Dissertations and Theses

2012

Evans, K. E. (2012).  Unpacking listener bias: The effects of attitudes, knowledge, and experience on clinician's ratings of african-american children's speech.  Download: KarenEvansThesis2012.pdf (722.83 KB)
Machurick, E. (2012).  Final Consonant Cluster Reduction In African American English Dialect. Department of Communicative Disorders.  Download: Machurick2012PosterFinal.pdf (1.39 MB)
Manning, B. (2012).  TALK (Talk and learn for kindergarten): Enhancing dialect knowledge and pre-literacy skills in preschool children.  Download: ManningThesis2012.pdf (8.9 MB)
Meyer, M. K. (2012).  Do attitudes and practice patterns predict the perception of children's speech? Evidence from a web-based audio survey of Speech-Language Pathologists..  Download: MarieMeyerThesis2012.pdf (664.31 KB)
Rosin, P., Edwards J., Manning B., & Schneeberg A. (2012).  TALK: Talk and learn for kindergarten – a curriculum supplement to promote dialect awareness.  Download: RosinEtAlTALKManual2012.pdf (262.51 KB)

2011

Breunig, N. (2011).  Does production of final consonant clusters by African American English-speaking children predict their comprehension of Standard American English?.  Download: Breunig2011UW.pdf (519.67 KB)
Chung, H. (2011).  Evidence of fine phonetic detail in children and adults’ vowels: cross-linguistic production & perception studies. Communicative Disorders.  Download: Chung2011Dissertation.pdf (3.57 MB)
Derdemezis, E. (2011).  Gestural drift in Greek-English bilingual speakers' stop consonant productions.  Download: Derdemezis2011UW.pdf (925.79 KB)
Faulhaber, C. (2011).  Perception of speech categories in musicians vs. non-musicians.  Download: Faulhaber2011UW.pdf (400.93 KB)
Sovinski, R. M. (2011).  Perceptual validation of an acoustic robustness of contrast measure. Department of Communicative Disorders.  Download: Sovinski2011UW.pdf (987.27 KB)

2010

Andrzejewski, A. (2010).  Influence of listener expectations on judgments of stop place of articulation in children's speech. Department of Communicative Disorders.  Download: Andrzejewski2008UW.pdf (433.91 KB)
Christy, A. L. (2010).  The effects of explicit knowledge of and implicit attitudes about race on adult perceptions of children's speech.  Download: AndreaChristyThesis2010.pdf (1.06 MB)
Derksen, L. (2010).  Effects of auditory anchors on perceptual judgment of hypernasality. Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences.  Download: Derksen2010UofM.pdf (1.03 MB)
Johnson, J. (2010).  The role of clinical experience in listening for covert contrasts in children's speech. Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences.  Download: Johnson2010UofM.pdf (719.43 KB)
Julien, H. (2010).  Modifying speech to children: An acoustic study of adults' fricatives. Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences.  Download: Julien2010UofM.pdf (731.24 KB)
Mays, C. (2010).  Gender differences in English and Japanese "s" versus "sh". Department of Linguistics.  Download: Mays2010OSU.pdf (333.76 KB)
Monnin, J. (2010).  Influence de la langue ambiante sur l'acquisition phonologique: une comparaison du français et du drehu. School of Ingénierie pour la Santé, la Cognition et l'Environnement and Centre des Nouvelles Études pour le Pacifique.
Skorniakova, O. (2010).  Sensitivity to sub-phonemic variation: Evidence from a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) goodness-rating task. Department of Linguistics.  Download: Skorniakova2010OSU.pdf (2.02 MB)
Syrika, A. (2010).  Consonant cluster acquisition in Greek: Evidence from transcription, perception, and psychoacoustics. Department of Communicative Disorders.

2009

Kong, E. (2009).  The development of phonation-type contrasts in plosives: Cross-linguistic perspectives. Department of Linguistics.