Psychological Peculiarities of Examination of Children with a Diagnosis of “Logoneurosis”, Complicated with Disorders of Sensory Sphere and Disorders of Perceptions

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to show psychological peculiarities of exami-nation of children with a diagnosis of “logoneurosis”, complicated with disorders of sensory sphere and disorders of perceptions.research methods. The research methods were the method of observa-tion and the empirical study of patients. The place of organizing the empirical stage of our research was the psychiatric hospital 1 in Kyiv. With the help of clini-cal, pathopsychological and anamnestic methods 86 children in the age of 3­12 years old (the average age is 8 ± 0.5 years old) with logoneurosis in anamnesis were diagnosed. the results of the research. We proved, that adverse conditions, which fa-cilitate logoneurosis, are: physically weakened children; age features of brain activity; accelerated development of speech (3­4 years old), when the child’s communicative, cognitive and regulatory functions are developed rapidly un-der the influence of communication with adults; hidden mental imbalance of a child, increased reactivity as a result of not quite normal relationships with others; a conflict between the peculiarities of the environment and the degree of its awareness; lack of positive emotional contacts between adults and children; insufficient development of motility, sense of rhythm, facial expressions and ar-ticulatory movements; disorders of sensory sphere of the person and disorders of perceptions.conclusions. The ability of a child with logoneurosis to present speech free-ly depends not only on varying degrees of independence, but also on his/her readiness. So, the speech therapist should trace the features of the appearance of speech spasms depending on whether the child utters a complex or simple phrases, individual words or sounds. On the material of retelling the texts, it is recorded in which cases speech convulsions take a place: only at the beginning of the story, at the beginning of phrases, by use of individual words or sounds. It is being investigated whether speech convulsions do not depend on the level of speech volume. For this purpose, the examinee is asked to speak quietly, loudly, in a whisper.