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Sosa, Anna V.; Bunta, Ferenc – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: This study investigates consonant and vowel accuracy and whole-word variability (also called "token-to-token variability" or "token-to-token inconsistency") in bilingual Spanish-English and monolingual English-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs) compared to their bilingual and monolingual peers with normal…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Comparative Analysis, Phonemes, Vowels
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Li, Fangfang; Bunta, Ferenc; Tomblin, J. Bruce – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study investigates the production of voiceless alveolar and postalveolar fricatives and affricates by bilingual and monolingual children with hearing loss who use cochlear implants (CIs) and their peers with normal hearing (NH). Method: Fifty-four children participated in our study, including 12 Spanish-English bilingual CI users (M…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Young Children, Spanish, English
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Fabiano-Smith, Leah; Bunta, Ferenc – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
This study investigates aspects of voice onset time (VOT) of voiceless bilabial and velar stops in monolingual and bilingual children. VOT poses a special challenge for bilingual Spanish- and English-speaking children because although this VOT distinction exists in both languages, the values differ for the same contrast across Spanish and English.…
Descriptors: Time, Phonemes, Phonetics, Monolingualism
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Bunta, Ferenc; Fabiano-Smith, Leah; Goldstein, Brian; Ingram, David – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2009
The present study investigated phonological whole-word measures and consonant accuracy in bilingual and monolingual children to investigate how target approximations drive phonological acquisition. The study included eight bilingual Spanish- and English-speaking 3-year-olds and their monolingual peers (eight Spanish and eight American English).…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Phonology
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Hase, Maria; Ingram, David; Bunta, Ferenc – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
This study compared two phonological assessment tools for use with young Spanish-speaking children in the American Southwest, FON and STAR. Each was administered to 27 1-, 2- and 3-year-old monolingual Spanish-speaking children in the greater Phoenix area. Analyses compared the children's rate of response, complexity of the children's productions,…
Descriptors: Proximity, Speech Communication, Word Lists, Monolingualism
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Bunta, Ferenc; Ingram, David – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: In this study, the authors investigated speech rhythm acquisition by bilingual Spanish-English-speaking children, comparing their performance with functionally monolingual peers in both languages and to monolingual and bilingual adults. Method: Participants included younger children (3;9 [years;months] to 4;5.15 [years;months.days]),…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Monolingualism, English, Bilingualism