Identifying Disorders of Articulation & Phonology

Obtaining a sample in an assessment

provides context of the errors

Types of articulation errors

S.O.D.A.

Intelligibility

• A measure of an individual’s ability to be understood

• Used as measure to determine severity

Phonological processes

Affect the individual’s rules in their sound system

When reviewing test results of phonological processes, look for

patterns of error which have biggest impact on intelligibility and class sounds

Approaches to intervention

• auditory discrimination training

• targeting individual speech sounds

• phonological process remediation

Auditory discrimination training

• designed to provide client with perceptual skills to perceive differences

• typically differ only in one sounds (minimal sounds)

Examples of auditory discrimination training

tea and key; rich and witch

What is effective in treating articulation disorders?

modeling/shaping

Types of feedback

• mirror

• video

• audio recording

• be specific

co-articulation

adjacent sounds affect production of the target sound

habituation

• adults/teachers act as monitors in “taxing” activity

• to establish consistent correct production of target in natural speaking situations