Adolescents' Perceptions of Normal and Voice-Disordered Children

This investigation compared 19 adolescents' perceptions of the nonspeech personality characteristics of voice-disordered and normal-speaking children. Listeners, who rated recorded speech samples, showed a significant tendency to judge the normal speakers more positively than the voice-disorder...

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Published inJournal of communication disorders Vol. 24; no. 4; p. 267
Main Author Lass, Norman J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1991
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescents
Attitudes toward Disabilities
Audience Response
Child Development
Children
Female
Humans
Listening
Mainstreaming
Male
Peer Acceptance
Personality Traits
Psychology, Adolescent
Semantic Differential
Speech Communication
Speech Disorders - psychology
Speech Perception
Student Attitudes
Voice Disorders
Voice Disorders - psychology
Voice Quality
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Summary:This investigation compared 19 adolescents' perceptions of the nonspeech personality characteristics of voice-disordered and normal-speaking children. Listeners, who rated recorded speech samples, showed a significant tendency to judge the normal speakers more positively than the voice-disordered speakers. Results suggest developmental trends in perception of voice disorders possibly affecting mainstreaming efforts. (Author/DB)
ISSN:0021-9924
DOI:10.1016/0021-9924(91)90002-Z