This, Part I of a longer work, is a study of the automatic recovery from speech defects. (CH)

The study of language has had a greater impact on speech pathology and speech education than any other scholarly discipline in recent years. Researchers in the field of speech pathology must now give attention--especially in caring for the growing numbers of children found to have language difficulties--to the study of psycholinguistics. Work in…

The article presents a phonological process analysis classification for use with the most popular articulation tests, including a descriptive comparison across the tests of the number of opportunities for phonological patterns to be applied. (Author/DB)

A TWO-PHASE PROJECT CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEECH THERAPY WITH EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (EMR) CHILDREN IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING HAD TWO OBJECTIVES--TO ASSEMBLE A REASONABLY COMPLETE PICTURE OF ARTICULATION OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF SPEECH THERAPY TO EMR CHILDREN WITH ARTICULATION…

To determine the effectiveness of group articulation therapy, 180 educable retarded children in special classes (average age 9, average IQ 70), all of whom had articulation problems, were rated on the Carter/Buck Prognostic Speech Test and a picture version of McDonald's deep test of articulation. Subjects were then randomly assigned to one of…

After 20 second-grade lisping children were taught to articulate /s/ and /z/ correctly, each child invited three classmates to a session in which classmates could earn tokens contingent on the target child's correct articulation. Target children in groups using a response cost procedure produced significantly more correct responses. (Author/KM)

To determine factors influencing the permanency of a protrustional lisp and to incorporate them into predictive profiles, approximately 8,000 kindergarten children were screened for articulation and those appearing to have a protrusional lisp were tested individually. The 1,043 subjects exhibiting such a lisp were examined semiannually for 4 years…

Intended to assist speech clinicians in the public schools, the guide provides information on establishing accountability for services to children with articulation disorders. Described are procedures involved in initial screening (such as teacher referral and rapid screening), assessment (including audiometric screening and oral peripheral…

To explore the efficacy of improving the dysarthria of cerebral palsy under conditions of aural stimulation, visual stimulation, and combined aural-visual stimulation, 22 subjects (aged 7.6 to 19.0 years) received intensive stimulation for word limitation for 22 consecutive school days. The 87 words of the Irwin Integrated Articulation Test were…

GOALS OF A SPEECH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED IN WISCONSIN ARE DESCRIBED. THE FOLLOWING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SPEECH PROGRAM ARE PRESENTED--(1) DEVELOPMENT OF A DELAYED SPEECH PROGRAM, (2) USE OF SOCIAL SKILLS FOR SPEECH PRACTICE, (3) REMEDIAL PROGRAM FOR DEFECTIVE ARTICULATION, AND (4) AUDITORY TRAINING. TYPES OF DEFECTS, A…

RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE AGE AT WHICH A CHILD WITH A FUNCTIONAL ARTICULATORY DISORDER SHOULD BEGIN THERAPY AND THE FREQUENCY OF THERAPY. THE AUTHORS REJECTED THE SURVEY METHOD BECAUSE OF ITS MANY LIMITATIONS. RESEARCH, USING THE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH, WAS PLANNED TO SCREEN 30,000 CHILDREN, 724 OF WHOM WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THERAPY,…