• Lip EMG response to stuttering 

  Henley, Caroline (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate whether viewing stuttering behaviors would elicit lip muscle activity. Thirty college-aged participants produced a series of 20 sentences and were presented with audio and ...
• The variability of stuttering and influential factors 

  Sherbert, Kayla Jane (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Stuttering is a disorder of speech fluency that is not well understood, in part due to its variable nature. Although a number of factors have been found to contribute to this variability, previous research has often been ...
• Early intervention effects on gesture use in young children with ASD: a national query of SLPs 

  Miller, Julia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Gesture development, use, and repertoire differ in young children with ASD compared to those with typical development (Manwaring et al., 2018 and Watson et al., 2013). Gestures play a fundamental role in social interaction ...
• The perception of regional dialect in the state of Alabama 

  Sizemore, McKenzie D. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  The purpose of this study was to evaluate how accurate people are in perceiving the dialects in the state of Alabama. This study included 50 speakers, each of whom produced a portion of the “Arthur the Rat” passage, which ...
• Vowel production variation in college students based on social integration 

  Chapman, Sarah Kristin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Exemplar theory represents the encoding of individual experiences as a collection of episodic memories known as exemplars, which form “exemplar clouds” (Drager & Kirtley, 2016). Originally used to model phonetic classification ...
• Attitudes of stuttering within the social networks of people who stutter 

  Hawkins, Haley (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  This study examined attitudes about stuttering in the social networks of people who stutter. This study included seven people who stutter (PWS) as well as 21 other participants across the social networks of the PWS. The ...
• All purees are not created equal: thickness, adhesiveness, and cohesiveness of commercially available first foods 

  Summerford, Mickalyn Sue (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the thickness, cohesiveness, and adhesiveness of foods typically consumed as feeding skills develop in the first year of life. The subjective feeding difficulty levels 1-4, ...
• Discrepancy between defining and intervening with premature feeding and swallowing in the NICU: a survey 

  Barnes, Jennifer Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Feeding during infancy is a complex, multidimensional task that involves dynamic coordination between sucking, swallowing, and breathing (Wolf & Glass, 1992). Infants born prematurely, however, often display delayed swallow ...
• Exploration of gender influences in restricted and repetitive behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder 

  Evans, Madeleine G. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  More boys than girls have ASD at a ratio of 4:1 (Baio et al., 2018). In general, boys tend to demonstrate more ritualistic and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) than girls (Szatmari et al., 2012) though a gender bias may lead ...
• Relationship of articulation and feeding skills in children: a pilot study 

  Dent, Lacey (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Feeding development begins during the embryologic and fetal periods with maturation of the head, face, and neck, the emergence of early oral motor reflexes, and continues well into early childhood. Children learn to eat ...
• Impact of common morbidity on attainment of oral feeding skills in a modern cohort of infants born prematurely: a retrospective analysis 

  Schweers, Madeline G. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Feeding during infancy is a complicated, multidimensional task involving dynamic coordination between sucking, swallowing, and breathing (Wolf & Glass, 1992). The synactive theory of infant development discusses the influence ...
• The perception of emotion through static and dynamic facial expression in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 

  Queen, Melanie Wilkie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The current project examined the ability of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to perceive and judge emotional information conveyed in facial expression when compared to typically developing peers. The purpose ...
• An investigation into stuttering development: a longitudinal approach 

  Treleaven, Shanley Belle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between daily emotions and stuttering. A longitudinal design was used to evaluate changes in the relation between emotions and stuttering over the fall and spring semesters ...
• The relationship between representational, beat, and cohesive gestures and speech disfluency in the 2012 presidential debate 

  Puzinauskas, Katerina Joanna (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Hand gestures are yoked to speech in a highly-correlated system, often referred to as co-speech (Hostetter, 2011). Both disfluency and gesture have been show to influence audience reaction during political debates (e.g., ...
• Administering articulation assessments on the iPad® 

  Jones, Cristen Kalea (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The purpose of this study is to investigate the significance of technology as a time- and a resource-saver. Children between the ages of 2 years, 5 months and 5 years, 11 months had their speech sound abilities assessed ...
• Efficacy of Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) over Total Communication (TC) for language outcomes in children with cochlear implants: a systematic review 

  Shoffner, Amber (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Children with cochlear implants require intervention for both receptive and expressive language. Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT), which primarily focuses on the development of language through the auditory channel, and Total ...
• Bama perks: the use of simulated context as treatment for adults with aphasia 

  Tucker, Marie Louise (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  There is a growing interest in examining the efficacy of aphasia treatment programs that examine meaningful real-life outcomes rather than therapeutic outcomes within structured intervention settings (Chapey et al., 2008). ...
• Differences in dietary intake, sensory processing, anthropometric measures, mealtime behaviors, and parental stress of children with ASD and other neurodevelopmental impairments 

  Henderson, Elizabeth Dianne (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Feeding difficulty is a frequently reported feature of neurodevelopmental delays and disorders that affect children, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
• Is dosage important?: parent and child outcomes with project impact therapy 

  Noble, Hylan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  The primary purpose of this study was to compare both pre- and post- language and social communication outcomes between two different groups, receiving various dosages of ImPACT (Improving Parents as Communicative Partners) ...
• Social influences on autonomic arousal in autism spectrum disorders 

  Turner, Carolyn Kate (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

  The purpose of this study was to gain new understanding of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction in familiar and unfamiliar social situations in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Both Children with ASD and ...

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