Five criteria to systematize the results of voice remediation and provide the therapist with criteria for terminating therapy in cases of hyperfunctional voice disorders were developed and applied to 73 patients aged from early childhood through adulthood. (DB)

A study was conducted on the use of audiotape and videotape self-confrontation techniques in training speech and hearing therapy clinicians. The dissemination phase of the study consisted of a conference held in October, 1970 at the University of Denver entitled "Videotape and Audiotape Confrontation in Clinical Training." The findings and…

An initial study with 30 students in clinical speech pathology training found videotape confrontation to be a powerful clinical training technique. This subsequent study, using 20 additional students, was designed to compare the effectiveness of audiotape and videotape, and to ascertain whether videotape self-confrontation (single and double…

Four years of work on a technique designed to improve the training of speech and hearing therapists are summarized here. The technique reported involves the use of audiotapes and videotapes to allow the trainee to observe himself in therapeutic interactions along with a series of scoring systems to provide quantitative data about therapy.…