FAMILIAL RISK FOR ARTICULATION DISORDER

这项研究将提供一个更好的了解遗传和 环境因素，可能有助于病因 功能性发音障碍 受试者将从 一组参与了一项纵向研究的个人， 1960年至1972年进行的发音发展。 这些人现在大约30至32岁，大多数人 他们有家庭 将从中确定两个组 原始研究;先证者群体，由以下个人组成： 显示出严重和持续的发音障碍， 一个对照组，从那些 在以下情况下， 他们还是孩子 本研究将比较 当前的言语和语言技能、教育和职业 两个群体的地位，以及言语和语言技能 他们的配偶和子女。 对数据的分析将力求 确定1）成年人之间是否存在结果差异， 儿童和成年人的发音都有障碍， 2)发音和相关残疾的程度 家庭中的聚合，以及3）成人的可靠性 报告他们的儿童发音状况。

This study will provide a better understanding of the genetic and enviromental factors that may contribute to the etiology of functional articulation disorders. Subjects will be drawn from a group of individuals who participated in a longitudinal study of articulation development conducted between 1960 and 1972. These individuals are now about 30 to 32 years old and most of them have families. Two groups will be identified from this original study; a proband group, consisting of individuals who displayed significant and persistent articulation disorders in childhood, and a control group, selected from individuals who performed above the mean on the articulation measures when they were children. The study proposed here will compare the current speech and language skills, education, and occupational status of the two groups, as well as the speech and language skills of their spouse and children. Analysis of the data will seek to determine 1) if there are outcome differences between adults who were articulation disordered as children and adults who were not, 2) the extent to which articulation and related disabilities aggregate in families, and 3) the reliability with which adults report on their childhood articulation status.