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F E Broad

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PubMed1983

The effects of infant feeding, birth order, occupation and socio-economic status on speech in six-year-old children.

The relationship of breast-feeding to the incidence of clear speech at six years of age was examined for 319 New Zealand children of European descent in samples from Putaruru and West Coast. Children were more likely to be breast-fed if first-born, and less likely if the father's occupational group was business or labouring. Differences in clear speech were associated with birth order and socio-economic status. Controlling for these effects, the association of breast-feeding with clear speech was different for the sexes. It was negligible for girls but strongly positive for boys.

Birth Order↗
PubMed1975

Further studies on the effects of infant feeding on speech quality.

A previous speech survey (Broad, 1972) has been extended to include similar children in schools on the West Coast of the South Island, making a total of 319 for the two surveys. Both surveys were retrospective. The West Coast study has extended the findings of the earlier project. The combined studies showed that: 1. Breast feeding is associated strongly with improved speech clarity in the male child and the tendency for breast feeding to be associated with improved tonal quality is sustained. 2. Reading ability is associated with breast feeding for the entire group, boys showing the effect more clearly than girls. 3. A high degree of association was found between reading ability and speech clarity. 4. There is an association between breast feeding and confidence. There is evidence that the feeding effect is different for both sexes and that differences exist between the two regions.

Breast Feeding↗