%0 Journal Article
%T A Comparison of Vitamin D Levels in Chidren with Language and Speech Disorders and Healthy Children in the Turkish Population
%A Saime SA£¿IRO£¿LU
%J -
%D 2019
%X ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between vitamin D [25(OH)] values with the language and speech disorders in children. Material and Methods: A total of 200 children were included in the study, comprising 124 children, with stuttering (n=62), functional language disorder (n=40) and articulation disorder (n=22) as the patient group and a control group of 76 healthy children. Vitamin D levels were examined in blood samples taken from both the patient group and the control group. Results: Serum vitamin D levels were determined as 23.68 ¡À 10.95 in patients with articulation disorder, 17.82 ¡À 8.28 in patients with functional language disorder, 23.36 ¡À 10.01 in patients with stuttering, and 26.01 ¡À 7.4 in the control group. Serum vitamin D values were found to be statistically significantly (p<0.001) lower in children with functional language disorder than in the healthy control group. It was observed that vitamin D decreased as the severity of the stutter increased. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, there can be considered to be an important connection between vitamin D level and functional language disorder. Nevertheless, further studies are needed to confirm these findings in children with language and speech disorders
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/tchd/issue/43771/562170