Frecuencia de trastornos de la comunicación en niños de 2 a 7 años del Centro Integral Fonoaudiológico. Cuenca 2017-2020

Abstract

Communication is the process by which living beings exchange information, thoughts, emotions, ideas and feelings, which strengthens interpersonal relationships, as well as potentiates a correct development, however, there are factors that cause alteration in this process, thus, both neonatal risk factors, as well as age, sex and level of education of the parents, are the ones that present the most association with communication disorders. General Objective: To determine the frequency of communication disorders in children from 2 to 7 years of age at the Comprehensive Speech-Language Center. Methodology: Descriptive, retrospective cross-sectional study, carried out from the review of 327 medical records, subjective evaluation forms and evaluation batteries that are used in the Comprehensive Speech-Language Center. For the analysis, the SPSS version 15 program was used. For the qualitative variables, frequencies and percentages were used, and for the quantitative variables, mean, mode, and standard deviation. The results will be presented in simple tables according to the variables. Results: It was found that in the Centro Integral Fonoaudiológico 40.3% of the cases correspond to a speech sound disorder, 58.3% of all the cases are men. The average age with the highest number of cases is between 3 and 6 years of age and the highest level of education of the parents is completed high school, in addition to agreeing and differing in the results with other investigations. Conclusions: The large number of users between the ages of 3 and 6 who register some type of communication alteration must be a warning sign to develop early detection techniques or train the community in general to be able to detect warning signs in the childrens.