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Peer reviewedWalker, Christopher Niles; Morris, Hughlett L. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1988
Ten esophageal speakers and ten normal speakers produced repetitions of the disyllable /mama/ using five different conditions of syllable stress. Nine normal listeners judged both relative and absolute syllable stress. Reliable judgments were made of the syllable stress, and speakers were able to effect systematic changes in listener perceptions…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Comparative Analysis, Speech Communication, Speech Skills
Peer reviewedTrudeau, Michael D.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1988
Two tracheoesophageal speakers experienced in use of the tracheostoma valve (TSV) produced speech samples varying with location of contrastive stress, sentence intonation, and use of TSV. Listeners (n=34) found that TSV-use reduced speaker ability to signal suprasegmentals; however, locus of the suprasegmentals, particularly stress placement,…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Sentences, Speech Skills
Peer reviewedLewis, Barbara A.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1989
A familial basis for phonological disorders was suggested in this study which found that siblings of 20 preschool children with severe phonological disorders performed more poorly than siblings of 20 normally developing children on measures of phonology and reading. No significant differences were found on measures of language and motor ability.…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Language Acquisition, Phonology, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedPaden, Elaine Pagel – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
This article reviews problems faced by researchers in the association between otitis media with effusion and phonological impairment and then summarizes currently established findings concerning otitis media and its effects on phonological acquisition. Professionals are cautioned to neither ignore nor exaggerate the possible influence of otitis…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Diseases, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedSaben, Cari B.; Ingham, Janis Costello – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
Two preschool children with phonological disorders were administered a linguistically based treatment program that utilized minimal pair words. Only when motoric components (models and phonetic placement cues) were added did both subjects successfully pass through all treatment steps, though neither subject generalized trained sounds to treated…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Cues, Generalization, Linguistics
Peer reviewedLass, Norman J.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1991
This investigation compared 19 adolescents' perceptions of the nonspeech personality characteristics of voice-disordered and normal-speaking children. Listeners, who rated recorded speech samples, showed a significant tendency to judge the normal speakers more positively than the voice-disordered speakers. Results suggest developmental trends in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Audience Response, Child Development
