Phonological Analyses of Children with Chronic Otitis Media as Compared with Normally Hearing Children

Author

Diana Kay Stanger, Fontbonne College

Year of Award

1982

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

College

College of Education & Allied Health

Department

Communication Disorders and Deaf Education

First Advisor

Robert A. Portnoy

Keywords

chronic, processes, loss, articulation, consonants, disorder, acquired

Abstract

All of the subjects were screened for normal hearing, normal intelligence for single-word receptive vocabulary, and normal oral motor abilities. The children were administered two tests of phonological abilities and spontaneous language samples were obtained. The phonological data were analyzed according to the procedures outlined by Ingram (1981), and resulted in the following measures of phonological ability: total sounds used, articulation scores, proportions of matches, acquired sounds, homonymous forms, and number and type of processes used. The statistical analysis showed no significant differences between the two groups, with the exception of number of sounds acquired. These results indicate that the children with chronic otitis media were similar in phonological development to the normally hearing children.

Document Type

Restricted Thesis

Recommended Citation

Stanger, Diana Kay, "Phonological Analyses of Children with Chronic Otitis Media as Compared with Normally Hearing Children" (1982). All Theses, Dissertations, and Capstone Projects. 27.
https://griffinshare.fontbonne.edu/all-etds/27