What is Glottal Replacement?

Glottal Replacement (GR) is a phonological process not present in typical development and an indication of phonological disorder if seen in more than 10% of the child’s words. GR involves replacement of consonant sound or cluster with a glottal stop sound.

GR usually occurs on sounds in the middle or end of the word.

Examples:

  • mat = ma-(glottal)

  • walking = wa-(glottal)-ing

  • school = (glottal)-ool

  • fruit = (glottal)-ui-(glottal)

  • break = (glottal)-ake

 
 

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