PURPOSE: To carry out a late follow-up of the performance on language abilities of a study group with history of phonological disorders (after speech therapy), compared to a control group with normal phonological development. METHODS: Eighteen subjects, nine from the study group and nine from the control group, participated in the study and were evaluated on written language, carrying out tasks of text comprehension, sentences complementation, sentences formation, paragraph continuation, and sentences combination, which are part of the TIPITI Language Assessment. RESULTS: The results showed positive and strong statistically significant correlation between the groups regarding the language abilities. Statistically significant differences were also found between study and control groups on the Kruskal-Wallis test. CONCLUSION: It was verified that, even after speech therapy and overcoming speech disorders, the study group showed lower performance on language tasks when compared to the control group.
Articulation disorders; Speech therapy; Child language; Language; Language development
