Articulation: Speech Production

• Speech production changes with development
• Speech production changes with aging
• Sex differences in speech production
• Measurement of articulatory function
• Articulation disorders - functional, organic, neuromuscular

Objectives

• Explain how the craniofacial skeleton changes from infancy to adulthood
• Describe soft tissue development in the articulatory system from infancy to adulthood
• List two differences between speech production in children and adults
• Describe changes in speech structures and speech production associated with aging
• Describe differences in size and strength of oral structures between men and women
• Recognize from description and diagrams techniques for measuring articulatory function
• List some examples of functional, organic, and neuromuscular disorders associated with articulation deficits

Resources

• X-ray imaging of speech - see page 3
• Techniques for investigating speech
• Electromagnetic sensing (EMA)
• More EMA (articulograph)
• Ultrasound imaging
• Electropalatography
• Pierre-Robin sequence
• Treacher-Collins syndrome