Date of Award
5-2013
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Committee Chair(s)
Kristina M. Blaiser
Committee
Kristina M. Blaiser
Committee
Karen Munoz
Committee
Karl White
Committee
Sandra Gillam
Abstract
Acoustics are particularly important to consider when assessing the speech production of young children with hearing loss who use listening and spoken language as their main communication modality. Even though standardized assessments, such as the Goldman-Fristoe test of Articulation-2nd Edition (GFTA-2: Goldman & Fristoe, 2000), are appropriate speech production measures for children with hearing loss, they are not designed to facilitate interpretation related to a child’s access to acoustic information (e.g., Flipsen & Connor, 2004; Ertmer, 2010; Flipsen 2011). The Acoustic Monitoring Protocol (AMP; Blaiser & Lamb, 2012) was created to be used with the GFTA-2 Sounds in Words subsection to provide supplemental acoustic information. The GFTA-2 in conjunction with the AMP was administered to 18 children with hearing loss who attended Sound Beginnings Preschool. Three patterns were defined: frequency-based errors, phonological and articulatory errors and developmental errors.
Recommended Citation
Lamb, Brittney, "Speech Production Tool for Children with Hearing Loss" (2013). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 279.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/279
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