Dr. Jenn Moore •Speech•Apraxia•Myo on Instagram: "Research shows that children with speech sound disorders often present with jaw instability and excessive jaw movement, which can contribute to voicing errors like “bag” for “back” Namasivayam et al., 2013; Terband et al., 2013). Using a motor-informed lens goes beyond labeling the error. It’s helpful to look at the movement patterns contributing to the error. Research also supports the benefit of targeting jaw control in therapy to improve voice

Dr. Jenn Moore •Speech•Apraxia•Myo on Instagram: "Speech Motor Development from 18-24 months Oral-Larynx Coordination: • Voice onset time control • Begins to control and refine voicing contrasts such as b/p, t/d, k/g • Jaw movement may provide timing cues Follow @speechscientist and @drmoorespeech Read about it here: Namasivayam AK, Kent R, Preston JL, Maassen BAM, Hagedorn C, Nip ISB, McAllister A, Wang J, Hustad K, Ménard L, Bahar N, Moore JG, Petrosov J, van Lieshout P. Reevaluating the class

One quirk about Jane is that she pronounces words beginning with "B" (like"brain") with a prolonged /b/ sound. The voice onset (the length of time thather lips are pressed together and vocal cords vibrating) before beginning thenext sound in the word, is much longer than her sister Sally. Despite thesedifferences in the physical characteristics of the /b/ speech sound, people haveno difficulty telling that it is the letter "B" in all cases. This tendency toperceive phonemes as the same speech so