Yu smɔl pikin nɔ de kɔl wɔd dɛn kɔrɛkt wan? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Articulation Disorder!

Yu smɔl pikin nɔ kin kɔl sɔm lɛta ɛn wɔd dɛn klia wan we i de tɔk? Sɔntɛnde, i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ ɔndastand wetin i de tɔk? Pan ɔl we dɛn kayn tin ya na nɔmal tin we dɛn smɔl, if dis sik kɔntinyu ivin afta sɔm ej, yu nid fɔ du sɔm risach bɔt am. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis kayn sik, dat na, i nɔ kin izi fɔ kɔl sawnd kɔrɛkt wan we yu de tɔk, ɔ insay mɛrɛsin, (Articulation Disorder) .

Wetin na Artikuleshɔn Disɔda?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, we yɔŋ pikin dɛn ol 4 ɔ 5 ia, dɛn kin lan fɔ kɔl ɔl di sawnd dɛn klia wan. Tink bɔt am dis we: dɛn kin kɔl wɔd dɛn lɛk ‘mama’, ‘dada’, ɛn ‘bɔl’ fayn fayn wan. Bɔt sɔm pikin dɛn, ivin afta dat, dat na we dɛn dɔn nia fɔ go skul, i nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn fɔ kɔl wɔd dɛn klia wan. We dat apin, wi kin kɔl am ‘speech sound disorder’. Wan kayn dis ‘speech sound disorder’ na wetin wi kin kɔl ‘articulation disorder’. Dis na we i nɔ kin izi fɔ di pikin fɔ mek sɔm sawnd dɛn we i de tɔk .

Naw, luk, `(Articulation)` na di prɔses we wi de yuz fɔ mek sawnd, silabɔd, ɛn wɔd. Jɔs lɛk di injin na motoka, wi mɔt, wi tɔŋ, wi lip, wi tit, ɛn wi palata ɔl fɔ wok togɛda fɔ tɔk. Pikin we gɛt `(Articulation Disorder)` nɔ kin ebul fɔ tɔk sɔm sawnd dɛn kɔrɛkt wan, ɔ dɛn kin kɔl dɛn sawnd dɛn de kɔrɛkt wan. Tink bɔt am, sɔm pikin dɛn kin se di lɛta ‘s’ lɛk ‘th’ (‘shuz’ insted ɔf ‘thapattu’), ɔ se ‘ya’ insted ɔf ‘ra’ (‘karek’ insted ɔf ‘kayake’). Bikɔs ɔf dis, i kin at fɔ lɛ ɔda pipul dɛn ɔndastand wetin di pikin de tɔk. Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, dis kin afɛkt di pikin in soshal rilayshɔnship, lanin, ɛn mɔ di wok we i de du na skul.

dis kכndyushכn sכmtεm dεn kin kכl am ``Functional Speech Disorder'' כ ``Articulation Delay.'' Dat min se prכblεm כ delay de fכ di fכnshכn fכ tכk.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin dis (Articulation Disorder) ɛn (Phonological Disorder)?

pan ɔl we i tan lɛk se `(Articulation Disorder)` ɛn `(Phonological Disorder)` rili fiba, dɛn tu ya rili difrɛn. So, i izi fɔ mek wi kɔnfyus dɛn tu tin ya. Bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ ɔndastand di difrɛns bitwin dɛn tu tin ya. Bikɔs, di we aw dɛn kin trit dɛn ɔl tu difrɛn.

Naw, di prɔblɛm wit pikin dɛn we gɛt Articulation Disorder na di motoka wok dɛn we dɛn nid fɔ mek sɔm tɔk sawnd dɛn.Di prɔblɛm we i kin gɛt. Dat min se dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ kɔdinɛt dɛn lip, tɔŋ, tit, palata, ɛn ivin di briz we de kɔmɔt na dɛn lɔng fɔ mek sɔm sawnd dɛn fayn fayn wan. Dɛn kin chenj sawnd dɛn ɔ put ɔda sawnd dɛn fɔ sawnd dɛn we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk. Fɔ ɛgzampul, insay di Inglish wɔd ‘tink’, dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ mek di ‘th’ sawnd (lɛk ‘’ na Sinhala) ɛn dɛn kin yuz di ‘f’ sawnd ɔltɛm (lɛk ‘’ na Sinhala). Dɔn ‘tink’ de sawnd lɛk ‘fink’.

Bɔt, insay `(Fonological Disorder)`, ɔda tin kin apin. Na ya, di pikin kin ebul fɔ mek wan wan sawnd dɛn kɔrɛkt wan. Dat min se if yu aks am fɔ se di lɛta ‘di’ in wan, i go tɔk am kɔrɛkt wan. Bɔt insay `(Phonological Disorder)`, i nɔ kin ebul fɔ put dɛn sawnd dɛn de togɛda kɔrɛkt wan ɛn tɔk dɛn wit wɔd. Fɔ ɛgzampul, pan ɔl we yu pikin kin se di sawnd ‘di’ in wan, if i tray fɔ se di wɔd ‘do’, i kin tɔk am lɛk ‘gora’. Ɔ, i nɔ kin se lɛta na di ɛnd pan wɔd.

De impɔtant tin na dat yu pikin kin gɛt dɛn tu sik ya di sem tɛm. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ mek spɛshal pɔsin no di rayt sik.

Udat kin gɛt dis (Articulation Disorder)?

dis kכndyushכn, we dεn kכl ``Artikulεshכn Disכrd,'' dεn kin si am na pikin . If dɛn nɔ trit am fayn, i kin kɔntinyu fɔ de te i big. Bɔt if big pɔsin gɛt nyu prɔblɛm wit di we aw i de tɔk sawnd, di tin we kin mek i gɛt am fɔ bi ɔda tin (fɔ ɛgzampul, i gɛt bad bad injuri na in bren ɔ i gɛt strok).

pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek i apin, dis `(Articulation Disorder)` kin bɔku pan bɔy pikin dɛn pas gyal pikin dɛn. Dɔn bak, if di mama bin gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm we i bin gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ we i bin de bɔn pikin, i go mɔs bi se di pikin gɛt prɔblɛm wit di we aw i de tɔk. If pɔsin na di famili dɔn gɛt dis sik bifo, dat na if famili histri de, di pikin sɛf go gɛt dis sik.

Aw kɔmɔn tin na di Spich Saund Disorder?

Di prɔblɛm dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de tɔk sawnd kin rili kɔmɔn . Statistikin sho se dis kכndyushכn de afekt bitwin 8% εn 9% pan di pikin dεm. Dat min se pan ɛvri 100 pikin dɛn, 8 ɔ 9 pikin dɛn kin gɛt dis prɔblɛm.

Wetin na de tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt Articulation Disorder?

infakt, dεn nכ fכnshכn di εksakεt kכz fכ `(Articulation Disorder)` yet . Dis na di kwɛstyɔn we bɔku mama ɛn papa dɛn gɛt. "Wetin mek dis hapun to onli wi pikin?" dɛn kin wɔnda. Bɔt dis nɔ min se sɔntin de we nɔ rayt na yu pikin in bren, in nervɔs sistɛm, in lip, in tɔŋ, in tit, in jaw, in lɔng, ɔ in ɔditɔri sistɛm (we i ebul fɔ yɛri). Dat min se di pikin kin gɛt wɛlbɔdi pan ɔl ɔda tin dɛn .

Bɔt ɔda kayn prɔblɛm dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk fayn. Dɛn kin gɛt tin dɛn we kin mek dɛn du sɔntin. Fɔ ɛgzampul, ɔrganik, divɛlɔpmɛnt, ɔ akwyayz disɔda. Dɛn tin ya kin kam bikɔs ɔf ɔda tin dɛn. Tink bɔt di strɔkchɔral abnɔmaliti dɛm na di mɔt (lɛk we yu palata skata) ɔr yu nɔ de yɛri fayn. Bɔt, no klia rizin nɔ de fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt Articulation Disorder.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt Artikuleshɔn Disɔda? Aw yu no am?

Pikin we gɛt `(Articulation Disorder)` kin gɛt smɔl prɔblɛm fɔ ɔndastand wetin dɛn de tɔk. Dɛn kin sho mɔ pan wan ɔ mɔ pan 4 kayn mistek dɛn. Lɛ wi si wetin dɛn bi:

• Adishɔn: Ad sawnd ɔ silabɔd we nɔ de pan wɔd dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin kɔl di Inglish wɔd ‘play’ lɛk ‘puh-lay’. Insay Sinhala, dɛn kin kɔl ‘bole’ lɛk ‘bo-hole’ wit ɛkstra sawnd.
• Distorshɔn: Fɔ chenj di we aw dɛn de tɔk sawnd. dis kin bi sכmtεm lεk ‘lisp’ (e.g. ‘sa’ de sawnd lεk ‘tha’, ‘sini’ de sawnd lεk ‘theeni’).
• Omission: Sɔm sawnd dɛn kin kɔmɔt kpatakpata na di tɔk. Fɔ ɛgzampul, we dɛn de se ‘skul’, dɛn kin pul di ‘sc’ sawnd ɛn dɛn kin kɔl am lɛk ‘ool’. Insay Sinhala, dɛn kin kɔl ‘skul’ lɛk ‘kole’.
• Substitution: Ɔltɛm yu fɔ riples wan sawnd wit ɔda wan. Fɔ ɛgzampul, yuz di sawnd ‘s’ insted ɔf di sawnd ‘th’, ɔ yuz di sawnd ‘wa’ insted ɔf ‘ra’ (‘rata’ tan lɛk ‘vata’).

If yu pikin de gɛt prɔblɛm wit in filin bikɔs ɔf dis ``Artikuleshɔn Disɔda,'' i kin sho bak sɔm kayn we aw i de biev. Tink bɔt dɛn tin ya:

• Dɛn nɔ kin want fɔ rid buk dɛn lawd wan ɔ tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Fɔ kwayɛt, ɔ fɔ biev we yu de shem pasmak .
• We yu de tɔk, yu at kin pwɛl , sɔntɛm yu kin ivin vɛks.
• Sɔm wɔd dɛn kin stɔp kpatakpata .
• Prɔblɛm kin apin we pɔsin gɛt kɔnfidɛns pan insɛf ɛn we i de tink bɔt insɛf .

Aw yu go no fɔ tru if yu gɛt Articulation Disorder? (Diagnosis) .

If yu tink se yu pikin gɛt prɔblɛm wit in tɔk, yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn go du fɔs fɔ chɛk in bɔdi . Dɛn go du tɛst bak fɔ yɛri . Dɛn kin yuz dɛn tɛst ya fɔ pul ɔda tin dɛn, mɔ we pɔsin nɔ de yɛri fayn. Bikɔs if yu nɔ ebul fɔ yɛri fayn, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ tɔk wɔd dɛn fayn.

If dɛn no se di prɔblɛm we de wit yu nɔ de tɔk nɔto bikɔs ɔf mɛrɛsin, yu dɔktɔ go sɛn yu to Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP).SLP na pɔsin we spɛshal pan tɔk, langwej, ɛn kɔmyunikeshɔn prɔblɛm. Fɔ tɔk mɔ, dɛn tan lɛk dɔktɔ we spɛshal fɔ tɔk.

We yu mit wit SLP, dɛn go evalyu yu pikin difrɛn we dɛn:

• Dɛn kin aks di pikin fɔ tɔk sɔm sawnd dɛn ɛn patikyula wɔd dɛn.
• We yu de ple wit di pikin, tɔk to am, ɛn asɛs aw i de tɔk we dɛn de tɔk nɔmal wan.
• Dɛn kin du Standardized Diagnostic Testing. Dis na tɛst dɛn we dɛn mek spɛshal wan.
• Dɛn kin tink bɔt di pikin in mɛdikal istri, lɛk we i bɔn bifo tɛm ɛn we i bin dɔn gɛt infɛkshɔn na in yes bifo.
• Tɔk bɔt if ɛnibɔdi na di famili dɔn gɛt prɔblɛm wit in tɔk.
• di strכkchכ fכ di mכt, lεk di tit εn di palata, dεn de chεk fכ eni prכblεm we kin de afekt dis kכndyushכn.
• Dɛn kin tek di pikin in aksɛn ɛn in dayalɛkt na kɔna.
• Wach aw di pikin in mɔt, in tɔŋ, ɛn in lip de muv we i de tɔk.

If yu yuz dɛn ɔbshɔbishɔn ya ɛn di diagnostik tɛst dɛm, wan SLP kin no if pɔsin gɛt Articulation Disorder, Phonological Disorder, ɔ ɔda speech disorder.

Dɛn kin klas bak di kayn we aw dis `(Articulation Disorder)` , frɔm ``mild`` to ``severe``. Bɔku we dɛn de fɔ no aw dis sik bad:

• Aw bɔku pan di pikin in tɔk di SLP kin ɔndastand?
• Wan nɔmba skel, fɔ ɛgzampul frɔm 1 to 10.
• Pasɛnt pan di kɔnsonant dɛn we dɛn kɔl kɔrɛkt wan.

Aw yu kin trit wan Articulation Disorder?

Fɔ trit wan Articulation Disorder, yu pikin in SLP kin rεkomεnd fɔ tεrapi fɔ tɔk . Dis na di tritmɛnt we dɛn kin yuz pas ɔl ɛn we kin wok fayn. Yu pikin go wok wit di SLP pan dɛn tɔk na mitin ɔltɛm (wan ɔ tu tɛm insay di wik). Dɛn go gi dɛn bak ɛgzampul ɛn tin dɛn fɔ du na os. Yu sɔpɔt as mama ɔ papa rili impɔtant na ya.

We dɛn de du Spich Therapy, di pikin in SLP de ɛp di pikin bay we i de yuz difrɛn tin dɛn ɛn ɛksesaiz dɛn. Dɛn kin du dɛn tin ya di we aw dɛn kin ple, di we we di pikin kin ɛnjɔy:

• No us sawnd dɛn i nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk.
• Kɔrɛkt di we aw yu de mek da sawnd de (di we aw yu de put yu mɔt, yu tɔŋ, ɛn yu lip dɛn).
• Rilan di tεknik dεm we de kכntro di mכtal pat dεm na di tכk (fכ egzampl, aw fכ muv di tכng fayn fayn wan, aw fכ manipul di lip dεm fayn fayn wan).
• Strɔng di mɔsul dɛn we de insay di tɔk.
• Praktis fɔ mek sawnd ɛn fɔ tɔk wɔd dɛn na os.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt Articulation Disorder?

Fɔ tru, no patikyula we nɔ de fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt Articulation Disorder. Bikɔs lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, dɛn nɔ fɛn ɛni patikyula rizin fɔ dis. Bɔt,If yu trit yu kwik kwik wan, dat kin mek yu nɔr de tɔk bad ɔr afɛkt aw yu de lan ɛn aw pɔrsin de tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛm. So, if yu notis ɛni chenj ɔ slɔp na yu pikin in tɔk, i go fayn fɔ mek dɛn chɛk am.

Aw di tumara bambay go tan lɛk fɔ pikin we gɛt Articulation Disorder?

Dis na wan pan di big tin dɛn we bɔku mama ɛn papa dɛn kin fred. Dɛn kin tink tin dɛn lɛk, "Wi pikin nɔ go ɛva ebul fɔ tɔk fayn?" "Dem go lef dem fo skul?"

Bɔt di tru tin na dat, if dɛn no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn bigin fɔ trit am fayn fayn wan (Speech Therapy), dɛn kin mek di prɔblɛm we de wit di tɔk nɔ wɔs ɛn di impak we i kin gɛt pan di lanin ɛn soshal rilayshɔnship kin ridyus.

Pikin we gɛt Articulation Disorder kin lan fɔ tɔk klia wan . Bɔku pikin dɛn kin bigin fɔ tɔk fayn fayn wan wit tritmɛnt. Bɔt if i bad bad wan , dɛn kin nid fɔ tek tritmɛnt fɔ lɔng tɛm fɔ tɔk. I kin tek sɔm tɛm, bɔt i kin wok.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt ɛnitin we de mɔna yu bɔt aw yu pikin de tɔk ɔ aw i de tɔk to am, nɔ kip am to yusɛf. Tɔk to yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn. Tek tɛm mɔ if yu pikin du ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:

• If yu de sho ɛni prɔblɛm wit yu bihayvya we gɛt fɔ du wit fɔ tɔk (e.g., fɔ fred fɔ tɔk, nɔ fɔ tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛn).
• Ivin afta 4 ɔ 5 ia, dɛn nɔ kin kɔl sɔm sawnd dɛn kɔrɛkt wan, ɛn wɔd dɛn nɔ kin klia.
• If yu stɔp fɔ tɔk sɔm sawnd ɔ wɔd dɛn we yu bin de tɔk fayn.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i nɔ kin izi fɔ pikin we gɛt Articulation Disorder fɔ mek sɔm sawnd dɛn we i de tɔk. If yu pikin ol 4 ɔ 5 ia ɛn stil nɔ ebul fɔ kɔl sɔm sawnd dɛn fayn fayn wan, ɔ if yu ɔ ɔda pipul dɛn gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ ɔndastand wetin i de tɔk, mek shɔ se yu tɔk to yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn ɔ yu famili dɔktɔ. Dɛn kin no if mɛdikal prɔblɛm de ɔ if dɛn nid fɔ rifer to to dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de tɔk ɛn langwej (SLP) fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn we de tɔk.

Di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis stori (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so na sɔm pan di men tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt:

• Articulation Disorder na wan sik we yɔŋ pikin dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ kɔl sɔm sawnd dɛn we dɛn de tɔk kɔrɛkt wan. I nɔto sik, bɔt na sɔntin we pɔsin kin kɔrɛkt wit trenin ɛn tritmɛnt .
• If yu pikin stil nɔ de tɔk klia wan we i ol 4-5 ia, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ . Di kwik we dɛn kin no di sik, na di mɔ i kin izi fɔ mek dɛn trit am fayn fayn wan.
• Artikuleshɔn Disɔda ɛn Fɔnɔlɔjik Disɔda na tu difrɛn tin dɛn. So wetin rili na di prɔblɛm?I impɔtant fɔ mek wan Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) no di sik.
• Fɔ stat tritmɛnt kwik, i.e., tɔk tɛrapi, kin go fa fɔ ɛp yu pikin fɔ lan fɔ tɔk klia wan. I kin mek bak di impak we dɛn kin gɛt pan dɛn skul wok, fɔ ple wit dɛn padi dɛn, ɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt kɔnfidɛns pan dɛnsɛf.
• Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ dɔn fɛn di rayt tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik, tritmɛnt dɛn de we rili fayn . So nɔ wɔri. Yu pikin kin ɛp.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, nɔto yu wangren de. Dɔktɔ ɛn di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt aw pɔsin kin tɔk ɛn langwej (SLP) de fɔ ɛp yu ɛn yu pikin. So tɔk to dɛn bɔt ɛni kwɛstyɔn, fred, ɔ wɔri we yu gɛt. Yu pikin in fayn smayl ɛn tɔk klia wan impɔtant to wi jɔs lɛk dat!

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