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Does long‐term phenytoin have a place in Dravet syndrome?

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 9, Issue 12, Page 2036-2040, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Anti‐seizure medications that block sodium channels are generally considered contraindicated in Dravet syndrome. There is, however, considerable debate about the sodium‐channel blocker phenytoin, which is often used for status epilepticus, a frequent feature of Dravet syndrome.
George A. Zographos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations Between Sign Language Skills and Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Deaf Early Signers

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The processing of a language involves a neural language network including temporal, parietal, and frontal cortical regions. This applies to spoken as well as signed languages. Previous research suggests that spoken language proficiency is associated with
Emil Holmer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Envisioning an Inclusive Metaverse: Student Perspectives on Accessible and Empowering Metaverse-Enabled Learning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The emergence of the metaverse is being widely viewed as a revolutionary technology owing to a myriad of factors, particularly the potential to increase the accessibility of learning for students with disabilities. However, not much is yet known about the views and expectations of disabled students in this regard.
arxiv   +1 more source

Speech Processing Difficulties in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
The large body of research that forms the ease of language understanding (ELU) model emphasizes the important contribution of cognitive processes when listening to speech in adverse conditions; however, speech-in-noise (SIN) processing is yet to be ...
Rina Blomberg   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Imitation, sign language skill and the Developmental Ease of Language Understanding (D-ELU) model

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
Imitation and language processing are closely connected. According to the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model (Rönnberg et al., 2013) pre-existing mental representation of lexical items facilitates language understanding. Thus, imitation of manual
Emil eHolmer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of Form- and Meaning-Based Predictions on Cortical Speech Processing Under Challenging Listening Conditions: A MEG Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2020
Under adverse listening conditions, prior linguistic knowledge about the form (i.e., phonology) and meaning (i.e., semantics) help us to predict what an interlocutor is about to say.
Carine Signoret   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational therapy for adults with intellectual disabilities and sensory processing challenges: a Delphi study exploring practice within acute assessment and treatment units [PDF]

open access: yesIrish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2021
Purpose – Lack of research means guidance regarding the most effective sensory interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities is limited. Preliminary consensus evidence was created by gathering experienced occupational therapists’ views on ...
Helen Justice, David Haines, Jon Wright
doaj   +1 more source

Neonatal Imitation, Intersubjectivity, and Children With Atypical Development: Do Observations on Autism and Down Syndrome Change Our Understanding?

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Almost all studies on neonatal imitation to date seem to have focused on typically developing children, and we thus lack information on the early imitative abilities of children who follow atypical developmental trajectories.
Mikael Heimann, Emil Holmer
doaj   +1 more source

The Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model: theoretical, empirical, and clinical advances

open access: yesFrontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2013
Working memory is important for online language processing during conversation. We use it to maintain relevant information, to inhibit or ignore irrelevant information, and to attend to conversation selectively.
Jerker eRönnberg   +25 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visual Rhyme Judgment in Adults With Mild-to-Severe Hearing Loss

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Adults with poorer peripheral hearing have slower phonological processing speed measured using visual rhyme tasks, and it has been suggested that this is due to fading of phonological representations stored in long-term memory.
Mary Rudner   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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