title: Effects of training and visual distance on speechreading performance.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of training on subjects' ability to speechread sentences at varying visual distances of 3-6 ft., 6-12 ft., and 12-18 ft. 15 college women who received training obtained higher sentence speechreading scores than the 15 untrained women. The emphasis placed on kinesthetic feedback may have assisted the trained subjects' performance; however, distance up to 18 ft. did not appear to affect subjects' ability to speechread sentences, regardless of training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Disorders, Bowling Green State University, Ohio 43403.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Infante
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology; D004215:Distance Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008085:Lipreading; D012660:Semantics