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Keywords
Diction; Diction; Speech;
Abstract
It was suggested that further investigation of the effect of delayed auditory feedback on articulation at various age levels might lead to a better understanding of the development of the self-monitoring system of ongoing speech. The present study was concerned with the effect at various age levels of delayed auditory feedback on the number of articulation changes (errors) and on the number of each major articulation error type. Ten subjects in each age group of 5-5½, 7½-8½, and 18-23 years repeated five seven-syllable sentences, first under a condition of synchronous auditory feedback then with a delayed feedback of .23 second. All repeated sentences were stored on tape. Each five syllable core sentence was phonetically transcribed, and a comparison was made between the sentences with synchronous feedback and those with delayed feedback. All articulatory changes noted in the transcription for the delay condition were tabulated for each subject and each group, and classified according to type of major articulation "error". Three questions were investigated1 1) Are there differences in numb r of correct syllables found under DAF in younger children, older children and adults? 2) Are there differences in the number of articulation changes found under DAF with increasing age? 3) Do types of articulatory changes under DAF vary with age? Results were as follows& 1) There was a progressive increase in number of correct syllables as age increased, but a statistically significant difference (.05 level) in number occurred. only between the youngest and oldest groups. 2) As age increased there was a decrease in number of articulatory changes. Group differences between adults and younger children and between adults and older children were statistically significant (.05 level). 3) All error groups except omissions decreased with age. Additions were the most prevalent error category in all the groups.
Year of Submission
1969
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Speech
First Advisor
Ralph Schwartz
Second Advisor
Roy E. Eblen
Third Advisor
Harley E. Erickson
Date Original
1969
Object Description
1 PDF file (57 leaves)
Copyright
©1969 Cheryl Kay Greiner
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Greiner, Cheryl Kay, "A Developmental Study: Effects of Delayed Auditory Feedback on Articulation" (1969). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2792.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2792
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