Browsing by Author "Communication Sciences and Disorders"
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Assessing the Nasalance of Native Mandarin Speakers in Mandarin and English
Pua, Eshan (East Carolina University, 2017-05-04)Objective: To determine whether native Mandarin speakers show a difference in nasalance measurement in their native language compared to English and analyze the effect of predictors on nasalance scores. Design: Participants ... -
Auditory and visual sustained attention on tasks with varied motivation and cognitive loads in children with and without ADHD.
Russell, Emily Louise (East Carolina University, 2015)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common condition that can make tasks difficult for the children affected, particularly in a school environment. Continuous performance tasks are one means of evaluating ... -
Auditory brainstem responses to air- and bone-conducted chirp stimuli in newborns and young adults.
Cobb, Kensi M. (East Carolina University, 2015)Over the past half a century, considerable effort has been dedicated to the development of universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) programs across the United States. Newborn hearing screenings have progressed from ... -
Auditory event-related potentials recorded during passive listening and speech production
Swink, Shannon (East Carolina University, 2010)What is the role of audition in the process of speech production and speech perception? Specifically, how are speech production and speech perception integrated to facilitate forward flowing speech and communication? ... -
Binaural Interference in Normal Hearing Children
Shanley, Robyn Helena (East Carolina University, 2009)This study was conducted to determine if the phenomenon of binaural interference occurs in normal hearing children. To investigate the possible presence of binaural interference, comparisons of the participants' right, ... -
Building Buddies
Barnard, Caroline (East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Building Buddies is a campus organization that began its creation process in Honors 2000. Building Buddies is partnered with non-profit organization, Building Hope which is a center near ECU’s campus that focuses on youth ... -
Categorization in Context for Young and Older Adults
Lewis, Skye (East Carolina University, 2013)Individuals make sense of the world by grouping items into categories, or clusters of concepts that share certain characteristics. Some research has indicated that older adults may organize concepts differently than young ... -
Communication and Learning in Natural Environments: Generalization and Collaboration between Speech-Language Pathologists, Educators, and Families
Porter, Sarah Grace (East Carolina University, 2022-12-08)This study focuses on school-based speech language pathology and practicing SLPs perceptions of the current collaboration efforts between themselves, other professionals, and families. The purpose of this study is to ... -
Comparison of Nasalance in Spanish-Speaking Bilinguals and English-Speaking Monolinguals Living in Eastern North Carolina: A Preliminary Investigation
Broadwell, Katie (East Carolina University, 2016-04-14)The purpose of this study was to obtain preliminary nasalance (percentage of air resonated in the nasal cavity) data for typically developing, Spanish-speaking bilinguals living in NC. A secondary aim was to determine ... -
Creating a short film from start to finish
Hollingsworth, Denver (2015-04-30)This project is a creative endeavor that explores the process of creating a short film from start to finish. The process begins with writing a screenplay for the film, fleshing out characters and coming up with a well-written ... -
Cultural influence on listener responses to stuttering
Zhang, Jianliang (East Carolina University, 2010)Stuttering is a developmental, involuntary, and intermittent fluency disorder. During moments of stuttering, people who stutter demonstrate sudden onsets and offsets of the aberrant struggling behaviors, with primary ... -
Discourse Analysis of Adults with Anomic and Broca's Aphasia
Yeager, Allison (East Carolina University, 2016-04-29)Multilevel discourse analyses have been demonstrated to be more sensitive than some standardized language tests (Marini et al., 2011). Individuals with aphasia often present with both microlinguistic and macrolinguistic ... -
Discourse Process Training and Attention Process Training 2 in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury
Henderson, Amy (East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often present with relatively preserved lexical and grammatical skills but exhibit discourse level deficits which negatively affect functional communication. Discourse following ... -
Discourse Processing in Neurologically Healthy Adults: A Cross-Modal Eye tracking Study
Sharma, Saryu (East Carolina University, 2021-07-20)One of the methods to study discourse comprehension is inference revision. Inferencing can be defined as a controlled, information-generation process that requires deductive reasoning abilities (Kintsch, 1998). Studies ... -
Discourse processing treatment for adults with aphasia.
Frisco, Nicole (East Carolina University, 2015)The general goal of treatment for people with aphasia (PWA) is to improve their ability to communicate, which involves the discourse level. Treatment at this level is not a new concept, and there are many well-established ... -
DYNAMIC SOCIAL PERCEPTION IN ADULTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Ring, Hannah R (East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition that is typically diagnosed by the age of three-years-old. ASD can have a profound life-long impact on social perception, the maintenance of relationships, and ... -
The Effect of Drawing to Enhance Word Retrieval in Individuals with Chronic Severe Aphasia
Taylor, Anna Meredith (East Carolina University, 2012)The purpose of the current study was to examine if individuals with severe chronic aphasia could increase their ability to retrieve object names by implementing the compensatory strategy of drawing. This unique treatment ... -
The Effect of Word Familiarity and Treatment Approach on Word Retrieval Skills in Aphasia
Dorry, Jacqueline F. (East Carolina University, 2010)The purpose of this investigation was to examine the influence of subjective word familiarity on word retrieval ability and responsiveness to short, intensive aphasia treatment. Four native English-speaking participants ... -
Effects of Instruction Method on Vital Capacity and Maximum Sustained Phonation in Adult Female Controls
Ohlhaut, Angela (East Carolina University, 2012)Angela Ohlhaut. Effects of Instruction Method on Vital Capacity and Maximum Sustained Phonation in Adult Female Controls (Under the direction of Kathleen T. Cox, Ph.D.) Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, ... -
The effects of presentation rate on semantic, syntactic, and orthographic processing and relationship to reading fluency in children
Wolfe, Donna L. (East Carolina University, 2011)Reading fluency is the connection between reading decoding and reading comprehension. A child becomes fluent between second and third grade (Coltheart, 1978). However, it is unknown if fluency is strictly the result of ...