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Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke [PDF]
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
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Therapy of Primary Progressive Aphasia in Current Research
Primary progressive aphasia is a neurodegenerative clinical syndrome with predominant speech and language dysfunction. There are currently no curative or symptomatic pharmacological treatments. Speech and Language Therapy represents the optimum treatment
Simona Hlaváčová
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Summary Introduction: Few population-based studies have quantified hearing levels in Brazil; additional studies on this subject are needed.
Alessandra Giannella Samelli +3 more
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Telerehabilitation, Virtual Therapists, and Acquired Neurologic Speech and Language Disorders [PDF]
Telerehabilitation (telerehab) offers cost-effective services that potentially can improve access to care for those with acquired neurologic communication disorders. However, regulatory issues including licensure, reimbursement, and threats to privacy and confidentiality hinder the routine implementation of telerehab services into the clinical setting.
Leora R, Cherney, Sarel, van Vuuren
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Predictors and outcomes of speech and language therapists' treatment decisions [PDF]
This study investigated predictors of decisions made by speech and language therapists (SLTs) to offer intervention for pre-school children and the children's outcomes relative to that decision. The study uses data from 347 children who were first assessed aged under 3 years 6 months by community speech and language therapists in the UK.
Roulstone, Sue +3 more
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Summary Introduction: There are an estimated 30,000–40,000 new cases of cerebral palsy per year in Brazil. Motor disorders caused by cerebral palsy can lead to dysphagia as they may alter the preparatory, oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal ...
Gisela Carmona Hirata +1 more
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Teaching Sociology within the Speech and Language Therapy Curriculum [PDF]
In the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists suggests that sociology should be included within the speech and language therapy curriculum. However, in spite of this, sociology is seldom given priority.
Earle, Sarah
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Summary Introduction: At the initial consultation, the speech–language pathologist and audiologist may consider possible diagnostic hypotheses based on the child's history and the parents' complaint.
Jaqueline Lourenço Cerom +6 more
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Non-verbal communication usually complements verbal communication. The means of non-verbal communication usually include gestures, body or head movements, body posture, facial expression, eye view, proxemics and body contact, tone of voice and other ...
Barbora Červenková
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Language intervention at schools: Changing orientations within the South African context
The role of the speech therapist in the school has changed drastically over the last decade. The reasons for these changes originate from a growing realisation of the importance of contextualising intervention within a particular community.
Erna Alant
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