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M Alice Shillingsburg1, Diane L Hollander2, Rachel N Yosick3
1Marcus Autism Center, 1920 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA ; Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA.
Abstract:
Stimulus-stimulus pairing (SSP) is a procedure used to increase vocalizations in children with significant language delays. However, results from studies that have examined the effectiveness of SSP have been discrepant. The following review of the literature summarizes the results from 13 experiments published between 1996 and 2014 that used this procedure with children with language delays. Studies were analyzed across various participant and procedural variables, and an effect size estimate (nonoverlap of all pairs) was calculated for a portion of the participants in the studies reviewed. Results indicated an overall moderate intervention effect for SSP of speech sounds. Recommendations are provided for future researchers about information to report and potential avenues for future studies.
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