Let’s talk about coarticulation. In my humble opinion, it is one of the most powerful tools when it comes to treating articulation disorders, particularly for the R sound. I use it constantly in my speech therapy sessions as a strengths-based way to achieve multiple variations of the R sound. Let’s dive in, shall we? What is coarticulation? Coarticulation is the concept that a given phoneme influences its neighboring phoneme(s) during speech production. It’s what helps us produce smooth, connected speech. Let’s take the words “read” vs “room” for example. When I say “read” I can feel the corners of my