{"id":344941,"date":"2024-02-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/nearly-1-in-10-children-had-already-seen-a-speech-therapist-in-2019\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:00:00","slug":"nearly-1-in-10-children-had-already-seen-a-speech-therapist-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/nearly-1-in-10-children-had-already-seen-a-speech-therapist-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 1 in 10 Children Had Already Seen a Speech Therapist in 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January 2024, the Directorate for Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES) published the results of a study on children’s and teenagers’ use of speech therapists<\/strong>: nearly 1 in 10 children saw this professional in 2019, with different reasons depending on sex and age. Oral and written language disorders are the main reasons for consultation among children aged 3 to 10\u2026<\/p>\n

1.25 million children and teenagers saw a speech therapist in 2019<\/h2>\n

The DREES study reveals that nearly 9% of minors consulted<\/strong> a speech therapist<\/a> in France at least once during 2019<\/strong>: 1.25 million children and teenagers, for more than 21 million sessions.<\/p>\n

Aged 6 to 10, half of them were in primary school<\/strong>, with a clear predominance among boys<\/strong> (59% versus 41%). For Camille, a professional practising in La Garde, in the Var region: “the number of requests has increased, because more prevention work is being done. Teachers are more aware, particularly at school.”<\/em> [1]<\/a><\/p>\n

Oral and written language disorders, the leading reasons for consultation<\/h2>\n

The study highlights 8 categories of speech-therapy treatment<\/strong> as reasons for consultation.<\/p>\n

First come oral language disorders<\/strong> (speech delay, communication disorders), which affect more than 8 in 10 children aged 3 to 5. This percentage then falls in primary school, even though it remains the most common reason for consultation (43%), ahead of written language disorders<\/strong> (37%) – namely, dyslexia<\/a> or dysorthographia.<\/p>\n

From the age of 7, logico-mathematical disorders<\/strong> appear (4%), increasing through middle and high school to reach 10% of reasons for consultation. But between the ages of 11 and 17, the main reason for seeing a speech therapist remains handwriting disorders (dysgraphia) and written language disorders (56.6%).<\/p>\n

A gender and regional disparity<\/h2>\n

The DREES report reveals that, at the same age, boys and girls do not consult for the same reasons. In primary school, boys consult a speech therapist around 1.4 times more often<\/strong> than girls, most commonly for <\/strong>stuttering<\/strong><\/a> or dysphasia<\/strong>. In adolescence, they tend to suffer more from written language disorders<\/strong>. Girls, meanwhile, present more logico-mathematical disorders<\/strong>, both in primary school and in middle and high school.<\/p>\n

At regional level, consultations also reflect the disparity in the density of speech therapists<\/strong>. While the average stood at 135 per 100,000 children in 2019<\/strong>, some departments show very different figures, such as Cantal<\/strong>, where there are 40 professionals per 100,000 children. Conversely, H\u00e9rault<\/strong> has 255, and Paris<\/strong> has 228\u2026 Note that in overseas departments<\/strong>, this density is also highly uneven: 190 in R\u00e9union and 19 in French Guiana.<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, on the Ora-Visio platform<\/strong>, it is possible to find speech therapists<\/strong><\/a> specialising in DYS disorders, available regardless of geography<\/strong>, since they can be reached directly online.<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Source: https:\/\/www.parents.fr\/actualites\/etre-parent\/voici-pourquoi-les-enfants-consultent-plus-souvent-les-orthophonistes-1055361<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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