Aim – conduct a 2000 word review of the available literature surrounding the topic ‘Individual variability in recognition of frequency-lowered speech’
You should locate research articles on your chosen topic. You are to write a summary of the general theme(s) of these articles as it pertains to your topic. A reference sheet, listing the articles should also be included (this does not count towards your word count limit). This summary should serve as the foundation of your understanding of the topic. The typed summary should adhere to Harvard referencing format. You should select one of the following research titles for your small scale literature review:
Assessment Brief 1 You should ensure in your review you have: 1. Highlighted a specific client base related to the research question
2. Composition and performance of sound processing system
3. Benefits and Drawbacks of the relevant feature
You should consider the following structure:
1. Introduction The introduction is used to establish the context of your review to the reader. To establish the context, it is important to do the following in this opening paragraph:
a. Define the topic of your study and provide any background information that helps your reader to understand the topic.
b. Explain your reason (perspective) for reviewing the literature on this topic.
c. State your inquiry question for this review.
2. Main Body
This section of your paper begins with an explanation of how you have organised your small-scale literature review and describes findings from articles that provide answers to your inquiry question. Before you begin this section, be sure that you have sorted your articles into different themes based on the articles’ findings (sometimes called results). After you sort your articles, it is important to give your sorted groups a descriptive name. The names of the sorted articles will become your headings for each of the paragraphs that you write in the body of your review. To write the body of your small-scale literature review, it is important to include the following:
a. Write an introduction paragraph for the body of your review. This paragraph tells the reader specific information on how many articles you reviewed and how you sorted the articles into common themes based on the findings (results).
b. This will be a paragraph that describes the first theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.
c. This will be a paragraph that describes the second theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.
d. This will be a paragraph that describes the third theme that you identified and compare, contrast and/or connect the articles you’ve selected.
3. Summary
This is the last paragraph of your small-scale literature review. In this paragraph, it is important to summarize the main findings from the articles that you reviewed and to point out the information that you found particularly important to know that answered the inquiry question that you established in the first paragraph of your review. Try to conclude your paper by connecting your inquiry question back to the context of the general topic of study.
4. References
This is the last page of your review. It serves as a listing of all references that you mentioned in your paper. Please use Harvard style when completing this list.