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.

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Theses/Dissertations from 1984

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Conversational control in non-impaired speakers using augmentative communication systems., Lynn D. Farrier

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Fragile X syndrome : speech and language characteristics, Cynthia K. Gassett

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Speech obturators| A viable approach to the treatment of velopharnygeal insufficiency, Karen Hart

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Conveyance of sentence-types by alaryngeal speakers, Elizabeth J. Jackson

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Comparison of an on-line procedure for MLU calculation with the traditional MLU procedure., Kari L. Morris

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Effects of stimulus repetition rate on the brainstem auditory evoked potentials as a function of frequency at near-threshold levels, Michelle Anne Ruguleiski

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Performance of Blackfeet Indian children on the Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test, Margaret I. Strobbe

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Preschoolers' reactions to puppets displaying normal, stuttered, and phonologically delayed speech patterns, Ann M. Swanson

Theses/Dissertations from 1983

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Identification of affectively intoned speech in a group of right hemisphere brain-damaged patients using audio vs. audio-visual stimuli., Paula Avallone

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3001| A word-recognition odyssey, Barbara J. Cormack

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Perceptual salience in the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, Debra L. Croghan

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Bacterial meningitis and hearing loss in children., Joan M. Gerharter

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Influence of speech sample size on opportunities of sound segments in connected speech samples produced by phonologically disordered children, Judy A. Lawson

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A preliminary investigation into certain developmental aspects of young children's comprehension of phrasal verbs, Alisa E. Rich

Theses/Dissertations from 1982

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An experimental approach to the assessment of respiration for patients with neuromuscular pathologies., Karen J. Aune

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Dichotic stop-consonant-vowel identification by normal listeners as a function of interchannel onset-time asynchronies, Rebecca L. Bingea

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Tracheoesophageal puncture and the Blom-Singer prosthesis : a unique method for voice restoration following laryngectomy., Sarah A. Brettholle

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Audiological follow-up on at-risk infants., Susan Bunting

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Prosodic/pragmatic interaction during the one-word stage in a single subject, Mildred Cook Fitzpatrick

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Characteristics of children with developmental verbal apraxia., Diane Guthrie

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Effects of instructional set on free-speech samples, Elizabeth Maria Zischka

Theses/Dissertations from 1981

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Introduction to the mystery of Meniere's disease, Lisa Baye

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The Carrow Elicited Language Inventory standardized in a rural Montana setting, Alida Wright Blair

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Hearing-impaired speakers' sensitivity to listeners' communicative abilities, Jan E. Bryggman

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Effects of hearing-aid receiver response characteristics, Joyce I. Forrester

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Spondee thresholds as a function of psychophysical method and increment size| A cost-effectiveness study, Lynn V. Harris

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Item analysis of the University of Montana Speech and Language Screening Device, Katherine T. Heider

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Fine motor skills of children with developmental verbal dyspraxia., Theresa Metropoulos

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Effect of biofeedback training on the maintenance of fluency., Karen Olde

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Augmentative communication for the motorically handicapped child: Evaluation and intervention., Carol C. Ramsey

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Speech characteristics of children post Reye's Syndrome, Sarah K. Scharfenaker

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Accuracy of recorded measures of the Willeford Central Auditory Processing test battery, Susan L. Shea

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Comparison of tympanometric-peak pressure in morning versus afternoon kindergarten children in west-central Montana, Dale K. Smith

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Comparison of classroom versus clinical communication samples on pragmatics MLU and vocabulary diversity., Louise M. Snyder

Theses/Dissertations from 1980

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Quantitative and qualitative changes that occur under two speaking situations: Listener visible to speaker listener not visible to speaker, Deborah A. Cook

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Design and implementation of an educational program for the families of aphasic persons., Janet L. Dige

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Nature of hearing impairments in Turner's syndrome, Cynthia J. Kollofski

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Modification of the communicative environment of young language-delayed children through parent-child interaction patterns: Some procedures and possibilities., Jane Horchem. Lovelady

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Comprehension of indirectives in the hard of hearing population, Kimberly L. McCann

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Bacterial meningitis in children, Christine M. O'Leary

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Crib-o-gram infant screening audiometer., Sheila R. Pratt

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Study of the influence of an internal linguistic model and rote imitation on performance on the Carrow Elicited Language Inventory, Jutta W. Prem

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Operant approach to stuttering in children: Two case studies., Karen L. Rademaker

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Preliminary study of the spontaneus speaking rate of four year old children, Rebecca Tribe Slater

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Comparison of adult intensive stuttering programs., Patti L. Solomon

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Historical study of a program of systematic obturator reduction for palatal incompetence, Christine A. Sorensen

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Language stimulation program., Lorna Mae. Stauffer

Theses/Dissertations from 1979

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Feeding management program with cerebral palsied children using a Neurodevelopmental Treatment approach., Karen Lang Clemens

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Perceptual judgments of nasal resonance., Phyllis L. Debertin

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Driver evaluation guidelines for right hemiplegics, Terrilou Hansen

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A suggested public school program for elementary students with severe language disorders., Patricia Jensen. Olmstead

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Conditioned orientation reflex audiometry, Debra L. Sykes

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Central auditory function in fluent and disfluent normal speakers, Michael K. Wynne

Theses/Dissertations from 1978

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Presuppositional strategies of concrete-operational-stage children, Christine Ann Dollaghan

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Comparison of the Elicited Language Inventory with the Developmental Sentence Scoring method, Terrylea Madsen Reagor

Theses/Dissertations from 1977

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Effects of rate on comprehension by the mentally retarded child as compared to the normal child, Lynne Giacomino Dugolenski

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The relationship of extra-high frequency pure tone thresholds to the use of oral contraceptives, Tom W. Dugolenski

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Application of Blissymbolics to the non-vocal communicatively handicapped, Karen Lynn Jones

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An exploration of etiological correlates of vocal disorders in women, Delores Ann Kotaska

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Relationship between chronic otitis media and related conductive hearing loss and performance on auditory perceptual tasks, Susan Joy McKenzie

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Auditory and visual memory skills in normal children, Joanne Mae Moulton

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Effects of varying stimulus and response modalities on the short-term memory of children, Jeanne S. Northfield

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Comparison of below-average and above-average classroom attenders ability to discriminate speech in background noise, Virginia Diane Rupp

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What did you say?, Kathleen Stephany

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Otitis media and language development, Christine Louise Switzer

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Videofluorography and the assessment of velopharyngeal competence., Kathleen Ruth Tate

Theses/Dissertations from 1976

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Comparison of directional and omnidirectional hearing aids, Nancy Jo Connell

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Description of an externship in the Great Falls Public Schools., Susan Meyer Curry

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Relationship between nonlinguistic and linguistic auditory skills, Joanne Marie Dillon

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The relationship between maternal verbal input and linguistic competency level of pre-school children, Jan Carpenter Key

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Comparison of auditory discrimination abilities in three year olds with high risk and normal prenatal and perinatal histories, Susan Arnold Lane

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Children's comprehension of pronominal reference in two syntactical structures, Catherine Ann Murphy

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Speech language and hearing program for preschool children: Part A: Program development and implementation., Debra Lucille Wheat

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Initiation of the Flathead Rural Schools Communication Disorders Program, Holly L. Wurl

Theses/Dissertations from 1975

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Report on the combined roles: Speech and language clinicians special services consultants School District #1 Missoula Montana, Patricia Ann Carr

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The syntactical abilities of normal children and educationally handicapped children, Dixie Leigh Frasier

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Motor difficulty and order of sound acquisition, Gayle Stone Fulton

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The influence of contextual performance on sentence imitation abilities of three-year-olds, Margaret Mary Green

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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

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A child learns to speak: A guide for parents to normal speech and language development, Susan M. Leitch

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A comparison of the auditory comprehension of English syntax by English-speaking monolinguals and Spanish-English bilinguals, Constance Ann Lingel

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Effects of expectations on the evaluation behaviors of speech clinicians, Kenneth Hammer Rue

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Auditory discrimination of four and nine year olds as a function of stimulus context, Marcia Ellen Stimatz

Theses/Dissertations from 1974

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Consumer reactions to the Senior Citizens Audiological Services Program, Joan Dee Cantieri

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Comparison of methods used to detect ear pathology in children, Marsha Lowe

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An Investigation of videotape rescoring of certain subtests of the Porch Index of Communicative Ability, Caroline Lee Massarotto

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Normative data on the spontaneous speaking rate of third grade children, Kathleen Colwell McCain

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Pluralizing behavior of preschool children, Sandra Claire Meech

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Listeners' electromyographic responses to fluent repetitious and prolonged speech, Thomas Michael Morris

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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

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Questionnaire identification of ear pathology in children, Ann Elizabeth Bowden

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EMG response to fluent and disfluent speech among male and female child listeners, Ethel Cheng-Hsin Chang

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Comparison of selected language skills between children with normal articulation and children with persistent misarticulations, Ellen Michele Flores

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Effects of suggestion of difficulty on the fluency and rate of speech of children during oral reading, Michael A. Kiely

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Comparison of word-unit and nonsense-unit speech sound discrimination scores of preschool children, Mary Pat LaForest

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Evaluative study of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry hearing testing program, Marion Ilse Lund

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Obtaining carryover: The effectiveness of certain linguistic units in speech-sound therapy, Mary Anne Molineux

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Recognition and production of /s/ and /n/ words, Janice Driscoll Nugent

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Disfluencies as a function of hearing one's own voice on a tape recorder, Susan Nelson Pier

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A study of the relationship between syllable rate and fluency, Catherine Beall Thorne