Assessment Protocol For Cognitive And Auditory Processing Skills For Clients Receiving Neurofeedback Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussion: Literature Review, 2017 The University of Akron
Assessment Protocol For Cognitive And Auditory Processing Skills For Clients Receiving Neurofeedback Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussion: Literature Review, Elexea N. Aurilio, Miranda Hendrus
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Neurofeedback has become increasingly popular in the medical world and will hopefully become more commonly used in the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology. Currently, there is a lack of a singular, baseline and progression diagnostic tool to measure a client’s cognitive and auditory processing skills once they are referred for neurofeedback treatment.
A Literature Review On Accent Modification, 2017 The University of Akron
A Literature Review On Accent Modification, Alyssa Pennington 6978027
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Accents reflect the unique social aspects and backgrounds of the speaker. Unfortunately, some accents result in communication problems that affect speech intelligibility. This is especially true for those who speak English as a second language (ESL). As a result, non-native English speakers may avoid social interactions with those who find them difficult to understand. For those who elect to modify their accents, clinicians may offer accent reduction therapy services to help ESL speakers improve their ability to communicate with others across the home, school, work, and community setting.
Therapy designed to change accents is within the scope of practice for …
Backward Masking With Simultaneous Early, Middle And Late Evoked Potentials, 2017 University of Montana
Backward Masking With Simultaneous Early, Middle And Late Evoked Potentials, Silas Smith
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
Auditory processing disorders (APDs) affect a diverse range of people. These types of disorders impair auditory function, despite the outer, middle and inner ear maintaining proper function and health. APD is not necessarily related to auditory thresholds. When people with APD have difficulty discriminating sounds in connected speech, it may be due in part to an effect called Backward Masking (BM). Masking occurs when one stimulus inhibits another, which can lead to a variety of impairments. The neural locus of APDs is for the most part unknown, including the specific conditions which cause BM. A better understanding of these processes …
Mandarin-English Bilinguals Process Lexical Tones In Newly Learned Words In Accordance With The Language Context, 2017 Portland State University
Mandarin-English Bilinguals Process Lexical Tones In Newly Learned Words In Accordance With The Language Context, Carolyn Quam, Sarah C. Creel
Speech and Hearing Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
Previous research has mainly considered the impact of tone-language experience on ability to discriminate linguistic pitch, but proficient bilingual listening requires differential processing of sound variation in each language context. Here, we ask whether Mandarin-English bilinguals, for whom pitch indicates word distinctions in one language but not the other, can process pitch differently in a Mandarin context vs. an English context. Across three eye-tracked word-learning experiments, results indicated that tone-intonation bilinguals process tone in accordance with the language context. In Experiment 1, 51 Mandarin-English bilinguals and 26 English speakers without tone experience were taught Mandarin-compatible novel words with tones. Mandarin-English …
The Distribution Of Talker Variability Impacts Infants’ Word Learning, 2017 Portland State University
The Distribution Of Talker Variability Impacts Infants’ Word Learning, Carolyn Quam, Sara Knight, Louann Gerken
Speech and Hearing Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
Infants struggle to apply earlier-demonstrated sound-discrimination abilities to later word learning, attending to non-constrastive acoustic dimensions (e.g., Hay et al., 2015), and not always to contrastive dimensions (e.g., Stager & Werker, 1997). One hint about the nature of infants’ difficulties comes from the observation that input from multiple talkers can improve word learning (Rost & McMurray, 2009). This may be because, when a single talker says both of the to-be-learned words, consistent talker’s-voice characteristics make the acoustics of the two words more overlapping (Apfelbaum & McMurray, 2011). Here, we test that notion. We taught 14-month-old infants two similar-sounding words in …
The Advancement Of Voice Therapy And The Contribution Of Vocal Function Exercises, 2017 University of Kentucky
The Advancement Of Voice Therapy And The Contribution Of Vocal Function Exercises, Sydney Barnett
Lewis Honors College Capstone Collection
The human voice can transmit multiple streams of information about a person including physical, emotional, and social state. Voice disorders can interfere with social relationships, work productivity, and ultimately, impair an individual’s image. Speech-language pathologists have developed several approaches to voice therapy over the past several decades. Vocal function exercises (VFE) are physiological in nature and aim to restore the balance between the three subsystems of vocal production: respiration, phonation, and resonance. With advancing technology and more sophisticated experiments, researchers have shown positive outcomes with VFE regimens in the normal voice population, superior voice population, and disordered voice population. Data …
Promotion Of Early Pediatric Hearing Detection Through Patient Navigation, 2017 University of Kentucky
Promotion Of Early Pediatric Hearing Detection Through Patient Navigation, Matthew L. Bush
Theses and Dissertations--Clinical and Translational Science
Congenital hearing loss is the most common neonatal sensory disorder and it is crucial to diagnose hearing loss as soon as possible after birth in order to facilitate rapid treatment. Universal standards of infant hearing healthcare dictate that infant hearing screening should be completed by one month of age and abnormal screening tests should be followed with definitive audiological testing by three months of age. Obtaining diagnostic testing can be complicated by limited access to care in rural areas, breakdowns in communication, lack of parental support, and poor coordination of care. There is no established method to address appointment non-adherence …
Vocal Function Exercises For Normal Voice: With And Without Semi-Occlusion, 2017 University of Kentucky
Vocal Function Exercises For Normal Voice: With And Without Semi-Occlusion, Megan Suzanne Brown
Theses and Dissertations--Communication Sciences and Disorders
The primary purpose of this investigation was to explore the effects of varying degrees of vocal tract semi-occlusion in Vocal Function Exercises (VFEs) on attainment of pre- established maximum phonation time (MPT) goals in individuals between the ages of 18 and 45 with normal voice. Individuals were randomized into three experimental groups: the traditional VFE with a semi-occluded vocal tract (SOVT), modified /o/ with partial occlusion, and modified /a/ without significant occlusion. For six weeks, the participants completed the four exercises two times each, twice daily on corresponding vocal tract postures assigned by group. Results indicated significant change in percent …
Physiological And Behavioral Evidence Of Auditory Processing Deficit In Children Suspected Of Auditory Processing Disorder, 2016 The University of Western Ontario
Physiological And Behavioral Evidence Of Auditory Processing Deficit In Children Suspected Of Auditory Processing Disorder, Sangamanatha Ankmnal Veeranna
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
A series of studies were carried out to examine the neural and behavioral processing of acoustic stimuli in children with suspected auditory processing disorder (sAPD).
The click-evoked auditory brainstem responses recorded from children with sAPD and adults were analyzed using traditional clinical measures and detailed analysis seeking to explore the separate contributions of axonal conduction and synaptic transmission. Clinical measures revealed significant prolongation of absolute latencies and interwave intervals in children with sAPD compared to adults. Examination of responses delineating axonal vs. synaptic transmission showed frequent delays in synaptic factors and fewer instances of delays related to axonal conduction in …
The Effect Of Frequency Resolution On Intelligibility Sentence And Its Relevance To Cochlear Implant Design, 2016 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Effect Of Frequency Resolution On Intelligibility Sentence And Its Relevance To Cochlear Implant Design, Seth H. Roy
Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of this study is to understand how electrical stimulation (as opposed to acoustical stimulation) of the auditory nerve is used in cochlear implants. Speech is a complex signal that changes rapidly in time and frequency domains. Since phonemes (the smallest unit of speech that distinguishes words) depend on nuanced differences in frequency patterns, it would be expected that a signal with drastically reduced frequency information would be of limited value for conveying speech. Such a frequency-poor signal is the object to be investigated in the present work. It is also the basis of the way speech is represented …
An International Comparison Of Intervention Practices For Children With Speech Sound Disorder, 2016 University of Sydney
An International Comparison Of Intervention Practices For Children With Speech Sound Disorder, Eleanor Sugden, Elise Baker, Natalie Munro, A. Lynn Williams, Carol Trivette
ETSU Faculty Works
Two-hundred and seven speech-language pathologists (SLPs) from the US and 335 SLPs from Australia were surveyed about the intervention, service delivery models and intensity of intervention that they provide to children with speech sound disorder. Differences in practices, and implications for evidence-based practice and clinical outcomes, are discussed.
Identification Of Speech-Language Disorders In Toddlers, 2016 East Tennessee State Univeristy
Identification Of Speech-Language Disorders In Toddlers, A. Lynn Williams, Carol Stoel-Gammon
ETSU Faculty Works
This session is developed by, and presenters invited by, Speech Sound Disorders in Children and Language in Infants Toddlers and Preschoolers. This invited session provides an overview of early speech/language development with a focus on identifying delay/disorders in toddlers. Types of speech/language behaviors in prelinguistic/ early linguistic development that serve as “red flags” for possible disorders will be discussed. The need for developmentally appropriate assessments will be highlighted.
Enhancing Phd Preparation Through Shared Ideas Across Csd Program, 2016 University of North Carolina
Enhancing Phd Preparation Through Shared Ideas Across Csd Program, Elizabeth Crais, Ruth Bentler, Lynne Hewitt, Jennifer Lister, Jennifer Simpson, Ronald Gillam, Barbara Cone, A. Lynn Williams, Glen Tellis
ETSU Faculty Works
Shortages of PhD graduates to fill CSD faculty positions have been a concern for over 15 years. The ASHA AAB (collaborating with CAPCSD) completed interviews of Coordinators of almost all 76 CSD PhD Programs. Results and successful aspects of the programs will be highlighted to stimulate discussion among participants.
Maximize How You Supervise: Report Of The 2016 Asha Ad Hoc Committee On Supervision Training, 2016 University of North Carolina
Maximize How You Supervise: Report Of The 2016 Asha Ad Hoc Committee On Supervision Training, Vicki Mccready, Kevin Mcnamara, Nancy Nelson, Samantha Procaccini, Stephanie Adamovich, Karleung Cheung, Carol Dudding, Natalie Lenzen, Loretta Nunez, A. Lynn Williams
ETSU Faculty Works
The success of existing and future audiologists and speech-language pathologists is dependent on skilled supervision. This session presents the findings of the ASHA Ad Hoc Committee on Supervision Training, including resources to enhance supervisor/preceptor skills and strategies for growing a culture of expectation for such training.
Prevalence And Trends Of Childhood Hearing Loss Based On Federally-Funded National Surveys: 1994–2013, 2016 Utah State University
Prevalence And Trends Of Childhood Hearing Loss Based On Federally-Funded National Surveys: 1994–2013, Tyson S. Barrett, Karl R. White
Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
A recent highly cited publication, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), concluded that the prevalence of childhood hearing loss in the United States is increasing (Shargorodsky, Curan, Curhan, & Eavey, 2010). This article examines the accuracy of that conclusion based on additional data from three nationally-representative surveys of childhood health. Using data from NHANES, the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), logistic regression was used to assess trends from audiometry-measured and parent-reported childhood hearing loss.
In contrast to prior research, the results were highly conflicting. NHANES suggested both …
A Comprehensive Review Of The 2016 Asha Code Of Ethics, 2016 Jacksonville University
A Comprehensive Review Of The 2016 Asha Code Of Ethics, Robin L. Edge Ph.D., Ccc-Slp, Bess Sirmon-Taylor Ph.D., Ccc-Slp, Raul F. Prezas Ph.D., Ccc-Slp
Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) initially implemented a Code of Ethics in 1952, and has periodically revisited the content of the document with revisions to reflect the expanding scope of practice within speech-language pathology and audiology and to clarify certain concepts. Code revision is a cyclical mandated task of the ASHA Board of Ethics conducted to assure accuracy, currency, and completeness of this most important document (Solomon-Rice & O’Rourke, 2016). The current version of the Code of Ethics (2016) was modified from the previous version (2010r), with an updated preamble, definitions of related vocabulary, and re-organized language in the principles. …
The Clinical Relevance Of Smartphone Applications In Medicine And Audiology, 2016 Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
The Clinical Relevance Of Smartphone Applications In Medicine And Audiology, Elizabeth Fetscher
Communication Sciences and Disorders: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
No abstract provided.
The Neural Mechanisms Of Tinnitus And Tinnitus Distress, 2016 Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
The Neural Mechanisms Of Tinnitus And Tinnitus Distress, Alexandra Watts
Communication Sciences and Disorders: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
No abstract provided.
Research Focus (Fall 2016), 2016 Western Kentucky University
Research Focus (Fall 2016), Jean Neils-Strunjas, Susan Megahee, Editor, Creative, Christie Jewell, Student Editor
Communication Sciences & Disorders Publications
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Little Topper Time Program
Bingocize® Overview.
Students Present at National ASHA Convention
Meet Dr. Brain Weiler, New CSD Assistant Professor
Dissertation/Research
Publications/Presentations
Student/Alumni Spotlights
A New Articulation Test Applied To A Selected Group Of Children Living In The State Of New Mexico, 2016 University of New Mexico
A New Articulation Test Applied To A Selected Group Of Children Living In The State Of New Mexico, Robert Edwin Burkhalter
Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs
Bilingualism is much more prevalent in the United States than is commonly believed. Goodykoontz points out that "one child in every five, aged fourteen years or under, is of foreign born or mixed parentage." Since our country is still a melting pot of the world where large numbers of citizens converse in other tongues and where many children still enter our schools without speaking a word of English, the problem of bilingualism and foreign dialect will frequently be encountered by the school teacher.