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Attention control comparisons with SLT for people with aphasia following stroke: methodological concerns raised following a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective: Attention control comparisons in trials of stroke rehabilitation require care to minimize the risk of comparison choice bias. We compared the similarities and differences in SLT and social support control interventions for people with aphasia.
Brady, Marian C.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Costs involved in using a cochlear implant in South Africa

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
Cochlear implantation is an expensive but effective lifelong intervention for individuals with a severe-to-profound hearing loss. The primary aim of this study was to survey the short- and long-term costs of cochlear implantation.
Gillian Robyn Kerr   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lee Silverman voice treatment versus standard NHS speech and language therapy versus control in Parkinson's disease (PD COMM pilot):study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Parkinson’s disease is a common movement disorder affecting approximately 127,000 people in the UK, with an estimated two thirds having speech-related problems.
Brady, Marian C   +13 more
core   +4 more sources

Evaluation of Subtle Auditory Impairments with Multiple Audiological Assessments in Normal Hearing Workers Exposed to Occupational Noise

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2023
Recent studies involving guinea pigs have shown that noise can damage the synapses between the inner hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons, even with normal hearing thresholds—which makes it important to investigate this kind of impairment in humans ...
Alessandra Giannella Samelli   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Persistence of language Disorders in a Group of Disadvantaged Grade 3 Learners

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2007
A strong correlation between early language impairment and academic failure has been suggested by past research. This follow-up cohort study of 25 monolingual, disadvantaged grade 3 learners investigated whether the language impairments diagnosed in ...
Daleen Klop, Seppo K. Tuomi
doaj   +1 more source

Oral diadochokinetic rates for real words and non-words in Greek-speaking children

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2021
This study examined the performance of Greek monolingual typically developing (TD) children on diadochokinetic (DDK) rates in real words and non-words and attempted to establish normative data for Greek.
Tafiadis Dionysios   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background  Aphasia is an acquired language impairment following brain damage that affects some or all language modalities: expression and understanding of speech, reading, and writing.
Albert   +306 more
core   +3 more sources

Telepractice with Preschool Children: Speech-language Pathologists’ Perspectives in Turkey

open access: yesInternational Journal of Telerehabilitation, 2022
The purpose of this research was to investigate speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) perspectives, attitudes, and experiences of using telepractice for preschoolers in Turkey.
Merve Dilbaz Gürsoy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analyzing the efficacy of improvisational music therapy as a treatment method for children with ASD [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The field of CSD relies on evidence-based practice or the notion that all therapy and evaluation procedures are determined by clinical opinion or reliable research.
Hall, Abigail
core   +1 more source

Navigating professional roles in early literacy intervention: exploring the experiences of speech language therapy students, teachers and clinical tutors

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
Speech-language therapists (SLTs) in South Africa are increasingly considering alternative models of service delivery to children at risk for language and literacy development delays. A transprofessional model of collaboration allows SLTs and teachers to
Helena Oosthuizen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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