Professional Judgments About The Relationship Between Speech And Intelligence In African American Preschoolers

Authors

Ken M. Bleile, University of Northern IowaFollow
Joy Silverman Mcgowan, Private Practice
John E. Bernthal, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volume

30

Issue

5

First Page

367

Last Page

383

Abstract

This study investigated listener judgments of the speech of African American preschoolers. Forty-four judges (Head Start teaching staff = 18, pediatricians = 15, and speech-language pathologists = 11) were asked to watch and listen to a video tape of six children and to judge each child's speech and intelligence. Head Start teaching staff and pediatricians were both likely to perceive that speech and intelligence were related, although the two groups held differing views about the nature of that relationship. Speech-language pathologists were likely to perceive speech as being relatively independent of intelligence.

Department

Department of Communicative Disorders

Original Publication Date

9-1-1997

DOI of published version

10.1016/S0021-9924(96)00109-8

Recommended Citation

Bleile, Ken M.; Mcgowan, Joy Silverman; and Bernthal, John E., "Professional Judgments About The Relationship Between Speech And Intelligence In African American Preschoolers" (1997). Faculty Publications. 3977.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/3977