abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to make inferences plays a crucial role in reading comprehension and the educational success of school-aged children. However, it starts to unfold much earlier than school entry and literacy. Given that it is likely to be targeted in speech language therapy, it would be useful for clinicians to h...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Filiatrault-Veilleux P,Bouchard C,Trudeau N,Desmarais C

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

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: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: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:Although it is well-established that children with language impairment (LI) and children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) both show elevated levels of emotional and behavioural problems, the level and types of difficulties across the two groups have not previously been directly compared. AIMS:To compare...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Charman T,Ricketts J,Dockrell JE,Lindsay G,Palikara O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PMLD) have communication impairments as one defining characteristic. AIMS:To explore speech and language therapists' (SLTs) decision making in communication interventions for people with PMLD, in terms of the intervention approaches used, the fact...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Goldbart J,Chadwick D,Buell S

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：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：:This study details the first ever investigation of narrative skills in a group of 17 deaf signing children who have been diagnosed with disorders in their British Sign Language development compared with a control group of 17 deaf child signers matched for age, gender, education, quantity, and quality of language expos...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Herman R,Rowley K,Mason K,Morgan G

更新日期：2014-05-01 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: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:Overt stuttering is inhibited by approximately 80% when people who stutter read aloud as they hear an altered form of their speech feedback to them. However, levels of stuttering inhibition vary from 60% to 100% depending on speaking situation and signal presentation. For example, binaural presentations of d...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Hudock D,Kalinowski J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvement or maintenance of speech intelligibility is a central aim in a whole range of conditions in speech-language therapy, both developmental and acquired. Best clinical practice and pursuance of the evidence base for interventions would suggest measurement of intelligibility forms a vital role in clinical decis...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Miller N

更新日期：2013-11-01 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: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: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

abstract：:Morphosyntax constitutes one of the most complex areas of language. It takes into account the structure of the word and that of the sentence, and its development allows one to establish adequately agreements both within the nominal phrase and in the rest of the sentence. Morphosyntax is particularly impaired in indivi...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Sepúlveda EM,López-Villaseñor ML,Heinze EG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a noticeable publication gap in the speech-language pathology literature regarding the language abilities of children with common types of epilepsy. This paper reviews studies that suggest a high frequency of undetected language problems in this population, and it proposes the need for pragmatically...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Strekas A,Ratner NB,Berl M,Gaillard WD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysarthria knowledge is predominantly impairment-based. As a result, speech and language therapists (SLTs) have traditionally adopted impairment-focused management practices. However, guidance for best practice suggests that SLTs should consider the client holistically, including the impact of dysarthria bey...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Collis J,Bloch S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Language treatment for children with specific language impairment (SLI) often takes months to achieve moderate results. Interventions often do not incorporate the principles that are known to affect learning in unimpaired learners. AIMS:To outline some key findings about learning in typical populations and ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Alt M,Meyers C,Ancharski A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluent speakers and people who stutter manifest alterations in autonomic and emotional responses as they view stuttered relative to fluent speech samples. These reactions are indicative of an aroused autonomic state and are hypothesized to be triggered by the abrupt breakdown in fluency exemplified in stutte...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Guntupalli VK,Nanjundeswaran C,Dayalu VN,Kalinowski J

更新日期：2012-09-01 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: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: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: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: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：BACKGROUND:It is well-known that people lose friends after a stroke; what is less well understood is why this occurs. AIMS:This study explored why people lose contact with their friends, and whether there are any protective factors. It also examined how friendship loss and change is perceived by the individual. METHO...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Northcott S,Hilari K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At least two-thirds of the world's children grow up in environments where more than one language is spoken. Despite the global predominance of multilingualism, much remains unknown regarding the language acquisition of children acquiring multiple languages compared with monolingual children. A greater unders...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Nicholls RJ,Eadie PA,Reilly S

更新日期：2011-07-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:A manualized language therapy developed via a randomized controlled trial had proved efficacious in the short-term in developing expressive language for mainstream primary school children with persistent language impairment. This therapy had been delivered to a predetermined schedule by speech and language t...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： McCartney E,Boyle J,Ellis S,Bannatyne S,Turnbull M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

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:Along with the severity of the disorder, the motivation of the children and their parents is an important element in explaining the extensive variance in therapeutic success. There is consensus that parental cooperation and homework are important for successful therapy. Systematic investigation into the effe...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Günther T,Hautvast S

更新日期：2010-05-01 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: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: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:Stuttering is prone to strike during speech initiation more so than at any other point in an utterance. The use of auditory feedback (AAF) has been found to produce robust decreases in the stuttering frequency by creating an electronic rendition of choral speech (i.e., speaking in unison). However, AAF requi...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Saltuklaroglu T,Kalinowski J,Robbins M,Crawcour S,Bowers A

更新日期：2009-11-01 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:Children with Down's syndrome seem to show a preference for the use of gestural rather than vocal productions during the first stages of language development. This 'gestural advantage' could actually be due to a developmental strategy used to compensate the difficulties in verbal production that are typical ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Zampini L,D'Odorico L

更新日期：2009-11-01 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