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Howell, Peter; Davis, Stephen; Williams, Roberta – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: A study was conducted that examined factors that lead children who stutter at around age 8 years to persist in the disorder when they reach age 12 years. Method: Seventy-six children were verified to be stuttering at initial assessment. When they reached 12 years of age, they were classified as persistent or recovered. A range of measures…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Stuttering, Children, Severity (of Disability)
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Oxley, Judith; Roussel, Nancye; Buckingham, Hugh – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2007
This paper presents a four-subject study that examines the relative influence of syllable position and stress, together with vowel context on the colouring of the dark-l characteristic of speakers of General American English. Most investigators report lighter /l/ tokens in syllable onsets and darker tokens in coda positions. The present study…
Descriptors: North American English, Syllables, Language Patterns, Articulation (Speech)
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Gerrits, Ellen – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
This study investigated the acquisition of word initial s clusters of 3-5 year old Dutch children with phonological disorders. Within these clusters, sl was produced correctly most often, whereas sn and sx were the more difficult clusters. In cluster reductions, s+obstruent and sl clusters reduction patterns followed the Sonority Sequencing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Processing, Special Needs Students, Special Education