Chapter 9- SSD's in Children Flashcards
What is the largest group of children on a SLP’s caseload?
Children with SSD
What is a speech sound disorder?
An impairment of an individual’s sound system that results in a significant problem with speech sound production
T/F Speech sound disorders affect slightly more boys than girls
True
40% of SSD cases are associated with what?
Recurrent middle-ear infections/developmental motor speech disorders/other development disorders
Racial and ethnic minorities will increase to ?% of the total population of the US by 2015?
30%
Clinicians need knowledge of what three aspects of speech variations?
- The nature of dialects and foreign accents
- The speech characteristics of dialects and foreign accents
- The standards in a child’s speech community
What is a resource that could help an SLP with a child who speaks another language with a SSD?
A cultural informant or broker
What are two variations of one phoneme called?
Allophones
To be considered a phoneme a speech sound must able to do what?
Signal a contrast in meaning between two words of a language
What is an example of a phoneme?
/p/ or /b/
What is coarticulation?
The way sounds overlap during articulation
Assimilation is?
the way the features of one sound take on the features of neighboring sounds
Place of production refers to what?
WHERE in the vocal tract the sound is produced
Which sounds are produced with both lips?
Bilabial
Which sounds are produced with the upper teeth and lower lip?
Labiodental
Which sounds are produced with the tongue between the teeth?
Linguadental
Which sounds are produced with tounge-tip elevation at the alveolar ridge?
Alveolar
Which sounds are produced in the region of the hard palate?
Palatal
Which sounds are produced in the region of the soft palate?
Velar
Which sounds are produced at the level of the glottis?
Glottal
What does manner of production describe?
HOW a sound is produced
What is a stop?
A sound that is produced with a complete obstruction of the vocal
What is a fricative?
A sound that is produced with constriction or partial constriction of the vocal tract
What is an affricate?
A sound that is produced with a brief obstruction of the vocal tract
What is a nasal sound?
One that is produced with the velopharyngeal port open which allows for nasal resonance
What is a liquid sound?
one that is produced with a relatively open vocal tract that is only somewhat more restricted than for vowel production
What is a glide?
A sound that is produced with a gliding movement of the tongue
Voiceless sounds are produced with or without vocal fold vibration?
WITHOUT
Voiced sounds are produced with or without vocal fold vibration?
WITH
Vowels are characterized by what 4 articulatory features?
- Tongue height
- Tongue advancement
- Roundness
- Tension
What are the two categories of functional SSDs?
Articulatory and phonological
What is a quick and easy way to identify whether a child has a speech delay that will need a more in-depth assessment?
Screening
What is a comprehensive assessment of a child’s speech?
Diagnostic Speech Assessment
What is the small fold of the mucous membrane under the tongue that anchors it to the floor of the mouth?
Lingual frenum
What describes the sounds and syllable structures a sound produces regardless of accuracy relative to the adult target?
Independent analysis
What are phonotactic patterns?
The syllable structure and distribution of sounds in the child’s language
