Monthly Archives: April 2011

Why Not to Use Nonspeech Oral Motor Exercises for Speech Sounds Disorders 1

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

Following our theme of Science and Pseudoscience, our Guest Author this weekend and all through this coming week is renowned researcher Greg Lof, Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, at the Masschussetts General Hospital Institute of Health … Continue reading →

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‘Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders’ 1:2

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

Articles Interaction in conversation in Huntington´s disease: An activity-based analysis and the conversation partner’s view of change Charlotta Saldert, Elisabeth Eriksson, Kerstin Petersson, Lena Hartelius 169-197 On the use of the term ‘repair’ and its application to disordered conversational speech … Continue reading →

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‘Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics’ 25:5

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Volume 25, Number 5 (May 2011) Subject–verb agreement, object clitics and wh-questions in bilingual French–Greek SLI: the case study of a French–Greek-speaking child with SLI Stavroula Stavrakaki, Marie-Annick Chrysomallis, and Evangelia Petraki Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics May 2011, Vol. … Continue reading →

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Strange sounds from the clinic – 4

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

‘Velar postposing’! Today we report on a 3;8 boy who, amongst other features, exhibited velar fronting. Therapy undertaken before he came to the UL clinic had clearly concentrated on drilling a very emphatic [k] (probably realized as strongly aspirated [kh] … Continue reading →

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Errrr …

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

I hadn’t thought to post on English approximant /r/ again so soon. But I came across a website giving advice on how to treat /r/ problems that I thought couldn’t go unchallenged. I’m not giving the details of the website, … Continue reading →

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Brackets

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

We were surprised recently on the Yahoo Phonological Therapy group to discover what seemed to be a widespread uncertainty about bracket usage in phonetic transcription in general, and clinical phonetic transcription in particular. We repeat here an edited version of my posts … Continue reading →

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‘Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine’

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

Authors: Simon Singh, PhD and Edzard Ernst, MD, PhD Publisher: W.W. Norton Co., New York, London ISBN: 978-0-393-06661-6 Publication date: 2008 From Publishers Weekly: Noted science writer Singh and British professor of complementary medicine Ernst offer a reasoned examination of … Continue reading →

Posted in Science and Pseudoscience

‘Darwin’s Universe’

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

Darwin’s Universe Evolution from A to Z Richard Milner This alphabetically arranged reference, an immensely entertaining browser’s delight, offers a dazzling overview of the life and thought of Charles Darwin and his incredibly wide sphere of influence. Authoritative and abundantly … Continue reading →

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Precision Stroboscopy, Voice Quality and Electrolaryngography 10

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

Today we conclude Prof Adrian Fourcin’s series. 6. In Conclusion The main contributions to voice quality analysis which are presently made possible by Laryngograph type approaches come from the special physical properties of the equipment and the very close relation … Continue reading →

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Precision Stroboscopy, Voice Quality and Electrolaryngography 9

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

This week, our guest author, Professor Adrian Fourcin, concludes his discussion of electrolaryngography. 5. Laryngograph data and voice quality in the speech of the deaf (contd.)   Finally, the important aspect of voice quality, QxFx, used for example in Figure … Continue reading →

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