Shared characteristics of intervention techniques for oral vocabulary and speech comprehensibility in preschool children with co-occurring features of developmental language disorder and speech sound disorder: a systematic review with narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To descriptively compare and contrast intervention techniques for preschool children with features of developmental language disorder (outcome: oral vocabulary) and speech sound disorder (outcome: speech comprehensibility) and analyse them in relation to effectiveness and theory.

Design

This is a systematic review with narrative synthesis. The process was supported by an expert steering group consisting of relevant professionals and people with lived experience.

Data sources

Ovid Emcare, MEDLINE Complete, CINAHL, APA PsycINFO, ERIC, and Communication Source from January 2012 were searched. Relevant studies were obtained from an initial published review (up to January 2012).

Eligibility criteria

Interventions for preschool children (80% aged 2:0-5:11

SUBMITTER: Rodgers L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367316 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature