Prevalencia de los trastornos de los sonidos del habla en niños de 4 a 6 años Centro de Salud “Pumapungo”. Cuenca, agosto 2022- febrero 2023

Abstract

The term Speech Sound Disorders (SSD), was taking different nomenclatures according to the area of knowledge. One of the first terms used was "dyslalia", this was issued for the first time by the European College of Speech Therapists in 1959, that same year Powers, in the USA, used the denomination "functional articulation disorder". And so were handled both terms, which referred to alterations in the production of sounds, with the passing of the years and subsequent studies mentioned above, were adopting different names to refer to children with speech disorders, until 2005 in which it was designated Speech Sound Disorders (SSD), a term that is used until today. Objective: To determine the prevalence of speech sound disorders in children aged 4 to 6 years at the "Pumapungo" health center. Cuenca, August 2022- February 2023. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study. The universe and sample consisted of 70 children between 4 and 6 years of age, who attended the "Pumapungo" Health Center in the area of Speech Therapy, during the period August 2022-February 2023. The research sample was evaluated by the PEFF-R test, thus determining the presence of a possible speech disorder. Results obtained: The prevalence of speech sound disorders represents 65.7% and 34.4% correspond to delays in language development.