I have many students who use both the retroflexed and the retracted tongue position to produce /r/. Is that acceptable?
Answer
That is fine if the student is successful. However, for students who have been in therapy for many years and have had numerous SLPs working with them, obviously those articulatory positions are not working. It is best to experiment with both positions and see which one the student is most successful with.
Christine Ristuccia. M.S. CCC-SLP received her Master of Science degree in communicative disorders at the University of Redlands, Redlands, CA and a Bachelor of Science degree in health sciences from San Diego State University. Christine founded Say It Right in 1999. She is the author of several books and has spoken throughout the United States on articulation disorders in addition to yoga products and cards.
Christine Ristuccia, M.S., CCC-SLP
Christine Ristuccia, M.S. CCC-SLP, received her Master of Science degree in communicative disorders at the University of Redlands, Redlands, CA and a Bachelor of Science degree in health sciences from San Diego State University. Christine is an experienced school-based speech-language pathologist and most recently worked for Savannah-Chatham County School District, Savannah, Georgia at the preschool and elementary levels. She has worked with a wide range of communicative disorders ranging from preschool to adulthood.
Christine founded Say It Right in 1999. Her phonemic approach to /r/ remediation, The Entire World of R, sets the standard for efficient, successful correction of many articulation errors. Christine is the author of several books and has spoken throughout the United States on articulation disorders in addition to yoga products and cards.
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