First Advisor

Stephen A. Kosokoff

Term of Graduation

Spring 1997

Date of Publication

5-1997

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Speech Communication

Department

Speech Communication

Language

English

Subjects

Articulation disorders in children, Speech therapy for children, Phonetics

DOI

10.15760/etd.7620

Physical Description

1 online resource (iv, 70 pages)

Abstract

This single-subject study was developed to investigate the potential of treating one misarticulated strident phoneme to induce generalization to other misarticulated strident phonemes. One male, age 4 years 4 months, was trained on /s/ in words. A training program, modified from the Hodson and Paden (1991) phonological cycling approach, was used. Two untreated phonemes from separate and distinct sound classes were monitored as control sounds for across-feature class change. A total of 24 treatment sessions of 50 minutes each were provided. The results from the pretest and posttest showed an increase of 51% correct stridency production for all untreated stridents and an 8% increase for the treated /s/. Results of probe measurements showed 85% correct productions of /s/ in untreated words on several occasions. The change in the untreated control sounds was varied. One phoneme showed no change; another improved 100%. A positive transfer of learning from treated to untreated stridents was exhibited by this subject.

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