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 2024
The Impact of Treatment Dosage on Cognitive-Linguistic Outcomes of Patients with Aphasia: An Investigation of Three Service Delivery Models, Adele J. Derendinger
AN INVESTIGATION OF THREE REHABILITATION MODELS ON COGNITIVE-LINGUISTIC AND PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING OUTCOMES FOR STROKE SURVIVORS WITH CHRONIC APHASIA, Jenna Ray Griffin
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF ADMINISTERING A FUNCTIONAL COGNITIVE-COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH SELF-REPORTED CONCUSSION, Mackenzie Ann Brown
Parent and Child Characteristics Impacting Identification of Children With Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Sarah E. Floyd
Role of Morphological Awareness in Language and Literacy in Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder, Melissa Phelan
THE EFFECT OF ATTENTIONAL MANIPULATION ON COUGH REFLEX SENSITIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH COUGH HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME, Jane Elizabeth Reynolds
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Programmatic desensitization of the cough reflex in patients with refractory chronic cough, Emma Bozarth Dailey
COMPUTER MODELLING OF NEUROTOXICITY AND AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER IN THE RAT AFTER CHRONIC LEAD INTOXICATION, Silas Brewer Smith
Preliminary Investigation of an Aphasia-Friendly Version of the Patient Health Questionnaire – 8 (PHQ-8) Compared to other Patient and Proxy Reported Outcome Measures of Depression, Kaylee Marie Walter
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Patient Perspectives of an Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program for Stroke Survivors, Anya A. Leyhe, Catherine A. Off, Carolyn R. Baylor, Jenna R. Griffin, and Kirsten W. Murray
The Impact of Salient Naming Targets during Aphasia Therapy, Kathy Kay Molesh, Catherine Off Ph.D., Craig McFarland Ph.D., and Jenna Griffin M.S.
Speech-Language Pathology and Psychology Students' Perceptions of an Interprofessional Autism Intervention: An Exploratory Case Study, Haley Marie Nelson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Caregiver Perspectives: A Phenomenological Study of Group Education During an Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program, Maggie Colstad
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
PATIENT-REPORTED VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUCCESS OF BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC COUGH, Bridget Loomis
A BRIEF BUT INTENSIVE LANGUAGE-LITERACY INTERVENTION FOR AN ADOLESCENT, Minako I. May
EFFICACY OF THREE BACKWARD MASKING SIGNALS, Robert David Sears
Preschool Writing Instruction: Modeling the Writing Stages, Shelby Swant
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Neuroplasticity, Dosage, and Repetition Priming Effects in Individuals with Stroke-Induced Aphasia, Jenna Ray Griffin
A Comparison of Lexical Inferencing Skills in Third-, Fourth-, and Fifth-Grade Students, Noelle Angeline Jones
The Effect of Clinician-Related Variables on Decision-Making in Dysphagia Practice, Melissa Colleen Murphy
Prophylactic-Dysphagia Intervention for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Receiving Chemoradiation Therapy, Shanna Lee Stack
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
RELIABILITY OF PROXY RESPONDENTS WHO REPORT COMMUNICATIVE PARTICIPATION FOR PERSONS WITH APHASIA, Megan Rose Eandi
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
DYSPHAGIA TREATMENT PLANNING: ASSESSING CLINICIANS’ TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW STUDY REPORTS, Jennifer Dawn Danielson
The Effects of Modeled Writing on Early Literacy Development in Preschool Children, Bethany M. Froehlich Collins
PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS SKILL OF SEGMENTING IN BILINGUAL ENGLISH/SPANISH SPEAKING 4- AND 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, Kate Lorraine McKay
A COMPARISON OF METADISCOURSE MARKERS AND WRITING QUALITY IN ADOLESCENT WRITTEN NARRATIVES, Susan Gold Sanford
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Stimulus effects on loudness discomfort levels and selecting a hearing aid fitting matrix, Lisa Judge
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Communication assessment of the very young child (0-2 years), Laura S. Crandall
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Use of flexible fiberoptic nasendoscopy (FFN) for the purpose of laryngeal examination with the voice disordered population., Katherine A. Cody
Attitudes of parents of preschool children toward parental participation in speech therapy and attitudes of parents of school-age children: A comparison, Angela Critchell
Assessment of the views and qualifications of educational interpreters for the hearing impaired in Fairfax County in Virginia., Mary Ann. Duffy
Study of information shared between children with cleft lip and/or palate and their care-givers with regard to the cleft condition and its treatment, Jodie L. Egosque
Effectiveness of supplemental parent training in hearing aid listening checks, Terris E. Foust
Differences in levels of importance placed on components of a vocal hygiene program between teachers of singing and speech pathologists, Hali Jeanne Hanna
Comparison of actual versus prescribed gain for school-aged, hearing-impaired children, Nancy M. Hohler
Effectiveness of an FM system on a preschool hearing-impaired child's story comprehension during storytime, Melissa Ann Janigo
Survey of state licensing and education agency regulation of speech-language pathology paraprofessionals' registration and training, Mary McCormick Keeney
Importance of investigating phonetic and phonological parameters in children with repaired cleft lip and palate., Allison R. MacDonald
Generalization of categorization skills in language learning disabled children, Janet Elizabeth McLellan
Response errors by normal hearing listeners on the Maryland CNC Test, Sherrin F. Richardson
To REUR, RECD, or simply NAL| A comparison of three methods of ordering 2 cc coupler gain for hearing aids, Linda Jean Scarlett-Hauck
Survey of attitudes toward interdisciplinary cooperation in public school special service personnel in Great Falls Montana, Steven J. Short
Vision screening and its importance for hearing-impaired students., Kathleen B. Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Measurement of interobserver reliability and concurrent validity for the Play Assessment Scale, Kari Lee Altenhofen
Educational re-entry for brain injured children., Grazia G. Bersan
Effect of word recognition as measured by the Maryland CNC word lists on the relationship between the spondee recognition threshold and pure tone threshold data, Melia Hayes Biedscheid
EMG biofeedback in the treatment of hyperfunctional voice disorders, Angela Bosma
Contribution of writing on the effectiveness of language therapy for hearing-impaired children, Julie Hanson Brooks
An analysis of normal adults' semantic judgments of picture associations, Stephanie Tara Donaldson
Perception and production of English speech contrasts by bilingual children from Spanish-dominant backgrounds, Karen M. Gideon
Speech and language training for the hearing-impaired using the auditory-verbal approach., Catherine B. Lebahn
Hearing aid candidates' perceptions on amplification systems| A pre-fitting to post-fitting anaylsis, Jamie A. Small
The McGurk illusion: A study of bimodal speech perception, Manisha Thakkar-Willms
Stroke rehabilitation : a counseling approach with families., Thelma Elaine. Wall
The failure rate of hearing screening among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Montana during the 1988 season, Yusnita Purnomohadi Weirather
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Assessment of the effectiveness of in-service training regarding the care and maintenance of hearing aids to personnel of health care facilities, Mary Eve Bakula
Augmentative communication : assessment intervention and follow-up protocols., Kathryn M. Conroy
Solano County normative values for The WORD Test ages 11 years-6 months to 13 years-11 months and a comparison with published normative values, Marianne Bruder Duncan
A comparison of performance by hearing-impaired children on two measures of receptive vocabulary, Rachel J. Glazer
Assessing the applicability of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised to Montana Flathead Indian Reservation children, Lori Ann Hanson
Effects of a client carrier phrase response on the talkback response mode reliability of examiners, Phyllis Ng
Students with communication difficulties in master level speech-language pathology programs : prevalence academic and clinical progress and related program policies, Harold Rock Pederson
Measurement of the validity and reliability of hearing aid listening checks as performed by speech-language pathologists, Patrice M. Tourne
Effects of contralateral masking on the summating and action potentials in humans during electrocochleography, Peter K. Wightman
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Comparison of estimated and actual data concerning time allocation and caseloads of public school speech/language clinicians, Emilie M. Brown
Otitis media and its developmental effects on young children, Dawn M. Gibbs
Communication appraisal in dementia of the Alzheimer's type, Raelene A. Hall
Teaching American Sign Language to hearing adults using handshapes or semantic category groupings : which method will result in the most retention?, Janis E. Hayes-Strom
Speech-language abilities in Rett syndrome., Carol Henighan
Identification of target populations for educational hearing screening programs, Sheila Marie Miller
Study of the validity and reliability of the Rastronics CCI-10| With emphasis on probe tube placement and the effects of Select-A-Vents, Roseann Moffatt
Status of objective evaluation of the velopharyngeal mechanism in Montana, Mary Pat Schilly
Communication impairments following right hemisphere brain damage., Kathleen D. Sims
Media and intelligibility influences on whole word broad phonetic transcription reliability, Alice Elizabeth Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Comparison of auditory brainstem response wave amplitude utilizing a multi-channel recording with noncephalic and cephalic reference electrode placement, Kristy Layne Foss
Cochlear implants| The audiologist's role, Jill E. King
Combined effects of modeling and metaconversational instruction on the conversational skills of learning disabled children., Nancy Monteith
Respiration training: A case study., Tina Shaffer-Sleyster
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Introduction to electronystagmography, Ellen T. Benedict
Early speech and language intervention and the relationship to later academic progress, Sally Ann Chisholm
Comparison of reading scores in junior high students with and without histories of middle ear disease (otitis media), Lisa Cooney
The effect of parent remediation on parent-child interaction., Prudence Cromwell
Temporal Integration of Auditory Signals for Various Binaural Phase Conditions., Ruth A. Fugleberg
A Planning framework for interagency cooperation for the hearing impaired, Debra J. Haider
Children's articulatory inconsistencies in relation to listener response, Ella Inglebret
The development of idiom comprehension in normally developing and language-deficient children, Glenn Albert Johnson
Speech results and associated findings following pharyngeal flap surgery in an established state craniofacial disorders program, Maureen Patricia McMahon
Planning treatment for language-disordered children| Target selection, Jamie J. Ruffatto
Evaluation of a school hearing screening program in terms of cost-accuracy measures, Carol Stewart Scott
Dyslexia : a deficit in verbal processing., Michelle Shue
Visual field defects and aphasia testing : a proposed adaptation of the Boston diagnostic aphasia examination., Laura L. Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Shared management : a review of service delivery options for the speech and language pathologist in the schools., Vicki L. Andre
Electromagnetic characteristics of the Staggered Spondaic Word Test, Holli J. Bell
Use of phonological processes in children learning English as a first language and in Hmong children learning English as a second language, Linda J. Briggs