A Collection of Perspectives in Speech-Language Pathology
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This SIG 19 activity bundles four articles providing perspectives on a broad variety of
topics in speech-language pathology. First, Bunta and Gósy discuss how speech-language
pathologists and audiologists could utilize acoustic analyses in their clinical
practice. They provide specific examples ranging from aphasia to speech sound
disorders and various linguistic contexts to demonstrate the utility of these tools. The
authors suggest acoustic analyses can be a valued supplement in clinical evaluations.
Next, Diekhoff and Lulich examine speech-language pathology students’
conceptualization and description of American rhotic Sounds. They discuss the
differences in descriptions of rhotic sounds by students who had experience with those
sounds compared to those who did not have experience with those sounds. The role of
direct instruction regarding rhotic shapes is highlighted. Then, Gurevich and Kim discuss
quantifying allophonic coverage in commonly used reading passages. In summary, they
suggest a need for new speech materials that could provide allophonic coverage.
Finally, Jung, Jing, and Grigos investigate the accuracy and consistency of students’
perceptions/ratings of speech errors in children. They report that student clinicians’
ratings matched with expert speech-language pathologists’ ratings with training. The
importance and need for listening training in speech-language pathology programs are
also discussed.
Learning
Outcomes
You will be able to:
- explain how acoustic analyses in clinical practice can help speech-language
pathologists and audiologists
- describe how knowledge of rhotic tongue shapes can help student
clinicians conceptualize American rhotic sounds
- summarize the importance of phonemic and allophonic coverage in
standard reading passages
- detail how listening training can benefit clinicians' ratings of speech sound
errors
Assessment Type
Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and
report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.
Articles in This
Course
- Expanding the Clinical Toolset: Acoustic Analyses for Speech-Language Pathologists
and Audiologists in the 21st Century by Ferenc Bunta and Mária Gósy, published in SIG 19, Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2022
- Conceptualizations of the Articulation of Rhotic Sounds in American English and the
Role of Clinical Experience in Their Formation by Megan R. Diekhoff and
Steven M. Lulich, published in SIG 19, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2022
- Examination of Consonantal Phonetic Coverage in Standard Reading Passages by
Naomi Gurevich and Heejin Kim, published in
SIG 19, Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2022
- Graduate Student Clinicians' Perceptions of Child Speech Sound Errors by Seyoung
Jung, Linye Jing, and Maria Grigos, published in SIG 19, Volume 7, Issue 4, August
2022
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