When the babbling baby yells "shake" at the dog, we think the child is very cute, and when he shouts "yes" to the brother, it is also cute. But if the child is still pronounced like this when he is four or five years old, or even six or seven years old, we will notice a problem. We found that children aged 1-5 years old have many problems of unclear speech and inaccurate pronunciation, and the problem of inaccurate pronunciation of GKDT is relatively common, and in dysarthria, most of them belong to articulation function problems. These children have no structural damage to the oral articulatory organs, but they will have errors such as substitutions, omissions, distortions, and additional sounds when they speak. The inaccurate pronunciation of "g k d t" belongs to the root of the tongue and the apical of the tongue. From the perspective of speech development, the apical middle sound (d,t) develops before the base of the tongue (g,k),If the child's tongue pronunciation function is not enough, he will skip the correct articulation rules and use approximate sounds and proximate sounds instead, such as saying "brother" as "of" and "looking" as "tantan". A large number of children will gradually correct themselves and pronounce correctly as they develop and improve their articulation function as they age. However, there are also a small number of children who are unable to self-correct and develop the habit of mispronunciation. This requires our language therapist to correct it in time, and it is easy to correct the problem of inaccurate pronunciation when the child is relatively young, while his articulation organs are not yet mature.
How to induce pronunciation
In order to strengthen the strength of the root of the tongue such as G and K, it is necessary to provide some functional training on the premise of speech correction, such as the training of tongue muscles.
1. Control the flexibility of the tip of the tongue
In this case, you need to learn to control the tip of the tongue, the flexibility of the root of the tongue, you can raise the tip of the tongue and top the palate, so that the tip of the tongue becomes powerful. You can also raise the base of the tongue and lower the tip of the tongue to increase the strength of the base of the tongue.
2. Practice raising the base of the tongue
It can be stimulated by tapping the middle of the midline of the tongue, and if the sense of touch is normal, the tongue will retract and lift upward, and if the sense of touch is abnormal and multiple stimulation is required, two cotton swabs can be used to assist and push the tongue backwards.
3. Induction of G K
Prerequisites: Tongue sound, tongue root bulge, soft palate uplift. Method: The base of the tongue is raised, against the soft palate, the soft palate rises, blocking the nasal passage, and then the airflow breaks through the obstruction of the base of the tongue, the vocal cords do not vibrate, and the airflow is weak. When pronouncing the k sound, except for the strong airflow, the other ways of being the same as g are the same. The difference is that G is not aspirated, and K is aspirated. Fourth, the induction of tPrerequisites: interlingual midtone, aspiration ability, tongue tip lifting ability Method: When pronouncing, the tongue is against the upper gums, blocking the airflow, the soft palate rises, blocking the nasal cavity, and then the tongue is used to abruptly leave the gums, and at the same time, there is a strong airflow rushing out, and the vocal cords do not vibrate5. Induction of dPrerequisites: The tip of the tongue is lifted up: The tip of the tongue is against the upper gums, but it does not completely block the airflowThe soft palate rises, blocking nasal passages, airflow passes through both sides of the tongue, and the vocal cords vibrate.
ending
The problem of children's unclear pronunciation can be big or small, but whether the child is dysarthria, or the unclear pronunciation caused by the small grade, parents should make more preparations, and it is better to prevent it before it happens, after all, challenges are the normal state of life, but when you pass, it is happy and smooth, I hope that when you are in need, Star Park can help you (