Articulation

A collection of 16 posts

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5-Year-Old Speech Milestones

During the early elementary school years, children’s language and speech skills develop at an exponential rate. At this age,...

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Teaching ‘Sh’ Words with Speech Therapy

As children grow and develop their speech and language skills, it is normal and common for them to struggle to...

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Learning Multisyllabic Words with Speech Therapy

Multisyllabic words can pose a great challenge to anyone who may be struggling with their speech and language skills. Once...

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What is Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder?

Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder, or OMD, refers to abnormal, adaptive patterns that develop in the place of typical patterns within the...

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Speech Recognition Frustration and Communication Skills

With speech and voice recognition software like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa becoming a larger part of our...

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Types of Lisp Speech Disorders

Lisps, also referred to as Functional Speech Disorders or FMD’s, are amongst the most commonly identified and widely recognized...

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Speech Therapy and Activities for the TH Sound

As your toddler begins forming sounds into words and phrases over time, you may experience enormous moments of joy for...

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How to Tell If Your Child Has an Articulation Disorder

Nearly 1 in 12 American children have a disorder which relates to their voice, speech, or language. A large proportion...

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Rip, Rug, Run: Speech Therapy Exercises for Remediation of the R Sound

Does your child have a language disorder or difficulty communicating? If so, they’re not alone. Approximately 8-9 percent of...

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Does your child speak clearly?

Though communication begins with babbling, the actual art of articulation involves incredible coordination of many body parts including your tongue,...

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7 Causes for Different Types of Speech Disorders

Speech disorders can affect anyone at any point in time, no matter their age, race, or gender. We tend to...

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Great Language Development Lessons for Bilingual Parents

There is a difference between language and speech. Language is unique to humans and is defined as the underlying system...