Behavior of Nonhuman Primates (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Speech and Language: Advances in Basic Research and Practice 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
List of Contributors 10
Preface 12
Contents of Previous Volumes 16
Chapter 1. To Hear Is Not to Understand: Auditory Processing Deficits and Factors Influencing Performance in Aphasie Individuals 20
I. INTRODUCTION 21
II. TYPES OF AUDITORY PROCESSING DEFICITS IN APHASIC INDIVIDUALS 22
III. DEFICITS IN PROCESSING AUDITORY STIMULI: PERCEPTUAL DATA 26
IV. GENERAL FEATURES OF AUDITORY 
35 
V. DEFICITS IN PROCESSING AUDITORY LANGUAGE: UNDERSTANDING THE 
38 
VI. FACTORS INFLUENCING AUDITORY 
58 
VII. COMPENSATING FOR AUDITORY 
70 
VIII. SUMMARY 80
References 81
Chapter 2. Auditory Processes in Stutterers 90
I. INTRODUCTION 90
II. THE PERIPHERAL AUDITORY SYSTEM 94
III. THE CENTRAL AUDITORY SYSTEM 104
References 117
Chapter 3. A Review of Research on Speech Training Aids for the Deaf 124
I. AIDS USED TO TEACH SUPRASEGMENTAL 
125 
II. AIDS USED FOR ARTICULATION TRAINING 134
III. DISCUSSION 146
References 149
Chapter 4. A New Era in Language Assessment: 
154 
I. LANGUAGE AND THE NEW ERA IN THE AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING 
154 
II. LANGUAGE AND THE MATURATION OF ASHA 155
III. HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ASSESSMENT 156
IV. DATA OR EVIDENCE: SOME 
157 
V. ASSESSMENT POWER: PSYCHOMETRIC 
161 
VI. NOT WHAT BUT HOW 163
References 164
Chapter 5. Quantification of Language Abilities in Children 168
I. INTRODUCTION 168
II. COMPONENTS OF LANGUAGE 
175 
III. DEVELOPMENT OF A LANGUAGE SCALE 
181 
IV. SUMMARY 198
Acknowledgment 200
References 200
Chapter 6. Communication Behavior Assessment and Treatment with the Adult Retarded: An 
204 
I. INTRODUCTION 205
II. PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL 
206 
III. COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT 208
IV. COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION 222
V. CONCLUSIONS 231
References 231
Chapter 7. Distribution and Production Characteristics of /s/ 
236 
I. INTRODUCTION 236
II. DISTRIBUTION OF /s/ 
238 
III. PRODUCTION CHARACTERISTICS OF /s/ 
250 
IV. CONCLUSION 253
References 254
Chapter 8. Speech Processes in Reading 256
I. THE SPEECH RECODING PERSPECTIVE 257
II. AN ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE: REFERENCE SECURING AND AUTOMATIC 
263 
III. SPEECH PROCESSES IN LOW LEVELS OF 
276 
IV. SUMMARY 284
Acknowledgment 284
References 284
Chapter 9. Structure and Mechanical 
290 
I. INTRODUCTION 290
II. MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE 
291 
III. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE VOCAL 
301 
References 315
Chapter 10. 
318 
I. INTRODUCTION 318
II. DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT METHODS 319
III. BASIC NOTION 319
IV. DATA ON JITTER AND SHIMMER 323
V. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES 328
VI. PERCEPTUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF JITTER AND SHIMMER 333
VII. NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE 343
VIII. SUMMARY 348
Acknowledgment 349
References 349
Chapter 11. Boundary: Perceptual and Acoustic Properties and Syntactic and Statistical 
352 
I. INTRODUCTION 352
II. EXPERIMENT ON BOUNDARY PERCEPTION 354
III. DISTRIBUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS 
361 
IV. ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS 
379 
V. CONCLUSION 388
Acknowledgments 389
References 389
Index 392