PURPOSE:
to describe and to analyze the phonological profile of children with ages between 4 to 5 years and 11 months attending childhood education institutions in the city of Belo Horizonte, to compare the phonological development of children of public and private schools and to verify the relationship between language development and resources of the family and school environments.
METHODS:
the study evaluated the phonological development and auditory processing of 96 children with ages between 4 to 5 years and 11 months from three childhood education institutions and also the school environment.
RESULTS:
the most frequent processes were liquid simplification, cluster reduction and final consonant deletion. In the evaluation of auditory processing, most of the children achieved satisfactory results. It was observed that children who receive less family stimulation and that attend public schools have greater chances of phonological alterations.
CONCLUSION:
the results of the study showed the importance of a good stimulation of the environment in which the child is inserted. Thereby it is of great importance to carry out further studies and to verify the influence of the family and school environments in the child's language development.
Environment; Family; Language; Speech Therapy; Child Development
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