Year: 1981
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Generalizatioo of speech skills into spoken ~e was stuiied in six pairs of profoundly cleaf children l:etween five and nine years of age, rnatched oo'gender, age, hearinç 1055, nonverbal intelligence, and phcnetie and fXlcrlologie speech ability.Each subject was tested over four periods, • in oràer te cœpare performance ... i.tho..tt interventioo te scores achieved after training.SUbjects were assigned te ale of two treatr:ent groups.Subjects in ale group (the "Caltent" group) practiœd transfer of phcnetie levcl speech skiils inte content ~ (Le., ncuns and verbs).Subjects in the ether group (the "'Functioo• group) practiœd transfer within the -.cootext of function ~ (Le., structurallOOrds such as proncuns and preposit.i.a1s).Ali subjects received phc:rletie and phonologie speech training for fifteen minutes daily for forty sessioos.Results indicated that subjects in both groups inproved significantly in both neasures of speech ability after training.Subjects in the Flmcticn group also irproved .significantly in language ability.I1Tplicatioos for teaching speech within the context of functicn ~ of language are discussed.
Source: eScholarship@McGill (McGill)
DOI: 10.82308/50316
Author: Perigoe, Christina.
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W185885023