How Clinical Phonetics Helps With Target Selection within Speech Sound Therapy

In this session, we will put the “clinical” back into clinical phonetics. Specifically, we will discuss how vowel contexts can be used strategically to facilitate correct sound production within speech sound therapy. We will review the vowel quadrilateral and the anatomical/ physiological requirements for production of vowels. We will focus primarily on correct production of /ɹ/ and the fricatives affected by lateral lisps. Additionally, we will include a brief discussion of how to choose speech sound targets to achieve quicker acquisition of phonemes.

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Presenters

Kelly Farquharson,
Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Kelly Farquharson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an SLP, an associate professor, and director of the Children Literacy and Speech Sound Lab at Florida State University. Her research interests include school-aged children with phonological and language disorders, the effect of those disorders on the acquisition of literacy skills, and the cognitive, environmental, and academic factors that contribute to phonological and language disorders. Her work is published in the American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, Journal of Communication Disorders, and the International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, among others.

Learning Objectives

Identify the difference between front and back vowels, high and low vowels
Discuss examples of words that would aid in facilitating correct production of /ɹ/
List words that would aid in facilitating correct production of fricatives affected by lateral lisps

Agenda

5 minutes	Introduction
10 minutes	Review vowel quadrilateral (front/ back, high/ low vowels) and anatomy/ physiology
10 minutes	Overview of how vowel contexts influence production of consonants within words
15 minutes	Examples of target words to use and to avoid when working on /ɹ/, and the fricatives affected by lateral lisps.
15 minutes	Additional target selection considerations
5 minutes	Question & Answer

Disclosures

Speakers - Financial	Kelly Farquharson (she/ her) receives a salary from Florida State University.
Speakers - Nonfinancial	Kelly Farquharson (she/ her) is affiliated faculty member at the Florida Center for Reading Research. She hosts a weekly series on Instagram (@classlab_FSU) called Phonetics Friday.
Course - Content	None
Course - Financial Support & In Kind	This course, and all courses in SLP Summit January 2022, are being sponsored by SLP Now and SLP Toolkit.

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area, Professional Area