How Do Families of Children with Down Syndrome Perceive Speech Intelligibility in Turkey?

Table 5

Percentages of parents on questions of increasing length and complexity.

	Always	Frequently	Sometimes	Never
(16) My child is understandable when she/he says single words but has greater difficulty in conversation	37%	21.9%	33.9%	7.2%
(24) My child has more difficulty saying longer words than shorter words	35.4%	28.8%	27.6%	8.2%
(25) My child has more difficulty speaking when she/he is using longer phrases or sentences	46.4%	30.1%	20.7%	2.8%
(36) My child’s speech is easier to understand when she/he is saying familiar words	55.2%	26%	14.4%	4.4%