Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Prosodic Speech Rate, Utterance Duration, Interruption Rate, and Turn-Taking Latency in Autistic and Neurotypical Adults, Grace Madeline Bell
Marriage and Family Therapists' Perspectives of Working With Couples Impacted by Aphasia: General Perceptions and Response to Relationship-Centered Communication Partner Training, Madison Rae Christensen
Measuring the Effects of Selective and Divided Attention Conditions on Language Production: Comparing Across Age Groups for Aphasia Assessment, Emily McDonald
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Interference Between Speaking and Computer Tasks in Younger and Older Adults, Paige Elise Asay
The Reversibility of Effects of Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids on Sustained Phonation Pressure and Flow in Ex Vivo Rabbit Larynges, Elisabeth Barlow
Microaggressions That Students From Underrepresented Groups Experience in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Samantha Berryhill
The Effects and Reversibility of Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids on Phonation Threshold Pressure (PTP) and Phonation Threshold Flow (PTF) in Ex Vivo Rabbit Larynges, Melanie Elizabeth Blauer
Validating a Predictive Early Kindergarten Dynamic Assessment of Word Level Reading and Language, Taylor Jordan Cena
The Effect of Speaking Context on Articulatory Kinematics in Habitual and Clear Speech, Lauren Elizabeth Clarke
Survey of Reading Habits and Dialogic Book Reading Practices in Parents of Preschool-Aged Children, Kimberly Cronin
Prosodic Pitch and Intensity in Autistic Individuals, Cassidy Gooch
Emotion, Sensory Processing, and Prosody in Neurotypical and Autistic Young Adults, Annika Henderson
Quantifying Speech Pause Durations in Typical English Speakers, John Hoffer
The Effects of an Oral Narrative and Expository School-Age Language Intervention: A Low-Dosage Study, Giana H. Hunsaker
Behavioral and Physiologic Relationships Between Sensory Processing, Attention, and Prediction in Autistic Children: An Eye Tracking Study, Courtney Hunter
The Impact of Speech Pause on the Perceived Effectiveness and Likability of a Speaker's Communication, Rebecca Lyman
Accounting for Oral Language Skills in Children With Dyslexia: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Natalie Kay Olsen Miller
The Acceptability of Relationship-Centered Communication Partner Training for Couples Impacted by Aphasia: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study, Kathryn-Anne Pertab
Examining the Validity of the CUBED Narrative Language Measures Listening and Reading Subtests, Trevor David Read
The Effects of Time Pressure on Speech Fluency in Aging Adults: Comparisons With Divided Attention, Caleb Henderson Sanford
Investigating Speech Perception in Children With Speech Delay, Dyslexia, and Speech Delay and Dyslexia, Lauren Marie Spencer
Bidirectional Interference Between Speech and Mathematical, Language, or Visuospatial Tasks in Younger and Older Adults, Chanelle Thomas
Exploring Posttraumatic Growth in Aphasia: A Qualitative Investigation, Camille Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
A Comparative Study on the Expository Writing Abilities of Kindergarten Students With and Without Developmental Language Disorder, Kristine Michelle Dayley Andrus
Interference Between Speaking and Computer Tasks and Their Effects on Physiologic Arousal, Tiana Walker Bateman
Intolerance of Uncertainty, Sensory Processing, and Related Correlates in Autistic Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Mollie Bradley
The Behavioral and Neurophysiologic Relationships Between Sensory Processing and Autistic Traits in Emerging Adults, Savanah Calton
Auditory Brainstem Response in Autistic Children: Potential Implications for Sensory Processing, Madelyn Cate
Examining the Preliminary Validity of a Dynamic Assessment of Narrative Language in Mandarin Chinese, Lok Yee Sarah Cheung
External Laryngeal Oscillation and Aerodynamic Measures of Voice Onset: A Translational Study, Erik McLeod Christensen
The Effects of Dialogic Reading on the Oral Language of Diverse Kindergarten Students, Abigail Figgins
The Impact of Background Noise on the Communicative Experience of People With Mild to Moderate Aphasia: A Qualitative Study, Riley Robertson Hegewald
Comparing Relative and Absolute Reliability of Short Versus Long Narrative Retells, Jenna Hollis
The Effects of Stimulus Type on Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Speech Perception in Typical Adults, Melannee Wursten Ipsen
Effects of an External Oscillation Device on Phonation Threshold Pressure (PTP), Brittany Tiffany Jones
Effects of Background Noise on the Spoken Language of Young and Older Adults During Narrative Discourse, Erin LeCheminant
The Effect of Two Rate Change Approaches on Speech Movement Patterns, Noelle Marie Lewis
Interprofessional Education for School-Based Settings, Brittney M. Mack
Speech Pause in People With Aphasia Across Word Length, Frequency, and Syntactic Category, Lana Mitchell
Defining Dyslexia Within and Across Disciplines: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Ann Marie Trumbo
An Exploratory Study of Behavioral Engagement in People With and Without Aphasia: Comparisons and Relationships, Vivian Elisabeth Ward
The Analysis of Omission and Substitution Errors in Various Language Tasks in Bilingual Children, Macy Whiting
A Randomized Control Trial Examining the Effects of a Multi-Tiered Oral Narrative Language Intervention on Kindergarten Expository Writing, Shaylee Rae Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Variability of the Aerodynamic Measures of Leporine Larynges Exposed to Inhaled Corticosteroids, Miriam Angela Cannon Bake
Autistic Traits, Sensory Processing, and Intolerance of Uncertainty: Neurobiological and Behavioral Correlates, Maggie Buckhannon
Atypical Sensory Processing and Semantic Language in Autistic Children, Charlene L. Cooper
Dynamic Assessment of Narrative Language for Diverse School-Age Children With and Without Language Disorder: A Large-Scale Psychometric Study, Anahi Kamila DeRobles
Effects of Background Noise on the Speech Acoustics of People With Aphasia, Kirsten Dixon
Norming a Dynamic Assessment of Narrative Language for Diverse School-Age Children With and Without Language Disorder: A Preliminary Psychometric Study, Ashley Elizabeth Frahm
Measuring Speech Perception in Children With Speech Sound Disorders Using the Wide Range Acoustic Accuracy Scale, Briel Francis Garner
The Effect of Rate Control Cueing Modality on Articulatory Patterns, Amelia Caroline Jackson
Spatial Resolution of Quantitative Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging During Phoneme Discrimination Tasks: An Abbreviated Meta-Analysis, Emily Jean Jacobs
Physiological Arousal, Emotion, and Word Retrieval in Aphasia: Effects and Relationships, Angela Lynne Johnson
The Use of Nonword Repetition Tasks in the Assessment of Developmental Language Disorder in Bilingual Children, Kirsten Kelly
Improving the Oral Narrative and Expository Language of Kindergarten Students and Reducing the Matthew Effect, Taylor Camille Magleby
Correlations Between Cognitive Pause Patterns and Listener Perceptions of Communicative Effectiveness and Likeability for People With Aphasia, Heidi Raylene McConaghie
Effects of Inhaled Combination Corticosteroid Drugs on Aerodynamic Measures of Phonation and Visual-Perceptual Measures of Vocal Fold and Arytenoid Tissue in Excised Rabbit Larynges, Christina Lynn Pang
The Perceived Effect of Pause Length and Location on Speaker Likability and Communicative Effectiveness, Julia M. Price
Phonation Threshold Pressure and Phonation Threshold Flow in Rabbits Treated With Inhaled Corticosteroids Versus Controls, Heidi Joan Robison
The Impact of Background Noise on the Spoken Language of People With Mild to Moderate Aphasia: A Preliminary Investigation, Brenna DeLyn Scadden
How Word Characteristics Affect Language-Mediated Eye Movements in Preschoolers With Varying Language Ability, Shelby Nicole Slocum
Quantifying Speech Pause Durations in Speakers With Nonfluent and Fluent Aphasia, Brooke K. Thomas
Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Sensory Processing and Anxiety in Autistic Children, Kelsey Lee Ustach Tindall
The Influence of Pause on Listeners' Perceptions in Speech of People With Aphasia, Emily Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Kinematic and Acoustic Adaptation to a Bite Block During Syllable Production, Allison Marie Barney
Kinematic and Acoustic Adaptation in Response to Electromagnetic Articulography Sensor Perturbation, Emily Adelaide Bartholomew
The Effects of Distracting Background Audio on Speech Production, Camille Margaret Cowley
The Development and Preliminary Evidence of Validity and Reliability of a Spanish Static and Dynamic Assessment of Decoding, Kayla Brooke Ditty
A Longitudinal Investigation of the Effects of a Kindergarten Multi-Tiered Oral Narrative Language Intervention on Later Literacy Outcomes, Tristin Carolyn Hampshire
Aerodynamic Measurement Stability During Rabbit Versus Pig Benchtop Phonation, Megan Caroline Hoggan
Effects of a Large Group Combined Narrative and Expository Language Intervention on Oral Language in Third Graders, Kylie Lynn Lee
Effects of Positive and Negative Emotional Valence on Response TimeDuring a Confrontational Naming Task: Findings from People with Aphasia and Young Adults, Corinne Jones Loveridge
Speech Perception of Global Acoustic Structure in Children with Speech Delay, with and Without Dyslexia, Mikayla Nicole Madsen
Speech Perception of Global Acoustic Structure in Children With Speech Delay, With and Without Dyslexia, Mikayla Nicole Madsen
The Classification Accuracy of a Dynamic Assessment of Inferential Word Learning for School-Age Children With and Without Language Disorder, Britney Ann Newey
Language-Mediated Eye Behaviors During Storybook Reading as aFunction of Preschool Language Ability, Emily Joy Nicholls
Effect of Positive and Negative Emotion on Naming Accuracy in Adults with Aphasia, Courtney Paige Nielsen
The Effect of Laryngeal Activity on the Articulatory Kinematics of /i/ and /u/, Mendocino Nicole Peacock
The Efficacy of EPG Assisted L2 Pronunciation Instruction: An Audio-Perceptual Analysis of the Speech of Native Japanese Learners of English, Emily Louise Peterson
A Comparison of Phonation Threshold Pressure and Phonation Threshold Flow Between Pig and Rabbit Benchtop-Mounted Larynges, Amber Christeen Prigmore
Using Parallel Narrative-Based Measures to Examine the Relationship Between Listening and Reading Comprehension, Collette Leifson Warr
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
A Social Communication Intervention to Facilitate Emotion Word Learning in School-Age Children with Developmental Language Disorders, Sara Elise Avila
The Effects of Distracting Background Audio on Spontaneous Speech, Kacy Nicole Chapman
The Effects of Distracting Background Audio on Spontaneous Speech, Kacy Nicole Chapman
The Effects of Distracting Background Audio on Spontaneous Speech, Kacy Nicole Chapman
The Distinction Between Lingua-Palatal Contact Patterns of English Light and Dark [ɫ]: A Precursor to Using Electropalatography in Second Language Instruction, Kallie Lynne Chaves
The Cross-Validation of the Classification Accuracy of a Dynamic Assessment of Narrative Language for School-Age Children with and Without Language Disorder, Kallie Dawn Clark
Developmental Language Disorders and Reticence in Childhood, Aimee Diehl
Improving Narrative and Expository Language: A Comparison of Narrative Intervention to Shared Storybook Reading, Karee Douglas
The Ability of Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) to Infer Emotions from Pictures: Where's the Breakdown?, Mary Rebekah Forbes
Agreement Between Parent and Teacher Ratings of Social Communication Abilitieson the Children's Communication Checklist-Second Edition, Courtney Lynn Hammond
A Discourse Analysis of Clinician-Child Interactions Within a Meaning-Based Phonological Intervention, Brittany Appleby Long
Kinematic and Acoustic Vowel Changes in Adult Bite Block Speech, Tanner Keith Low
The Impact of Electropalatography in Teaching the /r/-/l/ Sound Contrast for Native Japanese Language Learners of English: Evidence from Lingua-Palatal Contact, Nicole Rose McDougal
Sociability in Children with Developmental Language Disorder, Miranda Elizabeth Miller
Modeling Subglottic Stenosis Effects on Phonation Threshold Pressure in the Porcine Larynx, Jessica Maryn Murphey
Mismatch Negativity Event Related Potential Elicited by Speech Stimuli in Geriatric Patients, Dana Lynn Pierce