Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Communicative Disorders
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
This dissertation is an ethnographic microanalysis investigating how children with highly unintelligible speech accomplish a range of social actions when interacting with their peers. Detailed transcription of multimodal communications of peers interacting in the context of a 9-day summer therapy camp yield profiles of two participants of interest, each with approximately 30-40% speech intelligibility. Domain analysis and taxonomy organize data for the purposes of comparative analysis across transcribed durations of peer conversation and peer play. Findings indicate pervasive pragmatic impacts as well as effective uses of multimodal means within interactional frames and schemas. Clinical implications include consideration of AAC optimization across peer contexts and careful consideration of environmental and peer factors when facilitating group therapy with severely speech impaired populations.
Date
2-6-2026
Recommended Citation
Hays, Katherine Anne McQuitty, "The Pie Thief (and Friends): Ethnographic Microanalysis of Peer Interactions Involving Children with Highly Unintelligible Speech: A Descriptive Study" (2026). Doctoral Dissertations. 50.
https://scholarshub.louisiana.edu/dissertations/50
DOI
https://proquest.com/docview/3347958324
First Committee Chair
Holly Damico
First Committee Member
Christine Weill
Second Committee Member
Judith Oxley