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Speech Shadowing Characteristics of Stutterers under Diotic and Dichotic Conditions.
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Healey, E. Charles; Howe, Susan W. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1987
The study compared five adult stutterers' and five adult nonstutterers' fluent speech patterns produced during one nonshadowed reading and two speech-shadowing conditions (immediate repetition of a heard message). Among results were that stutterers produced fewer speech production errors than nonstutterers during shadowing conditions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Error Patterns, Speech Skills, Speech Therapy
Distinguishing between Phonological Difference and Disorder in Children Who Speak African-American Vernacular English: An Experimental Testing Instrument.
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Wilcox, Lydia D.; Anderson, Raquel T. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1998
This study evaluated an experimental articulation testing instrument for differentiating child speakers (N=21, ages 5:0 to 6:6) of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) with atypical and typical phonologies. Significant group differences were observed, suggesting that the measure can differentiate typical and atypical development in this…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
Language Samples Using Three Story Elicitation Tasks and Maturation Effects.
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Morris-Friehe, Mary J.; Sanger, Dixie D. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1992
A story format and discourse analysis procedure was used to evaluate the spoken language skills of 20 elementary students with learning disabilities over a 1-year period. Stories from memory were longer and characterized by more as well as different types of errors than were stories from pictures or stories based on games. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Expressive Language