Speech sound disorder

A speech sound disorder incudes problems with articulation and phonological processes that persist beyond the age of acquisition. A speech sound disorder can affect both children and adults, and subsequently can have a social or educational impact on individuals across the lifespan. Speech-Language Pathologists have taken an influential role in treating speech sound disorders. Treating the various speech sound disorders related to articulation and phonological disorders is important due to the social impacts and educational impacts. Social impact Children and adults with speech sound disorders experience decreased intelligibility. This decrease is attributed to the omission, substitution, or distortion of various phonemes. With decreased intelligibility,…

Communication disorders encompass a variety of speech and language that affect the day to day lives of children and adults. The views of these disorders are viewed differently by different people depending on the setting. It ranges from positive acceptance to negative rejection. For example, within the movies, “The King’s Speech” and “Sound and Fury” has been produced in order to capture the challenges that give an inside view for viewers to empathize with. People can connect to the characters…

The earliest of studies for speech sounds has been studied intensively since the early 1930s. Studies concerning the acquisition of phonemes are used in clinical practice and serve as a guideline to a practicing clinician. The earliest of studies came from 1931 by Wellman, Case, Mengert and Bradbury. Following Wellman’s findings, other researchers found new material and listing different ages in comparison to Wellman’s research. Sander (1972) discusses the various individuals that contributed to…

Stuttering is a speech disorder that involves significant problems with the normal fluency of speech. Fluency is a component of speech production that “refers to the smoothness, rate, and effort of speech” (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, p. 1). Stuttering is an interruption in the flow of speaking in which “sounds, syllables, or words are repeated or prolonged, disrupting the rate and rhythm of speech” (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2014, p. 1).…

Megan Washington first confessed to having a speech impairment in 2014 at a TedX conference in Sydney. She had grown up with her parents and sister, living in Papua New Guinea since her birth in 1986. At the age of 10 Washington moved to Brisbane with her family where she spent most of her highschool years. Within this period of her life Megan Washington developed a stutter, which she hid from the world as she followed her dreams to become a world known singer. Her speech is being presented at a…

The field of speech pathology deals with diagnoses and treatment of disorder that affect a person’s ability to communicate. It encompasses all forms of communication, verbal, non-verbal, written, and augmentative. There are two main categories that disorders fall into speech and language. Many assume that speech and language are one in the same however speech is the sounds produced in language and is the system of signs and symbols used to communicate. It is a broad field that include…

This semester for my field experience, I was placed in a third grade classroom under a speech pathologist in Lispalot Elementary in the Oklahoma City public school district. The following instructional strategy essay will be based on a third grade class, with speech disorders, who are unable to accomplish kindergarten standards and objectives in phonics. We plan on using technology and games to work with students on their specific speech disorder. The classroom has a total of four…

went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense” (Walter Dean Myers). Speech therapy can be very frustrating at times, especially if a child is working hard and doing all of the exercises they are told will help them, and just don’t seem to be getting any better. Many of the children who are in speech therapy already feel embarrassed, and they do not need the feeling of frustration added to what they already have to face every day. These children can feel…

of time, using speech and understanding language are the ways that human developed communication with one another. We come into the world longing to communicate with others; our first language is that of crying, eye gaze, and bodily movements. When there are disruptions to the development of or the usage of speech or language, communication suffers and this can affect many other areas of a person’s life. Speech or language impairments have common traits and present educational challenges that…

tests of articulation. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 21, 171-176. INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW This study examined the effects of an African-American dialect, particularly Black English Vernacular (BEV), on the results of three tests of articulation. Articulation tests commonly compare the child’s phonological system to that of standard English, with little adjustment for dialectal variations. BEV is attributed to several West African languages brought to the United…