{"title":"Effects of Memory Aids on the Conversations of Elderly Chinese Persons","authors":"W. D. Chang, M. Bourgeois","doi":"10.1179/136132812804731767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812804731767","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The effects of memory books on the quantity and quality of conversations of 3 Mandarin-speaking Chinese persons with dementia were evaluated using a multiple baseline design across behaviors. Memory books containing 10 pages for each of 3 topics (subjects' daily life, family, and themselves), were used during 5-min daily conversational sessions and at 1- or 2-week follow-up sessions with the experimenter. The results revealed that all clients increased the number of on-topic factual statements and reduced ambiguous, unintelligible, and perseverative utterances during treatment and follow-up phases with the memory book. These findings replicate previous research on the effects of memory books on the conversation of English speaking persons with dementia.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"20 1","pages":"245 - 263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78528455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subject Index: Volume 15, Numbers 1–4","authors":"","doi":"10.1179/136132812804731802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812804731802","url":null,"abstract":"Explicit phonological knowledge of educational professionals. Carroll, J., Gillon, G., & McNeill, B. December 2012, 231–244. Nonword repetition performance of early school-age children in Korea: A preliminary study. Park, H., & Schwarz, I. September 2012, 187–196. The effects of geographic location and picture support on children’s story retelling performance. Westerveld, M., & Heilmann, J. J. June 2012, 129–144.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"416 1","pages":"295 - 296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79459366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Explicit Phonological Knowledge of Educational Professionals","authors":"Jane L. D. Carroll, G. Gillon, Brigid C McNeill","doi":"10.1179/136132812804731820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812804731820","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study examined the phonological awareness skills of 699 education professionals and paraprofessionals working in New Zealand primary schools. Performance in a phonological awareness test was compared across speech-language pathologists (SLPs, n = 34), primary school teachers (n = 208), teacher aides (n = 49), Resource Teachers of Literacy (RTLits, n = 80), Resource Teachers of Learning and Behavior (RTLBs, n = 26), early childhood educators (ECEs, n = 51), third year College of Education students (3YRBT, n = 98), and first-year College of Education students (1YRBT, n = 153). The results indicated large variability in New Zealand educators' capacity to segment words into sounds. SLPs performed at near ceiling (98% accuracy), whereas junior school teachers performed at 74% accuracy, teacher aides at 63%, ECEs at 56%, RTLits at 89%, RTLBs at 78%, 3rd year College of Education students at 68%, and 1st year College of Education students at 55%. The data suggest professional development in phonological awareness for all the educators as well as pre service teachers and teacher aides is warranted.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"1 1","pages":"231 - 244"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79894510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Middle Ear Disease and Hearing Loss in School-Aged Indigenous Western Australian Children","authors":"Lydia Timms, Sally Grauaug, Cori J. Williams","doi":"10.1179/136132812804731794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812804731794","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study investigated the occurrence of middle ear disease (MED) and hearing loss across age and season in urban and regional indigenous primary school children (aged 3 to 15 years) from Western Australia. It compares the occurrence of MED and concomitant hearing loss in the urban and regional cohorts. Tympanometry and audiometry were used to determine ear health and hearing status. MED (Type B and C tympanograms) was diagnosed in 125 (30.64%) out of 408 urban participants and 68 (15.52%) out of 438 regional participants. The urban cohort of participants had a significantly higher proportion of MED than the regional cohort. There was a significant negative relationship between age and MED where the disease was highest in the youngest age group in both cohorts. The study found there was a seasonal influence on the occurrence of MED in the regional cohort but not in the urban cohort. Hearing loss concurrent with MED was detected in 71 (60.17%) out of 118 urban participants and 41 (71.93%) out of the 57 regional participants. The study informs health and educational authorities about the need for ongoing screening for MED and associated hearing loss. Implications of these high proportions and future directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"138 1","pages":"277 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89356918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Presence of Stop Bursts and Multiple Bursts in Younger and Older Adults","authors":"S. Parveen, A. Goberman","doi":"10.1179/136132812804731811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812804731811","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The presence of more than one stop burst on the same stop consonant is termed a multiple burst (MB), and few studies are known to have quantitatively examined the presence of MBs in younger or older adults. Given that there is no known standard metholodology for identifying MBs, the current study describes a methodological approach to identify MBs. The study examines occurrences of stop bursts and MBs in initial stop consonants produced by younger adult (YA) and older adult (OA) speakers. A statistically significant loss of stop bursts was found in OA speakers for bilabials as compared to YA speakers. Although MBs were present across all places of stop articulation, they were predominant for the velar stop consonants. There were no age-related differences in MB occurrence, as they occurred in similar levels in both age groups. Previous research has found that velar stop consonants are more difficult to accurately produce for individuals with dysarthrias, and the current study extends this finding to both younger and older non-neurologically impaired individuals. Data are interpreted relative to the effect of aging on stop consonant production, and the data set the groundwork for future studies to examine bursts and MBs in different clinical populations.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"28 1","pages":"265 - 275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76755374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Author Index: Volume 15, Numbers 1–4","authors":"","doi":"10.1179/136132812804731776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812804731776","url":null,"abstract":"Carroll, J., Gillon, G., & McNeill, B. Explicit phonological knowledge of educational professionals. December 2012, 231–244. Chakrabarty, M. See Kumar, June 2012, 85–92. Chakraborty, R. Influence of early and late academic exposure to L2 on perception of L1 and L2 accent. March 20120, 51–72. Chang, W. D., & Bourgeois, M. Effects of memory aids on the conversations of elderly Chinese persons. December 2012, 245–264. Chen, Y. See Tang, September 2012, 163–174. Cornwell, P. See Kamal, June 2012, 111–128.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"32 1","pages":"291 - 293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89262794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonword Repetition Performance of Early School-Age Children in Korea: A Preliminary Study","authors":"Hyejin Park, I. Schwarz","doi":"10.1179/136132812805253569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812805253569","url":null,"abstract":"This preliminary study investigated performance on a Korean language nonword repetition task (NRT) with school children in Korea. Results across different syllable lengths were examined for developmental changes. Forty-two typically developing Korean children from 7;0 through 10;7 years of age in first, second, and fourth grades participated. The first grade group did not perform as well as the others and showed diverse errors at syllable and phoneme levels. There was no significant performance difference between second and four graders even though the number of errors decreased as the grade increased. Results from this preliminary study support a large scale investigation with children in second grade and younger.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"30 1","pages":"187 - 196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74075869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Blomgren, C. M. Richburg, Sara Rhodehouse, S. Redmond
{"title":"Is Speed of Stimulus Categorization Slower in Stuttering Speakers? A Cognitive Event-Related Potential Study","authors":"M. Blomgren, C. M. Richburg, Sara Rhodehouse, S. Redmond","doi":"10.1179/136132812805253541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812805253541","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined stimuli classification skills in stuttering and nonstuttering speakers using a group study design across two measurement times. Auditory P300 event-related potentials were assessed in 10 stuttering speakers and 12 nonstuttering speakers. Study participants were recorded twice: stuttering speakers before and after a 3-week stuttering modification treatment program and controls three weeks apart. Right and left hemispheric P300 responses to tonal and speechlike stimuli were measured","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"92 1","pages":"211 - 229"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76620025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing","authors":"","doi":"10.1179/136132812805253596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812805253596","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"65 1","pages":"vii - viii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76433498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constructing a Physiological Equivalent of the Cantonese Vowel Quadrilateral Using Electromagnetic Articulography (EMA)","authors":"C. Tang, M. Ng, Yang Chen, N. Yan","doi":"10.1179/136132812805253578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132812805253578","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"31 1","pages":"163 - 173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85184152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}