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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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Improved status following behavioural intervention in a case of severe dysarthria with stroke aetiology [PDF]
There is little published intervention outcome literature concerning dysarthria acquired from stroke. Single case studies have the potential to provide more detailed specification and interpretation than is generally possible with larger participant ...
Lowit, Anja, Mackenzie, Catherine
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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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Rhythm in the speech of a person with right hemisphere damage: Applying the pairwise variability index [PDF]
Although several aspects of prosody have been studied in speakers with right hemisphere damage (RHD), rhythm remains largely uninvestigated. This study compares the rhythm of an Australian English speaker with right hemisphere damage (due to a stroke ...
Abercrombie D +30 more
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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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