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Arizona 4 Sound Values and the Importance of this Concept
The Arizona 4 is an Articulation and Phonology scale used to evaluate and test certain milestones in speech development. It is used to evaluate children aged 18 months to 21 years using three different tests: Word Articulation, Sentence Articulation, and Phonology. Word Articulation and Sentence Articulation are built to measure proficiency in single words or connected speech while the Phonology test measures phonological impairment based on the results gathered in the Word Articulation test. Sound Values In order to score the Arizona 4, values are attributed to sounds in order to evaluate and calculate the scores appropriately. When a sound is misarticulated, it is more difficult to understand the speaker,…
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Special Needs and Hyperacusis – HearMuffs To The Rescue
Do you have children with special needs? Autism perhaps? Or other special needs that include hyperacusis? Hyperacusis is an extreme sensitivity to certain sounds based on frequency and volume. This particular affliction has played a huge role in our lives. Our son is autistic and is now 17 years old. But in his younger years, a very clear trigger for his agitation was sound. He couldn’t even be in a music class. They would have him go but often he would run out. He finally got to the point where he could remain in class but singing was never going to happen. You’d never know it now as he has…
