Multiple Oppositions Approach

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Multiple Oppositions Approach I. The Multiple Oppositions approach is an approach that concurrently contrasts multiple target sounds to a comparison sound. Often there is a phoneme collapse, with many sounds being represented by one sound. The phoneme /d/ may replace /t/, /k/, and/or /g/. Any word containing replacement sounds is treated as a homophone. “For example, for a child who collapses voiceless obstruents to /t/ word-initially, the multiple opposition treatment set might include /t/~/k, s, tʃ/ and result in contrastive training words such as tip versus Kip, sip, and chip” (Williams, 2000, p. 290). The Multiple Opposition approach focuses on the child’s sound system as a whole, rather than placing emphasis on one or two phonemes. A. The Multiple Oppositions approach to treating phonological disorders takes a holistic approach to speech therapy. 1. Treatment focuses on multiple phonemes at a time versus one phoneme at a time, as with traditional approaches. a. Up to four treatment targets may be chosen during treatment. (1) Ex. “t ~ s, k, ʧ, st would comprise larger treatment sets of contrastive word pairs that would be used in treatment.” (Williams, 2000) B. There are many comparisons that can be made within the Multiple Oppositions approach and Cycles approach. These can be found within the following categories: age of individuals, duration of the therapy, and quantity of target phonemes. 1. The Multiple Oppositions approach and Cycles approach focus on children who are highly unintelligible. a. Both approaches introduce and work on a large degree of phonemes instead of the few phonemes other approaches may focus on. (1) This is mainly due to the fact that these app... ... middle of paper ... ...ons: http://www.superduperinc.com/products/view.aspx?pid=tpx30001 Unknown. (2000, November 27). ETSU Researcher Develops New Method for Treating Speech Disorders. Retrieved October 10, 2011, from ETSU News and Event: http://www.etsu.edu/etsu/news/20000121.htm Unknown. (2004, October 6). Cycles Approach. William, L. (2008, July 14). SPACS: Systemic Phonological Analysis of Child Speech. Retrieved October 10, 2011, from Phonological Disorders: http://phonologicaldisorders.wordpress.com/tag/lynn-williams/ Williams, A. L. (2000, November). Multiple Oppositions: Case Studies of Variables in Phonological Intervention. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 289-299. Williams, A. L. (2000, November). Multiple Oppositions: Theoretical Foundations for an Alternative Contrastive Intervention Approach. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 282-288.

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