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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 8Cummine, Jacqueline (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
- 3Boliek, Carol (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
- 1Boliek, Carol (Communications Sciences and Disorders)
- 1Boliek, Carol A (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
- 1Kim, Esther (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
- 1Paslawski, Teresa (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
- 1Anton, Kathryn F.
- 1Bremmekamp, Darian J
- 1Fleming, Cassidy Ley
- 1Freitag, Ian J
- 1Grandmont, Dana M
- 1Hughes, Shelby
- 2Adults
- 2Reading
- 1Aging
- 1Auditory Perturbation
- 1Chest Wall Muscular Control
- 1Childhood Apraxia of Speech
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Advancing Our Understanding of Speech Motor Control Through an Investigation of Intermuscular Coherence in Typical Speakers
DownloadFall 2023
There is a need to characterize intermuscular coherence (IMC) in selected muscles of the speech mechanism in order to establish its utility as a tool to study speech motor control. IMC is a correlation in the frequency domain that provides information about whether two signals (i.e.,...
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Fall 2021
BackgroundChildhood apraxia of speech (CAS) has attracted controversy in the field of speech-language pathology for decades. There is some agreement that CAS is a neurological speech sound disorder that impairs a child’s ability to plan and/or program the precise and sequential movements required...
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Emergence and Refinement of Respiratory Chest Wall Intermuscular Coherence Associated with Speech and Non-Speech Tasks in Younger and Older Children
DownloadSpring 2018
Introduction: There is limited information about the development of chest wall muscular control of lung volume and alveolar pressure for non-speech and speech tasks. The present study was the first in a series of studies aimed at achieving an in-depth understanding of intermuscular coherence of...
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Examining Activation of Lexical and Semantic Representations Without Intention: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials
DownloadSpring 2016
Background. According to dual-route models of reading, there are two pathways with which words can be read: an orthographic-lexical pathway used to read familiar regular words and exception (EXC) words, and a grapheme-to-phoneme-conversion (GPC)-sublexical pathway used to read unfamiliar regular...
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Let's Talk About Sex - Or Not: Sexual Communication, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Healthcare Use Among Individuals With and Without Communication Difficulties
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Sexual communication is an essential element of sexual satisfaction and wellbeing. However, individuals with communication difficulties (in reading, writing, speaking, or understanding language) may face barriers to sexual communication in interpersonal and healthcare contexts. Based on previous...
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Fall 2017
Background. Speech production in noisy environments is known to elicit the Lombard effect, which has been described as an involuntary increase to vocal loudness against background noise. Many studies have explored the auditory-perceptual mechanisms that contribute to the Lombard effect; however,...
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Spring 2018
Objective: Reading is a complex behaviour requiring the connectivity of numerous brain regions. Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) has recently been used to examine the differences in reading networks in skilled adult readers and skilled and impaired child readers. Such...
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Spring 2018
Purpose. The present study focused on modulating features of speech motor control using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Recent studies have shown that tDCS modulates cortical activity within the brain, leading to changes in both cognitive and motor performance. More specific to...