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Direct linkEman Altoeriqi; Mohammad Aljutaily – SAGE Open, 2023
Covert contrast is the statistically reliable distinction between target language phonemes produced in the process of language acquisition that is nevertheless not perceived by a native speaker of that language. This paper examines the acquisition of contrasts in four Najdi Arabic fricatives, /s/, /[voiceless palato-alveolar fricative]/,…
Descriptors: Arabic, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Acoustics
Tafiadis, Dionysios; Zarokanellou, Vasiliki; Voniati, Louiza; Prentza, Alexandra; Drosos, Konstantinos; Papadopoulos, Angelos; Ziavra, Nafsika – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2022
The study aimed at evaluating the diadochokinetic (DDK) skills of Greek-speaking preschool children with phonological disorder (PD) by means of a structured evaluation protocol and at proposing cut-off points for children at risk of speech impairment. The participants were 36 children with PD and 60 typically developing (TD) peers. The groups were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Speech Impairments, Greek, Cutting Scores
Early Speech Sound Production and Its Trajectories in Very Preterm Children from 2 to 4 Years of Age
van Noort-van der Spek, Inge L.; Dudink, Jeroen; Reiss, Irwin K.; Franken, Marie-Christine J. P. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Very preterm (VPT) children are at risk for speech and language problems throughout school age. However, little is known about early speech sound production in these children. This study aims to present a detailed description of early speech sound production and its trajectories in VPT children from 2 to 4 years of age. In addition, this…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, At Risk Persons, Preschool Children, Speech Communication
Chung, Hyunju; Weismer, Gary – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Most acoustic and articulatory studies on /l/ have focused on either duration, formant frequencies, or tongue shape during the constriction interval. Only a limited set of data exists for the transition characteristics of /l/ to and from surrounding vowels. The aim of this study was to examine second formant (F2) transition…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, North American English, Vowels, Human Body
McLeod, Sharynne; Crowe, Kathryn; Shahaeian, Ameneh – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe normative and validation data on the Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS; McLeod, Harrison, & McCormack, 2012c) for English-speaking children. Method: The ICS is a 7-item, parent-report measure of children's speech intelligibility with a range of communicative partners. Data were collected…
Descriptors: Speech Skills, Articulation (Speech), Communication Skills, Measures (Individuals)
McLeod, Sharynne; Harrison, Linda J.; McAllister, Lindy; McCormack, Jane – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2013
Purpose: To undertake a community (nonclinical) study to describe the speech of preschool children who had been identified by parents/teachers as having difficulties "talking and making speech sounds" and compare the speech characteristics of those who had and had not accessed the services of a speech-language pathologist (SLP). Method:…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Speech Impairments, Articulation (Speech), Phonology
