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Peer reviewedHutchinson, Kathleen – Volta Review, 1990
This auditory training program used an analytic distinctive feature approach to attempt to improve consonant recognition in single syllable words through listening and speechreading practice. Two hundred exercises addressed 3 auditory features: voicing, nasality, and sibilancy. The Phoneme Identification Test showed no statistical change in 26…
Descriptors: Adults, Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Evaluation Methods
Sommers, Ronald K.; And Others – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1988
Investigated were the phonological process and distinctive feature performances of 24 Down Syndrome individuals without speech-language intervention and 21 with speech-language intervention. Comparisons were made across groups to relate performances to age groups, the possibility that subjects' speech is delayed or deviant, and methods of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), Downs Syndrome
