What are four types of articulation errors?

A child can make the following articulation errors when producing speech sounds: Substitutions, Omissions, Distortions, and/or Additions. An easy way to remember these is to use the acronym SODA!

Definition: Replace one sound with another sound.

Examples: "wed" for "red," "thoap" for "soap," "dut," for "duck"

Definition: Omit a sound in a Word.

Note: This error affects intelligibility the most, making speech more difficult for the listener(s) to understand.

Examples: "p ay the piano" for "play the piano", "g een nake" for "green snake"

Definition: Produce a sound in an unfamiliar manner.

Examples: "pencil" (nasalized-sounds more like an "m") for "pencil," "sun" (lisped-sounds "slushy") for "sun"

Definition: Insert an extra sound within a Word.

Examples: "buhlack horse" for "black horse," "doguh," for "dog"