Melissa Parry & Catherine Ballif with Dr. Martin Fujiki, Audiology and Speech Language Pathology The purpose of this study is to determine the differences in social behaviors of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and typically developing children. Children with SLI are known to be more withdrawn in structured social situations. However, to date, there […]
Brazilian Speech Audiometery
Allison Merrill and Dr. Richard Harris, Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Whenever we perform a comprehensive hearing evaluation we measure thresholds for the patient for puretones and also for speech. Measurement of puretone hearing thresholds in individuals whose native language is not English can be very difficult. Measurement of puretone thresholds in isolation is inadequate. It […]
TRISPECTRAl ANALYSIS OF SPEECH FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED
Michael Welker, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology Introduction Visemes (phonemes that look the same while viewing the lips) within the English language are extremely difficult for heating impaired individuals using speech-reading to distinguish. Contemporary spectral displays of speech are inadequate to reliably differentiate subtle differences in the acoustic signal. Our project has investigated novel […]
SPECTROGRAPHIC ACOUSTIC CUE ANALYSES FOR FOREIGN ACCENT REDUCTION SPEECH THERAPY
Lance W. Porter, Department of Speech and Language Pathology Introduction In a world where more and more opportunities are opening up on an international level, it has become increasingly important to be able to communicate effectively. Accent reduction therapy was developed to help people reduce foreign or regional accents that would otherwise put them at […]
The Effect of Role Assignment for Children with Specific Language Impairment Participating in Cooperative Learning Groups
Martin Fujiki and Jenifer D. Miskin & Alyssa Stanger, Speech Language Pathology Our research was conducted within a larger project designed to facilitate language and social skills in children with SLI. Fifty-six subjects between the ages of 6 and 11 participated in this project. Eight of these subjects were children with SLI, and the remaining […]
Digitally Recorded Japanese Speech Audiometry Materials
Patience A. Mastny and Dr. Richard W. Harris, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Speech audiometry is essential to audiologists in answering questions regarding a patient’s degree of hearing loss for speech; the levels of comfortable and uncomfortable loudness; the range of comfortable loudness; and, their ability to identify accurately the sounds of speech at suprathreshold levels. […]
The Effect of Variable Intra-stimulus Interval on the Auditory P50 Gating Response
Mandi A. Kimball and Dr. David L. McPherson, Audiology and Speech Language Pathology When a person is presented with a tone pip or a click, his or her brain waves, in response to the auditory stimulus can be measured. This response is called the auditory evoked potential (AEP). AEPs can be classified as short-, middle-, […]
The Initial Research For The Effects of Suppression on The Acoustic Reflex And Otoacoustic Emissions
Jannica Dale and Dr. Wendy Hanks, Audiology Under the supervision of two of my professors and a graduate student, I participated in research investigating whether or not contralateral suppression affects the hearing system and what any effects may be. We focused on two specific aspects of the hearing system, the acoustic reflex and otoacoustic emissions. […]
Reliability of the Rhyme Sort Measure, An Early Literacy Assessment Tool
Janet Crapo and Dr. Barbara Culatta, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Early literacy skills in children have become an area of national interest due to the implications in later-developing literacy and academics. These early literacy skills are closely connected with the concept of phonemic awareness, or “the knowledge of meaningful sounds, or phonemes, in our language […]
Emotional Competence in Children with Specific Language Impairment
Jennifer George, Jessica Berg and Dr. Martin Fujiki, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Children with SLI (Speech Language Impairment) have difficulty with the comprehension and expression of language. SLI is distinct and separate from intellectual ability and children with SLI have non-verbal IQs within the normal range. Many children with SLI have not only language deficits, […]