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New graduates’ perceptions of preparedness to provide speech-language therapy services in general and dysphagia services in particular

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Upon graduation, newly qualified speech-language therapists are expected to provide services independently. This study describes new graduates’ perceptions of their preparedness to provide services across the scope of the profession and ...
Shajila Singh, Alannah Booth, Fadziso Choto, Jessica Gotlieb, Rebecca Robertson, Gabriella Morris, Nicola Stockley, Katya Mauff   +7 more
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Achieving effective interprofessional practice between speech and language therapists and teachers: An epistemological perspective

Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
Interprofessional practice between speech and language therapists and teachers involve sharing knowledge and experiences to achieve a common goal of improving child outcomes.
Duana Quigley, Martine Smith
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Hearing complaints and the audiological profile of the users of an academic health center in the western region of São Paulo

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2013
Summary Introduction: Few population-based studies have quantified hearing levels in Brazil; additional studies on this subject are needed.
Alessandra Giannella Samelli, Camila Quintiliano de Andrade, Marília Barbieri Pereira, Carla Gentile Matas   +3 more
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Rehabilitation of oropharyngeal dysphagia in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review of the speech therapy approach

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2012
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, Rosane Sampaio Santos   +1 more
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Therapy of Primary Progressive Aphasia in Current Research

Listy klinicke logopedie, 2022
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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Auditory complaints and audiologic assessment in children with surgically repaired cleft lip and palate

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2013
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, Maria Renata José, Fabiana de Souza Pinto Azenha, Camila de Cássia Macedo, Kátia de Freitas Alvarenga, Andréa Cintra Lopes, Mariza Ribeiro Feniman   +6 more
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Language intervention at schools: Changing orientations within the South African context

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 1989
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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The promise of self-determination theory to study the therapist-client relationship in speech-language treatment.

Journal of Communication Disorders, 2020
This study aims at examining the therapist-client relationship in speech-language treatment and its relationships with clients' motivation from the perspective of Self-Determination Theory (SDT).
L. Haerens, K. Bettens, K. Lierde, K. Lierde, N. Aelterman   +4 more
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Non-verbal communication of infants born prematurely as a method of assessing the functional state of the central nervous system

Listy klinicke logopedie, 2022
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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Computerised speech and language therapy or attention control added to usual care for people with long-term post-stroke aphasia: the Big CACTUS three-arm RCT.

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
BACKGROUND People with aphasia may improve their communication with speech and language therapy many months/years after stroke. However, NHS speech and language therapy reduces in availability over time post stroke.
Rebecca L Palmer, M. Dimairo, N. Latimer, E. Cross, M. Brady, P. Enderby, A. Bowen, S. Julious, Madeleine Harrison, Abualbishr Alshreef, Ellen Bradley, Arjun Bhadhuri, T. Chater, Helen Hughes, H. Witts, E. Herbert, C. Cooper   +16 more
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