Profile of communicative acts of children with developmental language disorder

Befi-Lopes, Débora Maria; Oliveira, João Vitor Ribeiro de; Soares, Aparecido José Couto

doi:10.1590/2317-6431-2023-2824en

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Original Article • Audiol., Commun. Res. 29 • 2024 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-6431-2023-2824en copy

Profile of communicative acts of children with developmental language disorder

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ABSTRACT

Purpose

To characterize the communicative acts of children with Developmental Language Disorder, verifying the number of communicative acts, interactive communicative acts, and their relationship with chronological age.

Methods

Forty children of both sexes with a diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder aged between 3 years and seven years and 11 months were subjects. All subjects were assessed with the ABFW Pragmatics Test - Child Language Test in their initial assessment. Specifically, this study focused on verifying the number of communicative acts, communicative acts per minute, interactive communicative acts, and the number of communicative initiatives.

Results

The data indicate that children with Developmental Language Disorder present significant alterations concerning communicative acts and communicative interactions, and there is a correlation between these variables and chronological age.

Conclusion

Children with Developmental Language Disorder show a decrease in the number of communicative acts, interactive communicative acts, and communicative interactions when compared to the reference values of typical children, regardless of age.

Keywords:
Communication; Children; Specific language disorder; Developmental Language Disorder

Variables	Age group	n	Mean	SD	Median	Min.	Max.
No. of communicative acts	3 years to 4 years and 11 months	26	29.42 [25.92. 32.77]	8.97	30.50 [29.75. 33.00]	13.00	48.00
	Over 5 years old	14	32.86 [27.71. 38.17]	11.29	32.00 [27.00. 38.50]	15.00	60.00
	Total	40	30.63 [27.83. 33.75]	9.84	30.50 [29.00. 33.50]	13.00	60.00
Communicative acts/minute	3 years to 4 years and 11 months	26	4.96 [4.20. 5.76]	2.20	4.80 [4.00. 6.20]	1.60	9.60
	Over 5 years old	14	5.77 [4.63. 6.94]	2.59	5.60 [4.50. 6.27]	2.60	12.00
	Total	40	5.24 [4.57. 5.90]	2.34	5.20 [4.00. 6.00]	1.60	12.00
No. of communicative initiatives	3 years to 4 years and 11 months	26	54.92 [50.12. 59.42]	12.56	58.50 [46.00. 61.00]	34.00	75.00
	Over 5 years old	14	57.00 [52.14. 62.14]	9.96	54.50 [51.00. 64.00]	41.00	76.00
	Total	40	55.65 [52.22. 59.30]	11.63	56.50 [51.50. 61.50]	34.00	76.00
No. of interactive acts	3 years to 4 years and 11 months	26	19.23 [15.15. 23.04]	10.94	20.00 [13.00. 27.00]	1.00	37.00
	Over 5 years old	14	24.93 [20.36. 29.57]	8.97	24.00 [21.00. 29.50]	8.00	40.00
	Total	40	21.23 [17.48. 24.53]	10.55	23.50 [17.50. 26.00]	1.00	40.00
Interactive communicative acts (%)	3 years to 4 years and 11 months	26	63.75 [52.44. 74.17]	29.84	70.77 [45.11 86.69]	3.03	100.00
	Over 5 years old	14	76.81 [66.16. 86.87]	18.09	77.52 [70.00. 88.10]	42.11	100.00
	Total	40	68.32 [59.69. 76.34]	26.82	77.52 [60.42. 83.72]	3.03	100.00

Variables	Categories	3 years to 4 years and 11 months		Over 5 years old		Total
Variables	Categories	n	%	n	%	n	%
Adequate performance in terms of the number of communicative acts per minute	No	16	61.54	11	78.57	27	67.50
	Yes	10	38.46	3	21.43	13	32.50

Variables	Age group	Number of acts
		Communicative		Interactive Communication
		Coeff.	P-value	Coeff.	P-value
Age	3 years to 4 years and 11 months	0.332 [-0.084. 0.662]	0.097	0.594 [0.313. 0.799]	0.001 ^* * statistically significant at 5% level (p ≤ 0.05)
	Over 5 years old	0.378 [-0.126. 0.742]	0.183	0.386 [-0.005. 0.720]	0.173
	Total	0.347 [0.059. 0.586]	0.028*	0.480 [0.261. 0.653]	0.002*

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