A Case Study: From Drill to Functional Speech in a 6-Year-Old with SSD

Xceptional Learning15 Jan, 2026Education

When Ayaan first came for therapy, he was everything you’d expect from a curious six-year-old—talkative, playful, and full of stories. But if you listened closely, his speech wasn’t always easy to understand. Certain sounds disappeared, others were swapped, and in longer sentences his clarity dropped even more.