Abstract
Advances in instrumentation and computer technology such as electropalatography (EPG) have offered additional types of feedback to more traditional therapy for individuals with speech disorders, specifically those with hearing impairment. The purpose of this study was to document whether therapeutic integration of EPG visual feedback in combination with traditional articulation therapy for a school-aged child with an articulation disorder secondary to hearing impairment was more effective than traditional therapy alone. One participant received five sessions of each therapy approach. Six adult listeners rated the quality of the participant's production of /r/ in words recorded during the therapy sessions. The EPG plus a traditional approach to therapy was more effective in treating the misarticulation of /r/ than traditional therapy alone. The integration of EPG therapy into traditional methods was an effective way of treating an articulation disorder for an individual with hearing impairment.
Degree
MS
College and Department
David O. McKay School of Education; Communication Disorders
Rights
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Pickett, Kristina Lynne, "The Effectiveness of Using Electropalatography to Remediate a Developmental Speech Sound Disorder in a School-Aged Child with Hearing Impairment" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 3640.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3640
Date Submitted
2013-06-11
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd6242
Keywords
electropalatography, articulation treatment, hearing impairment
Language
English