Search request: F KW TACTILE SPEECH Search result: 143 citations in the PsycINFO database Display: 1-L LONG ABS 1. Author: Gasquoine, Philip G. Affiliation: Rehabilitation Hosp of South Texas, Psychology Dept, Corpus Christi, US. Title: Alien hand sign. Source: Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology, 1993 Sep, v15 (n5):653-667. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Movement Disorders. Hand (Anatomy). Lateral Dominance. Population terms: Human. Key phrase: Behavioral characteristics & co-occurring neurological deficits of alien hand sign & lateralized uncontrolled upper extremity movements, research review. Abstract: Usage of the term "alien hand sign" is reviewed in 20 published cases. It refers to apparently purposeful, upper-extremity movements that the patient reports are beyond his/her control. Lesions were found in medial frontal cortex and/or the corpus callosum; there was a high co-occurrence of speech hesitation, limb dyspraxia, tactile dysnomia, muscle weakness, and grasp reflex on the alien side. Five behavioral manifestations of alien movement have been described, with grasping movements and intermanual conflict being the most common. Two manifestations, exaggerated ataxic automatisms and drifting movements, likely represent other types of movement disorders. Dysfunction of the supplementary motor area and related structures has been implicated. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1994 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 2. Author: Lyxell, Bjorn; Ronnberg, Jerker; Andersson, Jan; Linderoth, Eva. Affiliation: Linkoping U, Sweden. Title: Vibrotactile support: Initial effects on visual speech perception. Source: Scandinavian Audiology, 1993, v22 (n3):179-183. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Stimulation. Lipreading. Deaf. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Vibrotactile support, speech perception & word discrimination & decoding, deaf vs hearing adults. Abstract: Investigated the initial effects of the implementation of vibrotactile support on the individual's speech perception ability. 16 adults with an acquired deafness and 16 adults with normal hearing participated in the study. Results indicate no immediate and direct improvement as a function of the implementation across all speech perception tests. However, when the Subjects were divided into skilled and less skilled groups, based on their performance in the visual condition of each test, the performance of the skilled Subjects deteriorated while that of the less skilled Subjects improved when tactile information was provided in word-discrimination and word-decoding conditions. Intercorrelations between discrimination and decoding tasks suggest that there are similarities between visually and tactilely supported speechreading in how they relate to sentence-based speechreading. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1994 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 3. Author: Singleton, Jennifer. Affiliation: Special Education Resource Facility for Language Disordered Children, Preston, England. Title: Methods of attentional recall used with a group of language-disordered children. Source: Child Language Teaching & Therapy, 1992 Feb, v8 (n1):75-83. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Oral Communication. Visual Stimulation. Tactual Stimulation. Attention. Language Disorders. Primary School Students. Teaching Methods. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Verbal &/vs visual &/vs tactile stimuli, attentional recall, language disordered 5.8-6.9 yr olds. Abstract: Examined various methods of attentional recall used with language disordered children displaying weak attention skills to note the frequency with which the children respond to these methods. A speech therapist acting as a teacher presented 7 recall-to-task stimuli to 3 children (aged 5 yrs 10 mo to 6 yrs 11 mo), using each method 20 consecutive times in turn over the course of 7 wks. The methods used were verbal, visual, tactile, verbal/visual, verbal/tactile, tactile/visual, and verbal/tactile/visual (VTV). The VTV stimulus method was the most successful, achieving a 50% success rate when the Subjects were viewed as a group and individually. It is suggested that the greater success of the VTV method is not surprising because it is a multisensory approach. Results suggest that the children required help (1) to remove their attention from the environmental (or internal) stimuli on which it was fixed and (2) to reset their attention to the task at hand. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1994 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 4. Author: Ronnberg, Jerker. Affiliation: U Linkoping, Sweden. Title: Cognitive characteristics of skilled tactiling: The case of GS. Source: European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 1993 Mar, v5 (n1):19-33. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Deaf. Tactual Perception. Lipreading. Prosody. Cognitive Ability. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. General terms: Discrimination. Key phrase: Cognitive ability & prosody discrimination skill in visual speech reading using tactiling, 54 yr old deaf male, Sweden, case study. Abstract: Investigated the cognitive characteristics of GS (aged 54 yrs), a person extremely proficient in visual speech-reading with tactile support. His method of "tactiling" involves placing his palm on the speaker's shoulder and his thumb on the neck/collar-bone, enabling him to pick up prosodic elements of speech. Compared with an age-matched control group of 49 hearing-impaired and 69 normal-hearing Subjects, GS can be characterized as having normal short-term memory for simple forms of testing but vastly superior skills for complex working memory function. GS showed excellent verbal inference-making skills and normal access speed in lexical aspects of his long-term memory. It is concluded that when tactiling, GS is endowed with cognitive skills that promote perception of higher-order meaning units, effectively handled in working memory by means of flexible, intelligent guesswork. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1993 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 5. Author: Persellin, Diane C. Affiliation: Trinity U, San Antonio, TX, US. Title: Influence of young children's learning modalities on their pitch matching. Source: Perceptual & Motor Skills, 1993 Feb, v76 (n1):313-314. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Visual Stimulation. Auditory Stimulation. Tactual Stimulation. Speech Pitch. Teaching Methods. Kindergarten Students. Elementary School Students. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Child. Adult. Key phrase: Visual vs auditory vs tactile learning modality, voice pitch matching accuracy, K-3rd graders. Abstract: To assess whether the ability to match pitch vocally could be improved through use of learning modalities, 1,201 children in kindergarten through 3rd grade sang a song while responding in 3 learning modalities: visual (seeing high and low visual aids), auditory (hearing high and low pitches), or tactile/kinesthetic (showing high and low with their hands). The 1st-graders using the visual model sang significantly more accurately than did the 1st-graders using either auditory or kinesthetic models. Vocal accuracy with the visual model did not improve after 1st grade. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1993 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 6. Author: Geers, Ann E.; Tobey, Emily. Affiliation: Central Inst for the Deaf, St Louis, MO, US. Title: Effects of cochlear implants and tactile aids on the development of speech production skills in children with profound hearing impairment. Source: Volta Review, 1992 Nov, v94 (n5):135-163. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Prostheses. Cochlea. Hearing Aids. Deaf. Oral Communication. Partially Hearing Impaired. Tactual Perception. Infants. Preschool Age Children. School Age Children. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Cochlear implants vs tactile vs hearing aids, speech production, profoundly hearing impaired 1.7-12.2 yr olds. Abstract: Examined the speech production performance of 6 children (aged 1 yr 8 mo to 12 yrs 2 mo) with profound hearing impairments, using multichannel cochlear implants (CIs), tactile aids (TAs), and hearing aids (HAs). Speech features were elicited under imitative and spontaneous conditions in Subjects who were matched to controls for age and training. Significantly higher performance was observed for the imitation of initial consonants after 1 and 2 yrs' experience with Subjects with CIs and TAs. HA users significantly increased their imitative accuracy for final consonants. CIs aided Subjects in several speech dimensions, and TAs assisted Subjects in acquiring several features of speech. The speech performance of Subjects with HAs improved more slowly and varied more than was the case of Subjects with CIs and TAs. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1993 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 7. Author: Osberger, Mary J.; Maso, Monica; Sam, Leslie K. Affiliation: Indiana U School of Medicine, DeVault Otologic Research Lab, Indianapolis, US. Title: Speech intelligibility of children with cochlear implants, tactile aids, or hearing aids. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1993 Feb, v36 (n1):186-203. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Displays. Deaf. Medical Therapeutic Devices. Speech Characteristics. Prostheses. Cochlea. Hearing Aids. Onset (Disorders). Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Cochlear implants vs tactile vs hearing aids, speech intelligibility, children with early vs late onset deafness. Abstract: Speech intelligibility was measured in 31 children who used the 3M/House single-channel implant, the Nucleus 22-Channel Cochlear Implant System, or the Tactaid II+ 2-channel vibrotactile aid. Subjects were divided into subgroups based on age at onset of deafness (early or late). Speech intelligibility of the experimental Subjects was compared to that of 14 children who were profoundly hearing impaired who used conventional hearing aids or no sensory aid. Subjects with early onset of deafness who received their single- or multichannel cochlear implant before age 10 yrs demonstrated the highest speech intelligibility, whereas Subjects who did not receive their device until after age 10 had the poorest speech intelligibility. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1993 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 8. Author: Geers, Ann E.; Moog, Jean S. Affiliation: Central Inst for the Deaf, St Louis, MO, US. Title: The Central Institute for the Deaf cochlear implant study: A progress report. Special Issue: Cochlear implants. Source: Journal of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, 1992 Jun, v16 (n2):129-140. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Cochlea. Prostheses. Deaf. Hearing Aids. Speech Perception. Oral Communication. Infants. Preschool Age Children. School Age Children. Language. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Multichannel cochlear implant vs tactile vs hearing aids, speech perception & production & language performance, profoundly hearing impaired 1.7-12.2 yr olds. Abstract: Examined the speech perception, speech production, and language performance of 18 profoundly hearing-impaired children (aged 1 yr 8 mo to 12 yrs 2 mo) using Nucleus 22 multichannel cochlear implants, Tactaid tactile aids, or hearing aids after 1, 2, or 3 yrs of use. Data were taken from a longitudinal study at the Central Institute for the Deaf. Subjects received auditory training as part of their regular school program. The Nucleus 22 implant with intensive auditory and speech training resulted in larger improvements in speech perception, lipreading enhancement, and speech production skills than were observed in matched Subjects with Tactaids or hearing aids. Differences in spoken language acquisition were less clear, with greater improvement in both implant and Tactaid Subjects when compared with the group using the hearing aid. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1993 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 9. Author: Lynch, Michael P.; Eilers, Rebecca E.; Pero, Patricia J. Affiliation: Purdue U, West Lafayette, IN, US. Title: Open-set word identification by an adult with profound hearing impairment: Integration of touch, aided hearing, and speechreading. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1992 Apr, v35 (n2):443-449. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Perception. Hearing Aids. Lipreading. Word Recognition. Deaf. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Tactile & hearing aids & speechreading, word identification, deaf 36 yr old female. Abstract: A list was obtained of 735 words that a 36-yr-old woman with a profound hearing impairment failed to identify using any single modality: touch, with either the Tacticon 1600 ((TAN) a multichannel electrocutaneous vocoder) or the Tactaid II ((TAD) a 2-channel vibrotactile aid); aided hearing (AH); or speechreading (SP). To test integration, observed word identification performance in combined-modality conditions was compared with predicted performance calculated from single-modality scores. The Subject integrated speech information across modalities, with highest performance in the SP + TAN + AH and SP + TAD + AH conditions. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 10. Author: Bernstein, Lynne E.; Demorest, Marilyn E.; Coulter, David C.; O'Connell, Michael P. Affiliation: Gallaudet U, Ctr for Auditory & Speech Sciences, Washington, DC, US. Title: "Lipreading sentences with vibrotactile vocoders: Performance of normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects": Erratum. Source: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1992 Mar, v91 (n3):1772. References. Language: English. Pub type: Errata. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Partially Hearing Impaired. Lipreading. Vibrators (Apparatus). Medical Therapeutic Devices. Errata. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Lipreading sentences with vibrotactile vocoders, normal vs severely or profoundly hearing impaired 23-41 yr olds, erratum. Abstract: Reports an error in the original article by L. E. Bernstein et al ( Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1991(Dec), Vol 90(6), 2971-2984). A footnote that was erroneously deleted during initial publication is presented. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in PA, Vol 79:28874.) Demonstrated similar transmission of vibrotactile speech information by the Gallaudet University linear (GULIN) vocoder and the Central Institute for the Deaf linear (CIDLIN) and logarithmic (CIDLOG) vocoders, when word-initial and word-final consonants were identified in tactile-only, forced-choice identifications. Significant differences emerged when Subjects performed an open-set TV sentence identification. Only Subjects using the GULIN vocoder achieved significantly enhanced lipreading of sentences. Extraction of information from the CIDLIN and CIDLOG vocoders might require more focused attention that is not possible when Subjects are required to lipread sentences. Subjects were assigned to 1 of the 3 vocoders or to a visual-only control group and included 9 normal-hearing and 4 severely or profoundly hearing-impaired adults. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 11. Author: Cronin, Peter J. Affiliation: Burwood Education Ctr for Blind Children, Melbourne, Vict, Australia. Title: A direct service program for mainstreamed students by a residential school. Source: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1992 Feb, v86 (n2):101-104. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Mainstreaming (Educational). Skill Learning. Special Education. Blind. Australia. Special Education Students. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Mainstreamed skills development direct service program, blind students, Australia. Abstract: Outlines the Friday Program of an Australian educational center for blind children in which mainstreamed students attend the center for a once-a-month skills development day. The majority of the 18 students are totally blind, and braille is a major communication medium for all but one. Seven students were educated in mainstream settings, and 10 of the remaining 11 spent 1-4 primary-school years in reverse-integration groups before they were mainstreamed. The range of skill-development areas in which the students may be placed are briefly described, and the rationale and mode of service delivery are outlined. The areas include physical development, sports, computer training, tactile graphics training, braille music, home-crafts and living skills, and speech therapy. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 12. Author: Fucci, Donald; Petrosino, Linda; Harris, Daniel; Belch, Marianne; and others. Affiliation: Ohio U, School of Hearing & Speech Sciences, Athens, US. Title: Lingual vibrotactile threshold and suprathreshold responses of normal-speaking Black and White young adults. Source: Perceptual & Motor Skills, 1992 Feb, v74 (n1):36-38. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Racial and Ethnic Differences. Vibrotactile Thresholds. Tongue. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Lingual vibrotactile threshold & suprathreshold responses, 19-25 yr old Black vs White females. Abstract: A paradigm for studying oral sensory tactile function through use of single frequency vibration applied to the dorsal surface of the tongue was administered to 10 young Black women (aged 19-22 yrs) and 10 young White women (aged 19-25 yrs). There were no differences between the 2 groups with regard to lingual vibrotactile threshold of sensitivity or suprathreshold magnitude-estimation scaling responses. Results suggest that the dialectical speech patterns associated with individuals of different racial groups is the result of cultural and learning factors. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 13. Author: Bernstein, Lynne E.; Demorest, Marilyn E.; Coulter, David C.; O'Connell, Michael P. Affiliation: Gallaudet U, Ctr for Auditory & Speech Sciences, Washington, DC, US. Title: Lipreading sentences with vibrotactile vocoders: Performance of normal-hearing and hearing-impaired subjects. Source: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1991 Dec, v90 (n6):2971-2984. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Partially Hearing Impaired. Lipreading. Vibrators (Apparatus). Medical Therapeutic Devices. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Lipreading sentences with vibrotactile vocoders, normal hearing vs severely or profoundly hearing impaired 23-41 yr olds. Abstract: Demonstrated similar transmission of vibrotactile speech information by the Gaulladet University linear (GULIN) vocoder and the Central Institute for the Deaf linear (CIDLIN) and logarithmic (CIDLOG) vocoders when word-initial and word-final consonants were identified in tactile-only, forced-choice identifications. Significant differences emerged when Subjects performed an open-set TV sentence identification. Only Subjects using the GULIN vocoder achieved significantly enhanced lipreading of sentences. Extraction of information from the CIDLIN and CIDLOG vocoders might require more focused attention that is not possible when Subjects are required to lipread sentences. Subjects were assigned to 1 of the 3 vocoders or to a visual-only control group and included 9 normal-hearing and 4 severely or profoundly hearing-impaired adults. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 14. Author: Weisenberger, Janet M.; Craig, James C.; Abbott, Grayson D. Affiliation: Ohio State U, Div of Speech & Hearing Science, Columbus, US. Title: Evaluation of a principal-components tactile aid for the hearing-impaired. Source: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1991 Oct, v90 (n4, Pt 1):1944-1957. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Partially Hearing Impaired. Hearing Aids. Tactual Perception. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Development & modification & evaluation of tactile speech perception aid, hearing impaired 20-27 yr olds. Abstract: Describes the development, modification, and evaluation of a tactile speech perception aid implementing principal component analysis techniques. Exp 1 evaluated this device with 15 normal hearing undergraduates using recorded speech stimuli; Exp 2 tested the device with 3 experienced and 3 naive female listeners (aged 20-27 yrs) and used live-voice speech stimuli. A 2-display representation of stimuli showed little or no advantage over a single display, and performance improved with increased separation of the spatial representations of vowels in a modified processing algorithm. This device may have considerable promise as a tactile speech aid for the hearing-impaired, particularly following training. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 15. Author: Moog, Jean S.; Geers, Ann E. Affiliation: Central Inst for the Deaf, St Louis, MO, US. Title: Educational management of children with cochlear implants. Source: American Annals of the Deaf, 1991 Apr, v136 (n2):69-76. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Educational Program Planning. Special Education. Prostheses. Deaf. Cochlea. Students. Population terms: Human. Key phrase: Factors in & development of auditory instructional program objectives & activities, deaf students with cochlear implants. Abstract: Classroom teachers are faced with the challenge of developing techniques to work with cochlear implants and to help deaf students benefit from the implants. With the improved technology in hearing aids, tactile aids, and cochlear implants, the number of deaf children who learn to speak and improve the intelligibility of their speech should increase. However, this potential for listening and speaking is likely to be realized only if appropriate and intensive instruction is provided on a daily basis. Discussed are (1) factors to be considered in developing speech perception skills and (2) ways to develop auditory training objectives and activities. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 16. Author: Glozman, Zhanna M.; Goncharov, Oleg A.; Maksimenko, Marina Yu.; Pylayeva, Nataliya M. Affiliation: Moscow State U, Psychology Faculty, USSR. Title: (Dynamics of neuropsychological syndromes after neurosurgery.). Source: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta - Seriya 14: Psikhologiya, 1991 Apr-Jun (n2):18-31. References. Language: Russian. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Neuropsychology. Syndromes. Brain Neoplasms. Neurosurgery. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Neuropsychological functions & syndromes, neurosurgical patients with brain tumors, USSR. Abstract: Studied the degree of expression of defects of higher mental function and their dynamics in different mental spheres. Human Subjects: 63 male and female Russian adults (brain tumors) (neurosurgical patients). Neuropsychological testing of the following areas was conducted preoperatively and 3-4 wks postoperatively for all Subjects and again 6-8 mo postoperatively for 10 Subjects: mental work capacity; general characteristics; motor activity; acoustic, object, spatial, and tactile knowledge; speech functions; memory; and intelligence. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 17. Author: Shipitsina, L. M.; Volkova, L. S.; Krutikova, E. G. Affiliation: Leningrad A. I. Herzen State Pedagogic Inst, USSR. Title: (Complex study of memory activity of young schoolchildren with speech disorders.). Source: Defektologiya, 1991 (n2):16-22. References. Language: Russian. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Memory. Speech Disorders. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Verbal & visual or tactile stimuli, memory structure & functions, 7-10 yr olds with speech disorders, USSR. Abstract: Studied the structural and functional features of memory. Human Subjects: 48 Russian schoolage children (aged 7-10 yrs) (speech disorders) (1st and 2nd graders at a speech-therapy school); 25 normal Russian schoolage children. A comprehensive neurologic, speech-therapeutic, and psychological study was conducted. Subjects had to memorize 7 objects presented visually or tactilely. Then they memorized 7 unconnected words and were asked to repeat a short story. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 18. Author: Hagerman, Randi J. Affiliation: U Colorado Health Science Ctr, Children's Hosp Child Development Unit, Denver, US. Title: The association between autism and fragile X syndrome. Source: Brain Dysfunction, 1990 Nov-Dec, v3 (n5-6):218-227. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Autism. Frontal Lobe. Sex Linked Hereditary Disorders. Human Sex Differences. Population terms: Human. Key phrase: Prevalence of fragile X syndrome & characteristics & frontal lobe deficits, autistic males vs females. Abstract: The fragile X syndrome (FXS) in males presents with a number of autistic features, including poor eye contact, hand-flapping, hand-biting, attentional deficits, tactile defensiveness, perseverative speech, and difficulties with social interactions, although a pervasive lack of relatedness is usually not present. A significant degree of overlap exists between autism and FXS. Approximately 7% of autistic males have the FXS, and preliminary work suggests a similar prevalence in autistic females. Preliminary neuropsychological studies in fragile X females document frontal lobe deficits. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 19. Author: Bigelow, Ann. Affiliation: St Francis Xavier U, Antigonish, NS, Canada. Title: Relationship between the development of language and thought in young blind children. Source: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1990 Oct, v84 (n8):414-419. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Cognitive Development. Object Permanence. Speech Development. Visually Handicapped. Vocabulary. Infants. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Development of object permanence, acquisition & use of early words, blind or visually impaired 1.2-1.4 yr olds. Abstract: Studied the relationship between the development of object permanence (OP) and early words (EWs) in 3 young boys (aged 1 yr 2 mo to 1 yr 5 mo). Two of the boys were totally blind from birth and 1 was severely visually impaired. Auditory and tactile tasks, analogous to traditional visual OP tasks, were presented to the Subjects at monthly intervals, and their 1st 50 words and the context in which the words were said were recorded by their mothers and collected monthly. All 3 Subjects acquired EWs within the age range for sighted children, but their usage of the words was different. The 2 blind Subjects were delayed in their development of OP. The relationship between the acquisition of EWs and the development of OP suggests that the emergence of language is not dependent on a stable understanding of the existence and permanence of objects. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1991 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 20. Author: Iammatteo, Patricia A.; Trombly, Catherine; Luecke, Linda. Affiliation: Stephen Knolls Special School, Preschool Education Program, Kensington, MD, US. Title: The effect of mouth closure on drooling and speech. Source: American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1990 Aug, v44 (n8):686-691. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Cerebral Palsy. Mouth (Anatomy). Salivation. Oral Communication. Feeding Practices. Preschool Age Children. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Feeding program promoting mouth closure, drooling & speech, 2.6 & 2.9 yr old males with cerebral palsy. Abstract: Explored the efficacy of a feeding program to decrease drooling and increase vocalizations by promoting mouth closure in 2 boys (aged 2 yrs 7 mo and 2 yrs 11 mo) with cerebral palsy. Baseline 1 consisted of 5 (Subject 1) and 10 (Subject 2) half-hour sessions during which the Subjects were fed applesauce and apple juice. A 1-hr play session followed, during which saliva was collected on an absorbent bib and weighed. Bilabial vocalizations were recorded and counted. A 12-session intervention phase was identical to the baseline phase except that treatment consisted of techniques to reduce tactile hypersensitivity before feeding and the application of jaw control during feeding. Baseline 2 consisted of 7 sessions identical to Baseline 1. This intervention decreases drooling but does not increase bilabial vocalizations. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1991 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 21. Author: McAtee, Shay; Mack, Wendy. Affiliation: Ayres Clinic, Torrance, CA, US. Title: Relations between Design Copying and other tests of sensory integrative dysfunction: A pilot study. Special Issue: Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests. Source: American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1990 Jul, v44 (n7):596-601. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Nervous System Disorders. Sensorimotor Measures. Neuropsychological Assessment. Learning Disabilities. Behavior Problems. Perceptual Motor Processes. Speech Disorders. School Age Children. Childhood. Preschool Age Children. Occupational Therapy. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Performance on Sensory Integration & Praxis subtests vs Southern California Sensory Integration Tests, 5-8.8 yr olds in occupational therapy for sensory integrative dysfunctions. Abstract: Investigated possible relations between performance on the atypical approach parameters of the Design Copying (DC) subtest of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT) and scores on the Southern California Sensory Integration Tests (SCSIT). Existing data from 32 5-8 yr old children identified by their performance on the SCSIT as having sensory integrative dysfunction were used. Results suggest that the scores on individual SIPT-DC atypical approach parameters may be related to the scores on the SCSIT subtests. Significant relationships were found between some of the SIPT-DC parameters and the SCSIT subtests that assess visual, tactile, and motor components. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1991 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 22. Author: Carney, Arlene E.; Kienle, Marjorie; Miyamoto, Richard T. Affiliation: Boys Town National Inst Research Hosp, Omaha, NE, US. Title: Speech perception with a single-channel cochlear implant: A comparison with a single-channel tactile device. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1990 Jun, v33 (n2):229-237. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Deaf. Speech Perception. Prostheses. Aged. Aurally Handicapped. Cochlea. Syllables. Vowels. Consonants. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Elderly. Key phrase: Syllable & vowel & consonant perception, postlingually deaf 19-71 yr olds with single channel cochlear implants. Abstract: Administered suprasegmental (SUP) and segmental (SEG) speech perception tasks to 8 postlingually deaf Subjects (aged 19-71 yrs) with single-channel cochlear implants. SUP tasks included the recognition of syllable number and intonation. SEG tasks included the recognition of vowels and consonants in different modalities (e.g., visual only, implant only). Results were compared with those obtained from studies by A. E. Carney (see PA, Vol 76:3690) and Carney and C. R. Beachler (1986) in which artificially deafened adults used a single-channel vibrotactile device. Patterns of responses for SUP and SEG tasks were highly similar for both groups of Subjects, despite differences between Subject sample characteristics. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 23. Author: Maino, Dominick M.; Schlange, Darrell; Maino, Joseph H.; Caden, Brian. Affiliation: Illinois Coll of Optometry, Chicago, US. Title: Ocular anomalies in fragile X syndrome. Source: Journal of the American Optometric Association, 1990 Apr, v61 (n4):316-323. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Vision Disorders. Sex Linked Hereditary Disorders. Siblings. Infants. Preschool Age Children. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Ocular anomalies, 1.3 yr old male & 2 & 4 yr old female siblings with fragile X syndrome. Abstract: Provides an overview of the fragile X syndrome, a common familial cause of mental retardation, and discusses the clinical findings of a family with a 15-mo-old son, a 2-yr-old daughter, and a 4-yr-old daughter with the syndrome. The children exhibited many features commonly associated with fragile X syndrome, including an elongated face, large prominent ears, perseveration, echolalia, delayed speech, developmental motor delays, hyperactivity, tactile defensiveness, and moderate cognitive retardation. Ocular anomalies were also present. Treatment strategies included (1) giving each child the prescription that gave the best visual acuity or the best observed behavioral response and (2) recommendations for fine and gross motor therapy procedures. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 24. Author: Alcantara, Joseph I.; Cowan, R. S.; Blamey, P. J.; Clark, G. M. Affiliation: U Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital Dept of Otolaryngology, Vict, Australia. Title: A comparison of two training strategies for speech recognition with an electrotactile speech processor. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1990 Mar, v33 (n1):195-204. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Teaching Methods. Speech Processing (Mechanical). Speech Perception. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Analytic &/or synthetic training methods, speech recognition, normally hearing 18-24 yr olds. Abstract: Seven normally hearing adults (aged 18-24 yrs) were trained in the use of a multiple-channel speech processor over a 6-mo period, using either analytic plus synthetic or synthetic training methods. Subjects' speech perception abilities were assessed with closed sets of vowels and consonants; open sets of words and sentences; and speech tracking for tactile plus lipreading, tactile, and lipreading conditions. Tests were conducted before, during, and after completion of training. For both training methods, Subjects showed improvements significantly greater than zero in most tests and conditions. However, the only significant difference between training methods was in vowel and consonant tests in the tactile condition. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 25. Author: Proctor, Adele. Affiliation: Northeastern U, Boston, MA, US. Title: Oral language comprehension using hearing aids and tactile aids: Three case studies. Source: Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools, 1990 Jan, v21 (n1):37-48. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Deaf. Hearing Aids. Vibration. Verbal Comprehension. Speech Therapy. Aurally Handicapped. Preschool Age Children. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Oral language comprehension, prelinguistic profoundly deaf 3.5-4.4 yr olds fitted with vibrotactile communication aid. Abstract: Three prelinguistic, profoundly deaf children (aged 42-53 mo) used a wearable single channel vibrotactile communication aid along with hearing aids for nearly 2 yrs during individual speech and language therapy at school. Results of 2 standardized language tests, the Scales of Early Communication Skills for Hearing Impaired Children and the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL), revealed that Subjects showed a faster than average rate of learning to understand spoken language after onset of vibrotactile stimulation. Item analysis of TACL test content showed that, from the 1st to the last test administration, understanding of orally presented vocabulary improved by 27%, morphology improved by 22%, and syntax improved by 6.4%. At least 2 Subjects were able to understand a representative sampling of these components at levels comparable to normal-hearing children of similar ages. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 26. Author: Reed, Charlotte M.; Durlach, Nathaniel I.; Braida, Louis D.; Schultz, Martin C. Affiliation: Massachusetts Inst of Technology, Research Lab of Electronics, Cambridge, US. Title: Analytic study of the Tadoma method: Effects of hand position on segmental speech perception. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1989 Dec, v32 (n4):921-929. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Speech Perception. Deaf. Blind. Tactual Perception. Hand (Anatomy). Aurally Handicapped. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Hand position, segmental speech perception, 42 & 50 yr old deaf & blind users of Tadoma method. Abstract: Investigated the cues involved in the perception of speech segments through the Tadoma method, a means of tactile speech communication in which deaf-blind individuals receive speech by placing a hand on the face and neck of the talker and monitoring actions associated with speech production. Small-set segmental identification experiments were conducted in which the access of 3 deaf-blind, highly experienced users (aged 42 and 50 yrs) of Tadoma to types of articulatory information was systematically varied by imposing limitations on the contact of hand with the face. Results lend support to the notion that various cues available to Tadoma readers provide differential information concerning speech sounds while at the same time being partially redundant. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 27. Author: Busby, P. A.; Tong, Y. C.; Roberts, S. A.; Altidis, P. M.; and others. Affiliation: U Melbourne, Vict, Australia. Title: Results for two children using a multiple-electrode intracochlear implant. Source: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1989 Dec, v86 (n6):2088-2102. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Partially Hearing Impaired. Language Development. Speech Development. Prostheses. School Age Children. Cochlea. Childhood. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Multiple electrode intracochlear implant, preoperative & postoperative language skills & speech development, hearing impaired 5.4-10.2 yr olds. Abstract: Examined the influence of pre- and postoperative sensory devices on the development of language skills and speech perception and production in 2 hearing-impaired males (aged 5 yrs 5 mo and 10 yrs 2 mo). Measures included the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Revised (PPVT--R), the Ingram Edinburgh Articulation Test, and the Reynell Developmental Language Scales. Test results indicate that postoperative performance, using a cochlear implant prosthesis alone, was generally better than preoperative performance, using hearing aids (both Subjects) or a single-channel tactile aid (1 Subject). (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 28. Author: Eremeeva, Valentina D. Affiliation: USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Inst of Pre-School Education, Moscow, USSR. Title: / Lateralization types in children and neurophysiological foundation of individual ability to learn. Source: Voprosy Psikhologii, 1989 Nov-Dec (n6):128-135. References. Language: Russian. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Lateral Dominance. Emotional Responses. Electroencephalography. Speech Development. Childhood. School Age Children. Preschool Age Children. Hand (Anatomy). Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Dominant hand & emotional profile & speech development & EEGs, 2-7 yr olds. Abstract: Determined the dominant hand in various kinds of bimanual activities, determined Subjects' emotional profile, observed speech development, and performed EEGs. Human subjects: 310 normal preschool and schoolage children (aged 2-7 yrs). EEG correlation analysis was performed during tactile perception and recognition of objects with the right hand. The coefficient of interhemispheric asymmetry was calculated. Subjects' galvanic skin responses were measured, and electromyograms were performed to control for Subjects' emotional state and motor activity. (English abstract) (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1991 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 29. Author: Tan, Hong Z.; Rabinowitz, William M.; Durlach, Nathaniel I. Affiliation: Massachusetts Inst of Technology, Research Lab of Electronics, Cambridge, US. Title: Analysis of a synthetic Tadoma system as a multidimensional tactile display. Source: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1989 Sep, v86 (n3):981-988. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Perception. Articulation (Speech). Medical Therapeutic Devices. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Efficacy of synthetic Tadoma system for tactile monitoring of articulatory process, hearing & sighted graduate students. Abstract: Evaluated performance on the synthetic Tadoma system (C. M. Reed et al, 1985 (used for tactile monitoring of the articulatory process)) via the 4 movement channels of upper lip in-out movement, lower lip in-out movement, lower lip up-down movement, and jaw up-down movement. Three hearing and sighted graduate students took part in discrimination and identification experiments. Results suggest that the performance that can be achieved with the movement systems incorporated into the synthetic Tadoma system was not exceptional. The superior performance of users of natural Tadoma may be due to the direct representation of the articulatory process in the Tadoma method and/or intensive long-term training. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 30. Author: McGarr, Nancy S.; Youdelman, Karen; Head, Janet. Affiliation: City U New York Graduate School & University Ctr, Ctr for Research in Speech & Hearing Sciences, US. Title: Remediation of phonation problems in hearing-impaired children: Speech training and sensory aids. Source: Volta Review, 1989 Sep, v91 (n5):7-17. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Phonology. Speech Therapy. Partially Hearing Impaired. School Age Children. Visual Perception. Tactual Perception. Childhood. Adolescence. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Child. Adolescent. Adult. Key phrase: Visual vs tactile sensory aid in speech production training, phonatory problems, hearing impaired 8-19 yr olds. Abstract: Examined the effects of using either a visual or a tactile sensory aid (SA) in speech production training (SPT) to remediate phonatory problems. 100 hearing-impaired students (aged 8-12 and 15-19 yrs) assigned to either auditory, visual, tactile, or nonintervention control groups completed a speech skills test by H. Levitt et al (in press) before and after 9 mo of SPT. Subjects who received SPT incorporating SAs progressed more in remediating their pitch problems than did controls. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 31. Author: Weisenberger, Janet. Affiliation: Central Inst for the Deaf, St Louis, MO, US. Title: Tactile aids for speech perception and production by hearing-impaired people. Source: Volta Review, 1989 Sep, v91 (n5):79-100. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Stimulation. Medical Therapeutic Devices. Speech Perception. Oral Communication. Deaf. Aurally Handicapped. Children. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Tactile devices, speech perception & production, children with profound hearing impairment. Abstract: Discusses evaluation results of different tactile devices. Perceptual tasks that have been evaluated include simple detection of a stimulus and tracking connected speech. Results suggest that tactile aids, particularly those that use a number of tactile transducers to convey information about the spectral content of the speech signal, can significantly enhance speech perception. Profoundly hearing-impaired children's speech production can be improved through experience using a multichannel tactile aid. Further, such improvements are possible after only a relatively brief training period. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 32. Author: Lynch, Michael P.; Oller, D. Kimbrough; Eilers, Rebecca E. Affiliation: U Miami, Mailman Ctr for Child Development, FL, US. Title: Portable tactile aids for speech perception. Source: Volta Review, 1989 Sep, v91 (n5):113-126. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Displays. Speech Perception. Medical Therapeutic Devices. Partially Hearing Impaired. Population terms: Human. Key phrase: Portable tactile aids to speech perception, hearing impaired clients. Abstract: Reviews training, additive benefit, and device comparison studies of experimental use of portable tactile aids (Tactaid II, Tactaid V, Tacticon 1600, Tickle Talker) in speech perception. The promise of tactually received speech information for everyday aural communication by hearing-impaired people also is discussed. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 33. Author: Cowan, R. S.; Alcantara, J. I.; Whitford, L. A.; Blamey, P. J.; and others. Affiliation: U Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hosp, Vict, Australia. Title: Speech perception studies using a multichannel electrotactile speech processor, residual hearing, and lipreading. Source: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1989 Jun, v85 (n6):2593-2607. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Hearing Disorders. Speech Perception. Lipreading. Tactual Displays. Auditory Perception. Medical Therapeutic Devices. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Tactile information & degraded auditory input with vs without lipreading, speech discrimination, 20-27 yr old normal hearing females vs 25 & 30 & 46 yr old hearing impaired males. Abstract: Conducted 3 studies with 4 normal-hearing women (aged 20-27 yrs), trained on an electrotactile speech processor (ETSP), and 3 hearing-impaired (HI) men (aged 25, 30, and 46 yrs) to define the HI population who may be helped by using an ETSP in combination with residual hearing (RH) and lipreading (LR). Information presented through an ETSP provided extra clues for feature recognition of vowels and consonants. With training, Subjects integrated the extra feature information provided by the ETSP with that provided by RH or RH plus LR to improve speech discrimination performance on open-set words, sentences, and speechtracking. ETSP could be useful for patients with no usable RH and for severely to profoundly HI hearing aid users. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 34. Author: Youdelman, Karen; MacEachron, Marian; McGarr, Nancy. Affiliation: NIH Program Project Grant, City U New York Ctr for Research in Speech & Hearing Sciences, US. Title: Using visual and tactile sensory aids to remediate monotone voice in hearing-impaired speakers. Source: Volta Review, 1989 May, v91 (n4):197-207. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Speech Therapy. Visual Displays. Tactual Displays. Partially Hearing Impaired. Deaf. Voice. School Age Children. Childhood. Adolescence. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Child. Adolescent. Adult. Key phrase: Speech training curriculum with vs without visual vs tactile displays, monotone voice, severely to profoundly hearing impaired 7-18 yr olds. Abstract: Extended the research of N. S. McGarr et al (1986) by testing a systematic curriculum for remediating monotonous voice production. Visual and tactile sensory aids were integrated into an ongoing speech training program with 16 hearing-impaired students (aged 7-18 yrs). Subjects were assigned to receive visual display plus curriculum, tactile display plus curriculum (TC), or curriculum only. Results of a pre- and posttraining speech skills test and of teachers' evaluations show that all Subjects evidenced improvement, with TC Subjects showing the most progress. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 35. Author: Bernstein, Lynne E.; Eberhardt, Silvio P.; Demorest, Marilyn E. Affiliation: Gallaudet U, Ctr for Auditory & Speech Sciences, Washington, DC, US. Title: Single-channel vibrotactile supplements to visual perception of intonation and stress. Source: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1989 Jan, v85 (n1):397-405. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Perception. Tactual Stimulation. Visual Perception. Oral Communication. Intersensory Processes. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Vibrotactile transformations of sentence intonation & contrastive stress, visual vs visual tactile perception, adults. Abstract: Explored in 2 experiments the effectiveness of a single vibrotactile stimulator to transform and convey intonation (question vs statement) and contrastive stress (on 1 of the 1st 3 words of 4 4- or 5-word sentences) in 6 normal-hearing, normal-vision Subjects. Findings indicate that in the visual-alone vs visual-tactile perception experiment, benefits to speechreading were significant but small, and stress appeared to be more visible than intonation. In the tactile-alone perception experiment, significant differences emerged among the transformations, with larger differences for intonation than for stress judgments. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 36. Author: Blamey, Peter J.; Cowan, R. S.; Alcantara, J. I.; Clark, G. M. Affiliation: U Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hosp, Vict, Australia. Title: Phonemic information transmitted by a multichannel electrotactile speech processor. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1988 Dec, v31 (n4):620-629. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Stimulation. Electrical Stimulation. Speech Processing (Mechanical). Speech Perception. Partially Hearing Impaired. Speech Characteristics. Phonemes. Word Recognition. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Wearable electrotactile speech processor for presentation of speech parameters as electrical pulses, phoneme & word recognition, hearing impaired 24-44 yr olds. Abstract: Evaluated the use of a wearable electrotactile speech processor in a study with 7 normally hearing university students and 4 hearing-impaired adults (aged 24-44 yrs). The processor estimated the fundamental frequency, the 2nd-formant frequency, and amplitude of the acoustic speech signal and presented these parameters as a pattern of electrical pulses applied to electrodes positioned over the digital nerve bundles on 1 hand. The device provided useful information for the recognition of phonemes in closed sets of words using tactile information alone. The device also supplemented lipreading to improve the recognition of open-set words. Recognition of duration and 1st- and second-formant frequencies of vowels and recognition of voicing and manner of consonants were improved over recognition with lipreading alone. Recognition of final consonants was improved more than recognition of initial consonants. Results indicate that the device may be useful to both severely and profoundly hearing-impaired people. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 37. Author: Carney, Arlene E. Affiliation: U Illinois, Champaign, US. Title: Vibrotactile perception of segmental features of speech: A comparison of single-channel and multichannel instruments. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1988 Sep, v31 (n3):438-448. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Perception. Visual Perception. Verbal Comprehension. Recognition (Learning). Cues. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Waveform envelope cues provided by single channel tactile aid vs spectral cues provided by multichannel tactile device, recognition of segmental speech stimuli, artificially deafened 18-25 yr olds. Abstract: Compared the recognition performance of 12 artificially deafened adult listeners for segmental stimuli presented through a single-channel tactile device and through a 24-channel vocoder. Both consonant and vowel stimuli were tested under visual only, tactile only, and visual + tactile conditions. Results indicate no significant differences between Subjects' overall recognition performance with the 2 devices. In contrast to an earlier study on suprasegmental features by the present author and C. R. Beachler (1986), these results do not support the notion that preservation of the waveform envelope of speech is necessary for the transmission of segmental features of speech. Results also suggest that tactile perception of segmental features may not be altered significantly by the tactile array chosen. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 38. Author: Youdelman, Karen; MacEachron, Marian; Behrman, Marie. Affiliation: City U New York, Ctr for Research in Speech & Hearing Services, US. Title: Visual and tactile sensory aids: Integration into an ongoing speech training program. Source: Volta Review, 1988 May, v90 (n4):197-207. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Speech Therapy. Educational Audiovisual Aids. Tactual Stimulation. Deaf. Teaching Methods. Aurally Handicapped. High School Students. Adolescence. Population terms: Human. Adolescent. Key phrase: Integration of visual & tactile sensory aids in speech training program, profoundly hearing impaired high school students. Abstract: Investigated the integration of visual and tactile sensory aids in a speech training program for 20 profoundly hearing-impaired high school students. A systematic curriculum for remediating inappropriate pitch was administered by 8 speech teachers. Findings indicate that Subjects showed marked improvement in pitch following implementation of the curriculum, with Subjects using the curriculum in conjunction with a visual display showing the most progress. Results suggest that teachers gained experience and confidence in working with pitch problems while becoming more knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the benefits of incorporating visual and tactile sensory aids into daily speech training. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 39. Author: Cantrell, James; Fucci, Donald; Petrosino, Linda; Nance, Rita. Affiliation: Speech, Hearing & Learning Ctr, Greenville, SC, US. Title: A preliminary report of oral tactile sensation and responses to delayed auditory feedback. Source: Perceptual & Motor Skills, 1988 Apr, v66 (n2):487-493. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Delayed Feedback. Vibrotactile Thresholds. Oral Communication. Auditory Feedback. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Delayed auditory feedback, oral & tactile sensation, college students. Abstract: 21 undergraduates with normal speech and hearing completed standardized readings under simultaneous and 200-msec delayed auditory feedback. Vibrotactile thresholds were obtained from the tongue and thenar eminence of the right hand for 5 minimally and a group of 5 maximally affected speakers. Analysis showed that vibrotactile thresholds were lower (more sensitive) at both assessment sites for the maximally affected speakers. Results are discussed relative to the role of oral tactile sensitivity in the control of speech under delayed auditory feedback conditions. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 40. Author: Locke, Peggy A.; Mirenda, Pat. Affiliation: U Nebraska, Barkley Memorial Ctr, Lincoln, US. Title: A computer-supported communication approach for a child with severe communication, visual, and cognitive impairments: A case study. Source: AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication, 1988 Mar, v4 (n1):15-22. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Medical Therapeutic Devices. Communication Disorders. Vision Disorders. Mentally Retarded. Rehabilitation. School Age Children. Childhood. Interpersonal Communication. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Assessment & instrumental procedures during implementation of augmentative & alternative communication device, 11 yr old male with severe communication & visual & cognitive impairments. Abstract: Describes the assessment and instructional procedures used to introduce an augmentative and alternative communication device to an 11-yr-old boy with severe communication, visual, and cognitive impairments. The device consisted of a computer-supported expanded keyboard that produced synthetic speech output when tactile symbols were activated. A verbal prompt-free strategy was employed to teach the Subject to use the device. Data on instruction and generalization to a classroom are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 41. Author: Belkin, Aron I.; Moscovichute, Lenina I.; Belyaeva, Valentina V.; Adygamov, Marat M. Affiliation: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Ministry of Health, Moscow Scientific Research Inst of Psychiatry, USSR. Title: / Neuropsychological study of cognitive activity in alcoholic patients. Source: Psikologicheskii Zhurnal, 1988 Mar-Apr, v9 (n2):86-96. References. Language: Russian. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Neuropsychology. Alcoholism. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. General terms: Perception. Key phrase: Neuropsychological & perceptual assessment, alcoholic males, USSR. Abstract: Studied the nature and incidence of brain changes. Human subjects: 50 male Russian adults (mean age 34.5 yrs) (Stage 2 alcoholism) (abstinent for 1 mo or less). 50 normal male Russian adults (mean age 32.8 yrs). Tests of higher cortical function were administered. Tactile perception, optical-spatial perception, visual perception and search, speech processes, auditory-speech memory, visual memory, and cerebral organization of mental processes were assessed. (English abstract) (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 42. Author: Robbins, Amy M.; Osberger, Mary J.; Miyamoto, Richard T.; Renshaw, Julia J.; and others. Affiliation: Indiana U School of Medicine, US. Title: Longitudinal study of speech perception by children with cochlear implants and tactile aids: Progress report. Source: Journal of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology, 1988, v21:11-28. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Speech Perception. Cochlea. Deaf. Hearing Aids. Prostheses. Longitudinal Studies. Childhood. Adolescence. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Child. Adolescent. Adult. Key phrase: Speech perception abilities, profoundly hearing impaired children & adolescents with cochlear implants vs tactile vs hearing aids, longitudinal study. Abstract: Assessed the speech perception abilities of profoundly hearing-impaired children who used either a cochlear implant or tactile aid. The performance of these Subjects who did not benefit from conventional amplification was compared to a 3rd group of Subjects who had residual hearing and used hearing aids. A battery of measures was used to assess a range of speech perception abilities. Initial findings obtained with 12 implant users, 3 tactile aid users, and 1 hearing aid user showed large individual differences among the Subjects with implants. The highest performer was a single-channel implant user who demonstrated closed-set speech recognition. The performance of the 3 users of the tactile aid was uniformly poor. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1989 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 43. Author: Yeudall, Lorne T.; Reddon, John R.; Gill, David M.; Stefanyk, William O. Affiliation: Alberta Hosp Edmonton, Dept of Neuropsychology, Canada. Title: Normative data for the Halstead-Reitan neuropsychological tests stratified by age and sex. Source: Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1987 May, v43 (n3):346-367. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Human Sex Differences. Age Differences. Neuropsychological Assessment. Test Norms. Intelligence. Educational Background. Population terms: Human. Key phrase: Assessment of Halstead-Reitan neuropsychological test scores, healthy 15-40 yr old males vs females. Abstract: Normative data, stratified by age and sex, are presented for the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery, which includes the subtests of Name Writing, Speech-Sounds Perception, Trail Making, Halstead Category, Finger Tapping, Dynamometer, Tactual Performance, Seashore Rhythm, Tactile Form Recognition, Finger-Tip Number Writing Perception, Face-Hand, and Finger Localization. Correlations of the test variables with age, education, and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised (WAIS--R) Verbal and Performance IQs are reported. The normative sample consisted of 127 male and 98 female 15-40 yr olds who did not report any history of forensic involvement, head injury, neurological insult, prenatal or birth complication, psychiatric problems, or substance abuse. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1987 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 44. BOOK CHAPTER Author: Sherrick, Carl. Affiliation: Princeton U, Princeton, NJ, US. Title: Vibrotactile pattern perception: Some findings and applications. Source: IN: The psychology of touch.; Morton A. Heller, William Schiff, Eds. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, Hillsdale, NJ, US. 189-217 of xi, 354 pp. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Vibrotactile Thresholds. Pattern Discrimination. Hearing Aids. Optical Aids. Hearing Disorders. Vision Disorders. Population terms: Human. Abstract: (from the preface) provides a perceptive account of the current literature in vibrotactile stimulation, an area that has proven extremely useful for communication via the skin; describes the application of vibrotactile stimulators to solve problems posed by visual and/or hearing impairment. (from the chapter) generation and perception of vibratory patterns; the perception of contour and shape by the skin; applications of pattern perception to tactile aids (visual aids: reading devices, visual aids: electronic travel aids (ETAs), auditory aids: sound and speech-analyzing aids). 45. BOOK Author: Garner, Ruth. Affiliation: Reaside Clinic, Head Occupational Therapist, Birmingham, England. Title: Acute head injury: Practical management in rehabilitation. Source: Chapman & Hall; London, England, 1990. xiv, 137 pp. Series: Therapy in practice series, 13. Language: English. Pub type: Guide. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Head Injuries. Psychosocial Rehabilitation. Self Care Skills. Population terms: Human. General terms: Perception. Disorders. Abstract: (from the book) Over the past few years there has been an increase in the number of patients surviving head injury and with this has come a greater understanding of the nature and extent of the problem, although much is yet to be researched. Within the general hospital we are likely to encounter survivors of head injury, mild, moderate and severe, and so we should have the knowledge to deal with the initial problems and prevent further complications.... This guide to practice hopes to cover aspects of head-injury rehabilitation from the time of admission to the time of discharge from inpatient care. In the absence of appropriate resources in this country, the period of time in attending a hospital for treatment, as opposed to attending a suitable rehabilitation centre, may be extended beyond that which one might desire. Alternatively, due to lack of resources and lack of knowledge, many head-injured patients are discharged too early, with hospital personnel failing to realize the burden this places on the family who are left to cope as best they can.... The early treatment of the head-injured patient excludes no-one; therefore this guide is aimed at all disciplines who may come into contact with such patients or their families. Early treatment concentrates on sensory stimulation, facilitation of function, prevention of complications and return to the community. However, the patients' problems do not end at discharge, but, in many instances, only just begin. Attention, therefore, should finally be focused on the psychosocial consequences of head injury which recognize that the primary long-term problems encountered are generally not of a physical nature. Contents: (Abbreviated). Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction. Classification of head injury. Course of recovery. Prognostic considerations. Clinical features. The treatment team. Rehabilitation defined. Early intervention. Aims of treatment. Knowing the patient. Evaluation. Family involvement. Environment. Stimulation programme. Activities of daily living. Reality orientation. Therapeutic application of everyday activities. Perception. Assessment. Visuo-perceptual disorders. Visuo-spatial disorders. Tactile perception. Olfactory and gustatory perception. Body scheme. Apraxia. Aspects of physical dysfunction. Positioning. Spasticity. Ataxia. Sensory impairment. Muscular weakness or paralysis. Range of movement. Visual disorders. Hearing. Speech. Epilepsy. Protective helmets. Return to the community. The social worker. Home visiting. Support groups. Psychosocial aspects. Personality change. Behaviour. Effects on the family. Cognitive impairment. References. Index. 46. BOOK, EDITED; CONFERENCE Author: Jeannerod, Marc, ed. Affiliation: U Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. Research sponsors: US Navy Dept Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, US; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Washington, DC, US; International Brain Research Organization, Paris, France. Title: Attention and performance 13: Motor representation and control. Source: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc; Hillsdale, NJ, US, 1990. xxiii, 876 pp. Conference: Symposium of the Association for Attention and Performance, 13th, Jun-Jul, 1988, Salines Royales, Arc-et-Senans, France. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Attention. Motor Performance. Motor Processes. Perceptual Motor Processes. Professional Meetings and Symposia. Population terms: Human. General terms: Learning. Abstract: (from the preface) The thirteenth Symposium of the Association for Attention and Performance was held at the Salines Royales in Arc-et-Senans (France), on June 27 to July 2, 1988.... This book has been organized into sections in order to provide a comprehensive view of the main issues raised during the meeting. Following the Association Lecture by Saul Sternberg (Part I), four tutorials on organization principles of motor representations have been grouped in Part II. The other sections deal with initiation of movement and specification of movement parameters (Part III), structure of learned motor patterns (Part IV), sensorimotor transformation and the representation of action coordinates (Part V), sensory-based adjustments (Part VI), and motor learning and development (Part VII). Contents: (Abbreviated). Preface. List of contributors and participants. Group photo. Part I. Association lecture. Hierarchical control in the execution of action sequences: Tests of two invariance properties. Saul Sternberg, Ronald L. Knoll and David L. Turock. (Chapter record available). Part II. Tutorials on the basic organization principles of motor representations. The motor cortical areas and the problem of hierarchies. Mario Wiesendanger. (Chapter record available). Motor programs: Concepts and issues. Steven W. Keele, Asher Cohen and Richard Ivry. (Chapter record available). Programs, schemas, and neural networks for control of hand movements: Beyond the RS framework. Michael A. Arbib. (Chapter record available). Action-perception as a pattern formation process. J. A. S. Kelso, J. D. Del Colle and G. Schoner. (Chapter record available). Part III. Movement initiation and motor output specification in voluntary action. Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in aimed movements: Toward a theory of rapid voluntary action. David E. Meyer, J. E. Keith Smith, Sylvan Kornblum, Richard A. Abrams and Charles E. Wright. (Chapter record available). Neurophysiology of reaching. Apostolos P. Georgopoulos. (Chapter record available). Parallel interacting channels in the initiation and specification of motor response features. Claude Ghez, Wayne Hening and Marco Favilla. (Chapter record available). Generalized motor programs: Reexamining claims of effector independence in writing. Charles E. Wright. (Chapter record available). Constraints for action selection: Overhand versus underhand grips. David A. Rosenbaum, Frank Marchak, Heather Jane Barnes, Jonathan Vaughan, James D. Slotta and Matthew J. Jorgensen. (Chapter record available). Part IV. The structure of motor patterns in learned movements and speech. Common factors in the control of free and constrained movements. Paolo Viviani. (Chapter record available). Rhythmic precision in the performance of piano scales: Motor psychophysics and motor programming. C. L. MacKenzie and D. L. Van Eerd. (Chapter record available). Rapid serial movements: Relation between the planning of sequential structure and effector selection. Andras Semjen and Robert Gottsdanker. (Chapter record available). Phase transitions in speech production and their perceptual consequences. Betty Tuller and J. A. Scott Kelso. (Chapter record available). Acquisition of speech production: Frames, then content. Peter F. MacNeilage and Barbara Davis. (Chapter record available). Part V. Sensorimotor transformation and the representation of action coordinates. Sensorimotor transformations and the kinematics of arm movements in three-dimensional space. John F. Soechting and Carlo A. Terzuolo. (Chapter record available). The geometric and dynamic implications of the coherence constraints in three-dimensional sensorimotor interactions. Jacques Droulez and Christian Darlot. (Chapter record available). Sensory-motor adaptation to high force levels in parabolic flight maneuvers. James R. Lackner. (Chapter record available). Contribution of skeletal and extraocular proprioception to kinaesthetic representation. J. P. Roll, J. C. Gilhodes, R. Roll and J. L. Velay. (Chapter record available). Eye movements to a visual stimulus flashed before, during, or after a saccade. Hitoshi Honda. (Chapter record available). Basic perceptuo-motor dysfunctions in cerebral palsy. David N. Lee, Brigid M. Daniel, Jane Turnbull and Michael L. Cook. (Chapter record available). Joint visual attention, manual pointing, and preverbal communication in human infancy. George Butterworth and Lesley Grover. (Chapter record available). Part VI. The role of sensory-based adjustments in the achievement of the goal. Functional contributions of rapid and automatic sensory-based adjustments to motor output. James H. Abbs and Carolee J. Winstein. (Chapter record available). Gaze saccade orienting and hand pointing are locked to their goal by quick internal loops. Claude Prablanc and Denis Pelisson. (Chapter record available). Tactile afferent signals in the control of precision grip. Roland S. Johansson and Goran Westling. (Chapter record available). Motor representations in deafferented humans: A mechanism for disordered movement performance. Jerome N. Sanes. (Chapter record available). Part VII. Constraints on motor learning and development. A perception-action perspective on the development of manual movements. Claes von Hofsten. (Chapter record available). Units of motor behavior: Modifications with practice and feedback. Douglas E. Young and Richard A. Schmidt. (Chapter record available). Motor learning and the degrees of freedom problem. Michael I. Jordan. (Chapter record available). Gesture learning and apraxia. Pietro Faglioni, Anna Basso, Claudio Botti, Salvatore Aglioti and Christina Saetti. (Chapter record available). Author index. Subject index. 47. BOOK, EDITED; CONFERENCE Author: Rowe, Mark J., ed.; Aitkin, Lindsay, ed. Affiliation: U New South Wales, School of Physiology & Pharmacology, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Title: Information processing in mammalian auditory and tactile systems. Source: Wiley-Liss; New York, NY, US, 1990. xv, 312 pp. Series: Neurology and neurobiology, Vol. 56. Notes: Based on the proceedings of a Boden Conference held in Feb, 1989, in the Snowy Mountains located halfway between Melbourne and Sydney in Australia, under the auspices of the Australian Academy of Science, and sponsored by the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society and the Australian Neuroscience Society. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Auditory Perception. Tactual Perception. Psychophysics. Sensory Neurons. Neural Development. Neurophysiology. Mammals. Population terms: Animal. Abstract: (from the introduction) The first section starts with Emeritus Professor A. K. McIntyre's "Overview" which provided an introduction to our conference on the form of a brief personal perspective on historical aspects of sensory physiology. Subsequent chapters in this section deal with receptor mechanisms and the signalling of sensory information over primary afferent nerve fibers.... Section II examines central processing, and includes contributions on the transmission characteristics of nuclei in ascending pathways; the transformation in impulse patterning across central synapses for simple and complex vibrotactile stimuli; the projection of tactile information over the thalamo-cortical pathways; the representation of somatic inputs in motor areas of cortex; and chapters on sound localization and some of the comparative mechanisms involved in directional hearing.... The third section addresses issues of development and plasticity in tactile and auditory systems. An analysis of the normal development of thalamo-cortical connections in the somatosensory system is presented, and several chapters present evidence for modifications in the organization and function of both the auditory and tactile systems in response to partial differentiation.... Section IV deals with some of the applications of fundamental research in sensory physiology to problems of deafness and to the analysis of sensory function in the growth-impaired human baby. Contents: Contributors. Introduction (by) Mark Rowe and Lindsay Aitkin. I. Peripheral mechanosensory mechanisms. Overview: Receptor function. A. K. McIntyre. Tactile perception of texture: Peripheral neural correlates. A. W. Goodwin and K. T. John. (Chapter record available). On the origin of the resting discharge in muscle spindles. U. Proske, J. E. Gregory and D. L. Morgan. The search for the morphological basis of mechano-transduction in cochlear hair cells. James O. Pickles, Jutta Brix and Otto Gleich. Mammalian cochlear function. Robert Patuzzi. Primary afferent dynamic ranges and cochlear mechanics. Donald Robertson, Graeme K. Yates and Ian M. Winter. Comparative aspects of cochlear function: Avian mechanisms. K. G. Hill. Functions of the efferent pathways to the mammalian cochlea. R. Rajan. II. Central connections and coding in auditory and tactile systems. Synaptic transmission in the mammalian central nervous system. Bruce Walmsley and Madeleine Jane Nicol. Impulse patterning in central neurons for vibrotactile coding. Mark Rowe. Neural coding of complex tactile vibration. J. W. Morley, J. S. Archer, D. G. Ferrington, M. J. Rowe and A. B. Turman. (Chapter record available). Thalamo-cortical processing of tactile information. S. Ghosh, M. J. Rowe, A. B. Turman and R. M. Vickery. Somato-sensory projections to the motor cortex. Robert Porter. (Chapter record available). Coding for auditory space. Lindsay Aitkin. (Chapter record available). Directional hearing in the Plains-wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus. J. D. Pettigrew and O. N. Larsen. (Chapter record available). III. Development and plasticity in auditory and tactile systems. Reaching and handling: How the brain interacts with the hand. Ian Darian-Smith, Surindar Cheema, Corinna Darian-Smith, Mary Galea and Neil Ratcliffe. (Chapter record available). The capacity for reorganization within spinal somatosensory systems. P. Wilson and P. J. Snow. The capacity for reorganization in adult somatosensory cortex. Michael B. Calford and Rowan Tweedale. Plasticity in cranial somatosensory pathways. Phil M. E. Waite. Reorganization of frequency representation in auditory cortex of guinea pigs with partial unilateral deafness. Dexter R. F. Irvine and Donald Robertson. (Chapter record available). IV. Applied sensory physiology and psychophysics. Multimodal stimulation for speech perception. Peter J. Blamey. (Chapter record available). Temporal and spatial coding in auditory prostheses. R. K. Shepherd. C. L. Maffi, S. Hatsushika, E. Javel, Y. C. Tong and G. M. Clark. Evoked potentials and functional development of the auditory system. Alan G. Pettigrew, David J. Henderson-Smart and Deborah A. Edwards. (Chapter record available). Index. 48. BOOK CHAPTER Author: Blamey, Peter J. Affiliation: U Melbourne, Dept of Otolaryngology, East Melbourne, VICT, Australia. Title: Multimodal stimulation for speech perception. Source: IN: Information processing in mammalian auditory and tactile systems. Neurology and neurobiology, Vol. 56.; Mark J. Rowe, Lindsay Aitkin, Eds. Wiley-Liss, New York, NY, US. 267-280 of xv, 312 pp. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Speech Perception. Simulation. Prostheses. Tactual Perception. Visual Perception. Auditory Perception. Psychophysiology. Population terms: Human. Abstract: (from the chapter) how much speech information can be detected and recognized through each sense; this depends on the speech processor that transforms the acoustic waveform into the stimulating signals as well as the psychophysical properties of the sensory processes; this paper will begin with a description of an electrotactile speech processor and a comparison of electrotactile and electroauditory psychophysics... the second section of this paper describes an experiment providing evidence that sensory integration occurs at an early stage of processing before recognition of phonemes; the last section assesses the effectiveness of auditory, visual, and tactile contributions, and raises further considerations regarding the learning or plasticity of multimodal speech perception. 49. BOOK CHAPTER Author: Square-Storer, Paula; Hayden, Deborah (Chumpelik). Affiliation: U Toronto, Graduate Dept of Speech Pathology, Toronto, ON, Canada. Title: PROMPT treatment. Source: IN: Acquired apraxia of speech in aphasic adults: Theoretical and clinical issues. Brain damage, behaviour and cognition: Developments in clinical neuropsychology.; Paula Square-Storer, Ed. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, Hove, England. 190-219 of xvii, 294 pp. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Speech Disorders. Speech Therapy. Tactual Stimulation. Cues. Proprioceptors. Kinesthetic Perception. Phonetics. Population terms: Human. Abstract: (from the chapter) the PROMPT System (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets), is a dynamic tactile method of treatment for motor speech disorders which capitalizes upon touch pressure, kinesthetic, and proprioceptive cues... the purpose of this chapter is to describe the rationale and components of the PROMPT System, and to demonstrate the efficacy of the method by providing preliminary results of single-case research. 50. BOOK CHAPTER Author: Shingledecker, Clark A. Affiliation: NTI Inc, Senior Scientist, Dayton, OH, US. Title: Handicap and human skill. Source: IN: Human skills (2nd ed.). Wiley series on studies in human performance and cognition. (Dennis H. Holding, Ed.),. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England. 249-279 of xiii, 334 pp. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Handicapped. Blind. Deaf. Hearing Aids. Optical Aids. Population terms: Human. General terms: Ability. Abstract: (from the chapter) concerned with the chronic breakdown of skill which occurs when a receptor or effector component of the chain of mechanisms responsible for skill is lost or impaired because of disease, injury, or congenital malformation... motor impairment; motor control; sensory feedback; motor programs and adaptive aiding... sensory impairment; discuss the profound effects of auditory and visual impairment on human performance and examine the skills variables which contribute to the success of attempts to restore skill by the application of sensory aids... deafness; visual speech displays; tactile speech displays... blindness; reading skills; mobility skills; mental effort; aid design. 51. BOOK CHAPTER Author: Freedman, Norbert. Affiliation: Columbia U, Downstate Medical Ctr, New York, NY, US. Research sponsors: US Public Health Service, Rockville, MD, US. Title: Two principles of communicative functioning. Source: IN: The individual, communication, and society: Essays in memory of Gregory Bateson. Studies in emotion and social interaction.; Robert W. Rieber, Ed. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, US; Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme; Paris, France. 279-300 of xiv, 343 pp. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Oral Communication. Gestures. Cognitive Processes. Linguistics. Tactual Stimulation. Self Stimulation. Attention. Population terms: Human. Abstract: (from the book) reports on over a decade of research into kinetics, that is into the gestural accompaniments of spoken speech; the emphasis is on the integration of various different levels of behavior and their combination into a single overall whole. (from the chapter) principles of communicative functioning; reaching and disengaging; regulating self and object representations; linguistic representation and the regulation of attention... depicted a network of empirical relationships depicting two basic communicative structures; the first is the principle of rhythmic motor actions in the establishment of representation; the second is the principle of repetitive tactile self-stimulation as a condition for information filtering. 52. BOOK CHAPTER Author: Pawlik, G.; Heiss, W.-D. Affiliation: Cologne U Clinics, Max Planck Inst of Neurological Research, Dept of Neurology, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany. Title: Positron emission tomography and neuropsychological function. Source: IN: Neuropsychological function and brain imaging. Critical issues in neuropsychology.; Erin D. Bigler, Ronald A. Yeo, Eric Turkheimer, Eds. Plenum Press, New York, NY, US. 65-138 of xv, 354 pp. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tomography. Population terms: Human. General terms: Mental Disorders. Methodology. Physiology. Abstract: (from the chapter) methods; principles of PET (positron emission tomography); brain energy metabolism; glucose consumption; oxygen consumption; cerebral blood flow (CBF); PET image analysis... results; normal functional states; resting wakefulness; the effect of normal aging on physiological brain function; sleep; attention and cognition; tactile processing; visual processing; auditory processing; speech; memorizing; clinical syndromes; aphasias and related disorders; amnesias; dementias; disorders of attention, judgment, affect, psychomotor activity, and social behavior. 53. BOOK, EDITED Author: Salvendy, Gavriel, ed. Affiliation: Purdue U, School of Industrial Engineering, NEC Professor of Industrial Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, US. Title: Handbook of human factors. Source: John Wiley & Sons; New York, NY, US, 1987. xxiv, 1874 pp. Language: English. Pub type: Guide. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Human Factors Engineering. Man Machine Systems. Environmental Planning. Safety. Population terms: Human. Abstract: (from the preface) This handbook is concerned with the role of humans in complex systems, the design of equipment and facilities for human use, and the development of environments for comfort and safety. Thus this handbook provides vital information about the effective design and use of systems requiring the interaction among human, machine (computer), and environment.... As should be apparent from the perusal of the chapters of the handbook, we have made every effort to obtain authors with diverse training and professional affiliations from the United States and other countries throughout the world. Contents: 1. The human factors function. The human factors profession. Julien M. Christensen. (Chapter record available). Systems design, development, and testing. David Meister. (Chapter record available). 2. Human factors fundamentals. Sensation, perception, and systems design. Patrick Foley and Neville Moray. (Chapter record available). Information processing, decision-making, and cognition. Christopher D. Wickens. (Chapter record available). Motivation. Carl Graf Hoyos. (Chapter record available). Learning and forgetting facts and skills. Patrick C. Kyllonen and Earl A. Alluisi. (Chapter record available). Engineering anthropometry. Karl H. E. Kroemer. (Chapter record available). Biomechanics of the human body. Karl H. E. Kroemer. (Chapter record available). Manual control and tracking. James L. Knight, Jr.(Chapter record available). Human error and human reliability. Dwight P. Miller and Alan D. Swain. (Chapter record available). Feedback-control mechanisms of human behavior. Thomas J. Smith and Karl U. Smith. (Chapter record available). Speech communication. R. D. Sorkin and B. H. Kantowitz. (Chapter record available). 3. Functional analysis. Surveys in organizations. Stanley E. Seashore. (Chapter record available). Analytic techniques for function analysis. Kenneth R. Laughery, Sr. and K. Ronald Laughery, Jr.(Chapter record available). Allocation of functions. Barry H. Kantowitz and Robert D. Sorkin. (Chapter record available). Task analysis. Colin G. Drury, Barbara Paramore, Harold P. Van Cott, Susan M. Grey and E. Nigel Corlett. (Chapter record available). Physiological and psychological work load measurement and analysis. Walter Rohmert. (Chapter record available). 4. Job and organization design. Job design. Louis E. Davis and Gerald J. Wacker. (Chapter record available). Participative group techniques. Tapas K. Sen. (Chapter record available). Organizational design. Hal W. Hendrick. (Chapter record available). Design for older people. Arnold M. Small, Sr.(Chapter record available). 5. Equipment and workplace design. Design of visual displays. Martin G. Helander. (Chapter record available). Design of auditory and tactile displays. Robert D. Sorkin. (Chapter record available). Design of controls. Hans-Jorg Bullinger, Peter Kern and Werner F. Muntzinger. (Chapter record available). Biomechanical aspects of workplace design. Don B. Chaffin. (Chapter record available). 6. Environmental Design. Noise. D. M. Jones and D. E. Broadbent. (Chapter record available). Motion and vibration. Donald E. Wasserman. (Chapter record available). Illumination. William H. Cushman and Brian Crist. (Chapter record available). Climate. Frederick H. Rohles and Stephan A. Konz. (Chapter record available). Human engineering for space. Stacy R. Hunt. (Chapter record available). Ergonomic factors in chemical hazard control. Robert W. Mason and Barry L. Johnson. (Chapter record available). Architecture and interior design. John E. Harrigan. (Chapter record available). 7. Design for health and safety. Human factors in occupational injury evaluation and control. Michal J. Smith and Dennis B. Beringer. (Chapter record available). Manual materials handling. M. M. Ayoub, J. L. Selan and B. C. Jiang. (Chapter record available). Work schedules. Donald I. Tepas and Timothy H. Monk. (Chapter record available). Occupational stress. Michael J. Smith. (Chapter record available). The use of safety devices and safety controls at industrial machine work stations. John R. Etherton. (Chapter record available). Personal protective equipment. John B. Moran and Richard M. Ronk. (Chapter record available). Health index. Masamitsu Oshima. (Chapter record available). 8. Design of selection and training systems. Personnel selection. H. G. Osburn. (Chapter record available). Concepts of training. D. H. Holding. (Chapter record available). The relationship of training goals and training systems. Irwin L. Goldstein. (Chapter record available). Computer-assisted and computer-managed instruction. Ray E. Eberts and John F. Brock. (Chapter record available). Training simulators. Ralph E. Flexman and Edward A. Stark. (Chapter record available). Design of job aids and procedure writing. Robert W. Swezey. (Chapter record available). 9. Performance modeling. Decision making. Ward Edwards. (Chapter record available). Artificial intelligence. King-Sun Fu. (Chapter record available). Human factors of computer programming. Mark Weiser and Ben Shneiderman. (Chapter record available). Software interface design. Robert C. Williges, Beverly H. Williges and Jay Elkerton. (Chapter record available). Human factors aspects of manual computer input devices. Joel S. Greenstein and Lynn Y. Arnaut. (Chapter record available). Speech controls and displays. Carol A. Simpson, Michael E. McCauley, Ellen F. Roland, John C. Ruth and Beverly H. Williges. (Chapter record available). Text editors. Teresa L. Roberts. (Chapter record available). Documentation for software systems. Sylvia B. Sheppard. (Chapter record available). 12. Selected applications of human factors in computer systems. Human factors in office automation. Sara J. Czaja. (Chapter record available). Technical and human aspects of computer-aided design (CAD). Woodrow Barfield, Tien-Chien Chang, Ann Majchrzak, Ray Eberts and Gavriel Salvendy. (Chapter record available). Human aspects of robotic systems. Hans-Jorg Bullinger, Volker Korndorfer and Gavriel Salvendy. (Chapter record available). Technical and human aspects of computer-aided manufacturing. Joseph Sharit, Tien-Chien Chang and Gavriel Salvendy. (Chapter record available). Human factors challenges in process control: The case of nuclear power plants. David D. Woods, John F. O'Brien and Lewis F. Hanes. (Chapter record available). Human factors requirements engineering for air traffic control systems. David R. Lenorovitz and Mark D. Phillips. (Chapter record available). Humans, computers, and communications. Koji Kobayashi. (Chapter record available). Author index. Subject index. 54. BOOK CHAPTER Author: Sorkin, Robert D. Affiliation: Purdue U, Dept of Psychological Sciences, Professor, West Lafayette, IN, US. Title: Design of auditory and tactile displays. Source: IN: Handbook of human factors.; Gavriel Salvendy, Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, US. 549-576 of xxiv, 1874 pp. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Tactual Displays. Human Factors Engineering. Auditory Displays. Tactual Perception. Blind. Population terms: Human. Abstract: (from the chapter) when to use the auditory or visual form of presentation; loudness; pitch; duration... speech message displays... tactile channel sensitivity; tactile channel as a supplementary display channel; tactile channel as a sensory replacement channel; tactile systems for the blind. 55. Author: Maj, Mario. Affiliation: Primo Policlinico Universitario, Clinica Psichiatrica, Naples, Italy. Title: Neuropsychological functioning in schizoaffective disorder, depressed type. Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1986 Nov, v74 (n5):524-528. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Neuropsychological Assessment. Schizophrenia. Affective Disturbances. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Luria Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery, assessment of neuropsychological functioning, Subjects with schizoaffective disorder of depressed type. Abstract: Conducted 2 studies involving administration of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) to assess neuropsychological functioning in persons suffering from schizoaffective disorders of the depressed type. Subjects included 82 patients currently or previously fulfilling the Research Diagnostic Criteria by R. L. Spitzer et al (1975) for various schizoid and depressive disorders and 20 Subjects having no personal or family history of psychiatric disorder. The LNNB includes 269 items covering the following function areas: motor, rhythm, tactile, visual, receptive and expressive speech, reading, writing, arithmetic, memory, intellectual processes, pathognomonic, and left and right hemisphere. Results show that, with respect to neuropsychological performance, patients with schizoaffective disorders of the depressed type fall midway between schizophrenics and patients with major depressive disorders. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 56. Author: Eaton, Muzza; Mitchell-Bonair, Iola L.; Friedmann, Erika. Affiliation: City U New York, Brooklyn Coll. Title: The effect of touch on nutritional intake of chronic organic brain syndrome patients. Source: Journal of Gerontology, 1986 Sep, v41 (n5):611-616. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Physical Contact. Organic Brain Syndromes. Food Intake. Nutrition. Oral Communication. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Gentle touch during verbal encouragement to eat, nutritional intake, 72-96 yr old institutionalized chronic organic brain syndrome patients. Abstract: Evaluated the effect of gentle touch during eating on nutritional intake (NI) of 42 institutionalized chronic organic brain syndrome (COBS) patients (aged 72-96 yrs). Subjects were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups, and NI was evaluated for 3 consecutive weeks. During Weeks 1 and 3, all Subjects were encouraged verbally to eat. In the treatment week, experimental group Subjects were touched gently during the verbal encouragement. Repeated measures analyses of variance (ANOVAs) indicated that in the 1st week NI for the groups did not differ, but NI was significantly greater in the experimental than in the control group during the other 2 wks. It is concluded that tactile stimulation may be an important adjunct to verbal encouragement to improve NI in COBS patients. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1987 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 57. Author: Chomsky, Carol. Affiliation: Harvard Graduate School of Education. Title: Analytic study of the Tadoma method: Language abilities of three deaf-blind subjects. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1986 Sep, v29 (n3):332-347. 24 references. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Deaf. Blind. Verbal Ability. Language Development. Tactual Perception. Nonverbal Communication. Articulation (Speech). Aurally Handicapped. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Speech reading method Tadoma involving tactual monitoring of speaker's articulatory motion, language achievement, deaf-blind 49 yr old female & 54 & 55 yr old males. Abstract: Examined the linguistic abilities of 1 female and 2 male deaf-blind Subjects (aged 49, 55, and 54 yrs) who perceive spoken language through a method of speechreading known as Tadoma, which involves placing a hand on the face of the speaker and monitoring the speaker's articulatory motions. The 2 male Subjects, deaf-blind since infancy, acquired language and learned to speak through this tactile system; the female Subject has used Tadoma since becoming deaf-blind at age 7 yrs. Linguistic knowledge and productive language were analyzed, using standardized tests (e.g., verbal subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC--R)) and several tests constructed for the present study. Subjects' language abilities prove to be extensive, comparing favorably in many areas with hearing individuals. Results illustrate a relatively minor effect of limited language exposure on eventual language achievement and demonstrate the adequacy of the tactile sense, in these highly trained Tadoma users, for transmitting information about spoken language sufficient to support the development of language and learning to produce speech. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1987 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 58. Title: Auditory learning: Introduction. Source: Volta Review, 1986 Sep, v88 (n5):7-17. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Partially Hearing Impaired. Language Development. Strategies. Oral Communication. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. General terms: Education. Key phrase: Benefits & goals of auditory approach to teaching speech to hearing impaired children, authorities in field of education for hearing impaired. Abstract: 13 recognized authorities in the field of education for the hearing impaired responded to questions on an auditory approach to spoken language development. All respondents were associated in some way with promoting the use of residual hearing as part of the process of teaching speech to hearing impaired children. The use of different sensory modalities (visual and tactile) in the auditory approach is discussed. Four benefits and goals of this approach are cited: (1) maximal use of listening abilities, (2) intelligible spoken language, (3) integration in regular educational settings and mainstream society, and (4) fostering independence. Components of the auditory approach (hearing amplification, learning spoken language through audition, parent involvement, individualized instruction) are reviewed. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 59. Author: Ling, Daniel. Affiliation: U Western Ontario, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, London, Canada. Title: Devices and procedures for auditory learning. Source: Volta Review, 1986 Sep, v88 (n5):19-28. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Partially Hearing Impaired. Language Development. Hearing Aids. Oral Communication. Lipreading. Children. Population terms: Human. Child. Key phrase: Assistive devices & rehabilitative procedures, development of spoken language, hearing impaired. Abstract: Presents basic notions related to devices and procedures that can be used to develop optimal levels of spoken language communication for hearing impaired children. Assistive devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants, tactile and visual aids) and rehabilitative procedures (auditory training, speechreading (lipreading), cued speech, improvement of speech production) are reviewed. It is concluded that the most effective means of developing spoken language remains its use in real life communicative situations involving the hearing impaired child and his/her teachers, parents, and speaking peers. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 60. DISSERTATION Author: Yaros, Patricia S. Affiliation: Wayne State U. Title: The relationship of maternal rhythmic behavior and infant interactional attention. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, 1986 Jul, v47 (n1-B):136. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Mother Child Communication. Attention Span. Eye Fixation. Psychosocial Development. Facial Expressions. Physical Contact. Oral Communication. Childhood. Adulthood. Infants. Population terms: Human. Child. Adult. Key phrase: Maternal facial & vocal & tactile rhythms, infant gaze behavior & attention, mothers & their 5 mo olds. 61. Author: Tyler, Richard S.; and others. Affiliation: U Iowa Hosps, Iowa City. Title: Previous experience as a confounding factor in comparing cochlear-implant processing schemes. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1986 Jun, v29 (n2):282-287. 18 references. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Deaf. Apparatus. Aurally Handicapped. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Previous experience with speech processing system, efficacy of cochlear implant processing schemes, 52 yr old female with profound hearing impairment. Abstract: Tested a 52-yr-old profoundly hearing impaired woman with Meniere's disease using the Melbourne multichannel implant with the device set to process sounds in 2 different ways. In the 1st processing scheme, the device functioned normally, extracting information about voicing frequency, amplitude, and 2nd-formant frequency. This information activated the 21-channel device, determining pulse rate, pulse amplitude, and electrode position. In the 2nd processing scheme, a single electrode was activated. This electrode coded overall amplitude and voicing frequency. Subject was tested on an audiovisual test of a 14-choice consonant recognition in the form /iCi/ over a period of over 4 mo, during which Subject used the 21-channel processor outside of the laboratory. Findings reveal that upon initial connection, there was little difference between the results obtained with the 2 schemes when tested in sound alone or in sound plus vision. However, after about 4 mo, scores obtained with the 21-channel processor in sound plus vision were superior to the scores obtained with the 1 channel. This advantage came from a superiority in the features of voicing and nasality but not place. Scores for sound-alone conditions between the 2 processing schemes remained similar for the 4-mo period. It is suggested that studies investigating the relative merits of speech processing systems (including tactile and conventional hearing aids) must consider previous experience as an important factor. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1986 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 62. Author: Kirman, Jacob H. Affiliation: City U New York, Queens Coll. Title: Vibrotactile frequency recognition: Forward and backward masking effects. Source: Journal of General Psychology, 1986 Apr, v113 (n2):147-158. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Stimulus Duration. Interstimulus Interval. Auditory Masking. Tactual Perception. Vibration. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Stimulus duration & interstimulus intervals, forward & backward vibrotactile recognition masking tests, graduate students. Abstract: Assessed the limits of a single vibrator display for the communication of information, in particular speech information, by conducting forward and backward vibrotactile recognition masking tests with 4 graduate students, using 240- and 160-Hz targets of 20 msec duration and 4 200-Hz masks at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) ranging from -500 to 500 msec. Data are consistent with a 3-factor analysis of tactile recognition masking. Both short masks produced more masking only at very short ISIs, and longer mask durations increased backward but not forward masking. It is suggested that in addition to energic masking (presumably peripheral) and confusion masking, a 3rd masking process (correlated with mask duration) was at work. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1987 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 63. Author: Grossi, D.; Fontanella, G.; Fragassi, N. A.; Orsini, A. Affiliation: U degli Studi, Clinica Neurologica II Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Naples, Italy. Title: Alternative strategy for reading aloud: A case report. Source: Acta Neurologica, 1986 Feb, v8 (n1):36-44. 8 references. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Aphasia. Neuropsychology. Reading Ability. Cognitive Rehabilitation. Speech Characteristics. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Neuropsychological assessment & reading strategy comprised of letter-by-letter presentation & visual or tactile reinforcement & graphic output, ability to read aloud, 25 yr old male with Wernicke's aphasia. Abstract: Reports a neuropsychological investigation of a 25-yr-old right-handed male affected by a severe difficulty in speech understanding and expression. It was demonstrated that internal representation of the word system was intact and that access to it by acoustic routes was impaired, while the visual access was relatively spared. The Subject's speech expression defect was due to an impairment in selecting sounds, evident also in reading aloud. An alternative strategy, based on integrity of word representations, was devised through which the Subject could bypass the impaired process by avoiding the automatic grapheme-phoneme correspondence. (Italian abstract) (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1987 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 64. Author: Moses, James A. Affiliation: Palo Alto VA Medical Ctr, Psychology Service, CA. Title: Factor analysis of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery by sensorimotor, speech, and conceptual item bands. Source: International Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1986, v8 (n1):26-35. 5 references. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Neuropsychological Assessment. Factor Analysis. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Factor analysis of Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery by sensorimotor & speech & conceptual item bands, VA medical center patients. Abstract: The Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) was divided into 3 theoretically homogenous bands of items consisting of the Motor, Rhythm, Tactile, and Visual Scales (sensorimotor band); the Receptive Speech, Expressive Speech, Writing, and Reading Scales (speech band); and the Arithmetic, Memory, and Intellectual Processes Scales (conceptual band). Data from 1,421 cases administered the LNNB at a Veteran's Administration medical center show that the internal consistency of the LNNB item pool as a whole and the 3 item bands were high. Factor analyses were consistent with previous published scalewise solutions. Findings support Lurian theory and the construct validity of the LNNB. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1986 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 65. Author: Andersen, Peter A.; Sull, Karen K. Affiliation: California State U, Long Beach, US. Title: Out of touch, out of reach: Tactile predispositions as predictors of interpersonal distance. Source: Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1985 Winter, v49 (n1):57-72. References. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Physical Contact. Speech Anxiety. Interpersonal Attraction. Personal Space. Physical Attractiveness. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Touch avoidance predisposition & receiver apprehension & physical attraction, interpersonal distance in interview, college students. Abstract: Examined the effects of touch avoidance (i.e., a person's general predisposition to approach or avoid tactile communication) on interpersonal distance using 48 undergraduates. The combined effects of touch avoidance, receiver apprehension, and physical attraction on interpersonal distance were also examined in a series of multiple regression models. The models accounted for 27-99% of the variance in interpersonal distance. Data demonstrate that communication predispositions are reasonably good predictors of interpersonal behavior. It is suggested that attitudes toward communication, and particularly touch, determine the spatial intimacy of communication encounters. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved). 66. Author: Collins, M. Jane; Hurtig, Richard R. Affiliation: Louisiana State U Speech & Hearing Clinic, Baton Rouge. Title: Categorical perception of speech sounds via the tactile mode. Source: Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 1985 Dec, v28 (n4):594-598. 12 references. Language: English. Subject: Thesaurus terms: Auditory Discrimination. Tactual Perception. Speech Characteristics. Lipreading. Adulthood. Population terms: Human. Adult. Key phrase: Categorical discrimination & tactile vs auditory perception of