Coalescence

When two phonemes are replaced with another phoneme that has similar features.

Example

“foon” for spoon

Age of Elimination

6 years old

Potential Session Goals

Name will produce (target phonemes) in all positions of words without the phonological process of coalescence in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.