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Hasnain, Fahad; Herran, Reid M.; Henning, Shirley C.; Ditmars, Allison M.; Pisoni, David B.; Sehgal, Susan T.; Kronenberger, William G. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Verbal fluency tasks assess the ability to quickly and efficiently retrieve words from the mental lexicon by requiring subjects to rapidly generate words within a phonological or semantic category. This study investigated differences between cochlear implant users and normal-hearing peers in the clustering and time course of word…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Language Fluency, Deafness, Assistive Technology
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Jones, Harrison N.; Crisp, Kelly D.; Kuchibhatla, Maragatha; Mahler, Leslie; Risoli, Thomas, Jr.; Jones, Carlee W.; Kishnani, Priya – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Speech disorders occur commonly in individuals with Down syndrome (DS), although data regarding the auditory-perceptual speech features are limited. This descriptive study assessed 47 perceptual speech features during connected speech samples in 26 children with DS. The most severely affected speech features were: naturalness, imprecise…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Down Syndrome, Children, Speech Skills