In extensive interviews, an augmentative communication user with cerebral palsy (age 25) reflected on the effectiveness of devices designed for her during her school career. Among emergent themes were a disproportionate emphasis on "device usage" over "speech usage," allowing professionals to dominate the decision-making…

The article reviews uses of computers in speech training with deaf children. A system used at the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School for the deaf uses activities with children as young as three years in order to analyze the child's speech and provide immediate feedback. A variation can be used with home personal computers. (DB)

Presents two consultation models--Consultation in Addition to Direct Service Speech/Language Therapy, and Consultation Following a Speech/Language Evaluation--for the public school speech-language pathologist which integrate the student's speech and language goals into the classroom. Also discusses methods of implementing the models. (MM)

Efficacy of individualized training using a distinctive feature model of therapy was evaluated with 75 hearing-impaired postsecondary students. Significant improvements in vowel, word and sentence production, and word and sentence perception were observed. (Author/DB)

This report evaluates the availability of speech-language pathologists, audiologists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to provide federally required services to students with disabilities in Ohio schools. Findings include the following: (1) while there is a general shortage of therapists, schools tend to have more difficulty…

Discussed is a program in which trainable mentally retarded children were grouped according to similarity of communicative functions and directed in activities intended to promote peer interaction and to develop leadership abilities. (GW)

Indicates that a behavioral approach, utilizing an electronic metronome in speech and motor activities, is highly effective in reducing the occurrence of stammering in children and adults. Bibliography. (RW)

This article, addressed to singing and choral teachers, examines functional voice disorders resulting from incorrect or abused functions of the laryngeal mechanism. Symptoms, testing methods, and correction techniques, short of medical help, are outlined for disorders of resonance, registration, articulation, and of the vocal fold mass.…

Presents two viewpoints for helping students with severe communication anxiety and avoidance problems: one based on traditional speech pedagogy; the other based on behavioral clinical psychology. Argues that in most cases the two viewpoints complement rather than contradict each other. (JMF)