The outcome study of speech therapy for language delay children by using the Mandarins database

• Main Authors: Chi-Fen Chang, 張綺芬
• Other Authors: Shuenn-Tsong Young
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48194267533378505453

碩士 === 國立陽明大學 === 復健科技輔具研究所 === 92 === The purpose of this study is to design a specific processing of speech therapy by using the Mandarin database for the children with language delay, and to compare the variability between the study group and control group. The children with language delay need more training and treatment to improve their language skill that is generally as a developmental index. The language development will heavily influence the later children’s cognitive, behavior or academic performance. The Mandarins database (YMS database) adopted and modified from many literatures and clinical materials is developed by our speech-hearing science laboratory. Basing on the YMS database, a technical assistant prototype of speech therapy for the children with language delay was constructed under the LabView environments. The outcome performance of this prototype was also evaluated. In the clinical experiment, we randomly separated the subjects into the study group and the control group, they were applied on the proposed procedure or the traditional procedure individually. We assessed their performance difference by the speech variables including the mean length of utterance (MLU), the number of different words (NDW) and the percentage of intelligible utterances (PIU). These speech variables are recorded corresponding to the study before and after 8 sessions of speech therapy for every subject. By the statistics analysis, the outcomes of the study group have significant improvement in the MLU and NDW. Therefore, the developed YMS database and proposed specific processing are very suitable as a technical assistant prototype of speech therapy for the children with language delay.