A program of individual therapy to reduce harsh/tense voice quality was evaluated with ten deaf adults (ages 19-35 years). (Author/DLS)

A taxonomy of computer-based speech training systems is presented, based on the physical source of feedback, standards of evaluation, level and type of detail on which feedback is based, and the form and instructional context of feedback. Reasons for selecting a particular approach are discussed in relation to existing systems. (Author/JDD)

The efficacy of speech training using meaningful versus nonmeaningful verbal stimuli with 10 severely and profoundly hearing-impaired elementary children was investigated. Results indicated that both syllable and word training improved imitative production of target phonemes in trained contexts. Word training was significantly more effective for…

This research review on tactual communication of speech discusses methods of communication intended for the tactual sense alone, issues related to tactual input as a supplement for speechreading, and issues related to developing new synthetic tactual aids and the roles such aids could play in treating people with profound hearing loss. (Author/JDD)

The paper describes one application of D. Ling's principles and methods in the context of the overall speech program at a school for the hearing impaired. The program features an interdisciplinary approach, consisting of inservice training and specific program design. (Author)

Laboratory results are presented which suggest that hearing-impaired individuals' speech perception can be enhanced through use of tactile aids with a number of tactile transducers conveying information about the spectral content of the speech signal, and speech production can be improved through experience using a multichannel tactile aid.…

Sixteen children with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss were trained on the production and auditory perception of sibilants over two 2-week periods. Perception performance improved significantly during training periods with a small amount of carryover to non-training contrast periods. Improvements in production performance occurred…

A voice training program to improve pitch register was developed for profoundly hearing-impaired young adults. Ten students of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf completed the program; results showed a significant reduction in pitch level, as well as improvement in pitch control and word intelligibility. (Author/JDD)

Design considerations for speech training systems include the types of information about speech to be used in training, whether acoustic or physiologic; and the use of models of speech production, whether partially perceptual and partially knowledge-based or explicit data-based models. A taxonomy of speech training systems is presented.…

In three studies, profoundly hearing-impaired children received speech training using a computerized, physiologically based system in which glossometry or palatometry measures were displayed. Overall, results suggest that visually based speech training is a feasible alternative to traditional auditorily based training. (Author/JDD)

This study compared the effectiveness of two therapies for lowering the vocal fundamental frequency in two adolescent girls with profound hearing losses. The SpeechViewer computerized system and therapy without computer support were applied in alternating order over five weeks. One of the subjects obtained an appropriate fundamental frequency…

This paper outlines six speech training guidelines to enhance oral communication development in children wearing cochlear implants. Specific teaching activities are presented to illustrate each guideline and recommended therapy tools are described. (Author)

Sixteen severely-to-profoundly hearing-impaired students, aged 7-8, received training using a curriculum for remediating monotone voice. Some students also used visual or tactile sensory aids. All students evidenced marked improvement in remediating monotonous pitch, with those using the curriculum in conjunction with a tactile display showing the…

This paper describes changes in speech production of deaf children with either cochlear implants (CI), tactile aids, or hearing aids. More accurate production of speech sounds was found for the CI group. The CI group was more accurate on less-visible place features, complex manner features such as glides and fricatives, and some voicing features.…