Phonological Error Patterns from a Clinical Perspective

By Mona Rabea

Speech has two aspects, knowledge (phonology) and expression (articulation). During the development of phonology, children make systematic errors, targeting certain phonological element classes, called phonological error patterns which later on are modified and suppressed. These patterns may be normal or unusual, and are classified as syllable structure, substitution and assimilation error patterns. Assessment of these error patterns by either spontaneous sample speech or single word test is a golden step for determination of age-appropriate, delayed, gross-included and unusual patterns to help in diagnosis of phonological disorders which comprise the largest group of speech sound disorders. Difference between phonology and articulation; normal speech development; overview of phonological error patterns; approach to diagnosis of speech sound disorders are discussed in this book. This book is a guide for phoniatrician [https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&q=phoniatrician&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizhPDV0s_fAhUGWxUIHWKwDDYQBQgqKAA]s and speech-language pathologists for the better understanding of phonological error patterns and comprehensive diagnosis of speech sound disorders.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Jan 28, 2021
• ISBN: 9789948258445

Mona Rabea

Mona Rabea is a phoniatrician with MSc of Phoniatrics (2017), M.B.B.Ch. (2008), Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt. She is interested in academic writing on phoniatrics.

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Phonological Error

Patterns from a

Clinical Perspective

Mona Rabea

Austin Macauley Publishers

Phonological Error Patterns from a

Clinical Perspective

About the Author

Dedication

Copyright Information ©

Acknowledgement

Preface

Chapter 1: Difference Between Phonology and Articulation

Chapter Outlines

Dual Nature of Speech:

Difference between Phonology and Articulation:

How to Differentiate Phonological Disorders from Articulation Disorders?

Chapter Summary

References

Chapter 2: Speech Development and Theories of Acquisition

Chapter Outlines

Stages of Speech Development

Prerequisites for Normal Phonemic and Phonetic Development:

Phonological Acquisition Theories (Gordon-Brannan and Weiss, 2007):

Chapter Summary

References

Chapter 3: Overview of Phonological Error Patterns

Chapter Outlines

Classification of Phonological Error Patterns

1-Word and Syllable-Level Error Patterns:

2-Assimilation Error Patterns:

3-Feature Contrast or Substitution Error Patterns

4-Others:

Age of Suppression of Phonological Error Patterns

Methods of Assessment of Phonological Error Patterns

Age-Appropriate Speech Sampling Tasks (Stein-Rubin and Fabus, 2011)

Selection Criteria for Target Words Used in the Assessment of Phonological Error Patterns

Phonetic Transcription

Analysis Methods

Chapter Summary

References

Chapter 4: Speech Sound Disorders

Chapter Outlines

Definition

Prevalence

Speech-Processing Chain and its Breakdowns

Phonological Characteristics of Speech Sound Disorders

Genetic Theory

Causes of Articulation Disorders

Causes of Phonological Disorders

Diagnostic Criteria of Speech Sound Disorders

Subtypes of Speech Sound Disorders:

Assessment of Speech Sound Disorders

1. Case History

2. Vocal Tract Examination

3. Hearing Screening

4. Speech Sound Assessment

The Phonology Assessment

Severity

Intelligibility

Inconsistency Assessment

5. Spoken Language Testing

6. Phonological Processing

7. Literacy Assessment [Reading and Writing]

Special Considerations

Prognosis of SSD

Chapter Summary

References

About the Author

Mona Rabea is a phoniatrician with MSc of Phoniatrics (2017), M.B.B.Ch. (2008), Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt. She is interested in academic writing on phoniatrics.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the soul of my father who always pushed me forward (I hope for him the highest degrees in the paradise), my mother who is more than an angel, my supportive husband, my two little flowers (Malak and Mawadda), all my inspiring family members and to those who loved me without restriction.

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Acknowledgement

Firstly, I want to thank Almighty Allah for everything. We can never thank Allah enough for the continuous grace, mercy and guidance that fill our lives. Then I want to thank all my teachers and professors in all the stages of my life who always encouraged me.

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Preface

This book is a book on clinical phonology aiming to provide a clinical view of phonological error patterns to simplify the diagnosis of speech sound disorders for phoniatricians and speech-language pathologists. Indeed, before talking about phonological error patterns, firstly, readers should be familiar with the dual nature of speech (phonology and articulation) and the normal speech development, thus Chapter 1 discusses the difference between phonology and articulation. Chapter 2 describes the normal speech development and its theories, Chapter 3 is an overview of phonological error patterns reaching Chapter 4 which describes the approach to diagnosis of speech sound disorders.

In my first work with phonological error patterns for my master thesis’s research, I found it hard to understand and interpret phonology, may be because it was the first time to interact with this information, as I am a physician who studied the medical view of human body not the linguistic view of his brain. Later on, after a lot of readings and applying the known information on many cases, I reached an easy practical view of diagnosis of speech sound disorders hoping to deliver this information to my colleagues in this interesting field and help the unintelligible children to be easily diagnosed and treated to communicate freely with their words.

My experience with phonological error patterns taught me that the Almighty Allah has created everything within a system, even the misarticulations of children during acquisition of their speech are systematic and have normal physiology to reach certain milestones. A deviation from that, indicates that the child has a disorder and is need of treatment. Simply, language including its four domains (semantics, grammar (morphology, syntax), phonology and pragmatics) is like any organ in the body and has a normal path