Date of Award:
12-1974
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Department name when degree awarded
Communicative Disorders
Committee Chair(s)
Thomas S. Johnson
Committee
Thomas S. Johnson
Committee
Jaclyn Littledike
Committee
Frederick Berg
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if a significant difference exists between oral stereognosis skills of blind and sighted children. The possibility of a relationship between oral stereognosis and articulation was also explored in both the sighted and blind populations. A group of twenty-four blind and a group of twenty-four sighted subjects between the ages of seven and twenty were divided into subgroups of those having normal speech and those with defective articulation. There were twelve subjects in each subgroup. A 20-item test of oral stereognosis (NIDR forms) was administered to each subject and error scores taken.
Results of the study indicate that no significant difference exists between the oral stereognosis abilities of sighted and blind subjects. A significant difference was found to exist at the .01 level between oral stereognosis scores of normal speakers and articulatory impaired speakers. This difference was also found to be significant between the blind subgroups but not between the sighted subgroups.
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Recommended Citation
Milbrandt, Mariette Johnson, "An Investigation of Oral Stereognosis and Articulation in Sighted and Blind Children" (1974). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3126.
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