The Marshalla Guide: Book Review...

Mar 2, 2020 by

The Marshalla Guide: Book Review

I was recently asked to review a new book.  The Marshalla Guide  A Topical Anthology of Speech Movement Techniques for Motor Speech Disorder and Articulation Deficits  By Pam Marshalla, M.A., CCC-SLP.  Being fairly familiar with the quality of Pam Marshalla’s previous works and using/owning many of her books myself I jumped at the opportunity to review her new book.   The Marshalla Guide is basically Pam Marshalla’s life’s work in the areas of oral motor and articulation. Passing on Pam’s knowledge, research and remediation strategies in a structured and well organized manner,  the Marshalla Guide covers all things articulation. While in the process of reviewing this book I’ve already used it to refresh my knowledge on lateral lisp, jaw stabilization techniques and other ideas to achieve stimulability of challenging error sounds. The Marshalla Guide is a pretty big book, almost 500 pages,...

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Article Review: How Well Can Children Recognize Speech Features in Spectrograms? Comparisons by Age and Hearing Status...

Jun 12, 2013 by

Article Review: How Well Can Children Recognize Speech Features in Spectrograms? Comparisons by Age and Hearing Status

Article Review By Guest Blogger Kayla Perry Title of Article How Well Can Children Recognize Speech Features in Spectrograms? Comparisons by Age and Hearing Status Author:  David J. Ertmer  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Synopsis:  Real-time spectrographic displays (SDs) have been used in speech training for more than 30 years with adults and children who have severe and profound hearing impairments. Despite positive outcomes from treatment studies, concerns remain that the complex and abstract nature of spectrograms may make these speech trainingaids unsuitable for use with children. This investigation examined how well children with normal hearing sensitivity and children with impaired hearing can recognize spectrographic cues for vowels and consonants, and the ages at which these visual cues are distinguished. Sixty children (30 with normal hearing sensitivity, 30 with hearing impairments) in 3 age groups (6–7, 8–9, and 10–11 years) were familiarized with the spectrographiccharacteristics...

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