Purpose: To assess the effects of short- and long-term changes in auditory feedback on vowel and sibilant contrasts and to evaluate hypotheses arising from a model of speech motor planning. Method: The perception and production of vowel and sibilant contrasts were measured in 8 postlingually deafened adults prior to activation of their cochlear…

Jaw movement patterns were examined longitudinally in a 3-year-old male with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and compared with a typically developing control group. The child with CAS was followed for 8 months, until he began accurately and consistently producing the bilabial phonemes /p/, /b/, and /m/. A movement tracking system was used to…

A self-monitoring activity in the clinical setting led to generalization of correct speech sound to spontaneous speech outside the treatment setting for 13 misarticulating elementary students. (CL)

The study was designed to explore whether learning a phoneme in a word-final position facilitated production of the same phoneme word medially or intervocalically in six 3 to 5 year olds with articulation disorders. A stimulus-response-reinforcement approach to treatment was used that elicited both imitative and spontaneous responses. Probe lists…

The paper presents a detailed examination of an unusual pattern reflected in the speech of a 3-year-old language-impaired child. Training was instituted to increase the number of appropriate categories in the child's phonologic system. (Author/CL)

An approach incorporating conceptualization training, short sessions of "auditory bombardment," and a phonemic contrast method proved effective in reducing the frequency of targeted speech problems in four kindergarteners with moderate/severe phonological disorders. Generalization was noted in untrained words. (CL)

Twelve primary grade children who inconsistently misarticulated "r" participated in training programs for specific allophones of "r." Training steps included production of syllables, nouns, noun phrases, and simple sentences. Generalizing to untrained allophones occurred for all children. (Author)

A word level behavioral routine for the remediation of distinctive feature errors was developed and taught to seven children (5 to 6 years old) with moderate to severe nonorganic phonological disabilities. A one-group pretest-posttest design established that the number and severity of the sound substitutions decreased with training. (Author)

This response to Fey (EC 604 058) explores possible factors deterring clinicians from employing phonological constructs in assessment and remediation of children with speech disorders. Underlying concepts and target patterns that have helped expedite intelligibility gains are also explained. (Author/DB)

A study of eight Dutch individuals (ages 14 to 56) who stutter found that adaptation of stuttering frequency during repeated readings may be a result of motor learning. Furthermore, during repeated readings, reductions in stuttering frequency were not related to reductions in the variability of acoustically derived measures of speech production.…

Responses to the Predictive Screening Test of Articulation (PSTA) were obtained from 460 first graders with articulation problems with respect to type, number, and consistency of sounds as measured by the Screening Deep Test of Articulation. PSTA item and total score preformance varied among misarticulated subgroups. (Author/CL)

A case study is presented of a fourth-grade girl with a seemingly mild "r" articulation problem. During remediation, it was determined that the girl also presented characteristics consistent with developmental apraxia of speech. A motor-programing remedial model was initiated; following five semesters of remediation, acceptable…

This paper introduces a special issue focusing on the treatment of preschool and school-age children who stutter and discussing current intervention strategies and procedures. Summaries of the issue's articles are presented, generally contending that fluency disorders can be effectively managed using age-appropriate, individualized techniques and…

Intended for teachers of children with speech difficulties, the booklet provides background information and suggestions for dealing with speech impaired students. Covered are the following topics: descriptions of speech problems, developmental sequences of language, delayed speech, articulation, stuttering, and hearing disorders. Classroom…

The purpose of study was to investigate the impact of pre-surgical Infant Orthopaedics (IO) on consonant production at 18 months of age in children with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate (UCLP) and to compare the consonant production to that of age-matched children without clefts. The first ten children in a consecutive series of 20 with UCLP…