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Hoogeveen, Frans R.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
Two experiments with moderately mentally retarded students found that (1) adequate verbal instruction had a modest but significant effect on the subjects' ability to blend consonant sounds, and (2) training without pictorial prompts resulted in better blending than training with pictorial prompts. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Consonants, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education

Liberman, Alvin M.; Mattingly, Ignatius G. – Science, 1989
Discusses the phonetic module that increases the rate of information flow, establishes the parity between sender and receiver, and provides for the natural development of phonetic structures in the individual. Cites evidence and function of this specialization and architectural relations between the two classes of modules. (Author/RT)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), College Science, Consonants