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Technology assisted speech and language therapy

International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2004
Speech and language therapists (SLTs) are faced daily with a diversity of speech and language disabilities, which are associated with a variety of conditions ranging from client groups with overall cognitive deficits to those with more specific difficulties.
Michael, Glykas, Panagiotis, Chytas
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Speech and Language Therapy

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992
This article presents several rationales for improved contracting and record keeping. Contracting, therapy, and recording are conceptualized as inseparable, interrelated components of a wholistic approach to student improvement.
Jack Zampella, Richard Blake
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Speech and language therapy

2010
This chapter provides a brief introduction to speech and language therapy, including the aims and principles of SLT intervention, communication difficulties, and swallowing difficulties.
Max Watson, Caroline Lucas, Andrew Hoy, Jo Wells   +3 more
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Speech and language therapy for children

InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice, 2022
A child’s progression through developmental milestones such as crawling, walking and talking is often the source of much wonder and pride, but when development seems slower than that of their peers, it can cause a huge amount of worry to parents and caregivers. Although children broadly follow a known timeline of development, many will fall outside of
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Gendered discourses in Speech and Language Therapy

Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 2011
The Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) profession in the UK presents a striking example of ‘occupational sex segregation’: men make up only 2.5% of SLTs. This paper discusses parts of a research project which explored the gendered discourses that construct speech and language therapy as a gendered profession or as ‘women's work’.
Litosseliti, L., Leadbeater, C.
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Person-Centered Care and Speech and Language Therapy

Seminars in Speech and Language, 2010
Person-centered care (PCC) has become the foundation for practice in many areas of health care provision. Research has suggested that providing PCC may improve therapy outcomes, client satisfaction, and perceived quality of care, as well as address aspects of evidence-based practice.
DiLollo, Anthony, Favreau, Christin
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Speech and language therapy for aphasia

Current Opinion in Neurology, 1993
More information into the natural course of dysphasia has improved information related to prognosis. An increased understanding regarding the underlying complex basis of language and communication leads to interesting intellectual debate and confronts the previously more simplistic approaches to assessment and remediation without necessarily assisting ...
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Assessments: Speech and language therapy

Nursing and Residential Care, 2007
Communication and swallowing difficulties can often arise from stroke and other neurological conditions. Anne Guyon discusses the role of the speech and language therapist in assessing residents.
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Speech and language therapy: Is it effective?

Public Health, 1995
As part of a needs assessment of local speech and language therapy services, a review of the literature was carried out to examine the evidence for effectiveness of speech and language therapy. Purchasing authorities and general practice fundholders need to know whether what they are buying for their local population is effective, and whether the ...
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Evaluating UK research in speech and language therapy

International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2003
AbstractBackground: There has been a steady growth in recent years in British higher‐degree training in speech and language therapy. But what is the standing of UK research in the subject and its component areas which should underpin and inform such training? How can such research be evaluated?
Lewison G, Carding P
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