An audit of clinical placements.

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than 80% of people living with MND (plwMND) develop difficulties with their speech, affecting communication, self-identity and quality of life. Most plwMND eventually use an augmentative and alternative communication device (AAC) to communicate. Some AAC devices provide a synthesized voice for speech, h...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Cave R,Bloch S

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In general, children with specific language impairment (SLI) tend to fall behind their typically developing (TD) peers in educational attainment. Less is known about how children with SLI fare in particular areas of the curriculum and what predicts their levels of performance. AIMS:To compare the distributi...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Durkin K,Mok PL,Conti-Ramsden G

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Speech and language therapy (SLT) for aphasia can be difficult to access in the later stages of stroke recovery, despite evidence of continued improvement with sufficient therapeutic intensity. Computerized aphasia therapy has been reported to be useful for independent language practice, providing new opport...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Palmer R,Enderby P,Paterson G

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysphagia is common after stroke, affecting up to 50% of patients initially. It can lead to post-stroke pneumonia, which causes 30% of stroke-related deaths, a longer hospital stay and poorer health outcomes. Dysphagia care post-stroke generally focuses on the management of symptoms, via modified oral intake...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Sproson L,Pownall S,Enderby P,Freeman J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to provide speech-language pathologists and educators with a method for identifying children at risk for reading failure. The Early Reading Screening Instrument (ERSI) was given to 149 end-of-the-year kindergarten children. Half of the sample was tested 1 year later with standardized reading me...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Lombardino LJ,Morris D,Mercado L,DeFillipo F,Sarisky C,Montgomery A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory muscle impairment following cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) may lead to reduced voice function, although the individual variation is large. Voice problems in this population may not always receive attention since individuals with CSCI face other, more acute and life-threatening issues that nee...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Johansson K,Seiger Å,Forsén M,Holmgren Nilsson J,Hartelius L,Schalling E

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Preschool and early school-aged children with specific language impairment not only have spoken language difficulties, but also are at risk of future literacy problems. Effective interventions targeting both spoken language and emergent literacy skills for this population are limited. This paper repor...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Munro N,Lee K,Baker E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In domains other than language, there is fairly consistent diagnostic terminology to refer to children's developmental difficulties. For instance, the terms 'dyslexia', 'attention deficit hyperactivity disorder' and 'autistic spectrum disorder' are used for difficulties with reading, attention or social cogn...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Bishop DV

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following report describes a three year project to develop, implement and evaluate a specialised speech and language therapy (SLT) service to children with specific language impairment (SLI) who attend mainstream schools and nurseries. The report describes how the service was set up and the package of care offered...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Hirst E,Britton L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A subset of children with Developmental Language Delay (DLD) encountered difficulties with the regulation of spoken discourse. In the conversations of caretakers with DLD children, several studies report difficulties with turn-taking, a proneness to use the non-verbal register, child and caretaker problems w...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： van Balkom H,Verhoeven L,van Weerdenburg M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need to develop effective interventions and to compare the efficacy of different interventions for children with residual speech-sound errors (RSSEs). Rhotics (the r-family of sounds) are frequently in error American English-speaking children with RSSEs and are commonly targeted in treatment. One ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Preston JL,Leece MC,Maas E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The metalinguistic ability to cope with homonyms, that is, words having multiple unrelated meanings, emerges rather late in the course child language development. It is associated with specific neural activity and related to academic achievement and second language learning. This study is about homonyms that...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Corthals P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Difficulties experienced by novices in clinical reasoning have been well documented in many professions, especially medicine (Boshuizen and Schmidt 1992, 2000; Elstein, Shulman and Sprafka 1978; Patel and Groen 1986; Rikers, Loyens and Schmidt 2004). These studies have shown that novice clinicians have diffi...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Hoben K,Varley R,Cox R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing recognition that dysphagia has significant implications for a person's psychological well-being, social participation and quality of life (QOL). However, a paucity of research exists regarding the clinical management of this area. To inform future research and the development of appropria...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Moloney J,Walshe M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A survey of clinicians made by Joffe and Pring in 2008 revealed that different approaches exist between researchers and clinicians in the treatment of children with phonological problems. Researchers have examined specific approaches to treatment often giving substantial amounts of therapy and have obtained ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Lancaster G,Keusch S,Levin A,Pring T,Martin S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Word-finding difficulties (WFDs) in children have been hypothesized to be caused at least partly by poor semantic knowledge. Therefore, improving semantic knowledge should decrease word-finding errors. Previous studies of semantic therapy for WFDs are inconclusive. AIMS:To investigate the effectiveness of s...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Ebbels SH,Nicoll H,Clark B,Eachus B,Gallagher AL,Horniman K,Jennings M,McEvoy K,Nimmo L,Turner G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One approach to outcome measures for speech and language therapy is to display measures of the physical, acoustic, correlates of the perceptually salient features of the structure of speech. A difficulty with this approach is that there is no simple mapping of physical correlates onto speech percepts. In this workshop...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Carlson E,Miller D

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carers of people with non-acute aphasic and non-aphasic stroke completed questionnaires assessing their distress, perceptions of stroke, generalised self-efficacy, optimism, coping strategies, self-rated physical health and social support. At the same time, their relatives with the stroke were assessed on mood and abi...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： McClenahan R,Weinman J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intelligibility is a speaker's ability to convey a message to a listener. Including an assessment of intelligibility is essential in both research and clinical work relating to individuals with communication disorders due to speech impairment. Assessment of the intelligibility of spontaneous speech can be us...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Lagerberg TB,Åsberg J,Hartelius L,Persson C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanical ventilatory support seriously affects speaking and communication, and earlier studies show that many ventilator-supported patients experience difficulties and frustration with their speech and voice production. Since there is a growing number of individuals who require mechanical ventilatory suppo...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Laakso K,Markström A,Idvall M,Havstam C,Hartelius L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired phonology is reported to be the most salient characteristic of the communication profiles of twin children. However, little is known about the phonological development of twins speaking languages other than English. This case study described the phonological systems of a set of Putonghua-speaking twins, using...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Hua Z,Dodd B

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical observation that people with Parkinson's disease (PD) seem to have different training needs from other adult client-groups in developing effective use of aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) was the catalyst for this study. There is little good-quality research evidence available on the effe...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Armstrong L,Jans D,MacDonald A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an initial validation study, the Unhelpful Thoughts and Beliefs About Stuttering (UTBAS I) scale, demonstrated excellent psychometric properties as a self-report measure of the frequency of unhelpful cognitions associated with social anxiety for adults who stutter. AIMS:The aim was to further validate th...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Iverach L,Menzies R,Jones M,O'Brian S,Packman A,Onslow M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Transsexual Voice Questionnaire (TVQMtF ) was designed to capture the voice-related perceptions of individuals whose gender identity as female is the opposite of their birth-assigned gender (MtF women). Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the TVQMtF is ongoing. AIMS:To investigate associations ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Dacakis G,Oates J,Douglas J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deafness has an adverse impact on children's ability to acquire spoken languages. Signed languages offer a more accessible input for deaf children, but because the vast majority are born to hearing parents who do not sign, their early exposure to sign language is limited. Deaf children as a whole are therefo...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Marshall CR,Jones A,Fastelli A,Atkinson J,Botting N,Morgan G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication training for parents of young children with neurodisability is often delivered in groups and includes video coaching. Group teaching is problematic when there is wide variation in the characteristics and needs amongst participants. AIMS:To assess the potential feasibility and acceptability of ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Stockwell K,Alabdulqader E,Jackson D,Basu A,Olivier P,Pennington L

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The speech intelligibility of children with dysarthria and cerebral palsy has been observed to increase following therapy focusing on respiration and phonation. AIMS:To determine if speech intelligibility change following intervention is associated with change in acoustic measures of voice. METHODS & PROCE...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Pennington L,Lombardo E,Steen N,Miller N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Language impairment (LI) in the preschool years is known to vary over time. Stability in the diagnosis of LI may be influenced by children’s individual variability, the measurement error of commonly used assessment instruments and the cut-points used to define impairment. AIMS:To investigate the agreement b...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Eadie P,Nguyen C,Carlin J,Bavin E,Bretherton L,Reilly S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children who do not produce single words by the expected age have been described as 'late talkers' or as demonstrating 'late language emergence' (LLE). Although their short-term growth in vocabulary is often strong, longer-term consequences of LLE remain in dispute. It has been argued that the majority of sc...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Domsch C,Richels C,Saldana M,Coleman C,Wimberly C,Maxwell L

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with specific language impairment (SLI) have problems not only with language performance but also with sustained attention, which is the ability to maintain alertness over an extended period of time. Although there is consensus that this ability is impaired with respect to processing stimuli in the ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Jongman SR,Roelofs A,Scheper AR,Meyer AS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00