Trastornos del sonido de habla en niños de 3 a 6 años del Centro Salud Nicanor Merchán periodo 2023 – 2024

Abstract

Over time, the nomenclature used to name children with SSD has changed according to authorial influences of the moment. Thus, one of the first terms used was dyslalia, coined by the College of Speech Therapists of Europe in 1959. That year, Powers in the USA, used the name functional articulation disorder. Both terms describe from the perspective of articulation, where substitutions, omissions, and distortions occur. From that moment on, different nomenclatures have been adopted to refer to children with speech disorders, until 2005, in which it was named Speech Sound Disorders (SSD), a term that is used to this day. Objective: To determine the incidence of speech sound disorders in children aged 3-6 years at Nicanor Merchán health center in the city of Cuenca in 2023-2024. Method: Cross-sectional analytical study. This study was carried out in order to know the incidence of speech sound disorders to find relationships with sociodemographic variables age, sex, and residence. Data collected through the PEFF-R test was tabulated using the SPSSS statistical software. Results: It is expected to find out the incidence of speech sound disorders in children aged 3-6 years who received medical care at Nicanor Merchán health center. Conclusions: The incidence of SSD is very high, mainly in children aged 3-6 years old.