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Current requirements for early hearing detection and intervention at bilateral congenital profound hearing loss

Listy klinicke logopedie, 2019
Bilateral congenital hearing impairment is a serious lifelong handicap for the disabled child, especially due to the limited reception of information, distorted speech development, different way of communication, and limitation in social relations ...
Arnošt Pellant, Jakub Dršata, Vít Blanař, Petra Bendová, Jana Škvrňáková, Viktor Chrobok   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of amplification on the degree of subjective feeling of hearing handicap in individuals with presbycusis [PDF]

Specijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija
Introduction. Presbycusis can have numerous consequences, particularly hearing impairment and impairment in oral communication, which can severely affect the psychological, emotional and social lives of older people.
Ostojić-Zeljković Sanja B., Nikolić Mina A., Matić-Grdinić Ivana D., Kovačević Tamara R., Đoković Sanja T.   +4 more
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Educational Applications for Blind and Partially Sighted Pupils Based on Speech Technologies for Serbian

The Scientific World Journal, 2015
The inclusion of persons with disabilities has always represented an important issue. Advancements within the field of computer science have enabled the development of different types of aids, which have significantly improved the quality of life of the ...
Branko Lučić, Stevan Ostrogonac, Nataša Vujnović Sedlar, Milan Sečujski   +3 more
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Visual Attention to Cued Targets in Simulated Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication Displays for Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose Many aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems require the use of an external display that is represented via a visual modality. It is critical to evaluate and understand visual–perceptual processing in individuals with disabilities who could benefit from AAC.
Krista M. Wilkinson, Tara O'Neill Zimmerman, Janice Light   +2 more
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A produção do conhecimento em fonoaudiologia em comunicação suplementar e/ou alternativa: análise de periódicos Knowledge production in speech therapy on augmentative and alternative communication: survey on journals

Revista CEFAC, 2009
TEMA: a Fonoaudiologia vem utilizando os recursos da Comunicação Suplementar e/ou Alternativa (CSA) para proporcionar maior autonomia a pessoas com limitações significativas da linguagem oral. Seu uso vem lentamente se expandindo no Brasil, mas ainda não
Ana Paula Berberian, Simone Krüger, Ana Cristina Guarinello, Giselle Aparecida de Athayde Massi   +3 more
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‘Through music and into music’, through music and into well-being: Dalcroze eurhythmics as music therapy

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2014
There is a longstanding relationship between music therapy and Dalcroze Eurhythmics, an approach to music education that had its beginnings in the reform pedagogy movement of the European fin de siècle.
John Habron
doaj   +1 more source

Low-Cost Technology-Aided Programs for Supporting People With Motor, Visual, and Intellectual Disabilities in Functional Forms of Occupation and Communication: Proof-of-Concept Study (Preprint)

JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 2022
BACKGROUND People with motor, visual, and intellectual disabilities may have serious problems in independently accessing various forms of functional daily occupation and communication. OBJECTIVE The study was aimed ...
Giulio E Lancioni, Nirbhay N Singh, Mark F O’Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Gloria Alberti, Valeria Chiariello, Lorenzo Desideri, Serafino Buono   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo, Jonah Anderson, Emilie Dinh Vedrenne, Noël Yeh Martín, Jette Lengefeld   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart, Haley L. Zubyk, Michelle Ogrodnik, Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Felicia Vulcu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acoustic Measures Capture Speech Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorders with a common feature of dysarthria, involving impaired phonatory and articulatory control of speech, thereby affecting social communication. In this study, we investigated whether acoustic measures could objectively measure speech dysfunction and identify
Zena Fadel, Charlotte Hennessey, Hannah Lee, Pia Parekh, Sheng‐Han Kuo, Ami Kumar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source