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Speech Sounds
A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Overview of Speech Sounds
Integration of Audition, Speech, Language, Literacy and Cognition
Learning to communicate with spoken language is most effective through meaningful and enjoyable experiences that integrate listening, speech, language, reading and thinking. When listening and talking are relevant and positive, spoken communication can emerge in a natural way for children who are deaf.
There is no single method that works best for teaching speech to all children who are deaf, and Speech Sounds is simply one approach. It is based on the premise that young children with cochlear implant(s) need to be exposed to all speech sounds through listening as a building. Read the Full Introduction to Speech Sounds.
How to use Speech Sounds
Speech Sounds is used as a supplement to the developmental way children who are deaf learn speech sounds through listening. The units serve as a guide to professionals for planning therapy sessions and classroom activities. Parents use the overview and the cards as a resource for active and effective home carry-over.
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Introduction
Plosives and Stops:
p, b, t, d, k, g
