Also, there is anecdotal evidence that many adults have reduced phonological awareness abilities. Very often, students enrolled in a basic phonetics course have major problems when learning to identify lexical stress, and when learning to transcribe the segmental aspects of spoken English. This line of research will attempt to systematically evaluate college students' abilities in spoken and receptive language skills, as well as evaluate their phonological awareness and auditory processing capabilities. Larry Small and Lynne Hewitt. Infant cry analysis.
Work is in progress to examine infants with laryngomalacia, as well as other healthy infants.
A primary goal of this project is to discover which language sample measures can best identify language impairment. Other goals include description of lexical and pragmatic variables that distinguish children with SLI from their peers. The SALT language sample analysis program is used to transcribe and assist in analyzing samples. Linguapalatal contact pressure during speech. These studies involve feasibility testing of the latest miniature pressure transducers and various methods of adhesion in the mouth.