Dysarthria impact profile: development of a scale to measure psychosocial effects.

abstract：BACKGROUND:While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and specific language impairment (SLI) have traditionally been conceptualized as distinct disorders, recent findings indicate that the boundaries between these two conditions are not clear-cut. While considerable research has investigated overlap in the linguistic charact...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Taylor LJ,Maybery MT,Grayndler L,Whitehouse AJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:A systems approach is used to examine the barriers to collaboration found in the working practices of speech and language therapists and teachers. Functional, structural and systems-environment barriers are found, but few process barriers, which may explain why good collaborative practice can be found in the field. Th...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： McCartney E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two stuttering subjects and two control subjects were used in a comparative pilot study using EPG. The subjects read twenty sentences and repeated three words, 'a deer', 'a clock' and 'a kitkat', ten times. These data allowed three main methods of EPG analysis: variability measures on the three words in isolation; qua...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Forster C,Hardcastle W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oropharyngeal dysphagia post-stroke is well known, with its presence increasing the risk of poor outcomes in particular aspiration and aspiration pneumonia. Management to minimize the risk of aspiration and improve swallow safety post-stroke includes the treatment of thickened liquids (TL), an established bo...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： McCurtin A,Healy C,Kelly L,Murphy F,Ryan J,Walsh J

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:According to the 'Simple View of Reading', reading comprehension requires some abilities such as reading skill and listening comprehension. Individuals with Down's syndrome show relative strengths in reading skills, mainly in word recognition, where they attain a reading age of about 7-8 years. Compared with...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Roch M,Florit E,Levorato C

更新日期：2011-03-01 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: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：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:Altered auditory feedback can facilitate speech fluency in adults who stutter. However, other findings suggest that adults who stutter show anomalies in 'audiovocal integration', such as longer phonation reaction times to auditory stimuli and less effective pitch tracking. AIMS:To study audiovocal integrati...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Loucks T,Chon H,Han W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People who stutter produce speech that is characterized by intermittent, involuntary part-word repetitions and prolongations. In addition to these signature acoustic manifestations, those who stutter often display repetitive and fixated behaviours outside the speech producing mechanism (e.g. in the head, arm...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Guntupalli VK,Everhart DE,Kalinowski J,Nanjundeswaran C,Saltuklaroglu T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) frequently have difficulties with word learning and understanding vocabulary. For these children, this can significantly impact on social interactions, daily activities and academic progress. Although there is literature providing a rationale for targeting ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Wright L,Pring T,Ebbels S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Speech and language therapists (SLTs) are increasingly engaging in school-based interventions targeting children with language difficulties. Collaborative work between teachers and SLTs has shown to be beneficial in fostering language development in all children. Both groups of professionals have different b...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Kouba Hreich E,Moitel Messarra C,Martinez-Perez T,Richa S,Maillart C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posterior nasal fricatives are a learned compensatory articulation error and commonly substituted for oral fricatives. Treatment of such articulation errors requires the modification or teaching of skilled movements. A motor-based approach is designed to teach the complex motor skill movement sequences requi...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Mason KN,Pua E,Perry JL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonword repetition and phoneme elision represent the combined influence of several speech and language processes. In the present study we investigated nonword repetition and phoneme elision performance in school-age children who stutter (CWS) and children who do not stutter (CNS). Participants were 14 CWS (mean = 11.7...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Sasisekaran J,Byrd C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior research has described the prevalence and utility of questions in children's language learning environment. However, there has been little empirical investigation of the interaction sequences that ensue following caregiver questions. Understanding these interactions may be especially important for chil...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Bottema-Beutel K,Oliveira G,Cohen SR,Miguel J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research indicates that joint attention is an important factor in determining the rate and nature of early vocabulary development in typically developing children. Studies conducted with deaf children acquiring sign language indicate that caregivers adopt special strategies for achieving joint attention with this grou...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Clibbens J,Powell GG,Atkinson E

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reflective learning approach for clinical training with final year students is described. The training programme aims to promote the development of independent and reflective practitioners. The theories and ideas that have influenced the structure of the programme are described and an outline of the programme is pro...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Bruce C,Parker A,Herbert R

更新日期：2001-01-01 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:Language impairments are associated with an increased likelihood of emotional difficulties later in childhood or adolescence, but little is known about the impact of LI on the growth of emotional problems. AIMS:To examine the link between early language status (language impaired (LI), typical language (TL))...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Yew SG,O'Kearney R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with dyslexia and/or developmental language disorder (hereafter children with DDLD) have been reported to retrieve fewer words than their typically developing (TD) peers in semantic fluency tasks. It is not known whether this retrieval difficulty can be attributed to the semantic structure of their ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Mengisidou M,Marshall CR,Stavrakaki S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, there has been growing recognition of the need to involve clients in decisions about the healthcare they receive and in the evaluation of services offered. In health services research, survey and scaling methods have become important tools for research into 'consumer views' and the perspectives of ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Glogowska M,Campbell R,Peters TJ,Roulstone S,Enderby P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the integral role that verbs play in sentence production, understanding verb deficits is critical to clinical practice. Difficulties in sentence production are often directly related to an inability to retrieve argument structure information which, according to most theoretical accounts, is specified a...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Caley S,Whitworth A,Claessen M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostication is a complex clinical task that involves forming a prediction about recovery and communicating prognostic information to patients and families. In aphasia, recovery is difficult to predict and evidence-based guidance on prognosis delivery is lacking. Questions about aphasia prognosis commonly...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Cheng BBY,Worrall LE,Copland DA,Wallace SJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 7% of young school-aged children have specific language impairments. Many such children are now being educated in mainstream settings. However, there is a dearth of up-to-date and valid research that considers UK (student) teachers' attitudes towards such children. This study aimed to investigate trainee...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Marshall J,Stojanovik V,Ralph S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a project designed to equip direct care workers with the knowledge and skills to address communication as a central factor in the lives of people with learning disabilities who challenge services. The elements of the approach taken--'Challenging Communication'--are described, outcomes discussed an...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Sutton K,Thurman S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper overviews a detailed study of a consultation service for children with severe and/or intractable speech and language difficulties. The Speech Therapy Clinical Unit at the University of Central England in Birmingham (UCE) offered multidisciplinary, in-depth assessment of such children to speech and language ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： David R,Whitehouse J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefit of devices delivering altered auditory feedback (AAF) as a therapeutic alternative for those who stutter. AIMS:The effectiveness of a device delivering AAF (SpeechEasy®) was compared with behavioural techniques in the treatment of stuttering in a randomized cli...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Ritto AP,Juste FS,Stuart A,Kalinowski J,de Andrade CR

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Narrative assessment is sensitive to the communication impairments of children with specific language impairment and those with autistic spectrum disorders. Although both groups of children tend to show deficits in narrative, it is unclear whether these deficits are qualitatively different and how language a...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Norbury CF,Bishop DV

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00