Speech Disrimination & Diagnostic Statement

Question 1

Summarize PBH’s opinion on speech discrimination

Answer 1

• Being able to distinguish between correct and incorrect productions is important but exclusively focusing on auditory discrimination training is not effective.
• Any testing should be done after sound production errors have been identified. Then test using minimal pairs
• Production training will improve production and discrimination

Question 2

What is a diagnostic statement?

Answer 2

Definitively states the diagnosis and the level of severity. It includes types of errors and position of misarticulation. If organic, the details are included.