Summary of Case History: Sallie Speechie is an 8 year 8 month old female. She was referred to ENMU SHROC by a family friend. Her mother, Suzie Speechie completed a case history form. Sallie’s parents and teachers are concerned that she is falling behind academically and socially, so an appointment was requested.
Her mother reported that there were no remarkable concerns during her pregnancy with Sallie. Sallie’s developmental milestones are all within normal limits. Sallie’s mother reported that when Sallie was a toddler, she would become frustrated when her parents were unable to understand her.
Sallie is in the 3rd grade at Valencia Elementary School. Her parents and teacher are concerned that Sallie does not understand what is being said to her in the classroom environment. Sallie’s vocabulary, feeding, speech sounds, and speech developmental rate are unremarkable. Sallie’s language is an area of concern, according to her parents and teacher. The concern about Sallie’s language was first noted this year by her classroom teacher.
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Oral Structures & Function: An oral mechanism examination was completed for Sallie. The examination assessed facial symmetry, lip and jaw functioning, hard palate shape and tissue, tongue and …show more content…
The GFTA-2 elicits the production of 61 consonant sounds by using 34 picture plates and 53 target words. Standardized scores were collected, but these scores cannot be compared to the general population. The GFTA-2 does not reach a normal distribution for most ages. For the GFTA-2 the standard score average is 100 with a standard deviation of 15. The average score means that any scores greater than 100 are above average and any scores less than 100 are below average. For the test-age equivalent score, it should be observed that the test-age equivalent scores do not go above the ages
Her mother reported that there were no remarkable concerns during her pregnancy with Sallie. Sallie’s developmental milestones are all within normal limits. Sallie’s mother reported that when Sallie was a toddler, she would become frustrated when her parents were unable to understand her.
Sallie is in the 3rd grade at Valencia Elementary School. Her parents and teacher are concerned that Sallie does not understand what is being said to her in the classroom environment. Sallie’s vocabulary, feeding, speech sounds, and speech developmental rate are unremarkable. Sallie’s language is an area of concern, according to her parents and teacher. The concern about Sallie’s language was first noted this year by her classroom teacher.
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Oral Structures & Function: An oral mechanism examination was completed for Sallie. The examination assessed facial symmetry, lip and jaw functioning, hard palate shape and tissue, tongue and …show more content…
The GFTA-2 elicits the production of 61 consonant sounds by using 34 picture plates and 53 target words. Standardized scores were collected, but these scores cannot be compared to the general population. The GFTA-2 does not reach a normal distribution for most ages. For the GFTA-2 the standard score average is 100 with a standard deviation of 15. The average score means that any scores greater than 100 are above average and any scores less than 100 are below average. For the test-age equivalent score, it should be observed that the test-age equivalent scores do not go above the ages