- Title
- Listening to SLPs: how helpful are Australian English acquisition norms for velar stops to the child speech evaluation process?
- Creator
- Unicomb, Rachele; Walters, Joanne; Pullin, Laura; Bowen, Caroline
- Relation
- Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 21, Issue 2, p. 87-94
- Relation
- www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au
- Publisher
- Speech Pathology Australia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Varying research methodologies in gathering, analysing and reporting normative data for speech sound acquisition have led to inconsistencies in the reported ages of acquisition for the velar stops /k/ and /g/, while observational accounts from speech language pathologists (SLPs) suggest later mastery than some normative data indicate. Our aim was to explore Australian SLPs’ perspectives on /k/ and /g/ acquisition by monolingual Australian English-speaking children. We used mixed methods to explore the perspectives of 54 SLPs who completed an online survey, and four who participated in a focus group. Of those surveyed, around 50% believed velar stops may be acquired later than normative data suggest, a finding reflected in thematic analysis of focus group discussions. Revised and updated normative data for /k/ and /g/ acquisition in Australian English-speaking children may better guide clinical decision-making for children with speech sound disorders.
- Subject
- acquisition; mixed methods; normative data; speech sound disorder (SSD); velar stops
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1470497
- Identifier
- uon:48485
- Identifier
- ISSN:2200-0259
- Language
- eng
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