Sepideh Mokhtarvand - Student research committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Parvane Rahimifar - Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center. Dept. of Speech Therapy, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Reyhaneh Rabiei - Student research committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Background: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders that occurs during childhood. It usually along with other disorders including cerebral palsy, mental retardation, attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder, etc. Children with epilepsy are at more high risk for speech disorders, language disorders, school-age learning disabilities, behavioral and emotional problems. Although speech and language problems occur frequently in children with epilepsy, they are often overlooked. These speech disorders lead to impaired quality of Social and Communication Life of children with epilepsy. so we aimed to investigate the speech disorders in children with epilepsy. Methods: The present study was conducted using articles published from 2000 to 2019 by searching databases such as PubMed , Science direct , Scopus , Google scholar and Library Resources . Initial search was done with the keywords epilepsy , speech , speech disorders and communication disorders and then the relevant articles were selected and used. Findings: Studies show that a high percentage of children with epilepsy have speech disorders such as dysarthria, phonological disorders, dysfluencies and extraneous vocalizations, but a small number of children receiving speech therapy. It should be noted that the incidence of each disorder varies depending on the severity of the epilepsy and the brain regions affected. Conclusion: speech is the richest means of communication and people can convey their needs, desires, beliefs and thought with this. any dysfunction in it leads to damage to the quality of life. So that children are the future makers of any society, recognizing any damage to children s speech subsystems is necessary. Also, early treatment and awareness of other professionals associated with these children is important.

epilepsy, speech, speech disorders