abstract：:The prevalence and the natural history of primary speech and language delays were two of four domains covered in a systematic review of the literature related to screening for speech and language delay carried out for the NHS in the UK. The structure and process of the full literature review is introduced and criteria...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Law J,Boyle J,Harris F,Harkness A,Nye C

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study analyses data collected on an information system developed specifically for the use of speech and language therapists in the management of their services. Eleven healthcare providers have used the system since 1985. This paper reflects data on 73,000 clients referred to these speech and langua...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Enderby P,Petheram B

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：: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：:The present study investigated how a dementing illness such as Alzheimer's disease, might affect an individual's recourse to higher order contextual information in the access and integration of lexical material in on-line discourse comprehension. More specifically, the experiment investigated the priming of homophones...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Chenery HJ,Ingram JC,Murdoch BE

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the literature on children with specific language impairment (SLI) is centred on the study of cross-sectional samples and little is known on how language develops in these children--that is, whether it occurs along steps and modes analogous to those observed in normal acquisition, the only difference being sig...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Cipriani P,Bottari P,Chilosi AM,Pfanner L

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computerized airflow/air pressure analysis system, the Aerophone II Model 6800 (Kay Elemetrics Corp.), was used to assess the effects of age and gender on laryngeal aerodynamics. A sample of 56 male and 53 female normal speaking subjects was divided into six age groups (20-30; 31-40; 41-50; 51-60; 61-70 and 71-80 ye...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Goozée JV,Murdoch BE,Theodoros DG,Thompson EC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper will give a progress report on a randomised controlled trial which is currently underway in the Bristol area. Some of the key influencing literature will be summarised, followed by an overview of the study design. The paper will also highlight some of the methodological and practical advantages and disadvan...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

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

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical teaching of students is a requirement of the majority of practicing therapists in the UK and yet there is little guidance as to the nature of the placement which needs to be offered. As models of service delivery change, placements must change to prepare the student for working life whilst also meeting the ne...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Pickstone C,Gray C

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：:This paper reports on a range of tests and assessments given to a group of six fluent aphasic speakers. Diverse profiles emerged with dissociations between the ability to name action pictures or construct sentences and the ability to produce grammatically well-formed spontaneous speech. ...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Edwards S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this pilot study was to employ a qualitative research methodology to explore students' perceptions of learning and assessment of that learning whilst on clinical placement. The students' perceptions were sampled by questionnaire both pre- and post-placement (ten weeks block placement). The analysis of the d...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Nettleton J,Reilly O

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Evidence is presented that immature perceptual strategies are a contributory factor to developmental phonological disorder. The findings endorse the current re-focusing of attention on the role of perception in disordered speech and language acquisition and also highlight the need for more precise assessment and remed...

journal_title：International journal of language & communication disorders

authors： Watson J,Hewlett N

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：: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