speech difficulties Flashcards
what is the prevalence of speech sound disorders
3.5 - 5 % of 4 year olds
Name some long term implications of an SSD
Difficulty with language and recall
Withdraws from social settings
Weak oral and writing skills
Name some ‘red flags’ for an SSD
Late onset of babbling - should begin before 1 year
Otitis Media with Effusion
Backing
Small repertoire of vowels and consonants
what is an articulation disorder
difficulties with the motor processes associated with speech
what is a phonological disorder
difficulties with the patterns of phonemes
Name the typical phonological disorders
reduplictaion
voicing
final consonant deletion
fronting
stopping
weak syllable deletion
cluster reduction
gliding
what is reduplication and when should it come to an end
one syllable is repeated for another
‘baba’ for bottle - 3 years
what is voicing and when should it come to an end
a voiceless sound is replaced by a voiced sound
‘big’ for pig - 3 years
what is final consonant deletion and when should it come to an end
final consonant is omitted
‘be’ for bed - 3.3 years
what is fronting and when should it come to an end
when a sound is produced further forward in the mouth
‘tat’ for cat - 3.5
what is stopping and when should it come to an end
when a fricative/affricate is changed to a plosive
‘mowt’ for mouse - 3-5 years
what is weak syllable deletion and when should it come to an end
omission of the unstressed syllable
‘mato’ for tomato - 4 years
what is cluster reduction and when should it come to an end
omission of the cluster element of a word
‘poon’ for spoon - 4 years
what is gliding and when should it come to an end
‘wun’ for run - 5 years
name the atypical phonological disorders
when the typical disorders persist beyond the expected age range
backing (for English speaking children)
when later developing sounds emerge before earlier sounds
