Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Speech Communication
First Advisor
Mary Gordon-Brannan
Term of Graduation
Winter 2000
Date of Publication
2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Department
Speech Communication
Language
English
Subjects
Language awareness in children, Auditory perception in children
DOI
10.15760/etd.3578
Physical Description
1 online resource (iv, 43 pages)
Abstract
Earobics Pro PLUS Step I (Earobics I) is a software program designed to increase the auditory processing and phonological awareness skills of children when used in conjunction with traditional intervention. Phonological awareness is the ability to manipulate the sounds of a language and has been shown in previous studies to have a strong relationship with reading ability. Phonological awareness can be taught, and studies have been conducted in an effort to determine effective methods for teaching phonological awareness. No studies have been published on Earobics I to this date.
In this study, the effectiveness of Earobics I was analyzed with this research question: Is Earobics I an effective tool in improving the skills of phonological awareness in 6- and 7-year-old children who are identified as at-risk for reading disabilities? This study used 3 subjects in a one-group pretest-posttest design using The Phonological Awareness Test as a pretest-postttest. The subjects attended 3 sessions per week for 5 weeks for treatment with Earobics L AU subjects' raw scores improved and comparison of the pre- and posstest differences in raw scores using a two-tailed paired samples 1-test revealed a significance of .027.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40511
Recommended Citation
Gunter, Wendy Goughnour, "An Evaluation of Earobics I in Improving Phonological Awareness in 6- And 7-Year-Old Boys Who Are At-Risk for Reading Disabilities" (2000). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6433.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.3578
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