Hearing & Speech Sciences Theses and Dissertations
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Examining Narrative Language in Early Stage Parkinson's Disease and Intermediate Farsi-English Bilingual Speakers
(2022)This study aimed to examine procedural aspects of language (grammaticality, syntactic complexity, regular past tense verb production), verb use, and the association between motor-speech, language abilities, and intelligibility ... -
The Impact of Maternal Negative Language on Children’s Language Development
(2022)Various features of infant- and child-directed speech (IDS/CDS) are known to have a positive impact on children’s language development. Some, such as directive language, appear to be less facilitating. We investigated ... -
SPECTRAL CONTRASTS PRODUCED BY CHILDREN WITH COCHLEAR IMPLANTS: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF SIGNAL DEGRADATION ON SPEECH ACQUISITION
(2022)The primary objective of this dissertation was to assess four consonants, /t/, /k/, /s/, and /ʃ/, produced by young children with cochlear implants (CIs). These consonants were chosen because they comprise two place-of-a ... -
INFLUENCE OF SUPPORTIVE CONTEXT AND STIMULUS VARIABILITY ON RAPID ADAPTATION TO NON-NATIVE SPEECH
(2021)Older listeners, particularly those with age-related hearing loss, report a high level of difficulty in perception of non-native speech when queried in clinical settings. In an increasingly global society, addressing these ... -
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE ON LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT MEASURES IN TYPICALLY-DEVELOPING SPANISH-ENGLISH BILINGUAL CHILDREN
(2021)This study aimed to better understand the factors that affect bilingual children’s assessment performance and compare the effects of language experience on different types of measures. English language sample measures ...