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Longitudinal Growth in Intelligibility of Connected Speech from 2 to 8 Years in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Novel Bayesian Approach
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Mahr, Tristan J.; Rathouz, Paul J.; Hustad, Katherine C. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Aim: The aim of the study was to examine longitudinal growth in intelligibility in connected speech from 2 to 8 years of age in children with cerebral palsy. Method: Sixty-five children with cerebral palsy participated in the longitudinal study. Children were classified into speech-language profile groups using age-4 data: no speech motor…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Young Children, Speech Communication, Speech Impairments
The Spoken Language and Social Communication Characteristics of Adolescents in Behavioral Schools: A Controlled Comparison Study
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James, Karen; Munro, Natalie; Togher, Leanne; Cordier, Reinie – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: Working with students with emotional behavioral disorders is a challenging area of speech-language pathology practice. In this study, we compare and profile the narrative discourse, structural language, and social communication characteristics of adolescents attending behavioral support and mainstream schools. We also examine…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Adolescents, Special Schools
Speech and Articulatory Rates of School-Age Children in Conversation and Narrative Contexts
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Sturm, Jennifer A.; Seery, Carol H. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2007
Purpose: This study provides preliminary reference data for speech and articulatory rates of school-age children in conversational and narrative speaking contexts. Method: Participants included 36 typically developing children in 3 groups of 12 participants at ages 7, 9, and 11 years. Conversational and narrative speech rates were measured in…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Children, Speech Skills, Language Fluency
Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Paralleling Agraphic Disturbances: Implications for Concerns in Basic Writing.
De Jarnette, Glenda – 1983
Vertical and lateral integration are two important nervous system integrations that affect the development of oral behaviors. There are three progressions in the vertical integration process for speech nervous system development: R-complex speech (ritualistic, memorized expressions), limbic speech (emotional expressions), and cortical speech…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Cerebral Dominance, Communication Problems, Language Processing