Overview
What Are Speech Sound Disorders?
Texas Talkers provides evaluation and treatment for speech sound disorders in Flower Mound and surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities. We support children with articulation differences, phonological disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, and other speech sound challenges that affect speech intelligibility and everyday communication. Therapy is individualized to help children become more clearly understood and more confident expressing themselves.
There are several types of speech sound disorders:
Articulation Disorders occur when a child has difficulty producing specific sounds correctly. For example, a child may say "wabbit" instead of "rabbit" or have trouble with sounds such as /r/, /s/, or /l/.
Phonological Disorders occur when a child uses patterns of speech errors. For example, a child may consistently say "tat" instead of "cat" or "poon" instead of "spoon." These patterns are often called phonological processes.
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that affects how the brain plans the movements needed for speech. Children with CAS often know what they want to say but have difficulty coordinating their mouth movements to say it clearly.
Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder caused by weakness or reduced coordination of the muscles used for speech. Speech may sound slurred, slow, quiet, or difficult to understand.
Speech therapy for speech sound disorders focuses on helping children produce sounds accurately, improve speech clarity, and communicate with greater confidence. Treatment may include play-based activities, motor-based practice, language-rich interactions, caregiver coaching, and home strategies to support progress beyond the therapy room.
Speech-language therapy can evaluate and treat speech sound disorders while also helping families understand when support for childhood apraxia of speech, early intervention, or broader language disorders may also be relevant.