Dyslalia is a language articulation disorder characterized by not having any organic or neurological cause that can explain this difficulty that many children present.
In this disorder, various types of errors appear:
Substitution: when the child articulates a phoneme instead of another that is difficult for him to pronounce or it may also be that there is an error in auditory perception and he does not discriminate between the two phonemes. For example: “Deche” instead of Leche or “SatuRay” instead of Saturday.
Distortion: occurs when the child emits a sound in a distorted and incorrect way. It is usually due to an incorrect position of the articulatory organs, a lack of breath control, a lack of vibration of the vocal cords, etc…
Omission: occurs when the child does not articulate the phonemes that they do not master, so they omit them in their emissions. For example: “b_occoli” instead of bRoccoli.
Insertion: occurs when the child adds a phoneme to articulate another more difficult. For example: insertion of a vowel in sound /gl/.
Rhotacism: It is the impediment to pronounce the RR phoneme well and in general it is a temporary disorder. The RR is a difficult sound to pronounce, and for this reason it is one of the last to acquire. The RR is an alveolar consonant, whose sound is achieved by vibrating the tip of the tongue against the palate.
Sigmatism or Lisp: it is the difficulty to pronounce the phoneme “S” well. It is possible that the tip of the tongue goes forward and passes between the teeth making the sound of the “Z”. This impairment is likely to appear in mouth-breathing children. It is also common for the “S” to be replaced by the “T” sound. Many times, the family uses “baby” language because it is the “baby of the house”.
In each case, a specialist should first find the origin of the issue and then the child should start a speech therapy. Exercising the muscles of the face and tongue and exercising breathing will guarantee that the child can learn to pronounce properly. The time that takes to correct the pronunciation varies on each child and the degree of difficulty presented, it can last some weeks or months.

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