Phonological Disorder
Phonological disorder is a type of speech sound disorder. Speech sound disorders are the inability to correctly form the sounds of words. Speech sound disorders also include articulation disorder, disfluency, and voice disorders.
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Wiki Number: PW167
Diagnosis: Phonological Disorder-Speech Sound Disorder
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Symptoms: A child or adult does not produce or use speech sound phonemes correctly.
Progression: Phonemic disorders-not learning the correct sound for the letter(s); articulation disorders-not pronouncing them correctly.
Causes: There can be omissions, additions, distortions or substitutions in the sounds or words
Medications: None listed.
Therapies: Services of a speech pathologist or therapist should be helpful.
Youtube Video: Discussing Speech Sound Development
Amazon or Library Book: Articulation and Phonological Disorders
Supprort Group: speechpathways.net; 410-386-0199
(Speech Pathways Foundation)
(This does not appear to be a support group, but may be able to refer people to support groups.)
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- Word count matters: Features of written language production in progressive apraxia of speech with and without agrammatismby Katerina A Tetzloff on January 19, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: This study provides novel quantitative data showing that agrammatic-apractic spectrum disorder patients show decreased written language output on a written picture description task compared to controls, even when there is no overt evidence of aphasia (i.e., PPAOS). Furthermore, these data show that controls, PPAOS patients, and AOS+PAA patients can all be distinguished based on the quantity of information and grammatical errors in a written picture description task. Future studies...
- Improving reading competence in aphasia with combined aerobic exercise and phono-motor treatment: Protocol for a randomized controlled trialby Olga Boukrina on January 17, 2025
Aphasia, a communication disorder caused primarily by left-hemisphere stroke, affects millions of individuals worldwide, with up to 70% experiencing significant reading impairments. These deficits negatively impact independence and quality of life, highlighting the need for effective treatments that target the cognitive and neural processes essential to reading recovery. This Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) aims to test the efficacy of a combined intervention incorporating aerobic exercise...
- Rethinking speech sound disorder (SSD) in non-syndromic cleft lip and palate: The importance of recognizing phonological and language difficultiesby Stephanie van Eeden on January 17, 2025
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: An association between language skills and speech production was observed. The distribution of speech errors in children with CP ± L varied with a high level of DSC as well as CSC. Those with CSC + DSC had significantly lower language scores than those with typically developing speech or CSC only. Speech and language therapists working with this caseload should be alerted to potential ongoing phonological and language difficulties in children presenting with this...
- Delayed Versus Atypical Speech Sound Development: A Markedness-Based Analysis of Speech Sound Disorder in Cantoneseby Akshay R Maggu on January 13, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: The findings from the current study suggest that the weightage-based Maximum Entropy grammar approach can delineate between the SSD subgroups (i.e., SSD-delay vs. SSD-atypical) defined by the ranking-based traditional OT approach. These findings offer a starting point into the development of objective tools for clinicians for detecting the SSD subgroups to make decisions on treatment type, as we speculate different treatment approaches for SSD-delay versus SSD-atypical subtypes.