Articulatory phonology offers a unifying framework for understanding speech production, positing that speech is composed of dynamical, overlapping gestures rather than solely discrete segments. This ...

Phonological development in children encompasses the progressive organisation of sound patterns that underlie spoken language. This intricate process enables the acquisition of clear and intelligible ...

Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on ...

Speech intelligibility refers to how well someone understands a verbal message. Usually, this measure is taken from assessment conducted in a controlled or quiet environment. However, in functional ...

Establishing a sound instructional plan follows careful assessment that illuminates underlying deviations in physiological aspects of speech production and/or in phonological, semantic, and syntactic ...

Speech sound disorder (SSD) encompasses a group of communication disorders in which children have persistent difficulty articulating words or sounds correctly. Speech sound production requires both ...