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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- Speech Sound Disorders in Arabic School aged Children with Adenoid Hypertrophyby Hanan A Mohamed on November 19, 2024
CONCLUSION: Adenoid hypertrophy can affects only the /s/ sound production which needs precise placements of the articulators especially the tongue, and seems to be vulnerable due to the structural alteration of the oral cavity caused by adenoid hypertrophy.
- How speech and language therapists and parents work together in the therapeutic process for children with speech sound disorder: A scoping reviewby Katherine Pritchard on November 18, 2024
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: Emerging evidence supports the value of SLTs and parents working together to support home practice for children with SSD. The review highlighted the importance of SLTs allocating time to build positive therapeutic relationships with parents to support engagement in therapy. Approaching intervention, in particular, home practice, flexibly and in collaboration with parents, allows parents to fit home practice into their daily lives. Providing clear information to...
- Assessment of Cognitive Performance in Bipolar Disorder Type I Patients and Their Unaffected Offspringby Mauricio Castaño Ramírez on November 9, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the offspring of patients with BP-I present with cognitive impairments without suffering from the disorder. This suggests that cognitive dysfunction presents without diagnosis and supports the hypothesis that it can correspond to a BP-I endophenotype.
- Postoperative Auditory Progress in Cochlear-Implanted Children With Auditory Neuropathyby Nuriye Yildirim Gökay on November 7, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: There are significant differences in postoperative listening skills and auditory perceptions between children with and without an ANSD who have CIs. Accordingly, children without an ANSD perform better.