Oral-diadochokinetic rates for Hebrew-speaking school-age children: Real words vs. non-words repetition

Abstract

Oral-diadochokinesis (DDK) tasks are a common tool for evaluating speech disorders. Usually, these tasks involve repetitions of non-words. It has been suggested that repeating real words can be more suitable for preschool children. But, the impact of using real words with elementary school children has not been studied yet. This study evaluated oral-DDK rates for Hebrew-speaking elementary school children using non-words and real words. The participants were 60 children, 9-11 years old, with normal speech and language development, who were asked to repeat "pataka" (non-word) and "bodeket" (Hebrew real word). Data replicate the advantage generally found for real word repetition with preschoolers. Children produced real words faster than non-words for all age groups, and repetition rates were higher for the older children. The findings suggest that adding real words to the standard oral-DDK task with elementary school children may provide a more comprehensive picture of oro-motor function.

Oral-diadochokinetic rates for Hebrew-speaking healthy ageing population: non-word versus real-word repetition

“…Figure depicts average oral‐DDK rates and standard errors (syllables/s) for real‐ and non‐word conditions with two groups of Hebrew speakers: older adults (current data, divided across the two age subgroup) and children (Icht and Ben‐David ). Examining Figure , it appears that across age groups the same pattern can be observed, real words were produced faster than non‐words.…”

“…Average oral‐DDK rates (syllables/s) and standard errors for real‐ and non‐word repetition, for three groups of Hebrew speakers: two groups of older adults from the current study (65–74 and 75–86 years) and a group of children (9–11 years). Source: Icht and Ben‐David ().…”

“…Recently, a literature review by Icht and Ben‐David () noted the impact of language on oral‐DDK performance, and suggested possible norms for Hebrew‐speaking younger adults (Icht and Ben‐David ) and for school‐aged children (Icht and Ben‐David ). The first goal of the present study was to suggest possible norms for older Hebrew speakers (65 years and older) using a sequential motion rate (SMR) task.…”

“…Testing children, several researchers recommended using real‐word repetition to simplify the task. Indeed, for English‐ and Hebrew‐speaking children, real‐word repetition was generally found to be faster than non‐word repetition (Williams and Stackhouse , Icht and Ben‐David ). Using real‐word rather than non‐word repetition might be relevant for testing older adults as well.…”

Efeitos da terapia manual laríngea e da estimulação elétrica nervosa transcutânea (TENS) na diadococinesia laríngea em mulheres disfônicas: estudo clínico randomizado

“…It is defined as the ability to perform fast repetitions of relatively simple patterns composed of oppositional contractions (9) , which may suggest information about individuals' neuromotor integration and maturation (9) . This acoustic evaluation has been used in several cases and populations, such as in children with speech sound disorders (10) , cochlear implants (11) , and fluency disorder (12) , in neurological patients (13)(14)(15)(16) , healthy elderly individuals (17) , youngsters and children (18,19) , as well as in patients with behavioral dysphonia (20,21) . Considering the DDK evaluations in clinical speech-language practice, laryngeal DDK aims to investigate neuromotor control of vocal folds (22) , being used mainly for the assessment of voice disorders (13,15,17,18,20,22) .…”