Articulation Disorders
About Articulation Disorders
Every Sound Matters, Every Voice Deserves Clarity
Articulation Disorder affects speech clarity due to issues like hearing loss, neurological delays, or structural challenges. At Global Speech & Hearing Clinic, we provide personalized therapy using sound drills, oral-motor exercises, and play-based techniques to improve pronunciation, speech clarity, and confidence.
- One-on-One Speech Therapy: Personalized sessions to improve articulation, vocabulary, and sentence formation.
- Play-Based Learning Activities: Using games, storytelling, and tools to naturally enhance speech and language development.
Causes for Articulation Disorders
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Hearing Loss : Reduces sound awareness, affects speech clarity..
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Neurological Conditions : Impact muscle control, sound production ability.
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Developmental Delays : Slow speech milestones, unclear sound formation.
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Structural Issues : Cleft palate, tongue-tie, or dental problems.
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Poor Speech Modeling : Limited exposure to correct speech sounds.
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Motor Planning Issues: Difficulty coordinating mouth, lips, tongue movements.
Symptoms for Articulation Disorders
Replaces correct sounds with incorrect alternatives often in everyday speech.
Drops sounds, especially in complex words during daily conversation.
Slurs or warps sounds beyond recognition when speaking quickly.
Difficult for unfamiliar listeners to understand with frequent repetition.
Becomes upset by small changes in schedule, surroundings, or habits.
Pronunciation changes even in familiar words used very often.
The Most Frequently Asked Questions
Articulation Disorders
Articulation disorder is when a person has trouble producing specific speech sounds correctly, making their speech unclear or hard to understand.
It can be caused by hearing loss, developmental delays, muscle weakness, or structural issues like tongue-tie or cleft palate.
If a child’s speech is difficult to understand by age 4, or they consistently mispronounce sounds, a speech-language evaluation is recommended.
Therapists use fun sound drills, games, repetition, and oral-motor exercises to teach correct pronunciation and improve speech clarity.
We create personalized therapy plans using evidence-based methods, engaging activities, and regular progress tracking to help each child speak more clearly and confidently.
