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Modality-Specific Perceptual Learning of Vocoded Auditory versus Lipread Speech: Different Effects of Prior Information

Brain Sciences, 2023
Traditionally, speech perception training paradigms have not adequately taken into account the possibility that there may be modality-specific requirements for perceptual learning with auditory-only (AO) versus visual-only (VO) speech stimuli.
Lynne E. Bernstein, Edward T. Auer, Silvio P. Eberhardt   +2 more
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PMM2-CDG T237M Mutation in a Patient with Cerebral Palsy-Like Phenotypes Reported from South India

Global Medical Genetics, 2023
Congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) is an autosomal recessively inherited disorder. Hypotonia, stroke-like episodes, and peripheral neuropathy are also associated with the condition that typically develops during infancy.
N. Sreedevi, N. Swapna, Santosh Maruthy, H.S. Meghavathi, Charles Sylvester   +4 more
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Predicting treatment outcomes for bilinguals with aphasia using computational modeling: Study protocol for the PROCoM randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Bilinguals with aphasia (BWA) present varying degrees of lexical access impairment and recovery across their two languages. Because both languages may benefit from therapy, identifying the optimal target language for treatment is a current ...
Claudia Peñaloza, Maria Dekhtyar, Michael Scimeca, Erin Carpenter, Nishaat Mukadam, Swathi Kiran   +5 more
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Positive changes to written language following phonological treatment in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia: Case report

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023
Phonological impairment contributes to deficits in repetition and spoken naming in logopenic variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (lvPPA), but weakened phonology can also affect written language skills.
Katlyn Nickels, Pélagie M. Beeson, Pélagie M. Beeson, Kindle Rising, Fatima Jebahi, Aneta Kielar   +5 more
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Identifying Bilingual Children at Risk for Language Impairment: The Implication of Children’s Response Speed in Narrative Contexts

Children, 2021
The purpose of the study was to examine whether monolingual adults can identify the bilingual children with LI on the basis of children’s response speed to the examiner. Participants were 37 monolingual English-speaking young adults.
Pui Fong Kan, Anna Miller, Sierra Still
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A multi-study examination of the role of repeated spaced retrieval in the word learning of children with developmental language disorder

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2021
Background Many children with developmental language disorders (DLD) have well-documented weaknesses in vocabulary. In recent years, investigators have explored the nature of these weaknesses through the use of novel word learning paradigms.
Laurence B. Leonard, Sharon L. Christ, Patricia Deevy, Jeffrey D. Karpicke, Christine Weber, Eileen Haebig, Justin B. Kueser, Sofía Souto, Windi Krok   +8 more
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Equivalent Behavioral Facilitation to Tactile Cues in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Brain Sciences, 2021
The alerting network, a subcomponent of attention, enables humans to respond to novel information. Children with ASD have shown equivalent alerting in response to visual and/or auditory stimuli compared to typically developing (TD) children.
Girija Kadlaskar, Sophia Bergmann, Rebecca McNally Keehn, Amanda Seidl, Brandon Keehn   +4 more
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Face mask use in healthcare settings: effects on communication, cognition, listening effort and strategies for amelioration

Cognitive Research, 2022
Aim To investigate mask use and the difficulties it may pose during communication in healthcare settings. Methods A survey utilizing a series of Likert scales was administered.
Emily Lee, Kayla Cormier, Anu Sharma
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A Flexible Question-and-Answer Task for Measuring Speech Understanding

Trends in Hearing, 2016
This report introduces a new speech task based on simple questions and answers. The task differs from a traditional sentence recall task in that it involves an element of comprehension and can be implemented in an ongoing fashion.
Virginia Best, Timothy Streeter, Elin Roverud, Christine R. Mason, Gerald Kidd   +4 more
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Perceptions of mothers with preterm infants about early communication development: A scoping review

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: Preterm infants are at risk of communication disorders or delays, and their mothers experience various difficult emotions and realities. These communication difficulties could be effectively prevented or addressed through the provision of ...
Elanie van Schalkwyk, Samantha Gay, Julia Miller, Elani Matthee, Berna Gerber   +4 more
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