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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Development of a Zulu Speech Reception Threshold Test for Zulu First Language Speakers in KwaZulu-Natal

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2007
The measurement of speech reception threshold (SRT) is best evaluated in an individual’s first language. The present study focused on the development of a Zulu SRT word list, according to adapted criteria for SRT in Zulu.
Seema Panday, Harsha Kathard, Mershen Pillay, Cyril Govender   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Subtle Auditory Impairments with Multiple Audiological Assessments in Normal Hearing Workers Exposed to Occupational Noise

Brain Sciences, 2023
Recent studies involving guinea pigs have shown that noise can damage the synapses between the inner hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons, even with normal hearing thresholds—which makes it important to investigate this kind of impairment in humans ...
Alessandra Giannella Samelli, Clayton Henrique Rocha, Mariana Keiko Kamita, Maria Elisa Pereira Lopes, Camila Quintiliano Andrade, Carla Gentile Matas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Therapy’s Role in Early Language Development of Babies and Young Children [PDF]

, 2018
Occupational therapy practitioners in their interactions with babies, young children and their families, can be change-agents who promote rich language environments as a foundation to social interactions, social participation and academic successes. OTPs
Ketchum, OTD, OTR/L, Aimee E., Potvin, PhD, OTR/L, Marie-Christine   +1 more
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Developmental Disorders in Children Recently Diagnosed With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neurocognitive deficits in adult survivors of childhood cancer are well established, but less is known about developmental disorders (DD) arising shortly after cancer diagnosis. Using 2016–2019 linked Ohio cancer registry and Medicaid data, we compared DD among 324 children with cancer and 606,913 cancer‐free controls.
Jamie Shoag, Long Vu, Ritika Miryala, Jeffrey M. Albert, Molly McVoy, Siran M. Koroukian   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Pediatric Assessment Scale for Severe Feeding Problems (PASS-FP)

Medical Sciences
Background/Objective: Pediatric feeding problems are becoming more widespread. They represent a synthesis of social, behavioral, and biological issues. Inevitably, the multifaceted nature of these problems has to be evaluated through one multidimensional
Andri Papaleontiou, Louiza Voniati, Vassiliki Siafaka, Alexandros Gryparis, Rafaella Georgiou, Dionysios Tafiadis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The treatment of a severe ataxic dysarthria, using electropalatography. Single case study [PDF]

, 1997
Electropalatography has been used successfully with several client groups (Hardcastle et al 1991). Intelligibility has been improved in children with articulation difficulties as a result of cleft palate, or with dyspraxia, or long standing phonological ...
Kelly, Stephen W., Main, Alison, Manley, Graham   +2 more
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The national CLEFTNET project for individuals with cleft palate [PDF]

, 2012
Although previous studies have demonstrated the benefits of using electropalatography (EPG) for treating therapy-resistant articulation errors associated with cleft palate, until recently access to this form of treatment has been limited. For the past 10
Crampin, Lisa, Gibbon, Fiona E., Lee, Alice S., McLennan, Grant, Yuen, Ivan   +4 more
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Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary Validation of the Children’s Auditory Performance Scale (CHAPS) and the Auditory Processing Domain Questionnaire (APDQ) in Greek Cypriot Children

Audiology Research
Background: Identification of auditory processing disorders is achieved using questionnaires along with linguistic, non-linguistic, and auditory processing tests.
Konstantinos Drosos, Dionysios Tafiadis, Louiza Voniati, Alexandra Papanicolaou, Chryssoula Thodi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source