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*Salvatierra, Rosa M.
PERFORMANCE OF LOW-INCOME, MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN ON THE HISPANIC AMERICAN ADAPTATION OF THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST
This study investigated the appropriateness of the Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody: Adaptacion Hispano-Americana (TVIP-H) for low-income, Mexican-American children. Previous research has shown that the TVIP-H may not be appropriate for children with mid to high socio-economic status (SES), possibly due to a different order of item difficulty, the potentially inappropriate normative sample, and the underestimation of bilingual knowledge inherent in single-language measures. However, SES has not been investigated as a factor. This study was designed to investigate the test's appropriateness for low SES children. Low income, Mexican-American children were tested on Spanish receptive vocabulary. The results of this study indicated that the TVIP-H may not be appropriate for low SES children, since the mean score for the lowest SES category was found to be more than one standard deviation below the normative test mean of 100. pp. 1-8
*2nd Place Winner-In the category, Behavioral & Social Sciences, 11th Annual California State University Research Competition, May, 1997.
*Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, November, 1997, Boston, MA.
*Starn, Mandee J.COLLECTING REPRESENTATIVE, NARRATIVE WRITING SAMPLES FROM ADULTS WITH APHASIA: HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD WE ALLOW?
Writing samples were collected from five adult individuals with aphasia in order to examine how much time is required to produce a representative narrative writing sample. A sample was considered representative when additional time resulted in significantly fewer Correct Information Units (CIUs) produced. Subjects were given ten minutes to produce a writing sample in response to a picture stimulus followed by a short break, and ten minutes to produce a writing sample in response to a second picture stimulus. The stimulus pictures used were the Cookie Theft picture from the Boston Test (BDAE), and the Picnic picture from the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB). The number of CIUs produced in each minute was calculated for the 10 samples and an analysis-of-variance with repeated measures was performed. Results showed no significant difference between the picture stimuli. An analysis of the combined data for the two pictures revealed a gradual decline in the number of CIUs produced after three minutes of writing. Clinical relevance and research implications are discussed. pp. 9-18
*Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, November, 1997, Boston, MA.
Hill, Dana L.ATTITUDES OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING ADULTS ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SERVICES
Questionnaires about the attitudes of deaf and hard-of-hearing adults towards the speech services they received as children and their current vocal use were completed by 52 adults attending the National American Sign Language convention in Anaheim, California. Results indicated that hard-of-hearing adults rated the speech services they received positively, whereas deaf adults had "no comment". Hard-of-hearing adults reported that they frequently used their voice while communicating in personal as well as social situations. Deaf adults, on the other hand, reported a low incidence of voice use when communicating with family, friends and co-workers. pp. 19-32
Miller, SusanTHE ABILITY OF EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST-GRADE TEACHERS TO RATE SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
The purpose of this study was to compare experienced kindergarten and first-grade regular classroom teachers and inexperienced kindergarten and first-grade regular classroom teachers on their ability to accurately rate the speech and language performance of kindergarten and first-grade students. Ten experienced and ten inexperienced teachers rated the speech and language of six children, three of whom presented with one of the following articulation severity ratings: mild, moderate, severe. The remaining three children presented with normal articulation. All six children had normal language. Teachers were presented with a rating continuum composed of the following choices: Normal, Borderline, Moderate, Severe, Very Severe. Results indicated that inexperienced teachers tended to rate the speech of the child with a moderate articulation impairment and the speech of the child with a severe articulation impairment correctly , but tended to rate the language of these same children as either moderately or severely impaired even though both of these children presented with normal language. Experienced teachers tended to rate the remaining four children correctly. Thus, it appears that years of teaching experience may increase a teacher's ability to recognize the difference between speech production and language production, enabling them to more accurately rate a single child's speech and language performance. pp. 33-38
Rider, Elizabeth S.INTER-RATER RELIABILITY OF THE DWORKIN-CULATTA ORAL MECHANISM SCREENING TEST
Nine speech-language pathology graduate students and five professional speech-language pathologists viewed a videotaped administration of the Dworkin-Culatta Oral Mechanism Screening Test and scored the accompanying protocol. The number of times abnormalities were observed by each group in eight separate categories was calculated and compared. Results showed that there was high overall inter-rater reliability between these two groups.. These results are in line with two other inter-rater reliability measures performed on different oral-mechanism exams. However, further study is recommended to confirm these findings. pp. 39-44
Newton, Kate P.EFFECTS OF VISUAL VERSUS ORAL STIMULI ON THE STORY RETELLING ABILITY OF CHILDREN WITH NORMAL LANGUAGE
Previous research has examined the effect of visual versus oral stimuli on the story retelling ability of children with language impairments. However, a baseline of the story retelling ability of children with normal language has not been established. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that pictures only, oral followed by pictures, oral with pictures, and oral only had on the story retelling ability of children with normal language. Ten subjects retold stories as presented to them according to the four different stimulus conditions. The story retelling narratives were analyzed and Length Complexity Index (LCI), story grammar units, complete episodes, different but relevant information, and different but irrelevant information were measured. Within subject comparisons showed there to be no significant differences across conditions. pp. 45-53
DeVetter, LindaSTRUCTURED VERSUS UNSTRUCTURED CONDITIONS: A COMPARISON OF TWO APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE SAMPLING IN CHILDREN IDENTIFIED AS LANGUAGE DELAYED
Five subjects identified as "language delayed" by a certified speech-language pathologist participated in two 15 minute sampling conditions to look at differences in MLU, the overall number of communicative attempts, and the types of conversational acts. The first condition was highly structured. Toys were placed in view, but out of reach, to allow for increased opportunities for verbal responding. The second sampling condition was low structure. Toys were made easily available to the subject, and the clinician followed the child's lead in collecting the sample. Results indicated no significant differences between the two conditions for MLU and the number of communicative attempts. A significant increase in "descriptions" was noted during the unstructured conditions. The findings in this study indicate the need for further research using a larger sample size, more specific subject selection, and better control of extraneous variables. pp. 54-61
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