Αφηγηματικές ικανότητες παιδιών με Παιδική Απραξία της Ομιλίας

Although growing evidence indicates that speech disorders affect language and socio-cognitive abilities more broadly, the number of studies dealing with these issues in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is limited. The aim of the present study is to fill this research gap. Twenty pre-school children (around 4 to 6 years old) with CAS and 20 typically developing children listened to two stories, while viewing a wordless picture presentation for each. They were then instructed to retell the story. Results revealed no significant difference between the two groups in terms of morphosyntax (microstructure), but poor performance in the recognition and description of the main characters’ internal states (macrostructure) for the group with CAS. Thus, it appears that morphosyntactic difficulties are not one of the main characteristics of the disorder, while limited social interactions, due to speech problems, affect the socio-cognitive abilities of children with CAS.