Articulation therapy in Amritsar Articulation therapist in Amritsar Speech therapist Articulation is defined as the way of producing speech sound correctly. For good articulation we need good coordination between the muscled of lungs, larynx, pharynx and articulators. The structures of mouth like tongue, lips, teeth, palate, velum, jaw, uvula are called articulators. If we are not able to produce the speech sounds correctly, then this error is called misarticulation. Causes of misarticulation Abnormalities in the structure and function of articulators such as cleft lip and palate, tongue tie, poor alignment of teeth, submucosal cleft palate, weakness in the muscles of tongue and velum , etc. Hearing loss-the persons with hearing loss are not able to monitor their speech and misarticulate sounds. Fault learning-Every sound has unique place and manner of articulation, fault learning of place leads to misarticulation. Ex. Learn to touch the back of the tongue to the soft palate in place of touching tongue tip to the hard palate for the production of /t/, the sound produced is /k/ which leads to substitution error. Type of articulation errors The articulation errors defined by SODA , where S-substitution O-omission D-distortion A-addition Substitution: In this one speech sound is replaced with other speech sound .like production of /stul/ in place of /skul/ here /k/ sound is replaced by /t/ sound. Omission:In omission error, speech sound is omitted like in the production of /kul/ for /skul/ here the /s/ sound is omitted. Addition:. In this type, extra sound is added to the productions like in the production of /eskul/ for /skul/. Distortion :in this the sound is neither substituted nor omitted but the sound produced in a way that it become unintelligible. Treatment of misarticulation Articulation therapy/speech therapy In speech therapy, the speech therapist teaches the client the production of specific sound in conversational speech, starting from the production at isolation by using some specific techniques. Articulation errors are common in child's when they are acquiring speech sounds but the articulation errors disappears as the child master's the respective speech sounds .the child master's all speech sounds upto age 6-7years .even some sounds are mastered at the age of 3, 4 years .some sounds like /b/, /p/, /m/, are acquired before /s/, /z/, /ch/sounds. Who provides articulation therapy- speech therapist Who is speech therapist-A paramedical professional who has bachelor's or master's degree in audiology and speech language pathology.