Week 9: Stimulability Testing

Question 1

what is stimulability testing?

Answer 1

sampling the child’s ability to produce the standard form of an error sound when provided with the clincian’s input

Question 2

stimulability testing includes

Answer 2

• examining how well the client imitates sound produced in error
• examining the child’s response to clinician cuing
• examining varied contexts (ex. isolation, syllables, words, phrases)

Question 3

sound errors that the child is stimulable for are more likely to

Answer 3

self correct and generalize in therapy

Question 4

how is stimulability testing done?

Answer 4

1. specific instruction has to be given
2. client attempts to produce sound
3. clinician provides cues (minimal to max)

Question 5

benefits of stimulability testing?

Answer 5

provides prognostic information - children who are very stimulable move through therapy quickly
begin treatment for stimulable phoneme because it will result in early success

Question 6

affects on treatment planning

Answer 6

determine starting point
predict nature on occurrence of generalization
impact on goals and strategies used by clinician
gives insight into child’s learning strategies

Question 7

cuing hierarchy

Answer 7

verbal
visual
tactile
physical

Question 8

in cueing it is important to

Answer 8

move away from cuing as quickly as possible by going down the latter from max cuing to minimal cuing