by Jenny Edgar | Oct 25, 2025 | Speech Sounds, Speech Therapy for Children
At Perth Speech Therapy, we often meet families who are concerned about their child’s clumsiness, unclear speech, or difficulties with everyday tasks like tying shoelaces or writing. One possible explanation is Childhood Dyspraxia, also known as Developmental...
by Jenny Edgar | Oct 8, 2025 | Speech Sounds
What Is Childhood Apraxia of Speech? Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a rare motor speech disorder where children know what they want to say but have difficulty planning and coordinating the precise mouth movements needed for speech. The brain struggles to send...
by Jenny Edgar | Sep 18, 2025 | Speech Sounds, Speech Therapy for Children
Articulation disorders are speech difficulties that make it hard for children to pronounce sounds correctly. Common examples include: Saying “wabbit” instead of “rabbit” Having a lisp when producing the “s” sound Replacing or omitting sounds altogether These...
by Jenny Edgar | Sep 15, 2025 | Speech Sounds, Speech Therapy for Children
What Are Speech Sound Delays or Disorders? Speech sound delays and disorders occur when children have ongoing difficulty producing speech sounds accurately or consistently. While it’s normal for young children to make speech errors as they learn—for example, saying...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 27, 2024 | Language Development, Speech Sounds
A tongue tie, medically known as ankyloglossia, is a condition where the lingual frenulum (the thin band of tissue that connects the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth) is abnormally short, tight, or thick. This can restrict the movement of the tongue...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Speech Sounds
Phonological Awareness (P.A.) is referred to as awareness of one’s own thinking about the sound structures of language. P.A. refers to a person’s ability to attend to, discriminate and manipulate sounds at the phoneme (sound), word and sentence level. It also...
