Effects of Training on the Visual Recognition of Consonants Visual recognition of consonants was studied in 31 hearing-impaired adults before and after 14 hours of concentrated, individualized, speechreading training. Confusions were analyzed via a hierarchical clustering technique to derive categories of visual contrast among the consonants. Pretraining and posttraining results were compared to reveal the effects of the training ... Research Article
Research Article  |   March 01, 1977
Effects of Training on the Visual Recognition of Consonants
Brian E. Walden, Robert A. Prosek, Allen A. Montgomery, Charlene K. Scherr, and Carla J. Jones
 
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  • Brian E. Walden
    Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Robert A. Prosek
    Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Allen A. Montgomery
    Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Charlene K. Scherr
    Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Carla J. Jones
    Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Copyright © 1977 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Research Article   |   March 01, 1977
Effects of Training on the Visual Recognition of Consonants
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, March 1977, Vol. 20, 130-145. doi:10.1044/jshr.2001.130
History: Received February 11, 1976 , Accepted September 8, 1976
 
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, March 1977, Vol. 20, 130-145. doi:10.1044/jshr.2001.130
History: Received February 11, 1976; Accepted September 8, 1976
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Visual recognition of consonants was studied in 31 hearing-impaired adults before and after 14 hours of concentrated, individualized, speechreading training. Confusions were analyzed via a hierarchical clustering technique to derive categories of visual contrast among the consonants. Pretraining and posttraining results were compared to reveal the effects of the training program. Training caused an increase in the number of visemes consistently recognized and an increase in the percentage of within-viseme responses. Analysis of the responses made revealed that most changes in consonant recognition occurred during the first few hours of training.

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