Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Speech Communication.
First Advisor
Mary Gordon-Brannan
Date of Publication
6-1-1995
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication
Department
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Subjects
Articulation disorders in children -- Treatment
DOI
10.15760/etd.7072
Physical Description
1 online resource (v, 49 p.)
Abstract
This single-subject study was designed to compare the effectiveness of two phonological-based treatment approaches with a preschool male with unintelligible speech characterized by multiple deficient phonological patterns. Four phonological patterns were chosen as targets based on results of the Assessment of Phonological ProcessesRevised (APP-R} (Hodson, 1986), as analyzed by the Computer Analysis of Phonological Deviation (CAPO) (Hodson, 1992a). The subject participated in 60-minute intervention sessions three times a week over an 8-week period. The phonological cycling approach (Hodson & Paden, 1991) was the focus of 4 weeks of intervention, and the minimal pairs approach (Tyler, Edwards, & Saxman, 1987) was the focus of 4 weeks of intervention. Remediation programs were alternated every 2 weeks, and began with the phonological cycling approach. Results were measured through pretests and posttests of the APP-R, as well as baseline and generalization probes that were administered periodically. Results of the CAPD indicated minimal changes between pretest and posttest scores for all of this subject's targeted phonological patterns (i.e., consonant sequences I stridents, velars, liquid /1/, and liquid /r/). In addition, no significant differences in scores were noted between remediation programs. Results of probe measurements indicated little, if any, generalization to targeted and non-targeted words in an imitated word probe task for any of the targeted patterns, except for the target phonological pattern of consonant sequences I stridents after the phonological cycling approach. This finding may suggest that the phonological cycling approach was more effective for this subject than the minimal pairs approach.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30010
Recommended Citation
Royer, Holly Kiesz, "Clinical Application of Two Phonological-based Treatment Approaches" (1995). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5196.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.7072
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