![]() ![]() These students should be tested by a speech-language pathologist. If a child uses these atypical phonological processes this can be a sign that they may have a phonological processing disorder. We often don’t see typically developing language speakers using these phonological processes to learn the language. What are Atypical Phonological Processes?Īlthough most all children will use the common phonological processes there are some phonological processes that are considered abnormal. Here are the ages that certain commonly used phonological processes should stop being used:Ĭluster Reduction (without /s/) ~ 4 yearsĭata retrieved from Linguisystems Milestone Guide. Typically children will stop using these phonological processes on their own without any support or therapy. The research shows that if a child does not grow out of phonological processes by certain ages than they made need speech therapy to work on them. ![]() When Should Phonological Processes Go Away? For example, (gog for dog) or (bub for bus). Assimilation: This is when a sound is changed to be more similar to other nearby sounds.For example, (tea for see) or (pight for fight). Stopping: This is when a child replaces a long sounds, such as /s/ or /f/ with short sounds like /t/ or /p/).For example, (doh for go) or (tan for can) (/t/ for /k/ and /d/ for /g/). Velar Fronting: This is when a child substitutes the /k/ and /g/ sounds (which are normally articulated when the tongue makes contact with the velum or soft palate at the back of the throat) with sounds that are made with the front of the tongue, the /t/ and /d/ sounds.For example, (ca for cat) or (ba for bat). Final Consonant Deletion: This is when a child omits the final consonant off of a word.Weak Syllable Deletion: This is when an unstressed or weak syllable of a multisyllabic word is deleted.For example (baba for bottle) or (wawa for water). Reduplication: Is when all or part of a word is repeated to convey some form of meaning. ![]() For example (pider for spider) or (top for stop).
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