title: Can phonological awareness training facilitate minimal pair therapy?
abstract: This study evaluated a new therapy approach. 18 children with phonological disorders resistant to conventional therapy had phonological awareness training followed by conventional speech therapy. The children's speech production improved as did their phonological awareness. In this heterogeneous group, the patterns revealed in their individual responses to therapy proved diagnostically significant.
authors.affiliation: Newcastle Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy Service, Northern Counties School for the Deaf, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Downs
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mogford-Bevan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010699:Phonation; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014834:Voice Training