What is the difference between stammering and misarticulation?
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Stammering is a speech disorder that makes a person speak smoothly. It creates a barrier in speech sound, fluency, pause, stop, etc.
Types of stammering These are the following
Repetitive sound: repeat the sounds, words, or letters such as pa- pa -papa.
Prolong making a sound longer e.g. mummy( mummy)
blockage words or letters get stuck in articulators and do not come at all. e.g. mu...........my( mummy)
These are the main types of stammering. Others are pausing during the speech. And stretch out words, letters, sounds, etc.
The other side is misarticulation: misarticulation is also a speech disorder. It creates a problem in rhythm, clarity, formation, etc. Misarticulation means mis- something mis/ absent, and articulation means speech sound produced with the help of articulators like the jaw, tongue, teeth, uvula, and palate all these are articulators. e.g. papa ( sound produced by the lips but papa - kaka)
Types
Substitution replacement of words/letters.such as moon-soon.
omission skip/delete such as school- cool.
distortion to change or twist the words e.g. chocolate- rocket
In addition, add on extra words or letters e.g. school- school.
Treatment misarticulation and stammering/ stuttering are treated by speech therapy.
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