Event Title
Production of Complex/Compound Sentences in the Spontaneous Speech of Typically Developing Children and Children with Williams Syndrome
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
Children with Williams Syndrome, a developmental disability, are reported to speak more eloquently than typically developing children. One way of judging eloquence is to compare the amount of complex and compound sentences in speech. The Department of Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services has audiolapes of the speech of children with Williams Syndrome and typically developing children. The audiolapes of children's spontaneous speech samples will be analyzed using a computerized language system (SALT) to compare the samples of the Williams Syndrome and typically developing children. The purpose of this comparison is to answer the question "Do children with Williams Syndrome use more complex/ compound than typically developing children?" Based on claims in the literature, it is expected that the Williams Syndrome children will use complex/compound sentences more frequently than typically developing children.
Production of Complex/Compound Sentences in the Spontaneous Speech of Typically Developing Children and Children with Williams Syndrome
CSU
Children with Williams Syndrome, a developmental disability, are reported to speak more eloquently than typically developing children. One way of judging eloquence is to compare the amount of complex and compound sentences in speech. The Department of Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services has audiolapes of the speech of children with Williams Syndrome and typically developing children. The audiolapes of children's spontaneous speech samples will be analyzed using a computerized language system (SALT) to compare the samples of the Williams Syndrome and typically developing children. The purpose of this comparison is to answer the question "Do children with Williams Syndrome use more complex/ compound than typically developing children?" Based on claims in the literature, it is expected that the Williams Syndrome children will use complex/compound sentences more frequently than typically developing children.
