Terapia rotacyzmu w dyslaliach

Rhotacism, Lat. rhotacismus, is an incorrect realisation of the phoneme /r/. Depending on the type of the phoneme realisation disturbance, mogirhotacism, pararhotacism, rhotacism proper, and complex disturbances (deformed substitutes) are distinguished. In all cases of non-standard realisations of phoneme /r/ by patients with dyslalia, it is necessary to introduce a speech therapy. This paper presents a detailed design of a speech therapy when eliciting and reinforcing sound [r] (the basic variant of phoneme /r/). This proposition of a speech therapy for rhotacism arose from many years of speech therapy practice and the knowledge of Polish phonetics and dyslalia. The demonstrated method was modifi ed and improved as the knowledge expanded and experience increased.