1997
Awarded $5,000 Each
Steven A. Belanger, Dalhousie University
“The Relationship Between Limb Apraxia and the Acquisition and Use of Communicative signs and Gestures in Aphasia: A Training Study"
Ann Strouse Carter, James H. Quillen VA Center
“Dichotic Listening and Audiologic Rehabilitation in Elderly Patients”
M. Patrick Feeney, Ohio University
“A Comparison of Reflectance and Admittance Measures of the Acoustic Reflex Threshold for Pure Tone Activators”
Jeanne M. Gokcen, FutureCom Technologies, Inc.
“Speech Processing in the Brain: Investigation of Electrophysiological Information about the Nature and Location of a Specialized Phonetic Processor”
Cynthia A. Hogan, University of Rochester
“Efficiency: A Measure of High-Frequency Benefit for Hearing-Impaired Listeners”
Sandra Carr Jackson, Frank Porter Grahma Child Development Center, Chapel Hill
“Narrative Styles and Academic Skills of African American Kindergartners”
Kenneth J. Logan, University of Florida
“The Influence of Triadic Conversational Context on Speech and Language Behavior in Children Who Stutter”
Carol Mackersie, San Diego State University
“The Effects of Peak Clipping on Perception of Simultaneous and Single Sentences”
1996
Awarded $5,000 Each
Anne C. Balant, SUNY-New Paltz
“Otoacoustic Emissions and the Binaural Masking Level Difference”
Alison Behrman, Hunter College-CUNY
“A Prospective Long-term Outcome Study of Microlaryngeal Phonosurgery”
Ivy M. Dunn, Northwestern University
“Assessment of Auditory Working Memory in Adult Cochlear Implant Patients”
Adele W. Miccio, Pennsylvania State University
“Enhancing Stimulability for Phonological Acquisition”
Anastasia M. Raymer, Old Dominion University
“Contrasting Treatments for Naming Impairments in Aphasia”
Nancy L. Records
“A Measure of the Quality of Life of Individuals With Aphasia”
1995
Awarded $4,000 Each
Karen Doherty, Syracuse University
“Effectiveness of Speech Recognition Training Based on a Listener’s Weighs”
Lynn Hewitt, Penn State University
“Application of Recent Techniques in Text Linguistics to Clinical Practice in Language Pathology”
Amy R. Horwitz, Medical University of South Carolina
“Mechanisms Underlying Speech Understanding and High Frequency Hearing Loss”
Laura Murray, Indiana University
“Resource Allocation Impairments in Individuals With Right Hemisphere Brain Damage”
Pamela Rollins, University of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders
“Understanding Form-Function Relationships in Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorders: A Longitudinal Perspective”
1994
Awarded $4,000 Each
Pamela A. Hadley, Arizona State University, Tempe
“Grammatical Vulnerability Among Children With Specific Language Impairment”
Carol Ann Smith Hammond, University of Florida, Gainesville
“Afferent Mechanisms in the Neural Control of Positive Oral Pressure”
Thomas A. Littman, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston
“Click SPL and Spectrum in Neonatal Ear Canals: Implications for Hearing Screening”
Mary Evelyn Moore, Illinois State University, Normal
“Pronoun Errors of Normal and Language-Impaired Children”
1993
Awarded $4,000 Each
Patrick Finn, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
“Unassisted Recovery From Stuttering: A Perceptual Study”
Karen Iler Kirk, Indiana University, Indianapolis
“The Effects of Talker and Speaking Rate on Word Recognition by Adult Cochlear Implant Users”
Janna B. Oetting, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
“Acquisition of English Past Tense by Children With Specific Language Impairment”
Barbara J. Parker, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
“Binaural Frequency Selectivity in Older Adults Using a Dichotic Masking Paradigm”
1992
Awarded $4,000 Each
Scott G. Adams, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto
“Effects of Altered Auditory Feedback on Speech in Parkinson's Disease”
Carole E. Johnson, Auburn University, Auburn
“Minimal High Frequency Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss and School-Age Children: Speech Recognition in Reverberation and Noise”
James W. Montgomery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Phonological Memory in Language Impaired Children”
Nancy Pearl Solomon, University of Iowa, Iowa City
“Tongue Strengh, Endurance, and Perceptions of Effort in Relation to Speech in People With Parkinson Disease”
1991
Awarded $4,000 Each
Laura C. Bell, The Lexington Center, New York
“The Components of Reading in Deaf Children”
Kimberly V. Fisher, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
“Voice Measurement of Spasmodic Dysphonia”
Laurie Hanin, Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York
“The Contribution of Use of Linguistic Context to Speechreading Proficiency in Hearing-Impaired and Normally Hearing Adults”
Maureen B. Higgins, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha
“Articulatory and Laryngeal Behaviors of Hearing-Impaired Adults”
Beth A. Prieve, Syracuse University, Jamesville
“Distortion-Product Otacoustic Emissions in Infants, Toddlers, and Young Children”
1990
Awarded $4,000 Each
Barbara R. Pauloski, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
“Influence of Airflow in Acoustic Features of Tracheoesophageal Voice”
Thomas W. Powell, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
“Matrix Training Efficacy in Consonant Cluster Generalization”
Yingyong Qi, University of Arizona, Tucson
“Analysis and Improvement of Alaryngeal Speech”
Debra Schober-Peterson, Speech Pathology Services, Inc., Marietta, Georgia
“Facilitating the Communication Skills of Toddlers Through Parent-child Partnerships”
1989
Awarded $1,000 Each
Philip C. Doyle, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
“Temporal Characteristics of Esophageal and Tracheoesophageal Speech: Voice Onset Time (VOT) and Vowel Duration”
Michael Anne Gratton, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, Dallas, Texas
“Evaluation of Environmental Noise Exposure in Pediatric Patients Receiving Cisplatin Chemotherapy”
Michael P. Robb, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
“Vocalization Properties of Young Children”
Carol J. Strong, Utah State University, Logan
“Stability of Narrative Skills and Syntactic Complexity Skills of Language-Impaired and Normally Developing School-Aged Children”
1988
Awarded $1,000 Each
Melinda M. Heald, Amphitheater School District, Tucson, Arizona
“Pressure‑Equalization (PE) Tubes: Relative Importance of Indicators for Their Use. A National Survey of Pediatricians”
Theresa Hnath‑Chisolm, University of South Florida
“Effect of Talker and List Differences on the Audio/Visual Recognition of Words and Phonemes”
Hortencia Kayser, Texas Christian University
“Communicative Strategies of Hispanic and Anglo Speech‑Language Pathologists”
Ananthanarayan A. Krishnan, University of Pittsburgh
“Forward‑Masking Effects on the Auditory Nerve and Brainstem Evoked Responses in Normal‑Hearing and Hearing‑Impaired Individuals”
Robert F. Orlikoff, Memphis State University
“The Effect of Age and Cardiovascular Health on Vocal Performance: Toward a Measure of 'Vocal Age'”
Michael A. Primus, University of Wyoming
“The Role of Localization in Visual Reinforcement Audiometry”
1987
Awarded $1,000 Each
Elizabeth Crais, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Story Retelling and Inferencing Skills in Language Learning Disabled Children”
Jack S. Damico, Louisiana State University
“Code Switching and Language Disability: An Investigation of Grammatical and Pragmatic Characteristics”
Anne M. Goff, Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
“The Effect of Biofeedback on the Modification of Speech Rate, Speech Intelligibility, and Acoustic‑Phonetic Aspects of Speech”
Susan T. Jackson, University of Pittsburgh
“The Effects of Cues on the Picture‑Naming Ability of Semantically Disorganized and Semantically Intact Aphasics”
Leslie F. Leahy, University of Pittsburgh
“Working Memory and Text Recall in Adult Epileptics”
Melanie L. Matthies, University of Illinois
“Consonant Confusions in Aging”
Matthew Clinton Melcon, University of Arizona
“Effect of Age on Laryngeal Airway Resistance”
Janet A. Norris, Louisiana State University
“Investigation of Communicative Reading as an Alternative Intervention Strategy”
Connie A. Tompkins, University of Pittsburgh
“Interpreting Connotative Meanings Following Right Hemisphere Brain Damage”
David J. Zajac, University of Pittsburgh
“An Electroglottographic Analysis of Norman and Nasal Vowels Produced at Different Levels of Intensity”
1986
Awarded $1,000 Each
Cynthia Bartlett, Emerson College
“Recovery of Functional Communication Skills in Aphasic Adults”
Debra Ann Busacco, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
“The Effects of Aging on the Benefits Derived from Visual Cues in Auditory‑Visual Speech Recognition by the Hearing Impaired”
Jan Edwards, Hunter School of Health Sciences, Hunter College
“Compensatory Speech Production Abilities of Normal and Phonologically Disordered Children”
Amy Finch‑Williams, University of Wyoming
“Nonlinguistic and Linguistic Perspective‑Taking in Children”
Robyn Jenkins, San Diego State University
“Multisyllabic Speech Productions of Normally Developing 4‑, 5‑, 6‑, and 7‑Year-Olds”
Marilyn A. Nippold, University of Oregon
“Analogical Reasoning and Problem Solving Ability in Language Impaired Children”
Rhea Paul, Portland State University
“Late Bloomers?: Communication in Nonspeaking Toddlers”
Christine A. Strike, Indiana University
“Training Two Verbal Behaviors of Supervisors in Speech Pathology: An Experimental Study”
Renny H. Tatchell, Central Michigan University
“Optimum Air Flow Volume Using Tracheoesophageal Puncture Protheses for Olfaction in Laryngectomees”
Edna Carter Young, University of Rochester Medical Center
“Evaluation of Language Intervention Strategies to Facilitate Responses in Patients With Senile Dementia‑Alzheimer’s Type”
1985
Awarded $1,000 Each
M. J. Demetras, University of Arizona, Tucson
“Linguistic Input to Normal and Autistic Children”
Judith A. Gierut, Indiana University
“On the Nature of Variability in Misarticulated Speech”
Linda Medley Huntress, University of Cincinnati
“Aphasic Patients' Comprehension of Synthetic Speech vs. Natural Speech”
Michael P. Karnell, University of Chicago
“Variations in Velar Displacement Over Time in Normal Subjects and in Patients With Marginal Velopharyngeal Incompetence”
Susan Carol Meyers, Temple University and U.S. Department of Education
“The Relationship Between Preschool Stuttering and Mother‑Father‑Peer Verbal Interactions”
Jerald B. Moon, University of Iowa
“Development of Testing of a Phototransducer for Use in the Evaluation of the Velopharyngeal Mechanism”
Dana L. Oviatt, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Frequency Selectivity Measured in Listeners with Simulated and Sensorineural Hearing Loss”
Gail Ramsberger, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center and Boston University
“The Influence of Emotionality on Word Repetition in Aphasia”
Yvonne S. Siniger, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA
“Parametric Evaluation of Factors Effecting ABR Threshold Detectability”
Roberta L. Wacker, State University of New York, College at Plattsburg
“Pragmatic, Semantic, and Syntactic Influences on Children's Inconsistent Misarticulations”
1984
Awarded 1,000 Each
Jane H. Baxter, Stanford University Medical Center
“Evaluation of Qualitative Techniques for Predicting and Assessing Hearing Aid User Satisfaction”
Cecile M. Burzynski, University of Iowa
“Assessment of Vocal Endurance in Speakers With Vocal Nodules”
Janina K. Casper, State University of New York and Upstate Medical Center
“A Frequency Perturbation in Normal Speakers: A Descriptive and Methodological Study”
Linda J. Hood, Louisiana State University Medical Center
“A Comparison of the Characteristics of Auditory Evoked Potentials in Stutterers and Non‑Stutterers”
Barbara K. Rockman, Indiana University
“Specific Phonological Knowledge and Patterns of Generalization”
Judith Rubin‑Spitz, City University of New York
“Articulation Control in the Hearing Impaired”
Joan E. Sussman, Louisiana State University
“The Effect of Changes in the a priori Probability of Item‑Types on Measures of Sensitivity and Response Strategy in a Speech Discrimination Task”
Michael D. Trudeau, Ohio State
“Effect of Alaryngeal Speakers' Adjustments to Background Noise”
Ben C. Watson, Haskins Laboratories
“Comparison of Airflow Management Between Mild and Severe Stutterers”
Lynn Weatherby, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Consonant Perception by Children With Middle Ear Effusions”
Sarah E. Williams, Northern Illinois University
“The Influence of Situational Context on the Retrieval of Verbs by Aphasic Patients: A Research Proposal”
1983
Awarded $1,000 Each
Michele S. Banker, Boston University
“An Examination of the Durations of Initial Apical Stop Consonants in Language Disordered and Normally Developed Children”
Larry K. Hendrickson, Stanford University Medical Center
“Evaluation of a Novel, Wearable Amplitude Compression System”
Lucille J. Hess, Purdue University at Fort Wayne
“The Acquisition of Back Channel Listener Responses”
D. Jeffrey Higginbotham, University of Wisconsin Madison
“An Investigation of the Delivery of Pre‑Linguistic Communication Services to Profoundly Retarded Persons Living Within a Residential Setting”
Celia Sue Hume, University of Tennessee
“Event‑Related Potentials Associated with Semantic Processing in Aphasics”
Aquiles Iglesias, Temple University
“The Acquisition of Spanish Phonology”
Raymond N. Linville, University of Iowa
“A Proposed Investigation of Timing in Cleft and Normal Adult Speakers”
Dianne H. Meyer and E. Tracy Mishler, University of Illinois, Chicago
“PI‑PB Functions with NU‑6 Word Lists”
Joanne Erwick Roberts, University of North Carolina
“The Effects of Otitis Media on Articulation”
John F. Schmitt, University of Alabama
“Comprehension of Naturally Rate‑Altered Passages by Elderly Listeners”
Christine C. Sleight, Radford University
“Narrative Styles of Language Disordered and Nondisordered Adolescents”
1982
Awarded $1,000 Each
Carolyn J. Brown, University of Iowa
“Assessing Language‑Disordered Children's Ability to Structure Information”
Craig Formby, University of Florida
“Psychoacoustical Study of the Neural Contribution in Detection of Amplitude-Modulated Noise”
Sandra Gordon‑Salant, University of Maryland
“Suppressing Low Frequency Amplification and its Effect on Hearing Impaired Listeners' Consonant Perceptions in Noise”
Cynthia J. Johnson, University of Illinois
“Perfective Aspect in Grammatical Development”
Lorraine A. Ramig, University of Colorado
“Acoustic Analysis of Phonation in Patients with Huntington's Disease: A Preliminary Report”
1981
Awarded $1,000 Each
Holly K. Craig, University of Michigan
“Turn Taking Behaviors Within the Conversational Interactions of the Language Disordered Child”
Cynthia G. Fowler, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
“The Binaural Interaction Component of the Auditory Brain Stem Response in Normal and Hearing‑Impaired Subjects”
Robert E. Hillman, Boston University
“A Comparison of Normal and Esophogeal Voicing Source Characteristics”
Janet E. Shanks, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
“The Effect of Ear Canal Volume on Acoustical Susceptance and Conductance, Phasor and Phase Angle Tympanograms in Normal and Pathological Middle Ears”
Elaine T. Stathopolous, State University of New York, Buffalo
“A Study of the Relationship Between the Respiratory System, the Laryngeal System, and the Supralaryngeal System in Normal Male and Female Children and Adults”
1980
Awarded $1,000 Each
Martin Fujiki, University of Nevada
“Comparative Effectiveness of Informal Measures of Language Assessment”
Patricia E. Goodwin, University of Denver
“Reaction Time Measurement of Tinnitus”
Mary E. Spaulding, State University of New York
“An Investigation of the Effects of Noun and Verb Prompts on the Grammatical Language Production of Aphasic Adults”
1979
Awarded $1,000 Each
Judy Dubno, UCLA
“Predicting Consonant Confusions in Noise on the Basis of Acoustical Analyses”
Paul R. Hoffman, University of Vermont
“Interallophonic Transfer of /r/ Training”
Robert S. Pierce, University of Iowa
“Facilitating Sentence Comprehension of Aphasic Subjects”