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Undergoing speech therapy at the Southern clinic director, and Joan Perkins, SOC stu-
Oregon College Speech and Hearing center dent helper, are shown listening to Randy,
use a tape recorder for some speech exer- clinic patient, as he records his voice,
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RING TOSS GAME An important princi
ple in speech therapy is thnt correctional
methods must be as cnjoynblc as possible.
Many games have been devised which keep
the child Interested in his speech therapy
treatment, but at the same time, accomplish
a definite goal. The ring toss game Randy
Six Appear In District Court
Six persons appeared In dis
trict court Friday before
-Judge L. L. Sawyer.
George Bretz, Grants Pass,
was fined $20 for transporting
livestock without having a
brand inspection certificate.
He was charged with un
lawfully transporting live
stock from Jackson Hot
Springs to Eureka, Calif.,
without an accompanying
brand inspection certificate or
memorandum brand inspec
tion certificate. He pleaded
; guilty.'
The case of Larry William
Ritchie, 3423 Madrana lane,
for drawing a bank check
with Insufficient funds in the
bank to pay in full, was con
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tinued to Feb. 6. He will en
ter a plea then.
Ritchie is charged with glv
ing Dunham's, Inc. a bad
check for $15 on Jan. 5.
L. H. McCollum, 106 South
Holly St., Medford, pleaded
Innocent to charges of assault
and battery.
A trial is to be set later.
McCollum is charged with
Beating James . E. Bishop
about the head and face with
his fists last month. Ho is be
ing held in the Jackson coun
ty jail in lieu of $300 ball.
Mrs. Mac Hazel Fisher, 51,
of 404 North Riverside ave.,
Cabin 6, was given a six
months suspended sentence
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and Susnn are playing Is one of these games.
The children toss rings at pegs holding word
cards. Each card pictures an object having
the word sound giving the child a problem.
The child then repeats the name of the ob
ject ringed.
for disorderly conduct.
She was charged with quar
reling and fighting with Wil
liam Hewell Frost, 44, of Cab
in 16, 404 North Riverside
ave., Thursday night. She
pleaded guilty.
Frost was treated at Sacred
Heart hospital for stab
wounds In his left shoulder
and arm and released.
' Judy Wheeler, 429 South
Central ave., received n one-
year suspended sentence for
petty larceny.
She was charged with tak
ing an Item of clothing from
the Oregon Food Store on
Feb. 2. She pleaded guilty to
the misdemeanor charge.
Judge Sawyer suspended
imposition of sentence on Jack
Doyle Stinson of Arizona for
s'x months for drawing a bank
check with insufficient funds
in the bank to pay it in full.
Stinson was charged with
Issuing a bad check for $40
to the Big Y Market on Jan.
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Dr. Leon Mulling
Is Head of Clinic
Started in 1952
By JOHN STAFFORD
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Ashland-Silly Old Sambo
sits on a slippery stump and
sings silly songs. The silly
songs he sings sound like this:
Silly, silly, silly me
I'm as silly as can be.
If you'd like to silly be,
Sing this song the same as
me:
Soo, see, soo, see, soo
see, soo.
You can be so silly too,
See, soo, sec, soo, see, soo,
see.
Why, you're even sillier
than me!
This verse probably sounds
ridiculous to an adult. It will
probably never make the
many volumes of the world's
great poetry. But it does have
a value. It can help your child
overcome a speech problem
he may have.
Every parent hopes his
child won't have a speech
problem. But reality over
comes hope many times and
a child does have speech dif
ficulties. It may be stuttering.
The child may not be able to
pronounce s's properly. The
child may have a cleft palate.
Or he may be suffering from
cerebral palsy, which impairs
his speech.
Fifty years ago children
went through life with speech
defects. Help was almost un
heard of. This is not the case
today, and like many speech
therapists, Dr. Leon Mulling,
director of the Southern Ore
gon Speech and Hearing cen
ter, Southern Oregon college
is proving children can be
helped and, in many cases,
completely cured of speech
defects.
Dr. Mulling has been head
of the SOC Speech and Hear
ing center since its start in
1952. His files show at least
166 children have come to the
center since 1952 and have
been helped. Currently 45
southern Oregon children are
going to the center.
Since 1958 Dr. Mulling has
diagnosed about 400 cases in
public schools where speech
defects existed. Much of his
time in the last eight years
has been spent visiting 34
schools in southern Oregon.
School Speech Clinics
School speech clinics are
held to determine the type
and causes of a child's speech
defect and to suggest ways
tne parents and teacher can
help the child. Parents have
an opportunity to ask ques
tions and secure free guid
ance.
A public health nurse or
special educator arrange suit
able clinic dates with each
school principal.
As head of the center Dr.
Mulling's duties cover wide
areas. They include giving in
dividual and group speech in
struction In the campus clinic;
counseling parents; advising
tcacners on speech correction
and improvement programs
in tne schools; teaching cam
pus and extension courses in
speech correction, n rily for
teaching teachers hovv to al
leviate speech problems;
diagnosing speech problems
in some public schools and
showing parents and teachers
now to improve speech of
children without calling di
rect attention to the child
and causing him to be em
barrassed or self-conscious.
Others include supervising
college students in methods of
handling speech problems;
distributing available free
materials to parents and
teachers of speech handi
capped children; making pub
lic appearances relating to
causes and treatment of
speech problems; teaching
courses in speech correction,
phonetics and speech science.
The clinical help is free.
Most of Dr. Mulling's work
is with children. However, he
does some work with adults,
usually during off duty
hours.
He guarantees no results in
any of his work. However,
the hearing and speech center
has worked wonders in scores
of cases. Much of the credit
should go to Dr. Mulling. He
is a dedicated, energetic and
patient worker. His work
takes patience. Speech im
provement isn't noticed over
night. However. Dr. Mulling
and his staff don't give up.
What t'.icy are doing can be
illustrated by following step-by-step
a case that comes to
the clinic.
First, the parents and
teacher go to the clinic and
are interviewed by Dr. Mul
ling. In the interview he hears
the parents describe exactly
what the child's speech prob
lem is and what seems to
have caused It. The child's
speech nistory is thoroughly
investigated.
Important factors are how
the child learned to talk,
and did the parents try to
teach the child and was any
use made of stories, rhymes,
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in helping children overcome speech de- pronounce one sound, she will start work-
fects. One of these is a mirror. SOC student ing on another Correction of a single sound
therapist Betty Danielson is pictured show- may take as long as a year.
ing Susan how a word sound
games, or picture books? The
parents are asked about the
development history of the
child and when he began to
walk and sit up.
Speech Training
Dr. Mulling believes that in
most cases children do not
speak well because they have
not received the right kind
of speech training in the
home. "Good talkers are
made-not born," he says. He
doesn't believe that the
speech problem is inherited
or due to disease or accident.
If possible the child under
goes a thorough physical ex
amination. Speech organs are
examined to determine if
they are normal. In. some
cases there is a definite phy
sical basis for the child's
problem. The examining doc
tor then signs a statement
saying the child is or is not
being given proper medical
care.
Whenever possible, Dr.
Mulling has the child take an
intelligence test.
After all physical and men
tal findings have been gath
ered, he makes a final diag
nosis of the child's problem.
Articulation Problem
An articulation problem is
often dealt with. Dr. Mulling
gives the child an articulation
inventory to determine what
sounds are being misused. Ar
ticulation may be poor on
many or only a single sound.
After the articulation prob
lem has been diagnosed, a
tape recording is made of the
child's speech. This provides
a basis for comparison after
undergoing clinical training.
Only one speech sound re
ceives attention at a time.
When that sound has been
corrected, clinic personnel
move on to another.
In all the correctional
work, one philosophy is ad
herred to. "All speech activ
ity must be relatively enjoy
able and painless," Dr. Mul
ling states.
Young Children
Most of the children going
to the SOC campus for help
are young. So speech games
are used. These include word
guessing games, word money
collections, a ring toss game
where the child throws rings
on pegs over different words
and songs. Phonograph re
cordings also are a valuable
aid.
Dr. Mulling, volunteer help
ers and college students work
ing for credit all must main
tain enthusiastic attitudes
and actions in working with
the children. Many children
have to be convinced that the
simple games are really fun.
"Enthusiasm is difficult to
generate at times," Dr. Mul
ling says, "but the thought
that it may stimulate the
child to make progress over
comes any feelings of frus
tration the clinical worker
may have."
Into Home
Many clinical games are
carried over into the home.
Children are encouraged to
make scrapbooks picturing ob
jects containing the word
sound giving the child prob
lems. "All of these games give the
child practice in making
sounds without making him
feel self conscious or unhap
py about goinj to the clinic
for speech lessons," Dr. Mul
ling says. "In very few in
stances have any children dis
liked their speech lessons or
failed to make improve
ment." He qualified this by
adding, "Improvement is
made provided the parents in
telligently continue the speech
lessons In the home."
Responsibility of parents In
helping the child is great. The
child spends only a limited
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STROKE PATIENT Mrs. Kay Huffman, former Southern
Oregon college vocal music teacher, lost her voice when
she suffered a stroke about a year ago. Dr. Leon Mulling,
SOC speech therapist, started teaching Mrs. Huffman simple
speech exercises after she became ill. Today she has re
gained use of her voice and is capable of carrying on a con
versation. She is shown above practicing a speech exercise
with Dr. Mulling.
time In the speech clinic so
a major share of speech im
provement activity must be
carried on by parents.
Play Activities
Play activities between par
ents and the child are ex
tremely important. Dr. Mul
ling has prepared a check list
of items which should be
stressed in the home. Also he
gives each parents a ques
tionnaire. Do's and don't for parents
include:
1. Don't make excuses for
his speech. Forget about an
imaginary "tongue-" tie, his
falling down the steps or his
grandfather's lisp.
2. Begin in a pleasant
home speech program for the
child that will be fun for all
concerned.
3. See that your child has
playmates of his own age.
Other children usually pro
vide a reason for speaking as
well as teaching each other
new words.
4. See that the child Is hap
py. Try to eliminate any con
ditions in the home that may
be making the child unhappy.
Many speech problems are the
direct results of conflicts in
the home.
Must Be Taught
5. Realize that It is neces
sary to teach children to talk;
they do not inherit speech.
Parents need to be good
speech teachers.
6: Talking about the child
or his speech in his presence
is bad! Avoid it.
7. Parents must avoid try
ing to push a child beyond
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his ability to learn. If the
child is a slow learner, be
much more patient. Give him
much more time to learn.
8. Use good clear, simple,
slow speech yourself if you
want to aid the speech devel
opment of your child. r
9. - Be careful not to over
correct. Too much correction
only makes the child self
conscious and negative.
10. Be sure your discipline
is fair, objective and consis
tent. Your child should be
happy as well as obedient.
Questions Dr. Mulling en
courages parents to ask them
selves include:
Mechanical Devices
Do I listen to him when he
wants to talk? Do I see that
no one makes fun of his
speech? Do I avoid correcting
him too much? Do I play
speech games with him? Do
I give him enough praise
when he says something well?
Do I give him enough atten
tion? In the clinic a few mechan-
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ical devices are used. An au
ditory trainer amplifies voices
of both child and teacher.
Metronomes stimulate the
child to repeat the sound over
many times. A high fidelity
phonograph is used to teach
the child songs and rhymes.
The child hears himself talk
ing with a tape recorder.
. After visiting the clinic and
practicing at home most chil
dren show improvement.
It may be a year or more
before improvement Is made,
according to Dr. Mulling.
The length of time it takes
for any therapy depends on
the severity of the case, at
titude and intelligence of the
child and cooperation of his
parents and teacher. Dr. Mul
ling says. The skills and in
genuities of the speech thera
pist are also important, he
adds.
"The final test of our ther
apy is if the child can be un
derstood, if no one calls any
attention to his speech and
if he doesn't feel self con
scious in any way," the clinic
director explained.
Problems connected with
speech therapy work are
numerous. In speaking of the
profession, Dr. Muiling said
there are too many children
with speech problems and not
enough therapists to help
them.
In Jackson county there are
no regularly employed speech
therapists in any public
schools other than Medford.
In Josephine county there are
none at all.
The problem is acute in
high schools. D r. Mulling
said, "there is a need to as
sist young people who have
speech and allied emotional
problems. Too frequently in
a departmentalized situation
the child is unable to find
competent help for his type
of problem."
"School boards need to
realize that providing special
education is just as necessary
as providing money for com
petitive athletic or debate
teams," he commented.
Dr. Mulling thinks college
campuses need to develop
more facilities for training
speech therapists. "More
classroom teachers need to be
educated in methods of assist
ing children with speech
problems," he says.
Another problem currently
being faced by speech thera
pists is discouragment of
"old wives tales" which make
it harder for the child with
a speech defect to overcome
his problem. Dr. Mulling says
such tales include the belief
that children stutter simply
because they think too fast;
that it's good to correct a
child every time he makes a
speech error; that it doesn't
hurt a child to talk about him
in his presence, and that
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"Definitely," Dr. Mulling
says. "Both public health and
speech clinic files reveal the
records of scores of cases who
have made accelerated im
provement through the co
operation of parents, teachers,
nurses and speech therapists.
"Parents are generally very
cooperative in the clinics.
They are usually confident
their children are being help
ed," Dr. Mulling concluded.
County Has Decline
In Influenza Cases
The number of influenza
cases reported in Jackson
county, and particularly in
Medford, showed a decided
drop for the week ending Feb.
3, according to the cases re
ported to the Jackson county
public health department.
Medford had five reported
eases compared to 14 the pre
vious week. Ashland had four
cases compared to five the
previous week and Phoenix
had none compared to one the
previous week. Shady Cove
reported six cases compared
to a previous five.
The number of reported cas
es of mumps showed a slight
increase: Ashland, eight; Ap
plegate, one; and Phoenix,
live.
Other cases reported were:
Ashland, two cases of chicken
pox and Eagle Point one; Med
ford and Central Point, one
case each of rheumatic fever;
Medford, one case of erysipe
las; and one case of gonorrhea;
Applegate, one case of Ger
man measles and Medford,
three; Prospect, three cases o
pinkeye and Medford, one;
Ashland and Shady Cove, two
cases each of measles; Med
ford, one case of syphilis; Med
ford, four cases of pneumonia
and Ashland one; and Ashland
one case of infectious hepati
tis. 4-H News
Merry Makers
The Merry Makers 4-H club
met at 1678 Orchard Home dr.
on Jan. 27.
We learned how to bake
potatoes. Marlon Payton was
absent. Lee Ann Durham has
just returned home from the
hospital. We are making pic
tures for children in the hos
pital. Twenty-Six Stitches
The 26 Stitches 4-H sewing
group appointed Marsha Sam
ple secretary and Lynda Sut
tell, reporter, at its recent
meeting.
Our sewing group is taking
turns in being president and
vice president. Reatha Sample
is acting as president at the
next 4-H meeting.
Lynda Suttell,
Reporter
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