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NEW Articulation Norms
For those of you who thought our norms never truly matched how "typical" children developed speech, you were right!
If you ever worked with children earlier than the magical age of "8" for /r/ and had more success, did you ever wonder if it was because we were waiting too long to intervene?
Why did it seem we were holding children with articulation delays to a HIGHER standard than those without delays?
Because we were!
Average age children learn to pronounce English consonants correctly
(Based on 15 English speech acquisition studies compiled by McLeod and Crowe, 2018)
McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. doi:10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0100. Available from: https://ajslp.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2701897
McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. doi:10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0100. Available from: https://ajslp.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2701897
McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. doi:10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0100. Available from: https://ajslp.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2701897
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Neurological and Developmental Foundations of Speech Acquisition
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McLeod, S., & Bleile, K. (2003, November). Neurological and developmental foundations of speech acquisition. In American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. Convention, Chicago.