Make an appointment<\/a><\/button>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”padding230x marginblocPRDHomepage padding70T padding55B”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nArticulation and Speech Delays and Disorders<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”font18 regular roboto center black lineheight24″]Although speech errors are common and expected as children learn to speak, persistent errors or difficulty being understood can indicate a need for an evaluation in speech-language pathology. Children can feel frustrated when they are consistently misunderstood due to speech sound errors. Untreated speech errors can have an impact of expressive language, reading and writing abilities and self-esteem. However, individualised speech-language pathology treatment can eliminate speech errors and their impact on the daily communication exchanges of your child.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”padding230x padding50T marginblocPRDHomepage padding35B” css=”.vc_custom_1562948223707{background-image: url(\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Groupe-590-2.png?id=1816) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”padding15R”][vc_column_text el_class=”font18 regular roboto lineheight24 black”]Children learn to say sounds correctly by listening and watching the people around them speak. <\/strong><\/p>\nSounds are acquired and mastered at all different ages. For instance, the \/b\/ sound develops very early, the \/s\/ sound develops much later. For example, it’s perfectly normal at the age of 3 for a child to say “tat” instead of “sat.”[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”padding15left”][vc_column_text el_class=”font18 regular roboto padding20left lineheight24 black”]As a child grows, their speech should become clearer and clearer as they master all the sounds in the language gradually. However, some children may have difficulty producing a few sounds, or they may have trouble producing many. For those children, intervention is recommended as early as possible to catch up to their peers.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”marginblocPRDHomepage padding70T padding230x”][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”padd15xM”]<\/p>\n
How can you tell if my child has a problem
\nwith\u00a0 articulation (pronunciation and talking)?<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”font18 bold center roboto black paddRl50Xm”]If a child has difficulties with articulation, they might :[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”padding230x marginblocPRDHomepage padding55B”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”457″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” el_class=”fullwidthimg”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”font18 regular roboto padding50T stylelist lineheight22 margin45left”]<\/p>\n
\n- Become overly frustrated when communicating with others.<\/li>\n
- Produce speech that is difficult to understand even for familiar listeners.<\/li>\n
- Tend to use only vowel sounds (very open-mouthed noises).<\/li>\n
- Produce speech that is unclear alongside dribbling and messy eating skills.<\/li>\n
- Produces speech that is less clear than other children of the same age.<\/li>\n
- Be school aged and still having difficulty saying several sounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Treatment options for children with speech difficulties are there different treatment approaches for speech errors?<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner el_class=”marginblocPRDHomepage padding230x”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text el_class=”font18 regular roboto black lineheight22″]Treatment, or also known as intervention, depends on the articulation or speech difficulties a child is having. Depending on the age of the child and the severity of the speech errors, an intervention plan is built to address the child\u2019s needs and to encourage more accurate, intelligible speech. Most frequently, therapy sessions concentrate on many repetitions of the
\ncorrected sound with coaching for parents on how to practice at home. The sessions tend to be shorter in length than typical 60-minute sessions, and there is an emphasis on the practice done outside the clinic.
\nTwo common approaches are :[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”marginblocPRDHomepage padding230x”][vc_column_inner el_class=”padding20R” width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_id=”font18 regular roboto bold” el_class=”font18 regular roboto bold black”]Articulation Therapy[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”font18 regular roboto stylelist black lineheight22″]<\/p>\n
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