ERIC Number: ED017134
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Publication Date: 1960-Dec
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CLINIC-LABORATORY DESIGN BASED ON FUNCTION AND PHILOSOPHY AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY.
HANLEY, T.D.; STEER, M.D.
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE DESIGN OF A NEW CLINIC AND LABORATORY FOR SPEECH AND HEARING TO ACCOMMODATE THE THREE BASIC PROGRAMS OF--(1) CLINICAL TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT MAJORS, (2) SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SPEECH AND HEARING HANDICAPPED, AND (3) RESEARCH IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY, AUDIOLOGY, PSYCHO-ACOUSTICS, AND BIO-ACOUSTICS. THE DESIGN SOLUTION INCLUDES A WINDOWLESS SPACE, BELOW GRADE, WITH CONTROLLED LIGHTING AND AIR-CONDITIONING, AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SURFACE TREATMENT AND FINISHES, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, SPACE RELATIONSHIPS, AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS WERE GIVEN FOR--(1) A MOTO-KINESTHETIC LABORATORY WITH OBSERVATION FACILITIES, A RECORD-REPRODUCTION CONSOLE, AND A NATURAL ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT, (2) A PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY WITH EXAMINATION INSTRUMENTS, A MOBILE LARYNGEAL LABORATORY, AND A ELECTROENCEPHALIGRAPH, (3) ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES WITH SPECIAL SOUND TREATMENT, SOUND GENERATING INSTRUMENTS, AND A MASTER CONTROL PANEL, AND (4) SPECIAL REVERBERANT AND ANECHOIC CHAMBERS. ILLUSTRATIONS SHOW FLOOR PLANS AND DETAILS OF THE MOTO-KINESTHETIC LABORATORY, THE ACOUSTIC CONTROL CENTER CONSOLE, AND THE ANECHOIC CHAMBER. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE DECEMBER 1960 ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SPEECH AND HEARING ASSOCIATION. COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRITING TO THE EDITOR, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SPEECH AND HEARING ASSOCIATION, INTERSTATE PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, INC., DANVILLE, ILLINOIS. (MM)
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Authoring Institution: American Speech and Hearing Association, Washington, DC.
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