Training Children to Use Tactual Vocoders in a Model Program

Vergara, Kathleen; Miskiel, Lynn Weissler; Oller, D. Kimbrough; Eilers, Rebecca E.

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“…For children who do not yet have meaningful speech, the treatment method of choice usually involves drill and practice of a motoric sort, which is usually supplemented by attempts to elicit the use of vocalizations in consistent ways, either referentially or pragmatically, by an infant or child. If the child's vocalization pattern is very primitive, as indicated by a predominance of precanonical babbling categories in the vocalization sample, then it is advisable to target the training of canonical babbling and other categories of infant vocalization that typically occur in later stages of vocal development, just before the onset of meaningful speech (Vergara et al, 1995). Issues such as stimulability and consistency of errors are as important in evaluating prelinguistic vocalizations and in planning therapy for prelinguistic children as they are for children who already have meaningful speech.…”

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Use of Technology in Phonological Assessment: Evaluation of Early Meaningful Speech and Prelinguistic Vocalizations

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1999

Semin Speech Lang

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Technologies that assist in the assessment of phonological abilities in early meaningful speech and prelinguistic vocalizations are discussed. Computerized assessment of phonological abilities (CAP) software offers significant time savings for basic analyses and makes possible the completion of more detailed analyses. The programs discussed in this article allow flexibility in determining not only the most appropriate analyses for an individual client, but also the design of the optimal symbol system for representing the client's productions. Case studies are included to illustrate the clinical benefits of CAP technology.

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confidence: 99%

Use of Technology in Phonological Assessment: Evaluation of Early Meaningful Speech and Prelinguistic Vocalizations

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1999

Semin Speech Lang

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Multisensory Speech Perception of Young Children With Profound Hearing Loss

Kishon‐Rabin

Haras

Bergman

1997

J Speech Lang Hear Res

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The contribution of a two-channel vibrotactile aid (Trill VTA 2/3, AVR Communications LTD) to the audiovisual perception of speech was evaluated in four young children with profound hearing loss using words and speech pattern contrasts. An intensive, hierarchical, and systematic training program was provided. The results show that the addition of the tactile (T) modality to the auditory and visual (A+V) modalities enhanced speech perception performance significantly on all tests. Specifically, at the end of the training sessions, the tactile supplementation increased word recognition scores in a 44-word, closed-set task by 12 percentage points; detection of consonant in final position by 50 percentage points; detection of sibilant in final position by 30 percentage points; and detection of voicing in final position by 25 percentage points. Significant learning over time was evident for all test materials, in all modalities. As expected, fastest learning (i.e., smallest time constants) was found for the AVT condition. The results of this study provide further evidence that sensory information provided by the tactile modality can enhance speech perception in young children.

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Training Children to Use Tactual Vocoders in a Model Program

Cited by 2 publications

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Use of Technology in Phonological Assessment: Evaluation of Early Meaningful Speech and Prelinguistic Vocalizations

Use of Technology in Phonological Assessment: Evaluation of Early Meaningful Speech and Prelinguistic Vocalizations

Multisensory Speech Perception of Young Children With Profound Hearing Loss

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