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Fall 2023

Lin, Youran

A key factor of bilingual speech development is speech input. Different from an immigrant setting where children who are learning the majority language as a second language (L2) can receive rich and authentic input, the speech input is usually limited when learning a minority language. For L2...

Spring 2017

MacDonald, Jenelle L

Individuals who use speech generating communication devices (SGCDs) are described in the literature as having limited expressive linguistic competence due to limited functional practice, and limited skills in social competence due to limited social experience. Many individuals who use SGCDs in...

Spring 2019

Limacher, Stephanie

There is a paucity of research examining how the presence of an accent may affect speech-language pathologists’ (SLP) assessments of bilingual children. Generally, assessment tools normed on monolingual children cannot be used to make diagnostic decisions about whether a bilingual child has a...

Spring 2019

Cheung, June M

With each passing generation, immigrant families often experience the loss of their heritage language. This has frequently been attributed to influences such as societal pressures and a lack of motivation to learn the language. As a result, heritage language classes are regularly suggested as a...

Fall 2015

Mackie, Kaitlin M.

Although speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have access to a wealth of information to guide the selection and prioritization of targets for intervention with children who have speech sound disorders (SSDs), empirical evidence needed to support such decisions is lacking. The role of vowels is...