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McMicken, Betty; Vento-Wilson, Margaret; Von Berg, Shelley; Iskarous, Khalil; Kim, Namhee; Rogers, Kelly; Young, Sonja – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
This article is the second in a series that examines the intelligibility of a person with congenital aglossia (PWCA). Specific factors examined in this study included (a) intelligibility for meaningful words versus nonsense words, (b) intelligibility for consonant-vowel-consonant words (CVCs) as a function of phonemic segment types, and (c)…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Semantics, Phonemes, Vowels
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McMicken, Betty; Vento-Wilson, Margaret; Von Berg, Shelley; Rogers, Kelly – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
This research examined cineradiographic films (CRF) of articulatory movements in a person with congenital aglossia (PWCA) during speech production of four phrases. Pearson correlations and a multiple regression model investigated co-variation of independent variables, positions of mandible and hyoid; and pseudo-tongue-dependent variables,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Physical Disabilities, Congenital Impairments, Motion
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McMicken, Betty L.; Ostergren, Jennifer A.; Vento-Wilson, Margaret – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2011
The goals of this study were to (a) describe the presenting features of ataxic dysarthria present in a participant with a long history of amateur boxing, (b) describe a novel application of behavioral principles in the treatment of this participant, and (c) discuss implications in the treatment of ataxic dysarthria secondary to boxing. The…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Speech Language Pathology, Intervention, Articulation Impairments
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McMicken, Betty L.; Ostergren, Jennifer A.; Vento-Wilson, Margaret – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2010
This case study investigated the consequences of cocaine use and resultant extrapyramidal motor dysfunction. The study focused on a female client, post-long-term drug abuse with concomitant untreated head trauma, experiencing extraneous motor movements of the lips, tongue, jaw, and upper and lower extremities. The goals of this study were to (a)…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Drug Abuse, Speech Language Pathology