Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Winter 1973
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Health Sciences
Committee Chair
Bernard Jackson
Second Committee Member
Richard V. Alumbaugh
Third Committee Member
O. Wensley
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to see if normal speakers and misarticulators differentially predict the frequency of occurrence of 80 words containing one or more of the five most frequently misarticulated speech sounds. The 80 words were selected from a study by Ausherman and Black. The subjects were 20 college-age individuals, ten with normal articulation and ten with articulation disorders. There were five males and females in each group.
All subjects predicted the frequency of occurrence of 80 words on the basis of an eight-point scale. Error scores were computed, used as a criterion measure, and statistically analyzed and checked for the strength of experimental effects.
The main conclusion was that data of human experience related to the five most frequently misarticulated speech sounds among female misarticulators is different from normal speakers and male misarticulators, and is reflected in their ability to predict the frequency of occurrence of words containing frequently misarticulated speech sounds
Recommended Citation
Divers, William Joseph III, "An Investigation of the Ability to Predict the Frequency of Occurrence of Words Between Normal and Articulatory Defective College-Age Individuals" (1973). All Master's Theses. 2086.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2086