Does my child have a speech sound disorder?
Most children make some mistakes as they learn to say new words. A speech sound disorder occurs when mistakes continue past a certain age. Every sound has a different range of ages when the child should make the sound correctly. Speech sound disorders include problems with articulation (making sounds) and phonological processes (sound patterns). An articulation disorder involves problems making sounds. Sounds can be substituted, left off, added or changed. These errors may ma
