Noun Clauses In Clinical Child Language Samples,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
Noun Clauses In Clinical Child Language Samples, Christine Beate Scoville
Theses and Dissertations
Noun clauses are grammatical constructions that are of relevance both to typical language development and impaired language development. These clauses have been part of published techniques for the clinical analysis of language samples, and computer software for the automated analysis of clinical language samples has attempted to identify noun clauses, with limited success. The present study examined the development and clinical use of noun clauses as well as the automated identification of these clauses. Two sets of language samples were examined. One set consisted of 10 children with specific language impairment (SLI) whose age ranged from 7;6 to 11;1 (years;months), …
December 5, 2012,
2012
Eastern Illinois University
December 5, 2012, Communication Disorders & Sciences
Faculty Meeting Minutes & Agendas
Meeting minutes of the December 5, 2012 Faculty Committee meeting.
Using Systematic And Engaging Early Literacy Instruction And Digital Books To Teach At-Risk Kindergarteners To Read Target Words,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
Using Systematic And Engaging Early Literacy Instruction And Digital Books To Teach At-Risk Kindergarteners To Read Target Words, Audra Marie Hales
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using Systematic and Engaging Early Literacy (SEEL) intervention activities that incorporate digital books to teach kindergarteners to read. The study used a single-subject-multiple-baseline-across-behaviors design to compare kindergarten students' reading of comparable CVC words before and after intervention. Four students at-risk for reading difficulties were chosen for the study based on their performance on assessments and their teachers' recommendations. Students were divided into two dyads and received intervention three times a week for 25 minutes for approximately six weeks, or 18 total sessions. Baseline assessment data was collected prior to …
The Effect Of Timbre And Vibrato On Vocal Pitch Matching Accuracy,
2012
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
The Effect Of Timbre And Vibrato On Vocal Pitch Matching Accuracy, Sirisha Duvvuru
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
Research has shown that singers are better able to match pitch when the target stimulus has a timbre close to their own voice. This study seeks to answer the following questions: 1. Do classically trained female singers more accurately match pitch when the target stimulus is more similar to their own timbre? 2. Does the ability to match pitch vary with increasing pitch? 3. Does the ability to match pitch differ depending on whether the target stimulus is produced with or without vibrato? 4. Are mezzo sopranos less accurate than sopranos? Stimuli: Source signals were synthesized with a source slope …
Perceptual, Acoustic, And Kinematic Effects Of Sentence-Initial, Single-Phoneme Prolongation In People Who Do And Do Not Stutter,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
Perceptual, Acoustic, And Kinematic Effects Of Sentence-Initial, Single-Phoneme Prolongation In People Who Do And Do Not Stutter, Darrell Sharp Matthews
Theses and Dissertations
This study examined a sentence-initial one-second sound prolongation as a possible fluency-inducing condition in people who stutter. The effects of this prolongation technique on the single sentence utterances of five people who stutter (PWS) and five age- and gender-matched controls were investigated. Variables tested included stuttering percentages, speaking rate, duration of phonated intervals, and correlation between upper lip and lower lip/jaw. Results showed a non-significant trend for less stuttering to occur when participants used the prolongation technique. Significant findings included longer durations of phonated intervals and more negatively correlated upper- and lower-lip movements during the prolongation condition. Rate of speech …
Story Reading Speed, Recognition, And Comprehension In Aging And Dementia,
2012
California State University, East Bay
Story Reading Speed, Recognition, And Comprehension In Aging And Dementia, Nidhi Mahendra, Tamar Solomon, Laura Ludlow
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Effect Of Training Frequency On Maximum Expiratory Pressure,
2012
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Effect Of Training Frequency On Maximum Expiratory Pressure, Supraja Anand, Nour El-Bashiti, Christine Sapienza
Communication Sciences & Disorders Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Neural Underpinnings Of Prosody In Autism,
2012
University of Connecticut - Storrs
Neural Underpinnings Of Prosody In Autism, Inge-Marie Eigsti, Jillian Schuh, Einar Mencl, Robert T. Schultz, Rhea Paul
Communication Disorders Faculty Publications
This study examines the processing of prosodic cues to linguistic structure and to affect, drawing on fMRI and behavioral data from 16 high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and 11 typically developing controls. Stimuli were carefully matched on pitch, intensity, and duration, while varying systematically in conditions of affective prosody (angry versus neutral speech) and grammatical prosody (questions versus statement). To avoid conscious attention to prosody, which normalizes responses in young people with ASD, the implicit comprehension task directed attention to semantic aspects of the stimuli. Results showed that when perceiving prosodic cues, both affective and grammatical, activation of …
Mild Cognitive Impairment: Definition, Diagnosis, And Treatment,
2012
California State University, East Bay
Mild Cognitive Impairment: Definition, Diagnosis, And Treatment, Nidhi Mahendra, Kathryn Bayles, Cheryl Tomoeda, Kim Mccullough
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
October 31, 2012,
2012
Eastern Illinois University
October 31, 2012, Communication Disorders & Sciences
Faculty Meeting Minutes & Agendas
No abstract provided.
Let's Talk Speech! Volume 6 Issue 1,
2012
Molloy College
Let's Talk Speech! Volume 6 Issue 1, Barbara T. Schmidt Ph.D.
Communication Sciences and Disorders Newsletter
The fall 2012 semester has been a memorable one. Faculty, staff and students experienced the destruction of Hurricane Sandy. Powerless, cold and sometimes feeling isolated, the Molloy community pulled together to assist those in need in the aftermath of the storm. Though many of our own suffered great personal losses, we are grateful for the resilient spirit of the Community as everyone completes the semester with a positive attitude. Despite the devastation that was left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, we have many things to be grateful for and many positive things have transpired over the past 6 months. …
Communications Connection - Fall 2012,
2012
Nova Southeastern University
Communications Connection - Fall 2012, Nova Southeastern University
Communications Connection
No abstract provided.
Whole-Word Recognition From Articulatory Movements For Silent Speech Interfaces,
2012
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Whole-Word Recognition From Articulatory Movements For Silent Speech Interfaces, Jun Wang, Ashok Samal, Jordan R. Green, Frank Rudzicz
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications
Articulation-based silent speech interfaces convert silently produced speech movements into audible words. These systems are still in their experimental stages, but have significant potential for facilitating oral communication in persons with laryngectomy or speech impairments. In this paper, we report the result of a novel, real-time algorithm that recognizes whole-words based on articulatory movements. This approach differs from prior work that has focused primarily on phoneme-level recognition based on articulatory features. On average, our algorithm missed 1.93 words in a sequence of twenty-five words with an average latency of 0.79 seconds for each word prediction using a data set of …
The Correlation Between Spectral Moment Measures And Electropalatometric Contact Patterns For /T/ And /K/,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
The Correlation Between Spectral Moment Measures And Electropalatometric Contact Patterns For /T/ And /K/, Janelle Barrett
Theses and Dissertations
Spectral moment analysis has helped further our understanding of the spectral properties of obstruent speech production; however, the physiologic correlates of these spectral measures are not well understood. The aim of the present study was to examine the possible correlations between the linguapalatal contact patterns used to produce the stops /t/ and /k/ and the resulting spectral characteristics. Using spectral moment analysis and electropalatography, the real-word productions of eight speakers of American English were investigated. The spectral measures for the stop consonant tokens in the present study were found to be similar to data reported in previous research with adult …
September 5, 2012,
2012
Eastern Illinois University
September 5, 2012, Communication Disorders & Sciences
Faculty Meeting Minutes & Agendas
Meeting minutes of the September 5, 2012 Faculty Committee meeting.
Role Of Therapeutic Devices In Enhancing Speech Intelligibility And Vocal Intensity In An Individual With Parkinson’S Disease,
2012
East Tennessee State University
Role Of Therapeutic Devices In Enhancing Speech Intelligibility And Vocal Intensity In An Individual With Parkinson’S Disease, Swetha Swaminathan
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The prevailing speech therapy techniques for treating hypokinetic dysarthria in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) yields improvements within the clinical setting, however, maintenance and generalization of acquired behaviors continue to be a challenge. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of portable therapeutic devices including Ambulatory Phonation Monitor with biofeedback (APM) and auditory masker in maintenance and carryover of improved speech. Our participant was an individual diagnosed with PD for the past 25 years who continued to display speech disturbances despite undergoing several behavioral speech therapy programs and neurosurgical procedures. Speech intelligibility and average intensity measures under …
August 14, 2012,
2012
Eastern Illinois University
August 14, 2012, Communication Disorders & Sciences
Faculty Meeting Minutes & Agendas
Meeting minutes of the August 14, 2012 Faculty Committee meeting.
The Effect Of Intervention Using A Robot On The Social Engagement Behaviors Of Four Children With Autism In Interaction With An Unfamiliar Adult,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
The Effect Of Intervention Using A Robot On The Social Engagement Behaviors Of Four Children With Autism In Interaction With An Unfamiliar Adult, Sarai Sophia Dodge
Theses and Dissertations
This study examined the effect of low doses of interactive therapy with a robot on the basic social engagement skills of four children with autism in interaction with an unfamiliar adult. The current study was part of a larger work investigating the effects of treatment incorporating a robot on the social engagement behaviors of children with autism. A single-subject, multiple-baseline research design was implemented and included four types of sessions: baseline, traditional intervention, intervention including the robot, and follow-up. Each participant received a total of 20 intervention sessions in addition to baseline and follow-up sessions. Intervention with the robot was …
The Neural Substrates Of Complex Argument Structure Representations: Processing “Alternating Transitivity” Verbs,
2012
Tel Aviv University
The Neural Substrates Of Complex Argument Structure Representations: Processing “Alternating Transitivity” Verbs, Aya Meltzer-Asscher, Julia Schuchard, Dirk B. Den Ouden, Cynthia K. Thompson
Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Articles and Research
This study examines the neural correlates of processing verbal entries with multiple argument structures using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We compared brain activation in response to “alternating transitivity” verbs, corresponding to two different verbal alternates—one transitive and one intransitive—and simple verbs, with only one, intransitive, thematic grid. Fourteen young healthy participants performed a lexical decision task with the two verb types. Results showed significantly greater activation in the angular and supramarginal gyri (Brodmann areas (BAs) 39 and 40) extending to the posterior superior and middle temporal gyri bilaterally, for alternating compared to simple verbs. Additional activation was detected in …
An Acoustic Analysis Of Elements Of Contrastive Stress Produced By 8 To 10-Year-Old Children,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
An Acoustic Analysis Of Elements Of Contrastive Stress Produced By 8 To 10-Year-Old Children, Nicole Michelle Clover
Theses and Dissertations
Contrastive stress is an aspect of communication that can be used to highlight information, de-accent redundant information, and create distinctions between new and previously-provided information. Previous research has documented that adult speakers use relative changes in their vocal intensity, fundamental frequency (F0), and duration to mark contrastive stress in a sentence. However, less is understood about how and when children mark contrastive stress in their communication, thus the current study aims to examine a number of acoustic elements of contrastive stress in 8 to 10-year-old children. Speech samples were elicited from 20 children and analyzed to determine if the acoustic …
