The task of the clinical phonologist is to evaluate the speech production abilities of children
and adults with speech difficulties, aiding the speech-language pathologist in assessing the …

It is noted that much previous work in phonology has attempted to provide economical
theories of sound systems without explicitly attempting to provide theories that have …

Phonological assessment of speech disorders in children is now rapidly becoming a
standard clinical procedure. This paper outlines one particular set of procedures …

Those working on the description of disordered speech are bound to be also involved with
clinical phonology to some extent. This is because interpreting the speech signal is only the …

This textbook describes the approaches to phonology that are most relevant to
communication disorders. It examines schools of thought in theoretical phonology, and their …

San Diego State University, CA ithin the fields of linguistics and speechlanguage pathology,
too often the different core areas of language are evaluated and difficulty in multiple …

Assessment for identification of speech sound disorders (SSDs) has a descriptive purpose
rather than an explanatory role. To identify children with SSD and to diagnose their type of …

Most individuals with expressive communication disorders have at least some difficulty at the
phonological level of language, that is, in their knowledge of phonetic segments and …

Children with speech difficulties often have delayed phonological awareness development
and associated literacy problems. Speech-language pathologists (S-LPs) typically use …

Historically, the behavioral theory of articulation that was applied to clinical assessment was
consistent with the behavioral theory of developmental change that was applied to …