Speech Pathologists, like other social scientists, maintain a lexicon specific to their profession. The job of a Speech Pathologist is to treat physical and/or cognitive deficits/disorders resulting in difficulty with verbal communication. Many such professionals work with young children and must regularly explain why certain children lack the ability to convey thoughts and information through speech. Speech therapists often must treat patients that have trouble with articulation, intonation, rate, and intensity.
Based upon the nature and severity of the disorder, common treatments might include instructive or repetitive practice and drilling and the use of audio-visual aids.
Articulation, for instance, is the process by which sounds, syllables, and words are formed when one's tongue, jaw, teeth, lips, and palate alter the air stream coming from the vocal folds. This is important...
Articulation is best demonstrated; if a child was unfamiliar with the word, one could repeat sentences in articulate and inarticulate English and then ask he or she notices the differences. It could also be of help to convey humorous stories in which poorly articulated words led to disaster and chaos. It is easy to convey messages to children through allegory; it allows one to follow a concept as that interests them that they might study. It is easy to teach children the concept of 'mumbling' and then to explain to them that articulate people are the antithesis of people that mumble.
Intonation is one of the chief non-textual methods by which people convey information in communication. It is also the intonation of words that we are able to ask questions and to indicate various levels of…
