Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders

Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders, Second Edition is a comprehensive and evidence-based textbook designed specifically for undergraduate speech sound disorders courses in communication sciences and disorders programs. Written by experienced clinicians, educators, and researchers, this accessible text provides students with the foundational knowledge and clinical reasoning skills needed to understand typical and atypical speech development, assess and diagnose speech sound disorders, and plan effective intervention. Its carefully sequenced organization builds student competence from core phonetic and phonological concepts through assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and evidence-based intervention approaches.

Ideal for both new and experienced instructors, the Second Edition combines clear explanations, clinical examples, engaging learning activities, and extensive instructional resources to support teaching and student success. Students are introduced to contemporary perspectives on speech sound disorders while developing the novice-level clinical competencies needed for graduate study and early supervised practice.

New to the Second Edition

• New chapter devoted to assessment and intervention for multilingual children with speech sound disorders
• Expanded coverage of current classification systems and subtypes of speech sound disorders
• Updated research and evidence-based content throughout all chapters
• Enhanced discussion of speech perception, phonological development, and treatment planning
• Revised intervention chapters featuring contemporary input-oriented, output-oriented, and phonological approaches

Key Features

• Comprehensive coverage of phonetics, phonology, speech development, assessment, diagnosis, and intervention
• Detailed clinical examples, illustrations, tables, and figures that enhance student understanding
• Learning objectives and practice activities in every chapter
• Key Point boxes that reinforce essential concepts and terminology

PluralPlus Online Ancillaries

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For students: Quizzes

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Concepts in Phonetics and Phonology
    1.1    Phonetic Concepts
        1.1.1    Articulatory Phonetics
    1.2 Describing Articulatory Knowledge
        1.2.1 International Phonetic Alphabet
        1.2.2 Broad and Narrow Transcription of Speech
        1.2.3 Visual Analysis of Articulation
    1.3 Describing Perceptual Knowledge
        1.3.1 Continuous Versus Discrete Nature of Speech Information
        1.3.2 Categorical Perception
    1.4 Phonological Concepts
        1.4.1 Phones, Phonemes, and Allophones
        1.4.2 Phonotactic Rules
        1.4.3 Nonlinear Phonology
        1.4.4 Prosody
        1.4.5 Syllabifying Words
        1.4.6 Consonant Features in Nonlinear Phonology
        1.4.7 Phonological Error Patterns

Chapter 2. Phonological Development
    2.1 Speech Perception Development
        2.1.1 Infants
        2.1.2 Toddlers
        2.1.3 Preschoolers
        2.1.4 School-Age Children
    2.2 Early Speech Production Development
        2.2.1 Prelinguistic Vocal Development
        2.2.2 First Words
    2.3 Phonological Development
        2.3.1 Phoneme Acquisition Norms    
        2.3.2 Phonological Error Pattern Norms
        2.3.3 Acquisition of Prosodic Units

Chapter 3. Assessment
    3.1 Purposes of Evaluation
        3.1.1 Screening Assessments
        3.1.2 Diagnostic Assessments
    3.2 Types of Measurement Tools
        3.2.1 Standardized Versus Informal Measurement Tools
        3.2.2 Norm-Referenced Versus Criterion-Referenced Measurement Tools
        3.2.3 Static Versus Dynamic Measurement Tools
    3.3 Planning the Assessment
        3.3.1 Referral
        3.3.2 Case History
    3.4 Components of the Speech Assessment
        3.4.1 Norm-Referenced Single-Word Articulation/Phonology Test
        3.4.2 Stimulability Testing
        3.4.3 Oral Mechanism Examination
        3.4.4 Continuous Speech Sample
        3.4.5 Hearing Screening
        3.4.6 Inconsistency and Variability Assessment
        3.4.7 Intelligibility
        3.4.8 Participation
        3.4.9 Language Screening or Test
        3.4.10 Phonological Processing

Chapter 4. Diagnosis
    4.1 Classification of Speech Sound Disorders
    4.2 Subtypes of Speech Sound Disorders
        4.2.1 Articulation Disorder
        4.2.2 Phonological Disorder
        4.2.3 Inconsistent Phonological Disorder
        4.2.4 Childhood Apraxia of Speech 
        4.2.5 Procedure for Classifying SSD Subtypes
    4.3 Epidemiology of SSD
        4.3.1 Prevalence of SSD
        4.3.2 Co-occurring Conditions
        4.3.3 Short- and Long-Term Outcomes

Chapter 5. Treatment Planning 
    5.1 Deciding Whether to Provide an Intervention
        5.1.1 Norm-Referenced Approach
        5.1.2 Medical Approach
        5.1.3 International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Framework
        5.1.4 Recommended Protocol for Deciding When to Treat
    5.2 Service Delivery Options
        5.2.1 Intensity of Intervention
        5.2.2 Intervention Agents
    5.3 Intervention Goals
        5.3.1 Types of Goals
        5.3.2 Goal Attack Strategies
        5.3.3 Selecting Goals
    5.4 Monitoring Treatment Progress
        5.4.1 Instructional Objectives
        5.4.2 Generalization
        5.4.3 Evidence-Based Practice

Chapter 6. Input-Oriented Approaches
    6.1 Rationale for the Input-Oriented Approach
    6.2 Focused Stimulation
    6.3 Ear Training
    6.4 Dialogic Reading

Chapter 7. Output-Oriented Approaches
    7.1 Rationale for the Output-Oriented Approach
    7.2 Vocal Play
    7.3 Sensorimotor Therapy
        7.3.1 Nonsense Syllable Drills
        7.3.2 Sensorimotor Therapy Procedures
    7.4 Traditional Articulation Therapy
        7.4.1 Ear Training
        7.4.2 Establishment
        7.4.3 Stabilization of New Phonemes
        7.4.4 Transfer and Maintenance

Chapter 8. Phonological Approaches
    8.1 Rationale for a Phonological Approach
    8.2 Word-Based Phonology: Core Vocabulary Approach
    8.3 Phonological Patterns: Cycles Remediation Approach 
    8.4 Meaningful Minimal Pairs Procedure
    8.5 Metaphonological Knowledge
        8.5.1 Speech Therapy Procedures That Promote Phonological Awareness
        8.5.2 Structured Emergent Literacy Interventions
        8.5.3 Reading and Spelling Interventions
    8.6 Concluding Thoughts on Intervention Approaches

Chapter 9. Multilingual Children 
    9.1 Considerations for Assessment 
    9.2 Considerations for Intervention
    9.3 Working With Interpreters
    
References
Index

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