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The Effect of Task Type on Fundamental Frequency in Children Ages 4.0-5.11 Years

Sprouse, Dana Christine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1271900219

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2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Pathology and Audiology.
The purpose of this study was to determine how task type influences fundamental frequency in children ages 4.0 to 5.11 years. Fundamental frequency is an acoustic measure and is defined as the average rate of vocal fold vibration. Thirty children (16 males; 14 females) without hearing loss or the presence of a voice disorder were included in this study. Each participant completed 3 tasks for the elicitation of fundamental frequency. The tasks included: sustaining a vowel for approximately 5 seconds, counting from 1 to 10, and telling a story from 4 picture cards. A repeated measures analysis of variance indicated that there was no significant difference in fundamental frequency across the task type (p=.101). These findings are clinically useful as speech-language pathologists should be able to use any of the three tasks to assess function and track progress with children ages 4.0 to 5.11 years.
Susan Baker Brehm, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Barbara Weinrich, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Wendy LeBorgne, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
38 p.
Speech Therapy
Fundamental frequency; task type; voice disorders; acoustic measurements

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  • Sprouse, D. C. (2010). The Effect of Task Type on Fundamental Frequency in Children Ages 4.0-5.11 Years [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1271900219

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sprouse, Dana. The Effect of Task Type on Fundamental Frequency in Children Ages 4.0-5.11 Years. 2010. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1271900219.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sprouse, Dana. "The Effect of Task Type on Fundamental Frequency in Children Ages 4.0-5.11 Years." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1271900219

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