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