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Peer reviewedWhitehead, Brenda H.; Barefoot, Sidney M. – Volta Review, 1992
This paper deals with the specific problems of the adolescent and adult hearing-impaired individual who wishes to improve and develop his or her expressive speech ability. Considered are issues critical to the learning process, intervention strategies for improving speech production, and speech production as one part of communication competency.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Communication Skills, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedPlant, Geoff – Volta Review, 1998
This paper describes the approach to speech training used with a young congenitally deaf adult. Two tactile aids (Tactaid VII and Tactaid 2000+) were used to provide feedback on speech production. Following a one-year training period, listeners with normal hearing were able to understand about 90 percent of the subject's words in an…
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Speech), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Case Studies
