This article considers linguistic approaches to phonological remediation that emphasize the
role of the phoneme in language. We discuss the structure and function of the phoneme by …

The minimal pair approach is one of the oldest, most well-known, and widely used
approaches for phonological intervention. Words produced as homonyms by children are …

A word level behavioral routine for the remediation of distinctive feature errors was
developed for resolving some current theoretical criticisms of minimal-pair therapy. Seven …

Previous research indicates that the extent of progress made by children with phonological
disorders depends upon the nature of the word pairs contrasted in therapy. For example …

This study examines the role of homonymy as a motivator of phonological change in
treatment. The relative effectiveness of two treatment structures in improving the production …

A multiple opposition approach to phonological intervention is described as an alternative
contrastive approach for the treatment of severe speech disorders in children. The …

This two-part study continued the evaluation of minimal pair treatment in phonological
change (Gierut, 1989, 1990, 1991a; Gierut & Neumann, 1992). Three linguistic variables …

Multiple oppositions is a contrastive phonological intervention approach for treating
moderate-to-severe phonological impairment in children. The approach was developed for …

Two children whose speech-sound production could be described by phonologic processes
were administered a linguistically based treatment program that utilized minimal pair words …

Learning and generalization of treated sounds to different word positions is a desired
outcome of intervention in the phonologically disordered child's system. Unfortunately …