Speech

What is Speech?

Speech is the physical production of sounds to communicate. It is the the recognizable sounds created that form the words and sentences within language. Speech also encompasses the aspects of voice (quality, pitch, loudness) and fluency (smoothness). (ASHA.org)

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Resources for Speech Disorders

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Speech Sound Disorders (ASHA)

Quick Reads:

Treatment approaches for speech sound disorders: Everything you want to know (The Informed SLP)

Understanding Articulation vs. Phonological Disorder (Connected Speech Pathology)

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Childhood Apraxia of Speech (ASHA)

Quick Reads:

10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (ASHA Leader)

The SLPs Guide to Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech (SLP NOW)

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Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency (ASHA)

Quick Reads:

Toward Stutter-Affirming Therapy (ASHA Leader)

If Stuttering is Neurodiversity, What is Our Role as SLPs? (ASHA Leader)

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Voice Disorders (ASHA)

Quick Reads:

Pediatric Voice Disorders Evaluation and Treatment (ASHA Leader)

What are Voice Disorders? (Pediatric) (Commnication Community)

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