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Cabbage, Kathryn L.; Hitchcock, Elaine R. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to synthesize the methodological variability in the speech perception literature for school-age children with residual speech sound disorder (RSSD), with the primary intention of using the existing knowledge to inform clinical decisions and optimize treatment outcomes for children. Method: Ten electronic…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Speech Impairments, Articulation (Speech), Speech Therapy
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Rehfeld, David M.; Sulak, Tracey N. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: Children with speech sound disorders feature prominently on the caseloads of speech-language pathologists working in schools, with many receiving services once or twice weekly for 20-30 min. This study compared the outcomes of services provided twice weekly for 30 min to those provided 4 times weekly for 15 min to examine their…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Speech Therapy, Program Effectiveness, Articulation Impairments
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Laffey, Kate; Pearce, Wendy M.; Steed, William – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2014
The influence of dialect on child speech assessment processes is important to consider in order to ensure accurate diagnosis and appropriate intervention (teaching or therapy) for bidialectal children. In Australia, there is limited research evidence documenting the influence of dialectal variations on identification of speech impairment among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dialects, Speech Impairments, Young Children
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McDowell, Kimberly D.; Carroll, Jeri – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2012
The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to examine the relations between speech sound accuracy, vocabulary, and phonological awareness, and (2) to examine the effect of word properties of neighborhood density and phonotactic probability on word learning within a storybook context, for children with and without speech sound inaccuracies. Fifty…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Speech Impairments, Accuracy, Vocabulary Development
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McLeod, Sharynne – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) rely on knowledge of tongue placement to assess and provide intervention. A total of 175 SLPs who worked with children with speech sound disorders (SSDs) drew coronal diagrams of tongue/palate contact for 24 English consonants. Comparisons were made between their responses and typical English-speaking adults'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, English, Phonemes
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Barlow, Jessica A. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2005
This single-subject case study evaluates effects of treatment of a complex onset on the sound system of a monolingual Spanish-speaking child (female, aged 3;9) with phonological delay. Pretreatment, the child excluded all consonant+liquid clusters, as well as [the alveolar tap] and trill /r/. Immediately following training on [using the alveolar…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Phonology, Spanish Speaking, Speech Therapy
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Denne, M.; Langdown, N.; Pring, T.; Roy, P. – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2005
Background: Recent research has shown that phonological awareness therapy can improve speech production in children with expressive phonological disorders. This approach may be appealing to clinicians as the therapy may also benefit the children's general phonological abilities and lead to gains in their literacy skills. Aims: To examine the…
Descriptors: Therapy, Speech Communication, Literacy, Phonology