The Mean Length Utterance in Spontaneous Speech of Children with Williams Syndrome and Typically Developing Children
Location
CSU
Student's Major
Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services
Student's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Mentor's Name
Patricia Hargrove
Mentor's Department
Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services
Mentor's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Description
The Department of Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services has collected samples of speech from children with Williams Syndrome (WS), a form of mental retardation. The purpose of collecting the samples is to compare the language skills of children with WS with those of their typically developing peers. Much literature has published that indicates children with WS have better than expected language skills. The purpose of this project is to answer the following question: Do children with Williams Syndrome produce longer sentences (i.e., mean length of utterances) during spontaneous speech than typically developing children? Six children with WS and six typically developing will serve as subjects. All samples will be analyzed using a computer program called SALT. We predict that children with WS will have language skills that are comparable to, or exceed, those of typically developing children. The information from these people can be used to help understand the joys and frustrations of those who live with a mental challenge in our modem world.
The Mean Length Utterance in Spontaneous Speech of Children with Williams Syndrome and Typically Developing Children
CSU
The Department of Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services has collected samples of speech from children with Williams Syndrome (WS), a form of mental retardation. The purpose of collecting the samples is to compare the language skills of children with WS with those of their typically developing peers. Much literature has published that indicates children with WS have better than expected language skills. The purpose of this project is to answer the following question: Do children with Williams Syndrome produce longer sentences (i.e., mean length of utterances) during spontaneous speech than typically developing children? Six children with WS and six typically developing will serve as subjects. All samples will be analyzed using a computer program called SALT. We predict that children with WS will have language skills that are comparable to, or exceed, those of typically developing children. The information from these people can be used to help understand the joys and frustrations of those who live with a mental challenge in our modem world.
