Phonology & Articulation Resources
FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
Revisions and Repairs

As adult speakers we continually make little mistakes when we
speak. We barely notice these mistakes at a conscious level, but
quickly correct ourselves, and go on with what we are saying.
Many children with speech sound disorders are generally not very
good at self-correcting. They seem to find it difficult to listen to
themselves critically in order to monitor their speech and make
any necessary revisions and repairs. Why? No-one knows for
sure, but it is probably partly because they don’t know where to
start.

'At home this week, introduce the idea of a ‘fixed-up-one”, or the
process of noticing speech mistakes and then saying the word or
words again more clearly. Go through this routine two or three
times and talk about fixed-up-ones. Have fun making up other
“mistakes” that need correcting. Remember not to distort the
sounds you are focusing on by over-emphasizing them.'

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GLIDING OF FRICATIVES
FUOR FOR GLIDING OF FRICATIVE /f/
“If I said ‘wary’ instead of ‘fairy’ I would have to do a fixed-up
one again. I would have to think to myself not ‘wary’ its ‘fairy’.
Did you hear that fixed-up-one?”...etc. The words used in this
fixed-up-one routine (FUOR) worksheet are fork, fish, fairy,
fighting, fan, and foot.

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GLIDING OF LIQUIDS
FUOR FOR GLIDING OF LIQUIDS (/l/)
“If I said ‘wick’ instead of ‘lick’ I would have to do a fixed-up-one
again. I would have to think to myself not ‘wick’ its ‘lick’. Did you
hear that fixed-up-one?” ... etc. The words are: lock, lick, light,
lunch, lounge, and ladybird.

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STOPPING OF FRICATIVES
FUOR FOR STOPPING OF FRICATIVES
“They are having lots of fun. This word is ‘fun’. If I said, ‘lots
of PUN’ I would need to quickly fix it up and say ‘lots of fun”...
etc. The words used in this fixed-up-one routine are: fork, fun,
fish, fighting, fan, and phone.

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SYSTEMATIC SOUND PREFERENCE FOR /h/
FUOR FOR /s/ vs./h/
Say to your child, “Listen to this. If I accidentally said ‘heed’
when I wanted to say ‘seed’ it wouldn’t sound right. I would have
to fix it up and say ‘seed’ wouldn’t I? Did you hear that fixed-up
one? I said ‘heed’ then I fixed it up and said ‘seed’”... etc. The
words are: seed, sun, soap, sand, sandal, and sauce.

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VELAR FRONTING
FUOR FOR /k/, /g/, vs. /t/, /d/
Say to your child, “Listen to this. If I accidentally said ‘tar’ when
I wanted to say ‘car’ it wouldn’t sound right. I would have to fix it
up and say ‘car’ wouldn’t I? Did you hear that fixed-up-one? I
said ‘tar’ then I fixed it up and said ‘car’”... etc. The words used
in this fixed-up-one routine are: car, key, girl, goat, corn, and
cup.

Imagery Ideas / Metalanguage for Clusters
Refer to consonant clusters as “two-step words”, and “walk” with
your fingers to denote the two consonants (2 steps) in onset in
the cluster words, and the one consonant (1 step) in onset for
singleton words. Alternatively, or as well, refer to consonant
clusters as “friends”. When working on speech output as opposed
to input (listening), cue correct production  with silent finger
walking, and “You forgot your friend”, “was that a 2-step?”, “I
didn’t hear the first bit”, etc.

two steps

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CLUSTER REDUCTION
CLICK HERE FOR A FUOR FOR /sn/
"Say to your child, “Listen to this. If I accidentally said ‘nail’ when
I wanted to say ‘snail’ it wouldn’t sound right. I would have to fix
it up and say ‘snail’ wouldn’t I? Did you hear that fixed-up-one? I
said ‘nail’ then I fixed it up and said ‘snail’” ... etc. The words in
this fixed-up-one routine are: snail, snowman, sneeze, snake,
snoring, and snipped.

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CLUSTER REDUCTION
FUOR FOR /sm/ and /sn/
“A mouse is small. It’s not ‘mall’ is it? If I say ‘mall’ I have to
quickly remind myself to fix it up and put the first bit in. It is
supposed to be ‘small’”, etc. The words used in this fixed-up-one
routine are: snail, snow, smile, small, snake, smell, smoke, snack,
and snip.

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CLUSTER REDUCTION
FUOR FOR /st/, /sk/, /sp/
“Look he has a spot around his eye. It’s not a ‘pot’ is it? If I say
‘pot’ I have to quickly remind myself to fix it up and put the first
bit in. It is supposed to be ‘spot’”. In this fixed-up-one routine
(FUOR) the words are: stop, star, spilled, spot, stool, spin, ski,
speech, and school.

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CLUSTER REDUCTION
FUOR FOR /sl/ vs. /l/
“Listen, if I said ‘low’ instead of ‘slow’ it wouldn’t sound right. I’d
think to myself, no, not ‘low’, it’s ‘slow’. I’d need to fix it up and
say ‘slow’”...etc. The words used in this one-page work sheet
are: slow, sleep, slime, slipped, sleeve, slice, slither, slide, and
sling.

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CLUSTER REDUCTION
FUOR FOR /sw/
“A swan can swim. Swan. But if I said, ‘A wonn can swim’, I
would need to quickly remember that the ‘s’ needs a friend. I
would have to say ‘swan’”., etc. The vocabulary here is: swim,
swan, sweeping, sweet, swat, swing, swish, swing, sweaty.

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CLUSTER REDUCTION
FUOR FOR /tw/, /kw/, /sw/
“Do you know ‘Twinkle Twinkle’? If I said ‘winkle, winkle little star’
would I need to fix it up?”, etc. In this routine the words used
are: twins, queen, swimming, quilt, twinkle, swish, twenty, quiet,
and sweet.

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WEAK SYLLABLE DELETION (polysyllables)
FUOR FOR WEAK SYLLABLES
“This is a tomato, isn’t it? A tomato. But if I said ‘mato’, I would
need to quickly correct myself and put the first bit in. I would
have to say ‘tomato’”... etc. The words used here are: computer,
tomato, mosquito, banana, potato, spaghetti, Australia, injection,
controller, and important

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FINAL CONSONANT DELETION
FUOR FOR FCD
Say to your child, “Listen to this. If I accidentally said ‘buy’ when
I wanted to say ‘bike’ it wouldn’t sound right. I would have to fix
it up and say ‘bike’ wouldn’t I? Did you hear that fixed-up-one? I
said ‘buy’ then I fixed it up and said ‘bike’”. The words are: bike,
sheep. plane , beach, house, and road.

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"er" vs. "or" revisions and repairs
FUOR FOR 'ER' vs. 'OR'
“If I said ‘warm’ instead of ‘worm’ I would have to do a fixed-up
one again. I would have to think to myself NOT ‘warm’ its ‘WORM’.
Did you hear that fixed-up-one?” ... etc. The words in this
routine are: bird, shirt, worm, fern, work, and curl.

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"e" vs. "u" revisions and repairs
FUOR FOR "E" AS IN BED
“Listen to this. If I accidentally said ‘duck’ when I wanted to say
‘deck’ it wouldn’t sound right. I’d have to fix it up and say ‘deck’
wouldn’t I? Did you hear that fixed-up-one? I said ‘duck’ then I
fixed it up and said ‘deck’”. The words are: deck, pedal, peg, net,
bed, and bench.

Bowen, C. (1998). Developmental phonological disorders: A
practical guide for families and teachers. Melbourne: The
Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd.

Bowen, C. & Cupples, L. (1999). Parents and children together
(PACT): a collaborative approach to phonological therapy.
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders,
34, 1, 35-55.

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