Children Age 3 - 18 years
Speech Sounds
- articulation and phonology
- delayed speech due to ear infections
- phonological processes - patterns that young children use to simplify adult speech
- diffculties associated with diagnosis causing week oral musculature
Apraxia of Speech
- difficulty planning tongue and lip movements for speech production.
Orofacial Myology
- tongue thrust or abnormal swallow
- low rest posture of the tongue
- open mouth posture / poor lip seal
Using Language
- grammar
- vocabulary
- word finding
- producing sentences
- telling stories
Understanding Language
- listening for comprehension
- following directions
- understanding linguistic concepts such as temporal concepts (e.g., before and after), location concepts (e.g., behind, in front)
- understanding categorization - how words are grouped together
Adults
Lisps
- interdental lisping - when the tongue tip protrudes between the upper and lower teeth
- lateral lisping - when airflow escapes over the sides rather than the midline of the tongue
Orofacial Myology
- tongue thrust or abnormal swallow
- low rest posture of the tongue
- open mouth posture