Articulation Problems and Ability to Store and Process Stimuli

Abstract

Twelve children with nonorganic articulation problems were matched in age, sex, and intelligence with 12 normal-speaking control children. Each subject’s recall of Single-, Sequential-, and Simultaneous-digit Sets was measured. There was also a Bead Pattern Recall Task. The children with nonorganic articulation problems were inferior to children with normal speech in tasks which required the recall of Single-, Sequential-, and Simultaneous-digit Sets. Meaningful differences between the two groups regarding short-term storage could not be found using a bead pattern recall task.