Phonological Change: Stimulability in Cycles Treatment

描述（由申请人提供）：语音治疗的目标是提高语音障碍儿童的技能，但由于语音发展的缓慢性质和缺乏适当的措施来评估治疗过程中微小的变化，支持治疗效果的数据有限。拟议的调查提出了一种新的测量方法，为评估增量变化提供了潜力，即刺激性脚手架量表（SSS） （Glaspey, 2002）。SSS是一种动态评估，基于线索类型和儿童在日益复杂的语言环境中产生目标所需的建模来测量表达音系。本研究的目的包括：(1)评估SSS的效度和信度；(2) SSS与静态评估指标的结果比较；(3) 6个月周期治疗的疗效记录。总的来说，拟议的调查将提供深入了解语音变化的本质，这将允许在未来的研究中更好地测量治疗效果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of phonological treatment is to improve the skills of children with phonological disorders of speech, yet data to support the efficacy of treatment is limited due to the slow nature of phonological development and the lack of adequate measures to assess small increments of change during therapy. The proposed investigation presents a new measure that offers potential for the assessment of incremental change, the Scaffolding Scale of Stimulability (SSS) (Glaspey, 2002). The SSS is a dynamic assessment that measures expressive phonology based on the types of cues and modeling a child needs to produce targets within increasingly complex linguistic environments. The aims of the proposed investigation include: (1) assessment of the validity and reliability of the SSS; (2) comparison of outcomes of the SSS with static assessment measures; and (3) documentation of treatment effects during six months of cycles treatment. Overall, the proposed investigation will provide insight into the nature of phonological change, which will allow for better measurement of treatment efficacy in future studies.