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Generalization to conversational speech.
M Elbert1, D A Dinnsen, P Swartzlander
1Indiana University, Bloomington.
The Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
|November 1, 1990
Summary
Treatment for childhood phonological disorders improved speech sound accuracy in both single words and conversational speech for most children. Many children generalized correct production to conversation without specific conversational speech therapy.
Area of Science:
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Childhood Communication Disorders
- Phonological Development
Background:
- Changes in phonological systems are documented in single-word testing for children undergoing treatment.
- Less is known about how these phonological changes manifest in conversational speech.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate changes in phonological systems in conversational speech following treatment.
- To determine if improvements seen in single-word testing generalize to spontaneous speech.
Main Methods:
- Analyzed single-word and conversational speech samples from 10 children with phonological disorders.
- Data collected before treatment, after treatment, and at a 3-month follow-up.
Main Results:
- Most children demonstrated phonological system changes in both single-word and conversational speech.
- Correct sound production appeared to extend from single words to conversation for many participants.
Conclusions:
- Phonological treatment can lead to improvements in conversational speech, not just single words.
- Children with phonological disorders may generalize newly acquired speech sound accuracy to spontaneous conversation without direct intervention targeting it.