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Communicative Disorders Student Research and Writing

 

All students in the ENMU CDIS Graduate Program must complete a Graduate Research Special Project as a graduation requirement. The Graduate Research Special Project Scoring Rubric may be accessed on our Program Documents webpages.

 

Writing & Presentation Supports

ENMU has a fully staffed writing lab on campus to assist our students in developing and refining their written communication skills. The Writing Center can be found in the Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Center, JWLA 204. Call 562.2793 for semester hours and to schedule an appointment. It is available to all ENMU students.

Short questions may be submitted by e-mail to: Writing.Center@enmu.edu. For Distance Education students, questions may be submitted to the Online Writing Center and Lab (OWL).

Students often ask for information regarding how to write better as well as for American Psychological Association writing requirements. Here are a few links we think you may find helpful:

 

ENMU Golden Library Resources for CDIS Students

The CDIS Library Research Tip Sheet includes a list of databases good for CDIS research, as well as other helpful information.

 

ENMU Human Subjects

 

All CDIS research involving humans must be approved by the Human Subjects Committee prior to being conducted. The Human Subjects Committee is responsible for screening all studies that employ human subjects conducted under the auspices of Eastern New Mexico University. The screening guidelines employed are those set by DHHS and the ethical standards of the APA.

View the Protection of Human Subjects Policies and Guidelines and Screening Form. These documents outline the policies and procedures for the protection of human subjects in research, instruction, development and other activities conducted at or sponsored by Eastern New Mexico University. It also serves to implement the specific requirements of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46) as revised April 1, 1977.

 

ENMU Student Research Conference

The 38th Annual Student Research Conference will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Poster presentations will occur from 9 to 11:00 a.m. and paper presentations from 1 to 3 p.m. Please find details here. All students and faculty are invited to attend presentations.

There will be a total of $3,000 in cash awards this year; $150 awards to graduate and undergraduate student winners in each category. Awards will be presented at a banquet at 6:30 p.m. in the Campus
Union Building. This banquet is mandatory for CDIS presenters.

Submissions are due March 7, 2012 to www.enmu.edu/SRC. Fill in the online entry form and attach your abstract to the form. Questions regarding the conference should be directed to Dr. Suzanne Swift (575.562.2724).

 

Student Research

 

ENMU CDIS Program Launches BackChat

BackChat is a dual purpose blog to showcase student research in communicative disorders
and the reflections and ramblings of the CDIS faculty, students, "visiting SLPs", and alumni. We publish student works here of all kinds in our ENMU CDIS online journal ( "SoundOff").

BackChat was developed to encourage dissemination of information about communication sciences and disorders. Please note that the papers and presentations available on BackChat and SoundOff in no way qualify as refereed journal articles.  They have not been peer-reviewed nor published outside of the CDIS Program and/or Health and Human Services Department to date.  The purpose of this site is to explore evidence based practice, research, and service learning in CDIS. We hope that the information found here may be used as a springboard for other students, fellow researchers, and especially practicing clinicians.  Due to the time-sensitive nature of graduate programs, many of these works are limited in scope and may contain inadvertent methodological errors.  The research sequence at ENMU is designed to be a formative experience and our students are not (yet) professional researchers.  Mistakes are sometimes a necessary part of the learning process.  Though posted results are certainly deemed to have merit, please keep this in mind when generalizing results.

As you browse the studies below, please note those with links to student papers and presentations. Please contact Dr. Suzanne Swift (Suzanne.Swift@enmu.edu) or the advisor of record for questions regarding specific research studies or projects.  Additional information is often available.

Our new site is still getting off the ground, but grab a cup of coffee and come on by. We'd love to hear your "BackChat" so please drop in for a visit.

 

Student Graduate Research Activities - Current

 

Faculty advisors are listed next to each student work. If you wish to cite references, please use the student name (first author) plus the name of the applicable faculty advisor(s) as listed below:

Bird, C.J.
Bratcher, A.M.
Swift, S.H.
Weems, C.J.

2011-12

  • Celeste Alaniz: A comparative study of the World-Class Instructional Design Assessment (WIDA) and the New Mexico Standard Base Assessment (NMSBA) in measuring English proficiency. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Abbie Allen: Hodson’s vs. FONEMZ®: Which works better? Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Brianna Carolan: Same language, different meaning: Comparing speech language pathologists’ and English teachers’ approaches to language analysis. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Alyssa de la Garza: Maxims speak louder than words: A correlative study of figurative language comprehension and performance on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Ramona Gonzalez: A comparison of print and digital stimuli presentation in traditional articulation drill therapy. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Margaret Hanlon: Literacy acquisition: Establishing a link between oral language and reading comprehension. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Briana Hendrix: Parents as therapists: Effective language intervention providers? Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Elisabeth Hogue: The effect of sleep deprivation on receptive/expressive language skills. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Elisa Lucero: The relationship between auditory and visual memory in adults. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data analysis.
  • Jessica Maldonado: Standardized language assessment in bilingual Spanish-English speaking children. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data analysis.
  • Viva McKenzie: TBA. Supervisor: Million. Status: In design.
  • Katherine Million: Does movement increase language acquisition? Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data analysis.
  • Audrey Pacheco: The efficacy of telepractice as an intervention method for the /r/ phoneme. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data collection.
  • Lisa Perez: TBA. Supervisor: Bird. Status: In design.
  • Lacy Plummer: Movement and speech: The relationship between /r/ production and gross motor flexion. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data analysis.
  • Sophia Vega: Shared book reading and phonological awareness in preschool/daycare children. Supervisor: Swift. Status: Data analysis.
  • Zarina Yusufov: Hearing impairment: The effects of hearing impairment on social interactions of an adolescent. Supervisor: Million. Status: Data collection.

 

 

Student Graduate Research Activities - Complete

 

2010-11

2009-10

  • Mandy Balderaz, Candance Harris, and Deanna Shovelin: How you talk: Listener perceptions of articulation errors. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Vanessa Castillo: Stuttering therapy and support groups: What works best? Perceptions of Stutterers. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Justine Delgado: Effects of music on reading comprehension: An experimental study. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Jovanna Encinias: Coping with a hearing loss in the classroom: A qualitative case study of a teacher with hearing loss. Supervisor: Million. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Benina Foley: Stuttering in 2 languages: Prevalence of stuttering characteristics in a Native American-Jemez child. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10. 2010 Research Conference Winner.
  • Jalaina Foster: Phonemic awareness: Effects on accent modification therapy. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Tiffany Paneral Graham: Oral-motor programs for drooling and phonetic inventory: Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson versus Beckman. Supervisor: Bratcher/Swift. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Christina Hidalgo: Early literacy: Daily reading and expressive language development in 2 and 3-year-old children. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Tristin Kirkpatrick: Students in speech pathology: A survey of expectations and needs of future graduate students in CDIS. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher/Weems. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Katherine Lossing: Dialectal differences: A descriptive study of select U.S. dialects. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10. 2010 Research Conference Winner.
  • Christine McCoy: Caregiver Perspectives: A qualitative redefinition of meaningful relationships and communication in Alzheimer’s Disease. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • D'Lya Parsons: Listening programs: Does Earobics increase the efficacy of Hodson's Cycles Approach? Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Bonnie Reynolds: B.A. Bar™ - the Speech-Generating Barcode Reader: Effects on speech initiation, imitation attempts, and phonetic inventory. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Valerie Sanchez: Gross and fine motor flexion: The effectiveness of motor-based learning on /s/ and /r/ production. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Louise Seiler: Do selected American popular musical works from 1941-1945 (a.k.a. the World War II Era) played in the background result in a change in the amount of verbal/vocal communication among nursing home resident peers born before 1930? Supervisor: Bird. Status: Completed.
  • Greg Villar: The impact of non-speech oral motor articulation therapy on the phonemes /r/ and /s/. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.
  • Denise Wormser: Leveling courses in CDIS: Are you prepared for Graduate School? Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Status: Completed 5/10.

2008-9

  • Bonnie Ballard: Supervisor: Million. Completed 12/09.
  • Amy Bates: What does an SLP do? Perceptions of nurses. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Ashley Canard: Speech characteristics and listener perceptions: Fundamental frequencies. Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Kimberly Clark: The relationship of articulation/language disorders to reading and spelling: A case study. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Pia English: Asperger's Revisited: A Biographical Case Study of Tim Page. Supervisor: Bird. Completed 5/09.
  • Renee Garcia: Stuttering in two languages: Prevalence of stuttering characteristics in a Spanish- American adult male. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Stephanie Hammond-Lebsack: Stuttering in two languages: Prevalence of stuttering characteristics in a Chinese-American adult male. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Completed 5/09. 2009 Research Conference Winner.
  • Sheri Cox-Kovacs Jeffcoat: An EBP meta- analysis of non-speech oral motor efficacy. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Colita Messer: Bridging the gap: A qualitative study on common social semantic themes with geriatric populations. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Caitlin Mock: Perceived vocal effects of firefighting. Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Heather Rosson: Speech characteristics and listener perceptions: Geographical differences.. Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Ailea Villanueva and Lindsey Broom: The Token, the TAPS, and the CELF: A few correlations. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Michelle Whitehead: Auditory bombardment: Effects on articulation production. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.
  • Rebecca Wise: Prosodic features in normal versus sarcastic speech: A comparison of speech characteristics. Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 5/09.

2007-8

  • Bridget Hanks: Diadochokinetic rates: Does this mean anything to you? Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 2/08.
  • Barbara Myers: The PPVT and Language Performance: Some interesting correlations. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher/Weems. Completed 3/08. 2008 Research Conference Winner.

2006-7

  • Katherine Casaus: Oral motor therapy: The efficacy of Beckman Exercises on articulation production. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher/Weems. Completed 03/07.
  • Tamara Dengler: Cerebral Palsy: Changes in New Mexico’s speech-pathology program curriculum. Supervisor: Bird. Completed 5/07.
  • Anthony Flores: Steven: A Longitudinal Case Study. Supervisor: Bird. Completed 12/06.
  • Ashley Golden: Is a True/False Test stimulus more or less valid than a multiple choice test stimulus? Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 3/07.
  • Tabitha Gore: The role of phonetic/articulation training in auditory discrimination, memory, and phonetic/phonemic processing. Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 3/07.
  • Amy Dawn Hartley: Perceptions of therapy: A survey of elementary, junior, and high school students receiving speech language pathology services. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher/Weems. Completed 5/07. 2007 Research Conference Winner.
  • Kathryn Klepper: Speech recognition/intelligibility differences: A Comparison of PPVT-III performance and reading passage intelligibility when Asian Influenced English and Standard American English are rated by primary Asian language speakers (ESL speakers). Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher/Weems. Completed 2/07.
  • Angie May: Perceived communication characteristics of teens having Asperger Syndrome: A survey of untrained observers. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher/Weems. Completed 4/07.
  • Linda Moya: Lip reading variability: The effects of facial piercing on the lip-reading abilities of persons having hearing loss and persons with normal hearing. Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 2/07.
  • Dejoundla Roberts: Stuttering therapy efficacy across settings. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher/Weems. Completed 5/07.
  • Jessica Sanchez, Maria Sanchez, and Mavrina Sanchez: When do /l/ and /r/ emerge? A descriptive study of developmental norms for children ages 3-0 to 6-6. Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 4/07.
  • Elizabeth Shafer: The effect of AAC on communicative forms in adults having developmental disabilities. Supervisor: Swift/Bratcher/Weems. Completed 03/07.
  • Sherry Thain: A comparison of verbal reinforcements and tangible reinforcements: The geriatric population. Supervisor: Bird. Completed 5/07.
  • Allyson Warrick: The role of phonetic/articulation training in novel sound production. Supervisor: Swift/Weems/Bratcher. Completed 4/07.

2005-6

  • Breanne Black: Vocal fatigue: The effectiveness of daily vocal warm-ups for reducing perceived vocal fatigue in early elementary teachers. Supervisor: Weems/Swift. Completed 5/06.
  • Mariola Clark: Speech recognition/intelligibility differences: A comparison of PPVT-III performance and reading passage intelligibility when discriminating Spanish Influenced English (SpIE) and Standard American English (SAE) productions. Supervisor: Swift/Weems. Completed 12/05.
  • Ashley Colston: Contrasting therapy schedules: Frequency versus duration of intervention. Supervisor: Swift/Weems. Completed 12/05.
  • Tiffany Huizenga and Johnna Garcia: Lights, Sound, Action! The effects of auditory and visual memory/coding skills on repetition tasks, following directions, and phonemic sequencing. Supervisor: Swift/Weems. Completed 04/06. 2006 Research Conference Winner.
  • Karen Lopez Walker: Augmentative-Alternative Communication in public school classrooms: A survey of knowledge and needs of general and special education teachers. Supervisor: Swift/Weems. Completed 04/06.
  • Jennifer Martinez: Articulation, language, and reading: The relationship between phonological processing ability scores and articulation/language production. Supervisor: Swift/Weems. Completed 04/06.
  • Tonya Rush: Moving ForWord: A computer generated school based language learning program. Supervisor: Bratcher. Completed 03/06.
  • Corey Walker: Restricting clinician speech: The effects of decreased therapist MLU and verbal narration on script therapy efficacy. Supervisor: Swift/Weems. Completed 04/06.
  • Robin Woodbury Pickering: Therapeutic horsemanship: Effectiveness in facilitating increased communication initiations. Supervisor: Swift/Weems. Completed 04/06.

2004-5

  • Janice Baca-Lujan: Educating caregivers of children with visual impairments about speech and language development: A case study. Supervisor: Swift. Completed 12/04.
  • Heidi J. Blackwell: The effects of behavior modification on adolescent language delays: Can reinforcement/punishment improve conversational maintenance/regulation and decrease conversational echolalia? Supervisor: Swift. Completed 5/05. 2005 Research Conference Winner.
  • Mandy McDaniel: Articulation intervention efficacy: A comparison of multiple phoneme and cycles approaches. Supervisor: Swift. Completed 5/05.
  • Melissa Pacheco: Do distractions and/or competing tasks influence an individual's word finding abilities? The effects of competing stimuli and distraction on word finding speed and accuracy. Supervisor: Swift. Completed 4/05.
  • Joanne Payne: Learning American Sign Language: The impact of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning styles on student performance. Supervisor: Swift. Completed 11/04.