Browsing Clinical Speech & Language Studies by Subject "Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Ph.D."
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Good communicators, poor speakers : an exploration of low speech intelligibility and phonological impairment in children and young adults with Down syndrome
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2003)These studies investigated phonological impairment in 75 children and young adults with Down syndrome (DS) who presented clinically with low speech intelligibility. The first study compared intelligibility levels and ... -
Narratives of stroke and aphasia : an ethnographic investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2004) -
Speak to me...speak to me please : Conversational sociability: an emergent ability amidst perceived disability in chronic schizophrenia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2002)An analysis of the conversational interactions of people with chronic schizophrenia, to expose an ability where heretofore disability has been described, is the focus of this thesis. Conversation is one aspect of communication ... -
The perceptual and instrumental assessment of nasality and nasal airflow errors associated with velopharyngeal dysfunction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2000)This study aimed to develop a reliable and valid perceptual profile for the assessment of nasality and nasal airflow errors in speech. To date, clinicians rely on simple categorical or numerical scales of nasality and nasal ... -
To feel good you have to look good : representing women's experiences of cosmetic surgery and dermatology in Irish print and television media
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2012)This thesis addresses research questions concerning representations in language of cosmetic surgery and dermatology in print and television media, including linguistic evidence of editorial influences in media texts. In ... -
You have no idea. You have no idea what it is like...not to be able to talk : exploring the impact and experience of acquired neurological dysarthria from the speaker's perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2003)This thesis explores the impact and experience of acquired neurological dysarthria. Despite the fact that this is the most commonly acquired speech disorder, little has been written to date on its psychological impact, ...