Abstract

Objective: Childhood speech retardation can have significant negative effects on a child’s personal, social and later academic and professional life. Determining the risk groups of retardation is important in terms of timely recognition and diagnosis. In this study, it was aimed to reveal the causes of children who applied to our clinic with speech retardation.


Material and Methods: Between July 2011 and July 2015, data of pediatric patients aged 1-12 years, who were diagnosed with speech retardation and who were admitted to the Pediatric Neurology Outpatient Clinic of Samsun Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital and Private Medical Park Samsun Hospital, were analyzed retrospectively. analyzed. Descriptive statistics were given as mean, standard deviation and proportions.

Results: Of the 348 patients included in the study, 25.7% were female (n=89), 74.3% were male (n=259), and the mean age was 41.3±15.6 months (min 14 months, maximum 91 months). It was determined that 61% of the children were born in the second row, 11.2% had a history of prematurity, and 42% had another family member with speech retardation. Epileptic disorder was observed in 32.7% of the patients, high risk for autism in 21%, and hearing loss in 6.5%. As a result of the Denver II developmental test, it was observed that 20.7% of the patients had developmental language retardation and 52.2% had retardation in two or more areas of developmental stages, which was called global developmental delay. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed 4% abnormality.

Conclusion: The adoption of a detailed diagnostic management approach consisting of history, physical examination, screening tests and diagnostic tests in children presenting with suspicion of speech retardation, not only for the correction of speech retardation, but also for early clinicopathological conditions such as underlying global developmental delay, epileptic disorder, autism, and hearing loss. It is also important in terms of diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords: Child, Epilepsy, Global developmental delay, Speech retardation, Autism, Deafness

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İnce H, Say GN, Başaran A, Çağlar Akoğlu S, Bekaroğlu A, Taşdemir HA. Examining the Factors Playing A Role in The Etiology of Speech Retardation from the Perspective of Child Neurology. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 7 [cited 2025 May 24];16(4):264-9. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/864