Communication Sciences and Disorders 4411A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: South African English, Three Steps, Ear Training
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Describe consonant and vowel sounds according to categories of articulation. Compare, contrast and discuss typical and atypical phonological development. Compare, contrast and discuss articulation vs. phonological assessment. Compare, contrast and discuss articulation vs. phonological treatment. Children progress through speech phases no later than 6-7yrs. In some cases, children may be unable to accurately produce certain consonants at which they are expected. Children that have challenges producing consonants or vowels have a phonological disorder. Severity can range but has been recognized as the most common type of communication disorder. Phonemes = consonant and vowel sounds composing a language. Phonology = study of how sounds are organized and used in a language. Virgules = diagonal markings used to signify the individual phonemes of a language i. e. /m/, /b/, /z/ There are 26 letters in the alphabet but there are more than 26 virgules because each letter represents a different sound i. e. /s/ sc in scissors is written as /sc/