Eighteen language-impaired and 18 articulation-impaired children, were followed up with respect to communication skills and educational performance 13 to 20 years after their initial contact with the speech and hearing clinic. (Author)

Described is an instructional procedure, based on distinctive features approach, for teaching the stop-fricative (a consonant characterized by frictional parrage of expired breath) contrast to children with articulation problems. (CL)

Nine preconstructed programs applying the principles and techniques of programed instruction to the procedures of articulation modification were analyzed. (Author/IM)

Investigated with 66 elementary children (all enrolled in articulation therapy) was the assumption that children who are in the process of developing automatization of correct production. (Author/SBH)

Ninety-eight misarticulating 8 and 9 year-old children participated in a study to determine the correspondence between the classification of measures by clinical judgment and by factor analysis. (Author/MH)

A description of an electromyographic investigation carried out on the speech of deaf speakers. The research attempted to answer questions concerning articulation and phonetic patterns in the speech of deaf adults. Results indicated that the deaf speakers extended the duration of speech segments and exhibited difficulty coordinating articulation…

The article presents a phonological process analysis classification for use with the most popular articulation tests, including a descriptive comparison across the tests of the number of opportunities for phonological patterns to be applied. (Author/DB)

Examined was the relationship between the presence of articulation disorders and performance on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) with 30 elementary grade children with either mild-moderate or moderate-severe articulation disorders. (DB)

Based on paper presented at National Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (44th, Denver, Nov 15-18, 1968). (JJ)

Cluster analysis was used to identify two homogeneous clusters of 8 to 9 1/2 year old children (N=98) who misarticulated /s/, /r/, or both, then discriminant function analysis was used to identify a subset of five measures and compute classification scores for assignment of 42 new subjects to the clusters. (Author/MC)

The adequacy of biting, sucking, swallowing, and chewing as well as the presence or absence of nine infantile oral reflexes were assessed in 60 cerebral palsied individuals (ages 3 to 23). (Author/PHR)