A standard approach to the selection of children with specific language deficit
was devised. The approach was based on a current definition of specific language
deficit that depends heavily on exclusion criteria. Children with known language
deficit who had hearing impairment, cognitive deficit, neurologic deficit, or
emotional or behavioral disorder were excluded. Both the exclusion criteria and
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A questionnaire was administered to 528 tinnitus patients to obtain data on
their reactions to tinnitus. Results include a discussion of: (a) population
characteristics, (b) perceptual characteristics, (c) the impact of tinnitus on
daily life, and (d) etiology. Significant gender differences are also
discussed.Tinnitus was not an occasional phenomenon, but was present for more
than 26 days per mon... hiện toàn bộ
JoAnne Robbins, Hilda B. Fisher, Eric C. Blom, Mark I. Singer
Acoustic characteristics of two types of alaryngeal speech were quantified and
compared to normal speech production. High-quality audio recordings were
obtained from 15 subjects who had undergone the tracheoesophageal puncture
method of postlaryngectomy vocal rehabilitation (Singer & Blom, 1980), 15
esophageal speakers, and 15 laryngeal talkers as they sustained the vowel/a/and
read a standard par... hiện toàn bộ
Melodic intonation therapy (MIT), a method developed to assist the adult aphasic
regain verbal communication, is presented with step-by-step procedures and
suggestions. Also described is the type of patient for whom the technique
appears most successful.
This paper discusses some issues involved in identifying children who have
language problems. The perspective taken is that (a) the goal of identification
must be clearly distinguished from other goals of assessment; (b) identification
of children with language disorders is better based on language performance than
on inferences about the language knowledge that underlies this performance; (c)
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Speech clinicians were asked to write adjectives they felt best described the
adult male stutterer. Their responses were compared with the same information
obtained about elementary school-aged boys who stutter. Many of the same
adjectives were listed for both boys and men, indicating a fairly well
established stereotype of a “stutterer,” regardless of age. Furthermore, most of
these adjectives we... hiện toàn bộ