This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences (formerly Communicative Sciences and Disorders). Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Conversational control in non-impaired speakers using augmentative communication systems., Lynn D. Farrier
Fragile X syndrome : speech and language characteristics, Cynthia K. Gassett
Speech obturators| A viable approach to the treatment of velopharnygeal insufficiency, Karen Hart
Conveyance of sentence-types by alaryngeal speakers, Elizabeth J. Jackson
Comparison of an on-line procedure for MLU calculation with the traditional MLU procedure., Kari L. Morris
Effects of stimulus repetition rate on the brainstem auditory evoked potentials as a function of frequency at near-threshold levels, Michelle Anne Ruguleiski
Performance of Blackfeet Indian children on the Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test, Margaret I. Strobbe
Preschoolers' reactions to puppets displaying normal, stuttered, and phonologically delayed speech patterns, Ann M. Swanson
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Identification of affectively intoned speech in a group of right hemisphere brain-damaged patients using audio vs. audio-visual stimuli., Paula Avallone
3001| A word-recognition odyssey, Barbara J. Cormack
Perceptual salience in the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, Debra L. Croghan
Bacterial meningitis and hearing loss in children., Joan M. Gerharter
Influence of speech sample size on opportunities of sound segments in connected speech samples produced by phonologically disordered children, Judy A. Lawson
A preliminary investigation into certain developmental aspects of young children's comprehension of phrasal verbs, Alisa E. Rich
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
An experimental approach to the assessment of respiration for patients with neuromuscular pathologies., Karen J. Aune
Dichotic stop-consonant-vowel identification by normal listeners as a function of interchannel onset-time asynchronies, Rebecca L. Bingea
Tracheoesophageal puncture and the Blom-Singer prosthesis : a unique method for voice restoration following laryngectomy., Sarah A. Brettholle
Audiological follow-up on at-risk infants., Susan Bunting
Prosodic/pragmatic interaction during the one-word stage in a single subject, Mildred Cook Fitzpatrick
Characteristics of children with developmental verbal apraxia., Diane Guthrie
Effects of instructional set on free-speech samples, Elizabeth Maria Zischka
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Introduction to the mystery of Meniere's disease, Lisa Baye
The Carrow Elicited Language Inventory standardized in a rural Montana setting, Alida Wright Blair
Hearing-impaired speakers' sensitivity to listeners' communicative abilities, Jan E. Bryggman
Effects of hearing-aid receiver response characteristics, Joyce I. Forrester
Spondee thresholds as a function of psychophysical method and increment size| A cost-effectiveness study, Lynn V. Harris
Item analysis of the University of Montana Speech and Language Screening Device, Katherine T. Heider
Fine motor skills of children with developmental verbal dyspraxia., Theresa Metropoulos
Effect of biofeedback training on the maintenance of fluency., Karen Olde
Augmentative communication for the motorically handicapped child: Evaluation and intervention., Carol C. Ramsey
Speech characteristics of children post Reye's Syndrome, Sarah K. Scharfenaker
Accuracy of recorded measures of the Willeford Central Auditory Processing test battery, Susan L. Shea
Comparison of tympanometric-peak pressure in morning versus afternoon kindergarten children in west-central Montana, Dale K. Smith
Comparison of classroom versus clinical communication samples on pragmatics MLU and vocabulary diversity., Louise M. Snyder
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Quantitative and qualitative changes that occur under two speaking situations: Listener visible to speaker listener not visible to speaker, Deborah A. Cook
Design and implementation of an educational program for the families of aphasic persons., Janet L. Dige
Nature of hearing impairments in Turner's syndrome, Cynthia J. Kollofski
Modification of the communicative environment of young language-delayed children through parent-child interaction patterns: Some procedures and possibilities., Jane Horchem. Lovelady
Comprehension of indirectives in the hard of hearing population, Kimberly L. McCann
Bacterial meningitis in children, Christine M. O'Leary
Crib-o-gram infant screening audiometer., Sheila R. Pratt
Study of the influence of an internal linguistic model and rote imitation on performance on the Carrow Elicited Language Inventory, Jutta W. Prem
Operant approach to stuttering in children: Two case studies., Karen L. Rademaker
Preliminary study of the spontaneus speaking rate of four year old children, Rebecca Tribe Slater
Comparison of adult intensive stuttering programs., Patti L. Solomon
Historical study of a program of systematic obturator reduction for palatal incompetence, Christine A. Sorensen
Language stimulation program., Lorna Mae. Stauffer
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Feeding management program with cerebral palsied children using a Neurodevelopmental Treatment approach., Karen Lang Clemens
Perceptual judgments of nasal resonance., Phyllis L. Debertin
Driver evaluation guidelines for right hemiplegics, Terrilou Hansen
A suggested public school program for elementary students with severe language disorders., Patricia Jensen. Olmstead
Conditioned orientation reflex audiometry, Debra L. Sykes
Central auditory function in fluent and disfluent normal speakers, Michael K. Wynne
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Presuppositional strategies of concrete-operational-stage children, Christine Ann Dollaghan
Comparison of the Elicited Language Inventory with the Developmental Sentence Scoring method, Terrylea Madsen Reagor
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Effects of rate on comprehension by the mentally retarded child as compared to the normal child, Lynne Giacomino Dugolenski
The relationship of extra-high frequency pure tone thresholds to the use of oral contraceptives, Tom W. Dugolenski
Application of Blissymbolics to the non-vocal communicatively handicapped, Karen Lynn Jones
An exploration of etiological correlates of vocal disorders in women, Delores Ann Kotaska
Relationship between chronic otitis media and related conductive hearing loss and performance on auditory perceptual tasks, Susan Joy McKenzie
Auditory and visual memory skills in normal children, Joanne Mae Moulton
Effects of varying stimulus and response modalities on the short-term memory of children, Jeanne S. Northfield
Comparison of below-average and above-average classroom attenders ability to discriminate speech in background noise, Virginia Diane Rupp
What did you say?, Kathleen Stephany
Otitis media and language development, Christine Louise Switzer
Videofluorography and the assessment of velopharyngeal competence., Kathleen Ruth Tate
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Comparison of directional and omnidirectional hearing aids, Nancy Jo Connell
Description of an externship in the Great Falls Public Schools., Susan Meyer Curry
Relationship between nonlinguistic and linguistic auditory skills, Joanne Marie Dillon
The relationship between maternal verbal input and linguistic competency level of pre-school children, Jan Carpenter Key
Comparison of auditory discrimination abilities in three year olds with high risk and normal prenatal and perinatal histories, Susan Arnold Lane
Children's comprehension of pronominal reference in two syntactical structures, Catherine Ann Murphy
Speech language and hearing program for preschool children: Part A: Program development and implementation., Debra Lucille Wheat
Initiation of the Flathead Rural Schools Communication Disorders Program, Holly L. Wurl
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Report on the combined roles: Speech and language clinicians special services consultants School District #1 Missoula Montana, Patricia Ann Carr
The syntactical abilities of normal children and educationally handicapped children, Dixie Leigh Frasier
Motor difficulty and order of sound acquisition, Gayle Stone Fulton
The influence of contextual performance on sentence imitation abilities of three-year-olds, Margaret Mary Green
The Performance of prelinguistic (hearing impaired) and linguistic (hearing) children on eight nonsymbolic tasks of the Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude, Margaret Wierzbinski Kelly
A child learns to speak: A guide for parents to normal speech and language development, Susan M. Leitch
A comparison of the auditory comprehension of English syntax by English-speaking monolinguals and Spanish-English bilinguals, Constance Ann Lingel
Effects of expectations on the evaluation behaviors of speech clinicians, Kenneth Hammer Rue
Auditory discrimination of four and nine year olds as a function of stimulus context, Marcia Ellen Stimatz
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Consumer reactions to the Senior Citizens Audiological Services Program, Joan Dee Cantieri
Comparison of methods used to detect ear pathology in children, Marsha Lowe
An Investigation of videotape rescoring of certain subtests of the Porch Index of Communicative Ability, Caroline Lee Massarotto
Normative data on the spontaneous speaking rate of third grade children, Kathleen Colwell McCain
Pluralizing behavior of preschool children, Sandra Claire Meech
Listeners' electromyographic responses to fluent repetitious and prolonged speech, Thomas Michael Morris
Comparison of the test performance of normal and hearing impaired children on the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities, Elizabeth Jane Solberg
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Questionnaire identification of ear pathology in children, Ann Elizabeth Bowden
EMG response to fluent and disfluent speech among male and female child listeners, Ethel Cheng-Hsin Chang
Comparison of selected language skills between children with normal articulation and children with persistent misarticulations, Ellen Michele Flores
Effects of suggestion of difficulty on the fluency and rate of speech of children during oral reading, Michael A. Kiely
Comparison of word-unit and nonsense-unit speech sound discrimination scores of preschool children, Mary Pat LaForest
Evaluative study of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry hearing testing program, Marion Ilse Lund
Obtaining carryover: The effectiveness of certain linguistic units in speech-sound therapy, Mary Anne Molineux
Recognition and production of /s/ and /n/ words, Janice Driscoll Nugent
Disfluencies as a function of hearing one's own voice on a tape recorder, Susan Nelson Pier
A study of the relationship between syllable rate and fluency, Catherine Beall Thorne