluded that the 1st and 2nd grade children with dyslexia had difficulties in articulation, auditory discrimination and phonological awareness skills compared to their peers without dyslexia.


Keywords

articulation, auditory discrimination, dyslexia, phonological awareness, speech sound disorder


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