Suprasegmental skills, motor skills and communication skills of oral expressive language impaired children
Date Issued
December 1, 1980
Author(s)
Bennett, Mary Sue
Advisor(s)
Carl W. Asp
Additional Advisor(s)
Sol Adler
Harold Peterson
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the suprasegmental, motor and communication skills of nine mild to moderately language impaired preschoolers from lower class environments. To assess these skills, the Tennessee Test of Word and Nonsense Suprasegmental Patterns (T-TWANS-P), the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Dailey Language Facility Test were administered to all subjects. There was a significant correlation between motor scores and suprasegmental scores and between the suprasegmental scores and the communication scores. It appears that motor skill development and suprasegmental skill development are related. Furthermore, suprasegmental skills appear to be related to communication skills for language impaired children. Although the correlation between motor scores and communication scores was not statistically significant it was of sufficient magnitude (0.61) to suggest that a relationship does exist and needs further study.
Degree
Master of Arts
Major
Speech Pathology
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