Visual Motor Disabilities in Children with Functional Articulation Defects

Abstract

This investigation attempted to determine if the presence of visual-motor integration disabilities, as measured by the Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration, was greater in preschool and primary grade children having functional articulation defects than in those without articulation defects - that is, normal speakers. Statistical analysis of the data revealed that the subjects possessing functional articulation defects showed a significantly higher degree of visual-motor integration disability than did the controls.

Other statistical comparisons revealed that the male subjects with functional articulation defects performed significantly less well than did the control males on the Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration. However, this difference was not found between the female subjects and female controls. A positive correlation was found to exist between visual-motor integration ages and the chronological and mental ages of the sample population.

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