Barbara Dodd
Differential Diagnosis of Pediatric Speech Sound Disorder
University of Melbourne
theoretical accounts clinical management pediatric speech sound disorders ssd limited previous research participants speech difficulties inadequately described reflecting lack clarity existing diagnostic guidelines performance measures primarily focused articulation consonants single words rather phonological competence cognitivelinguistic abilities underlying speech development evidencebased practice reviews conflate studies heterogeneous speechdisordered populations received widely differing amounts therapy using different intervention approaches recently however researchers begun explore assessment measures allow differential diagnosis subgroups ssd terms qualitative analyses speech errors underlying cognitive linguistic abilities measures allowed longterm followup better predict children future literacy difficulties identify specific underlying deficits inform intervention