The SRA-10 is a tactile instrument which provides hearing impaired subjects with acoustic transforms that can be easily discriminated on the skin. Whether or not the SRA-10 is an effective means of training speech-language skills in profoundly hearing impaired subjects was the focus of this investigation. Two profoundly hearing impaired subjects were trained on phonetic reception/production tasks and on discrimination of multisyllabic words. Each subject served as his own control, wearing the SRA-10 for 14, 30 minute sessions, and a Bioacoustics 70-B auditory training unit for the same period of time. Results indicated a greater correct performance gain function with the SRA-10 than with the 70-B, suggesting that speech perception/production training using the SRA-10 or similar device would be superior to training using acoustic amplification.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663550 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Hunt, Sherrie L. (Sherrie Lynn) |
| Contributors | Henoch, Miriam A., Terrell, Sandra L. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 71 leaves: ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Hunt, Sherrie L. (Sherrie Lynn), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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