An Investigation Of The Spontaneous Speech Sounds Of Five-Year-Old Deaf-Born Children

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Phonetic transcription was made of the spontaneous speech of 27 male and female congenitally deaf 5-yr. olds. Females used more vowel types and with more frequency than did males, and in a manner and degree like hearing infants of 11-12 mos. All used from 7 to 20 consonant types during 90 breath units. Females used a narrower but slightly more frequent range of consonant types than did males. All used many spontaneous speech sounds. These are natural in quality and uttered in a manner free from strain and self-consciousness. Such spontaneous speech sounds should be accepted and encouraged by teachers of the deaf.

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