Articulation training of two hearing-impaired girls.
Two 4-yr-old hearing-impaired girls were trained to articulate correctly /f/ and /sh/ phonemes in the initial position of words in response to pictures. They were first trained to imitate, and then to respond on demand of "what's this?" As a result, both girls generalized correct articulation to words requiring both phonemes in the initial and final positions.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D010700:Phonetics; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D013663:Teaching; D014705:Verbal Behavior