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A Durational Analysis Of Inter-Syllabic And Intra-Syllabic /R/ Blends, Jerry E. Wasson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

A Submission For The Award Of An Associate Diploma In Health Education, Claremont Teachers College

Research outputs pre 2011

Health education is a process which effects changes in the health practices of people and in the knowledge and attitudes related to such changes. Education is an internal process for the individual concerned. He educates himself, even though his education is assisted by such means as contacts with health workers, appeals directed to him, information made available, clarification of issues, alternatives, and consequences as a basis for a rational choice. Education thus places responsibility on the individual and is essentially different from a compliance approach. It involves motivation, communication and decision-making. Planned education must take into account the relevant knowledge …

The Relationship Of Selected Personality Factors To The Progress Made During Speech Therapy By Elementary Children With Articulation Errors, Sandra Aubrey St. Mary

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a study of the relationship between personality factors and improvement in articulation by eleven children. A personality test and an articulation test were given, followed by eight weeks of therapy. The percentage of change in articulation scores and personality test scores were divided into high and low groups, entered in 2 x 2 Contingency Tables and submitted to the X² statistic, with a .05 level of confidence resulting.

Recommendations included additional research with a larger number of children.

A Phonetic Context Analysis Of Nine Frequently Misarticulated Sounds, Katherine Ann Little

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Relationships Among Measures Of Language And Work Performance Of Adult Retardates, Debra Preisser

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Auditory Discrimination And Phonetic Contexts In School Age Children, Mary Anne Hanner

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

The Immediate Recall Performance Of Language Deviant Children For Three Kinds Of Verbal Materials, Donna L. De Shaw

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Current research on language deviant children has included studies of two facets of short term memory-span and accuracy. Investigators have found the language deviant have shorter spans, and that they reproduce material with errors. Menyuk (1969) hypothesized that the difficulty lay either "in their short term memory capacity or the perceptual devices used" (p. 155). Weiner (1972) listed a number of possible sources of difficulty in repeating material including the manipulation of verbal symbols. Such manipulation may fit the encoding process of Aaronson's (1967) model of short term memory which includes an "encoding" stage where items are readied for retention …

Right-Left Visual Field Performances Of Congenitally Deaf And Normal Hearing Subjects, Merle Applebaum-Rosenberg

Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs

The notion of cerebral dominance has been explored since the time of Broca. Two non-invasive techniques designed to assess hemispheric dominance have subsequently been developed. These two methods are commonly referred to as dichotic listening (simultaneous auditory stimulation) and rapid visual field stimulation (tachistoscopic viewing).

It has been found in dichotic listening studies that when verbal material is presented simultaneously to both ears, the stimuli are correctly identified most often in the right ear. Similar results have been found in tachistoscopic studies, with verbal material eliciting a right visual field advantage. Collectively, these findings have been used to support a …

Effects Of Semantic Associational Strength And Verbal Sequence Length On The Auditory Comprehension Of Aphasic Adults, Laurel J. Brown

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of semantic associational strength (SAS) upon adult aphasics' auditory comprehension abilities. Twenty-eight adult aphasics (25 males and 3 females) and 12 normal control subjects were presented three experimental tasks, each containing 45 items. Experimental task 1 contained single word picture sets of high SAS, moderate SAS, and low SAS words. Experimental task 2 contained two word picture sets of high, moderate, and low SAS words, and experimental task 3 contained three word picture sets of high, moderate, and low SAS words. Subjects heard one, two, and three word verbal sequences …

Ariel - Volume 5 Number 6, Alec Gerson, Leo Riordan, Jay D. Amsterdam, Curtis Cummings, Lorraine Mueller, Mark Dembert, Larry Cook, David Mayer, Janet Welsh, Tom Carnwath, Gary Kaskey, Steve Glinka, Robert L. Breckenridge, Jr.

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Mike Sinason

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Jim McCann

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Verbal Sequencing Ability As A Predictor Of Reading Disability, Paul Elmer Quin

Dissertations and Theses

Early identification of children with reading and learning problems seems imperative. By using early identification predictors, a high risk group of children with possible reading problems could be located. This would facilitate placement and appropriate educational strategies for this group of children. By proper placement and planning, educators then would be able to set up remedial and/or preventive programs for these children before the pattern of unsuccessful attempts and improper training becomes irreversible. This study was designed to determine if verbal sequencing ability was a valid predictor of reading ability for a group of 31 preschool children. Secondarily, the investigation …

The Influence Of Sentence Length And Complexity On The Speechreading Performance Of Profoundly Deaf Children, Charles Gammel

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper reviews speechreading and the effect of sentence length and linguistic complexity on deaf children.

The Effect Of Gesturing Behavior On Verbalization In Pre-School Deaf Children, Pamela S. Blair

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Durational Analysis Of Inter- And Intra-Syllabic /S/ Blends, Ajit Harisinghani

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Comparison Of /S/ Acquisition Under Block Vs. Intermittent Scheduling, Vicki Tripp

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

The Velopharyngeal Mechanism: An Electromyographic Study, Fredericka Bell-Berti

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy; A Clinical Investigation Of Psychopathology Using Computer-Scored Questionnaires, David Louis Coulter

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Accented Words In The Spontaneous Speech Of Stutterers And The Frequency Of Stuttering Occurrence, Cherie Richardson

All Master's Theses

This study explored the influence of word accent upon the precipitation of audible stutterings in the spontaneous speech of five adult male stutterers. The results indicated that three of the subjects stuttered with significant frequency upon accented words and two of the subjects evidenced a definite tendency to stutter on accented words. It was proposed that accented words may be a locus of stuttering in sentences and phrases of spontaneous speech in addition and perhaps relative to the four loci postulated by earlier research.

A Description Of Specific Morphological Skills For Ten Group Iii Aphasics, Claire Braker

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Phonetic Context Approach To Articulation Therapy For /R/, Karen W. Ettinger

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Comparison Of The Morphological Language Skills In Normal And Language Delayed Children, Annette R. Forrest

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Temporal Reliability Of The Feature Finders, Rosalie Carson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Phonetic Context And Articulation Ability, Carole Schneider

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

A Comparison Of The Comprehension Of Compressed Speech Between Normal Children And Children Exhibiting Behavioral Characteristics Of Minimal Brain Damage, Judith M. Ankrom

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

The Effects Of Time-Altered Speech On The Auditory Discrimination Ability Of Aphasics, Frank Deruyter

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This chapter presents information on aphasic auditory abilities, with specific reference to the following areas: (1) time-altered speech; (2) auditory sequencing ability of aphasics; (3) auditory discrimination ability of aphasics; and, (4) auditory perceptual disturbances cause by lesions in the left temporal lobe.

Information will also be presented on the role of distinctive features in speech perception. Finally, the statement of the problem will be posed.

The Possible Causes And Remediation Of Inverted Vision, Archie J. Beamer

All Master's Theses

The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine possible corrective methods for inverted vision. The visual problem is usually outgrown in the early teens, but these children who experience the problem tend to be classified as retarded because they cannot read. An intensive research of the literature for possible causes and corrective methods revealed inconclusive proof. However, two boys who were diagnosed to have inverted vision were given perceptual training exercises. The subjects responded to the treatment and in a short time were started on a reading readiness program. Although only two cases were found on which to experiment, …

Effects Of Certain Linguistic Parameters Upon The Responses Of Preschool Subjects To Specific Dichotic Listening Tasks, Peggy J. Weber

Dissertations and Theses

Listening, as a communication skill, is an essential factor in the normal language development of the' child. Until recently, however, there has been very little research conducted concerning the linguistic parameters that influence the ability to listen. Thus, this investigation was designed to study the effects of two linguistic parameters, construction and semantic constraints on the verbal responses of preschool children in a dichotic listening task.

Fifteen children, between the ages of 5-3 to 6-8, were presented with four dichotic listening tasks consisting of 80 stimuli, (40 sentences and 40 pseudo-sentences). The children were asked to report the message delivered …

Stimulus Manipulation In Articulation Therapy With A Hearing Impaired Child, Walter Eugene White

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Severely hearing impaired individuals typically exhibit speech that is unintelligible and systematic instruction in speech has not effectively alleviated all of the misarticulations found in the speech of these individuals. Behavior modification is a promising development which has meaningful application to the modification of defective articulation by hearing impaired children.

The purpose of this study was to as certain the feasibility of implementing a specific program of stimulus manipulation to alter the articulation of the |TS| phoneme as uttered by one severely hearing impaired individual. The training program was structured in a sequence of four operant training conditions. Pre-training tests, …

Comparison Of Amounts Of Verbal Response Elicited By A Speech Pathologist And A Mother In The Clinic, Sherry Lee Nelson

Dissertations and Theses

One of the primary responsibilities of a speech pathologist is the assessment of a child's language. Many studies have been done in the area of language development. The results of these studies have varied causing concern among researchers over the validity of the data gathered. Many factors that could affect the results of previous research have been investigated. Until recently, however, there has been relatively little research about the effects of examiner differences on the results of language assessments.

Research in the area of examiner differences has resulted in the discovery of factors which could affect the results of language …

Effects Of Binaural Summation On Articulation Defective And Normal Speaking Children, June M. Imberman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.