DELETERIOUS ORAL HABITS IN CHILDHOOD: IMPLICATIONS IN READING AND WRITING ACQUISITION

• Autor(a) principal: Vellozo, Khésia Panhozi
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Yaegashi, Solange Franci Raimundo, Oliveira, Lucilia Vernaschi de, Caetano, Luciana Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Teoria e Prática da Educação (Online)
• DOI: 10.4025/tpe.v23i1.47933
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/TeorPratEduc/article/view/47933
• topic: Alfabetização. Leitura e escrita. Formação de educadores.; Aprendizagem da leitura e da escrita

This article of theoretical nature aims to investigate the relationship between deleterious oral habits in childhood and possible difficulties in the acquisition of reading and writing. We analyze empirical researches that deal with the current theme and we find that the literature of the research area indicates that oral habits such as bottle feeding, pacifier use, onychophagy and digital sucking may negatively affect phonological acquisition because they induce anatomical, physiological and functional damage to the articulatory structures. Emergence of pathological patterns due to such habits leads to sensory dysfunctions and changes in the development of the physiology and morphology of orofacial muscle groups, which in turn reduce speech intelligibility and may result in disturbances or distortions.These inadequacies in the development of oral language cause difficulties in learning to read and write, insofar as the literacy process requires phonological awareness. It is concluded that it is essential for education professionals to have knowledge about this subject in order to identify the occurrence of harmful oral habits in children, as well as to devise strategies that promote their abandonment.