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Connected speech processes in developmental speech impairment: observations from an electropalatographic perspective
1Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK. s.howard@sheffield.ac.uk
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
|December 3, 2004
Summary
Children with developmental speech impairments use typical and unusual speech processes in connected speech. Assessment should consider spontaneous speech alongside single words.
Area of Science:
- Speech-language pathology
- Linguistics
- Phonetics
Background:
- Developmental speech impairments affect connected speech production.
- Traditional assessments often focus on single words, potentially missing connected speech processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate connected speech processes in children with developmental speech impairments.
- To analyze the characteristics and variability of these processes using perceptual and instrumental methods.
Main Methods:
- Combined perceptual analysis and electropalatography (EPG).
- Examined connected speech output from five older children with developmental speech impairments.
Main Results:
- All participants exhibited some typical speech processes.
- Unusual speech processes were observed at word junctures, showing inter- and intra-speaker variability.
Conclusions:
- Assessment of developmental speech disorders requires evaluating spontaneous, connected speech.
- Current single-word focused assessments may need modification to include connected speech analysis.