Speech Disorders: A Psychological Study of the Various Defects of Speech / Edition 1

by Sara M. Stinchfield

Overview

This is Volume XX in a series of twenty-one on Cognitive Psychology. Originally published in 1933, this is a psychological study of the various defects of speech and the suggestion that additional facilities are needed for dealing with the speech-handicapped child or adolescent, because of the bearing of speech disorders upon personality, socialization and economic success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138875081
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/02/2014
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART ITHE NATURE OF SPEECH DISORDERS Chapter I. Speech of Infancy and Early Childhood. Normal speech development—deviations from normal speech—habit formation in speech—the child's native tongue. Chapter II. The Speech of Childhood: Speech Defects Classified, Speech patterns—imagery—classification of disorders of speech. Chapter III. Common Speech Difficulties of Childhood: Dyslexia and Dyslalia, Alalia-mutism—deaf-mutism— alalia physiologica-alalia prolongata—barylalia or cluttering—idiolalia— paralalia or lisping. Chapter IV. Common Speech Difficulties of Childhood {continued): Dyslalia and Dysphemia, Uranoschismatica or cleft-palate speech—the speech of the blind child—speech tests given in American and Austrian schools for the blind. Chapter V. Pathological Conditions affecting the Speech Function: Dysarthria Cerebropathica Chapter VI. Dysphemia—Stuttering. Dysphonia, or Voice Defects, Backgrounds which produce the stutterer. Chapter VII. Dyslogia and Dysphasia, Typical Case Studies PART II STATISTICAL STUDIES OF THE SPEECH OF 3000 COLLEGE WOMEN AND OF PUBLIC SCHOOL GROUPS Chapter VIII. Analysis of Speech Data Sheet for 412 College and Public School Students Chapter IX. Personality, Thurstone Personality Schedule—Trait inventory. Chapter X. Handedness, Jasper-Travis Questionnaire—application to college students in corrective groups. Chapter XI. Oral and Silent Reading, Reading rate for college students—distribution curves for oral and silent reading, based on a seven-year study—median and range—correlations. Chapter XII. Results of Speech Tests. (A) Norms for 3581 Students tested, 1920-31. (B)Classification Of Speech Limitations Comparison with findings for Wisconsin groups— comparison between findings for public school groups in Wisconsin and in Massachusetts. Chapter XIII. Typical Case History Studies