A comparative study of two deep tests of articulation

Area of Science:

• Speech-Language Pathology
• Childhood Communication Disorders
• Linguistics

Background:

• Assessing children with speech sound disorders requires understanding how different elicitation methods affect articulation.
• Previous research highlights discrepancies between single-word and connected speech articulation performance.

Purpose of the Study:

• To compare the articulatory responses of children with speech sound disorders using two distinct elicitation procedures.
• To determine if the type of stimulus (two-picture vs. single-picture) influences speech production accuracy.

Main Methods:

• Children with speech sound disorders participated in the study.
• Articulatory responses were analyzed under two conditions: traditional two-picture elicitation (McDonald, 1964) and a single-picture elicitation procedure (Clark, 1985).

Main Results:

• The type of elicitation stimuli was identified as a significant factor influencing contextual effects on articulation.
• Results indicated that the stimulus method affects how children with speech sound disorders produce sounds.

Conclusions:

• The findings underscore the importance of considering the elicitation stimulus type in speech sound disorder assessments.
• These results align with known differences in articulation performance between single-word and connected speech tasks.