1995 Volume 36 Issue 4 Pages 387-396
In order to get an overall view of children with delayed speech and language, a follow-up study was conducted by mail. A questionnaire was sent to each subject over 15 years old who had been diagnosed with delayed speech and language at Kinki University Hospital. The questionnaire contained inquiries as to educational history, language abil-ities and communication abilities. Answers collected from 53 persons were analyzed and the following results were found:
1.Most children who were in“a special education”class during primary school entered a“special education”school after graduating from middle school.
2.About 40% of the subjects could speak and listen without any difficulty.
3.47% of the subjects could communicate with unfamiliar people without any difficulty.
4.Language abilities and communication abilities had a close relationship except in cases of autistic people.
5.Investigating the causes of speech and language delay can be helpful to make one's prognosis to some extent.
