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Title

Exploration of a Caregiver Report Screening Instrument for Infant Speech Patterns

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Department: Communication Sciences

University: Idaho State University College: Health Professions Department: Communication Sciences 19

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City

Pocatello

Coverage

Unknown to Unknown

Creator

Brooke Swafford

Publisher

Idaho State University

Type

Thesis

Is Complete

No

Date Published

10/11/2021

Archive

digital

City: Pocatello

Degree

Master

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Abstracts

Purpose:The purpose of this project was to conduct an initial exploration of the Speech Sound Development Screener, an assessment tool for caregiver report of infant speech patterns. Method:The Speech Sound Development Screenerwas created using commonly reported sounds/sound sequences from caregiver report of speech in 26 infants. A Qualtrics survey link was distributed to elicit responses from families who have infants between 7 to 18 months of age. Results:Preliminary results from 18 survey responses demonstrated that the Speech Sound Development Screenerappears to be sensitive to infant age and feasible with respect to perceived importance, content understanding, and time to complete. Conclusions:Practical implications for study results support future evaluation of the Speech Sound Development Screener. viiKeywords: “at risk”: infants who experienced any of the following conditions prior to 6 months of age: pre-and/or perinatal problems; ear, nose, and throat problems; swallowing/sucking problems; and/or a family history of speech and/or language problems.