A significant number of bilinguals in English-speaking countries speak Korean as their first language. One such country is the United States (U.S.). As the U.S. becomes increasingly diverse, providing more effective services for culturally and linguistically diverse children is a critical issue and growing challenge for speech-language…

A young child with macroglossia of unknown cause was seen for treatment to modify resting tongue posture and improve speech sound production. Evaluation of the treatments indicated positive change in resting tongue posture and a modest change in speech sound production. Treatment for such patients can be complex and must consider orthodontic…

This article describes an approach to the treatment of young children whose speech problems are classified in the category of "persistent sound system disorder." The approach fosters development of stimulability skills through broadening of the phonetic inventory early in the treatment process. A case study illustrates treatment…

This article describes a treatment program for a child with a speech impairment, which focused on increasing the size of the phonetic inventory by "teaching" stimulability. Application of the treatment approach is demonstrated in a case study. (Author/DB)

Phonological awareness is a term that refers to one's knowledge of the sound structure of spoken language. Children who understand that sounds in language represent the letters used in reading and writing typically learn to read more easily than children who do not. Children with language and/or speech impairments often demonstrate a lack of…

A case study of a Belgian 3-year-old girl with Kabuki make-up syndrome found she had normal receptive skills and good expressive vocabulary but poor morphosyntactic abilities. She was capable of producing most of the sounds of her native language but demonstrated high variability in production of the sounds. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)