Emerson thesis -- Communication disorders

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

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Aphasia treatment has been demonstrated to be efficacious and the intensity of treatment has been shown to play a crucial role in the effectiveness. Constraint Induced Therapy has emerged as a treatment protocol that uses increased treatment intensity fo

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Research study which uses speech language pathologists to review videotapes of communicators with aphasia, in order to determine if the AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)-Aphasia Categorical Framework could be used as an effective communicat

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Interpretation of emotions in others is influenced by a variety of factors, including whether a face is computer generated (CG) or human, and whether the dynamic contours are preserved. In this study, participants viewed videos of human and CG faces expre

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This study examined the performance of 43 typically fluent adults in a random number generation task (RNG) that was carried out under delayed auditory feedback (DAF) and regular auditory feedback conditions. DAF was posited as a dual attention condition b

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Inner ear hair cells are fragile, specialized cells of the cochlea that are essential for hearing. In mammals, damage to inner ear hair cells leads to irreversible hearing loss. Other animals, such as fish, birds and reptiles, do not have permanent hearin

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Eye gaze contributes to the development of receptive and expressive language, social interaction, and learning about the environment by hearing children in the first three years of life. Previous studies have indicated that young children who are Deaf may

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Study sought to investigate differences in the product and process of drawing between preschool-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing children matched for age and IQ across three drawing tasks (free-draw, house, human-

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

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Purpose: Inclusive education practices have become increasingly popular and information from teachers, speech-language pathologists and parents is needed to identify perceptions of this type of therapy and obstacles to implementation. Methods: This study

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This study compares the repetitive play acts (RPA) demonstrated by typical pre- and post-symbolic children, documenting a profile of these behaviors in different stages of play skill development.