Comments on: Tongue Tip Trouble- Fronting /t/ for /k/

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:11:16 +0000

My issue is that the child does not elevate the back of the tongue period. With the tongue tip down, it’s more of a breathy sound as he is not stopping it anywhere. Any tips for getting the back of the tongue elevated? I’ve tried the gravity, tongue depressor, etc.

By: Amy Deas

Amy Deas — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:26:31 +0000

I have one who has just started working on /g/, and he is devoicing it. Help?

By: Donna Boyer

Donna Boyer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:05:20 +0000

/k/is easy to get, it’s the /g/ that is the challenge.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:19:24 +0000

I wish things had worked out differently. My youngest could have benefited from your knowledge of speech therapy.

By: BeckyWanca

BeckyWanca — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:24:11 +0000

It depends on the child. Once the productions are consistently correct at the word level and we are working at the phrase or sentence level in one position, I’ll check for stimulability in the other positions. Sometimes the carry over to different positions is easy and we can jump pretty quickly to sentences in all positions. Sometimes it is too confusing for the child so I’ll stick with one position until it is really solid and then start on the next.

By: Gail Kainen

Gail Kainen — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:17:40 +0000

Do you work on words , phrases, sentences in the initial position, then procede to final, medial etc. rather than words, phrases, then sentences in all positions?

By: `Micki

`Micki — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:13:37 +0000

I have been working with a student with the same problem. I was able to get her to say a correct /k/ sound when she said words such as cute, curious, cube, etc. Now she is able to say /k/ in the final position, but is still having difficulty with initial /k/. She can hold her tongue down and say the /k/ correctly, but her response is not automatic.

By: Blair

Blair — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:33:32 +0000

I also use the “open mouth wide” technique and it has worked well.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:02:21 +0000

I have been successful in decreasing fronting behaviors by having the child open their mouth wide and working from K sound combined with low vowels, progressing to high vowels word attempts. The gravity trick does really work, I have tried it with a recliner in the child’s home. A small piece of candy held in place under the truck has proven to be somewhat successful for K sound production.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:13:28 +0000

I am an SLP in the school system. Something else you might try is having the child look up toward the ceiling and say the /k/ in isolation. Since /k/ is a back sound, the tongue naturally goes back when looking up. This will help the child with placement, later have him look at you and make the same sound. Usually this works. Be patient! Keep trying.