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Speech
Acquisition vowels & dipthongs vowels & dipthongs
The beginning of the p (puppy) p
bar represents the
age at which children m (my) m
begin to acquire each
h (hi) h
sound. The end of
the bar represents the n (no) n
age at which most
children have mastered w (walk) w
each sound.
b (baby) b
Average age estimates
and upper limits of k (cookie) k
customary consonant
production. The solid g (go) g
bar corresponding to d (daddy) d
each sound starts at
the median age of t (two) t
customary articulation;
it stops at an age level ng (sing) ng
at which 90% of all
f (fun) f
children are customarily
producing sound. y (yes) y
(From Templin, 1957;
r (rabbit) r
Wellman et al., 1931
in Sanders, Journal of l (lion) l
Speech & Hearing Disorders,
1973). Copyright 1997 s (sun) s
Word Play Publications.
ch (chair) ch
sh (shoe) sh
z (zoo) z
j (jump) j
v (van) v
(thumb)
(these)
zh (treasure) zh
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