I’m a Speech-Language Pathologist
You can use ASHA’s library of phonemic systems to do the following:
- Identify sounds in the client’s language
- Determine phonemic influences of the client's native language on English.
- Identify sounds from the client's first language that may not exist in English or identify sounds in English that do not exist in the client's native language.
- Recognize that even if there are similar sounds across two languages, they may not be used the same way. For example, in some languages a certain sound may only be used at the ends of word and not at the beginning of a word.
I’m an Audiologist
You can use ASHA’s library of phonemic systems to do the following:
- Correlate the client's audiogram and the sounds of the client's language(s).
- Recognize and respond to amplification needs.
- Identify the effect of the individual's phonemic system on speech audiometry assessment.
- Modify materials and procedures during speech audiometry assessment.
ASHA has compiled a library of phonemic inventories and cultural and linguistic information. Please remember that dialectal differences exist for each language. Consider this fact when using the phonemic charts.
