STIMULABILITY

CUES

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Fricatives
/f/…………………………………………………………………………………………………… page 3
/v/…………………………………………………………………………………………………… page 4
/s/…………………………………………………………………………………………………… page 5
/z/…………………………………………………………………………………………………… page 7
/sh/…………………………………………………………………………………………………. page 9

Velars
/k/…………………………………………………………………………………………………… page 10
/g/…………………………………………………………………………………………………… page 11

Liquids
/l/…………………………………………………………………………………………………… page 12
/r/…………………………………………………………………………………………………… page 13

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 /f/

AUDITORY
 Soft sound
 Flyspray sound

PLACEMENT
 Top teeth gently on bottom lip
 Push air through the teeth
 The bunny sound

VISUAL
 Use a mirror to check teeth placement
 Images such as the one above

TACTILE
 Feel the air on the back of your hand
 Feel your teeth gently on your lip

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 /v/

AUDITORY
 Buzzing sound
 Plane sound
 Turn your voice on

PLACEMENT
 Top teeth gently on bottom lip
 Push air through the teeth

VISUAL
 Use a mirror to check teeth placement

TACTILE
 Feel the voicebox buzzing
 Feel your teeth gently on your lip

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 /s/

Interdental

AUDITORY
 Snakey sound
 Sharp sound

PLACEMENT
 Tongue behind your teeth
 Keep silly snake in the cage
 Smile and blow the air straight through your front teeth

VISUAL
 Use a mirror to check teeth placement
 Images such as the one above

TACTILE
 Did you feel your tongue between your teeth? Push it back

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 Lateral

AUDITORY
 Snakey sound
 Sprinkler sound
 Train sound
 Sharp sound vs slushy sound

PLACEMENT
 Smile and blow the air straight through your front teeth
 Shape from /t/ using the Magic Slide, “sighing t” or “train sound”
 Make sure the sides of your tongue touch your back teeth
 Butterfly shape tongue

VISUAL
 Images showing airflow through the middle rather than the sides

TACTILE
 Feel the air, is it coming out the sides or straight ahead?

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 /z/

Interdental

AUDITORY
 Buzzy bee sound

PLACEMENT
 Tongue behind your teeth
 Keep silly snake in the cage
 Smile and blow the air straight through your front teeth

VISUAL
 Use a mirror to check tongue placement

TACTILE
 Did you feel your tongue between your teeth? Push it back
 Can you feel your voicebox buzzing?

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 Lateral

AUDITORY
 Buzzy bee sound
 Sharp sound vs slushy sound

PLACEMENT
 Smile and blow the air straight through your front teeth
 Shape from /d/ using the Magic Slide or “buzzing d”
 Make sure the sides of your tongue touch your back teeth
 Butterfly shape tongue

VISUAL
 Images showing air flow through the middle rather than the sides

TACTILE
 Feel the air, is it coming out the sides or straight ahead?
 Can you feel your voicebox buzzing?

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 /sh/

AUDITORY
 Quiet lady sound
 Windy sound

PLACEMENT
 Push your lips forward
 Push the air through the middle of your tongue

VISUAL
 Finger to lips
 Mirror to check lip position

TACTILE
 Can you feel the air going through the middle?
 Were your lips forward?

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 /k/

AUDITORY
 Coughing sound
 Kookaburra sound

PLACEMENT
 Put your tongue at the back of your mouth
 Make sure your lips and teeth are open

VISUAL
 Point to throat
 Mirror to see tongue pull back

TACTILE
 Can you feel your tongue at the back of your mouth?
 Can you feel the air coming out the front of your mouth?
 Lightly push tip of tongue down with tongue depressor
 Lay down to push tongue back

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 /g/

AUDITORY
 Frog sound

PLACEMENT
 Put your tongue at the back of your mouth

VISUAL
 Point to throat
 Mirror to see tongue pull back

TACTILE
 Can you feel your tongue at the back of your mouth?
 Can you feel your voicebox buzzing?
 Lightly push tip of tongue down with tongue depressor
 Lay down to push tongue back

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 /l/

AUDITORY
 Singing sound (la-la-la)

PLACEMENT
 Put your tongue at the top, right behind your top teeth

VISUAL
 Mirror to see tongue tip up

TACTILE
 Can you feel your tongue at the top of your mouth?

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 /r/

AUDITORY
 Pirate sound
 Growly sound
 Motorbike sound

PLACEMENT
 We make /r/ with our tongue not our lips
 Say /tr/ and pull your tongue back (retroflex)
 Make sure the back of your tongue is nice and high
 Say “ee” and pull your tongue back (bunched)
 Smile and make a grumpy sound

VISUAL
 Mirror to see lip movement

TACTILE
 Can you feel your tongue at the back of your mouth?

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