We live in Nebraska, where people notoriously have a complete lack of an accent in their voice. Our son is around 90% deaf in his right ear and that ear cannot process consonants at all. His whole life he has sounded like he is from Boston, and pronounces his /r/ like a /w/. Like he will say "pwesents" instead of "presents", etc.
Last year they said it was still age appropriate and not to really worry about it. We had the yearly meeting for his hearing related IEP last week, and his mis-articulation of /r/ was brought up and we were told that it is no longer age appropriate for him to do that, and that even though he is 1/2 deaf we should have it looked at again.
We got the call this morning that he does have an articulation disorder with the /r/. She said that 50% of the time he doesn't articulate it correctly when it is at the beginning of the word, and never articulates it correctly when it is alone IN a word or as a blend like pr- or br-, etc. One of the things we always notice, is that he always calls Nora "Nowa/Noah". He actually frequently calls her "Noda" also. We have no idea why. I forgot to ask her about that.
Does anyone here have any experience with this sort of thing? The speech therapist said we need to sign another IEP and we can talk about what will happen now at that point. I'd like to know a little more about it before we do that. Partly so I don't sound or look stupid, but also so I can better advocate for our son. I would appreciate any advice or knowledge of the subject that I can get thrown at me. Whether you have a child with this issue, or you have it yourself. Doesn't matter to me! Thanks!!
Last year they said it was still age appropriate and not to really worry about it. We had the yearly meeting for his hearing related IEP last week, and his mis-articulation of /r/ was brought up and we were told that it is no longer age appropriate for him to do that, and that even though he is 1/2 deaf we should have it looked at again.
We got the call this morning that he does have an articulation disorder with the /r/. She said that 50% of the time he doesn't articulate it correctly when it is at the beginning of the word, and never articulates it correctly when it is alone IN a word or as a blend like pr- or br-, etc. One of the things we always notice, is that he always calls Nora "Nowa/Noah". He actually frequently calls her "Noda" also. We have no idea why. I forgot to ask her about that.
Does anyone here have any experience with this sort of thing? The speech therapist said we need to sign another IEP and we can talk about what will happen now at that point. I'd like to know a little more about it before we do that. Partly so I don't sound or look stupid, but also so I can better advocate for our son. I would appreciate any advice or knowledge of the subject that I can get thrown at me. Whether you have a child with this issue, or you have it yourself. Doesn't matter to me! Thanks!!