TERM 1
Initial Assessment of Speech with Cleft Palate
Client (what to look at)
DEFINITION 1
1. Serial reps of CV productions 2. Sample high pressure
consonants 3. Ability to sustain vowel sounds 4. Sentence
repetition 5. Connected speech samples
TERM 2
Suggestions for getting a connected speech
sample
DEFINITION 2
1. spontaneous speech 2. use some specific sound
inventories that systematically identify certain sound
patterns and that prompt for stimuli 3. take in a variety of
contexts 4. stimulibility testing (probing) 5. whole word
phonetic transcription
TERM 3
Specific things to look for when analyzing a
speech sample
DEFINITION 3
1. rating of overall intelligibility 2. docum ent phonetic inventory
and identify compensatory strategies 3. compare results to
developmental norms 4. look at and report on stimulibility 5. make
note of any sound distortion 6. describe articulation with respect
to traditional categories 7. identify and describe phonemic
patterns 8. relate your findings to the orofacial exam
TERM 4
Age/Categories of development
DEFINITION 4
1. Infancy to Early Toddler = birth to 18 months 2.
Toddler/Preschool = 18 months to 4 years 3. School Age to
Preadolescence = 5 to 12 years 4. Teen to adult = 13 and
older (16/17 and older)
TERM 5
Hypertelorism
DEFINITION 5
excessive spacing between the eyes
