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，但由于语音发育缓慢，缺乏足够的措施来评估治疗期间的微小变化，因此支持治疗疗效的数据有限。拟议的调查提出了一个新的措施，提供了潜在的增量变化的评估，脚手架规模的刺激（SSS）（Cuppey，2002年）。SSS是一种动态评估，它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模型来测量表达性语音。拟议调查的目的包括：（1）评估SSS的有效性和可靠性;（2）比较SSS与静态评估措施的结果;（3）记录6个月周期治疗期间的治疗效果。总的来说，拟议的调查将提供深入了解的性质的语音变化，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.