An annotated bibliography cites 33 instruments for stuttering appraisal. All tools are readily available and in frequent use. Each citation includes the author's name, title of instrument, where it may be obtained, and approximate price. A descriptive summary of each instrument is given along with suggested uses. (CB)

The article describes characteristics and changes that occurred in a phonologically disordered child's sound system over a six-year, nine-month period. Initially producing primarily vowels, her vocalizations then developed uncommon substitutions, common substitutions, and then correct productions of target consonants. (Author/DB)

This study of 121 young deaf children identified 3 distinct groups: children with losses of 70-89 decibels developed some intelligible speech, children with losses of 90-104 decibels exhibited considerable variability, and children with losses above 105 decibels developed little intelligible speech. The unaided hearing threshold level was the best…

An assessment procedure is described which employed television in the clinical evaluation of an unintelligible preschool child referred for speech-language evaluation. The preschooler's familiarity with and interest in television enabled the clinician to elicit an extended sample of clinical communication and linguistic skills from an otherwise…