The Goldman Fristoe Test of Articulation (GFTA-3 Spanish) is an individually administered, standardized assessment used to measure the speech sound abilities on spanish-speaking individuals in the area of articulation for children, adolescents, and young adults.Â
It is important to know the articulaiton differences among spanish speaker to be able to determine if an individual has an articulation dissability or if it is simply an articulation difference.
Spanish sound acquisitions by age are different than English sound acquisitions by age. Provided is a chart that helps determine if there are sound that a child may not be eliciting because they are acquired later based on their L1.