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Preston, Jonathan L.; Benway, Nina R.; Leece, Megan C.; Hitchcock, Elaine R.; McAllister, Tara – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: This tutorial summarizes current best practices in treating American English /r/ distortions in children with residual speech errors. Method: To enhance the effectiveness of clinicians' cueing and feedback, the phonetics of /r/ production is reviewed. Principles of acquisition, which can inform how to practice /r/ in the early stages of…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Oral Language
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Preston, Jonathan L.; Koenig, Laura L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2011
Purpose: To explore whether subgroups of children with residual speech sound disorders (R-SSDs) can be identified through multiple measures of token-to-token phonetic variability (changes in one spoken production to the next). Method: Children with R-SSDs were recorded during a rapid multisyllabic picture naming task and an oral diadochokinetic…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Phonetics, Language Skills, Speech Impairments
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Preston, Jonathan L.; Ramsdell, Heather L.; Oller, D. Kimbrough; Edwards, Mary Louise; Tobin, Stephen J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2011
Purpose: To develop a system for numerically quantifying a speaker's phonetic accuracy through transcription-based measures. With a focus on normal and disordered speech in children, the authors describe a system for differentially weighting speech sound errors on the basis of various levels of phonetic accuracy using a Weighted Speech Sound…
Descriptors: Speech, Phonetics, Measures (Individuals), Weighted Scores