Assessment of intelligibility using children's spontaneous speech: methodological aspects.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telerehabilitation may be a feasible solution to the current problems faced by people with Parkinson's disease in accessing speech pathology services. AIM:To investigate the validity and reliability of online delivery of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT®) for the speech and voice disorder associated ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Constantinescu G,Theodoros D,Russell T,Ward E,Wilson S,Wootton R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

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: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:Clinical services in the UK are increasingly delivering 'consultative' methods of intervention rather than 'direct' intensive input for children with receptive and expressive language difficulties, yet there has been little systematic evaluation of these different intervention models. AIMS:To investigate th...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Gallagher AL,Chiat S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary aim of western-trained speech and language therapists (SLTs) working in the 'South' is not to train further SLTs but to transfer a range of practical skills to carers, health and education workers working directly with under-served populations. Considering current areas of service need in the UK, a model o...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Morris T

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Seven non-speaking preschool children with severe cerebral palsy, 5-7 years of age, were studied with respect to the amount of prelinguistic versus linguistic modes of communication used in communicative interaction with a previously unknown adult. An attempt was also made to analyse this in relation to the childrens'...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Falkman KW,Sandberg AD,Hjelmquist E

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Children were selected from schools for pupils with learning difficulties. Non-verbal ability measures classified them with what was previously termed moderate learning difficulties (MLD). A Surrey Speech, Language and Communication Profile (Surrey Profile) (Cave and McGregor 1996) was completed for each child and the...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Winter P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of qualitative methodologies in speech and language therapy has grown over the past two decades, and there is now a body of literature, both generally describing qualitative research, and detailing its applicability to health practice(s). However, there has been only limited profession-specific discu...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Skeat J,Perry A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable evidence suggests that performance across a variety of cognitive tasks is effectively supported by the use of verbal and nonverbal strategies. Studies exploring the usefulness of such strategies in children with specific language impairment (SLI) are scarce and report inconsistent findings. AIM...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Eichorn N,Marton K,Campanelli L,Scheuer J

更新日期：2014-09-01 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:Children with specific speech and language difficulties (SSLD) pose a challenge to the education system, and to speech and language therapists who support them, as a result of their language needs and associated educational and social-behavioural difficulties. The development of inclusion raises questions re...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Dockrell JE,Lindsay G,Letchford B,Mackie C

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：: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：: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：:Two experiments examined the time course of lexical information availability in 20 adults, 20 children (8;0-10;0) with typical language development, and in 20 children (8;0-10;0) with specific language impairment. A cross-modal picture-word interference paradigm was used in which participants named the pictures as qui...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Seiger-Gardner L,Schwartz RG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Across the world, research has shown that intervention for children with phonological impairment can be both effective and efficient. However, it has also raised concerns about the translation of this evidence to practice, highlighting questions around clinician knowledge and the understanding of approaches,...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Hegarty N,Titterington J,McLeod S,Taggart L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown that early identification of children with language issues is critical for effective intervention, and yet many children are not identified until school age. The use of parent-completed rating scales, especially in urban, minority populations, might improve early identification if parent r...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Massa J,Gomes H,Tartter V,Wolfson V,Halperin JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate sexual behaviour by clients or patients of health professionals has been noted as a considerable problem in a number of professions. Similarly, sexual harassment by colleagues or employers has been identified as causing stress and harm. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the experienc...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Williams TH,de Seriere J,Boddington L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children who show disproportionate difficulty with the pragmatic as compared with the structural aspects of language are described as having pragmatic language impairment (PLI) or social communication disorder (SCD). Some children who have PLI also show mild social impairments associated with high-functionin...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Adams C,Lockton E,Freed J,Gaile J,Earl G,McBean K,Nash M,Green J,Vail A,Law J

更新日期：2012-05-01 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:The risk of developing a negative attitude to communication as a consequence of having a speech disorder has been in focus for decades in research concerning fluency disorders in relation to both children and adults. The Communication Attitude Test (CAT), which was created to measure children's attitudes tow...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Johannisson TB,Wennerfeldt S,Havstam C,Naeslund M,Jacobson K,Lohmander A

更新日期：2009-11-01 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:Professional placements are critical elements of speech-language pathology qualifying programmes that can be complex learning environments for international students. Students are supported by placement educators who facilitate their developing skills and competencies for professional practice in these place...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Attrill S,Lincoln M,McAllister S

更新日期：2020-03-01 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:Those who stutter have a proclivity to social anxiety. Yet, to date, there is no comprehensive measure of thoughts and beliefs about stuttering that represent the cognitions associated with that anxiety. AIMS:The present paper describes the development of a measure to assess unhelpful thoughts and beliefs a...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： St Clare T,Menzies RG,Onslow M,Packman A,Thompson R,Block S

更新日期：2009-05-01 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:Worldwide speech-language therapy (SLT) students are educated in evidence-based practice (EBP). For students to use EBP in their future day-to-day clinical practice, they must value EBP as positive and must feel confident in using it. For curricula developers it is therefore important to know the impact thei...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Spek B,Wieringa-de Waard M,Lucas C,van Dijk N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00