Research supported by a grant from the National Institute of Health. (VM)

Study attempts to compare variations of certain acoustic parameters with those of electromyographic recordings of the digastric, orbicularis oris, and internal intercostal muscles in the case of three subjects using three different modes of expression. (DS)

Identifies three types of pausing adn discusses their relevance to language teaching. (FB)

The results showed that while the children with bilateral OME did not differ in terms of background characteristics, they were significantly disadvantaged in speech articulation ability, verbal comprehension, motor development, and intelligence. They also had significantly more behavior problems. (Author)

To help the classroom teacher identify speech problems in young children, the author presents some basic definitions and correction techniques, plus a chart of phonemes which normal children can articulate correctly at various ages. (SJL)

Reminds speech teachers that characteristics of voice and articulation are important only to the extent that they impede accomplishment of communication goals. Students' problems in articulation, voice, and rate of utterance should be considered in this context. (JMF)

Using standard classical conditioning and concept-formation paradigms, research showed that all phones of a phoneme were considered "the same" by linguistically naive speakers. Results also supported the notion of the phoneme as a unit that functions in speech perception. (RL)

Indicates that infants are able to discriminate synthetic speech patterns varying in duration of the formant transitions. This variation provides information sufficient to signal the phonetic distinction between a stop consonant and a semivowel in adult listeners. Also makes conclusions regarding the discriminability of a given difference in…

To examine assumptions underlying the scoring system of Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale (Revised), 21 children (ages 4 to 7) were given the test. Results suggested that Ss' production of sounds in only two contexts is not necessarily accurate for other contexts and that weightings assigned on basis of frequency overestimated the extent of…

Indicates that the direction of articulatory substitution for 13 consonants is identical to the direction of auditory perceptual substitution defined by shifts of phonological features. (Author/RL)