… ), preschool children (n = 24), early years practitioners (n = 31) and ‘underserved’ communities
(n = 52). Key findings: Speech … data on preschool children’s perspectives on speech and …

… For example, 50-60% of untreated 2 year old children who present with primary expressive
… positive effect on language delay in young preschool children relative to untreated controls—…

… Untreated speech and language delay in preschool children … of preschool-aged children
who were referred for speech … Preschool-aged children with speech and language delay may …

… Reported prevalence rates for speech and language delay vary widely. For preschool children
2 to 4.5 years of age, studies that evaluated combined speech and language delay have …

… state of children's speech preparation for school education. The purpose of the study was to
study the state of speech and non-speech skills in preschool children with speech deficiency…

… The aim of the study was to present the hearing and speech-language findings of preschool
children. The children in this study were aged 3-5 years. Sixtyseven of 239 children (28.0%) …

… speech skills and letter knowledge to the phonological awareness and early reading skills of
99 preschool children… was closely linked with speech perception and vocabulary. Phoneme …

… We investigated in a pragmatic randomised controlled trial the effectiveness of speech and
language therapy for preschool children as delivered in community clinics. Parallel studies …

… have been developed to address speech sound disorder (SSD) in children. Many of these
… study of interventions for primary speech and language impairment in preschool children. …

… in preschool children. Assessments were made of speech corpora taken from 3-year old
children … Both quantitative and qualitative indices of the children’s spontaneous speech output …