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Discusses the comparative judgments of vocal quality, speech fluency, and confidence of black and white speakers in the southern universities of the U.S. Concerns on the study of Negro speech; Relationship of personality to dialect; Emphasis on the spread of different phonemes that are found in Standard American English.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate speech therapy for functional misarticulations and to determine the measures which predict improvement in speech, language, and listening. The following factors appeared predictive: (a) occupational status of the fathers and word recognition; (b) mental age and improvement in word recognition, auditory discrimination, and articulation; ( c ) stimulability of sounds and improvement in articulation; (d) auditory skills and improvement in connected speech. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The professional education of speech clinicians who work in the public schools is influenced by the requirements for certification by state departments of education and by the American Speech and Hearing Association. The professional competencies needed by speech clinicians in the public schools are essentially no different from those needed by clinicians who work in other settings. All clinicians need basic information about normal communicative processes, and professional information and skills in speech disorders. in addition, the clinician working in the schools will need some orientation to public school procedures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]