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Description:: Speech contains a variety of temporal and spectral features that occur simultaneously in the signal, each of which conveys unique information that is essential for its accurate interpretation. As the bridge between the auditory periphery and the cortex, the brainstem can be thought of as a connection that must respond...
Keyword:: development, speech encoding, Auditory brainstem response, stop consonant-vowel syllables, neural plasticity, and auditory processing
Subject:: Communication Sciences and Disorders - Learning Disabilities
Creator:: Krista Lynne Johnson
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/20/2018
Date Modified:: 09/20/2018
Date Created:: 2008-12-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: Autism was originally described as involving an apparent lack of motivation for social interaction. Social motivation has not figured prominently in subsequent theorizing regarding this disorder. Instead, theory of mind deficits have taken center stage as a theory of autism. This is surprising because evidence of social motivation deficits appear...
Keyword:: social motivation, treatment, autism, theory of mind, and social skills
Subject:: Communication Sciences and Disorders - Learning Disabilities
Creator:: Gwendolyn Mason Fiske
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/12/2018
Date Modified:: 09/12/2018
Date Created:: 2008-05-14
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: An amazing characteristic of the speech signal is that it contains a variety of temporal features that occur simultaneously in the signal, and each of these features provides unique and essential information for speech perception. An equally astonishing fact is that, in most cases, the human auditory system is able...
Keyword:: speech, language impairment, dyslexia, cortex, and temporal processing
Subject:: Communication Sciences and Disorders - Learning Disabilities
Creator:: Daniel Abrams
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/10/2018
Date Modified:: 09/10/2018
Date Created:: 2008-05-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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