Journal of Communication Disorders (open access)

You Have the Right to Remain Silent: The Ability of Adolescents with Developmental Language Disorder to Understand their Legal Rights

Publication date: Available online 6 August 2019Source: Journal of Communication DisordersAuthor(s): Anne Marie Lieser, Denise Van der Voort, Tammie J. SpauldingAbstractPurposeThis study compared Miranda Rights comprehension of adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) and their typically developing (TD) peers.MethodGrisso’s Instruments for Assessing Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights (1998) was administered to 20 adolescents with DLD and 20 age-matched TD peers.ResultsThe...

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The Effect of Head Flexion/Extension on Acoustic Measures of Singing Voice Quality

Publication date: Available online 6 August 2019Source: Journal of VoiceAuthor(s): Elizabeth Johnson Knight, Stephen F. AustinSummaryA study was undertaken to identify the effect of head flexion/extension on singing voice quality. The amplitude of the fundamental frequency (F0) and the singing power ratio (SPR), an indirect measure of Singer's Formant activity, were measured. F0 and SPR scores at four experimental head positions were compared with the subjects’ scores at their habitual positions....

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