Abstract: Objective To identify the language development among 16~24 months old children in Chengdu. Methods The survey was conducted in the cluster sample of 1 063 children aged 16~24 months which were randomly selected from 12 community health service centres of 6 subdistricts of Chengdu.Early Language Milestone Scale(Shanghai version) were used in the investigation.Excel 3.1 and the SPSS 18.0 were used for data recording and analysis. Result 1)137 children were found with significant language development delay,the rate was 12.89%.2)Girls had significantly better performance than boys on both the expressive language and the receptive language.3)Children's language developed with age increased,visual related language stopped developing on 18 months,auditory related language had a steady growth,while expressive language developed faster on 18 months. Conclusion More attention should be paid to the children's language development in Chengdu,comprehensive ability is an important point of children's language development.

Key words: children, language, development

摘要： 目的 了解成都市16~24月龄儿童语言发育状况。方法 于2013年6-12月以成都市6城区1 063例16~24月龄儿童为研究对象,以《婴幼儿语言发育进程量表》为调查工具,采用Excel进行资料录入、SPSS 18.0软件进行统计描述与分析。结果 1)共发现语言发育迟缓儿童137例,检出率12.89%。2)各年龄组男女儿童语言的发育在与视觉相关的理解与表达、听觉感受和理解、语音及言语表达三个方面差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05),女童的理解及表达能力优于男童(P<0.05)。3)儿童语言发育随年龄增加而增加,其中与视觉相关的理解和表达部分得分在18月后达到稳定,听觉感受和理解部分得分呈平稳上升趋势,语音和语言表达部分得分早期增加比较平缓但于18个月左右明显上升。结论 应加强对成都地区儿童语言发育的关注,增加儿童理解能力训练是提高儿童表达能力的有效方法之一。

关键词: 儿童, 语言, 发育