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Sep 9, 2026 21 min

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from Talking Children Podcast Hosted by Sarah Verdon

In this episode we look at why people have different accents, understanding speech diversity and when a speech pathologist might get involved. Clark, E. L., Easton, C., & Verdon, S. (2021). The impact of linguistic bias upon speech-language pathologists' attitudes towards non-standard dialects of English. Clinical linguistics & phonetics, 35(6), 542–559. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2020.1803405 Easton, C., & Verdon, S. (2021). The Influence of Linguistic Bias Upon Speech-Language Pathologists' Attitudes Toward Clinical Scenarios Involving Nonstandard Dialects of English. American journal of speech-language pathology, 30(5), 1973–1989. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-20-00382 Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wong, S. (2015). Supporting culturally and linguistically diverse children with speech, language and communication needs: Overarching principles, individual approaches. Journal of communication disorders, 58, 74–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2015.10.002

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