title: Tracking speech sound acquisition.
abstract: This article describes a procedure to aid in the clinical appraisal of child speech. The approach, based on the work by Dinnsen, Chin, Elbert, and Powell (1990; Some constraints on functionally disordered phonologies: Phonetic inventories and phonotactics. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 33, 28-37), uses a railway idiom to track gains in the complexity of speech sound production. A clinical case study is reviewed to illustrate application of the procedure. The procedure is intended to facilitate application of an evidence-based procedure to the clinical management of developmental speech sound disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71103-4601, USA. tpowel@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000379:methods; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D014852:Wales