Speech and Sound Disorders
Do strangers have a difficult time understanding your child? There are many reasons why a child might be struggling to say certain sounds.
A few of these reasons include difficulties with:
Articulation
Coordinating the lips, tongue, palate (roof of mouth), and teeth to produce sounds.
A child with an articulation disorder might say “wabbit” instead of “rabbit”.
They might also have a lateral or frontal lisp, which would make producing j, ch, th, sh, s, and z difficult.
Motor production and apraxia of speech.
A child with apraxia of speech might have difficulty with:
coordination of oral movements for speech
Producing longer, more complex words and phrases
Accurately saying the same word consistently
Vowel sounds
Timing, rhythm, and flow of speech
Phonology
Producing patterns of speech sounds that make up language
These children may be able to produce a sound correctly, but may use it in the wrong position in a word or omit it all together.
Example: A child may say “tat” instead of “cat”.
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