The application of naturalistic conversation training to speech production in children with speech disabilities.

Full Abstract

The purpose of this experiment was to test the effectiveness of including speech production into naturalistic conversation training for 2 children with speech production disabilities. A multiple baseline design across behaviors (target phonemes) and across subjects (for the same phoneme) indicated that naturalistic conversation training resulted in improved spontaneous speech production. The implications of these findings are discussed relative to existing models of speech production training and other aspects of communication disorders.

Author information

Author/s: Camarata, S (S);

Affiliation: Scottish Rite Child Language Disorders Center, Division of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8700.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of applied behavior analysis (J Appl Behav Anal), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1993-; vol 26 (issue 2) : pp 173-82

Dates: Created 1993/08/13; Completed 1993/08/13; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 8331014, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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