ABSTRACT
A voiced sound is produced when the vocal cords are together during airflow. The air forces its way through, causing the vocal cords to vibrate. Knowledge of the oral mechanics required to generate consonant sounds provides students with an additional tactile tool as manipulation of the tract of articulation allows students struggling with auditory discrimination issues to better isolate individual sounds. A consonant digraph is two consonants that work together to produce one sound. Parents and teachers themselves must become familiar with the process of articulation and its inseparable relationship to phonemic awareness in order to foster the development of this skill in students. Stops are consonant sounds in which there is an airstream stoppage in the oral cavity. Continuants are consonant sounds where there is no airstream stoppage in the oral cavity.
