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Listen up: Reflections on the CDI and HSE Speech and Language Services in Tallaght West [PDF]

, 2016
The primary aim of this study was to build on the previous evaluation of the Childhood Development's Initiatives (CDI) speech and language approach and carry out a comparative evaluation of speech and language therapy services for young children across ...
Judy Irwin, Nóirín Hayes
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Exercise Interventions in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults With Paediatric Bone Tumours—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bone tumours present significant challenges for affected patients, as multimodal therapy often leads to prolonged physical limitations. This is particularly critical during childhood and adolescence, as it can negatively impact physiological development and psychosocial resilience.
Jennifer Queisser, Claire Laurie, Teresa Schmidt, Irene von Luettichau, Peter Bekkering, Sabine Kesting   +5 more
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Who really decides? Feeding decisions ‘made’ by caregivers of children with cerebral palsy

South African Journal of Communication Disorders
Background: There are no definitive guidelines for clinical decisions for children with cerebral palsy (CP) requiring enteral feeds. Traditionally, medical doctors made enteral feeding decisions, while patients were essentially treated passively within a
Lavanya Naidoo, Mershen Pillay, Urisha Naidoo   +2 more
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Perceived barriers to compliance with speech-language therapist dysphagia recommendations of South African nurses

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: Literature has shown that there is limited compliance amongst nurses with the dysphagia recommendations made by speech-language therapists (SLTs).
Andrea Robbertse, Alida de Beer
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Speech and Language Therapy Interventions for Children with Primary Speech and Language Delay or Disorder

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2003
The aim of this Campbell systematic review is to examine the effectiveness of speech and language interventions for children with primary speech and language delay/disorder.Thirty‐six studies were found, based on a total of 1,500 children involved in thirty‐three randomised controlled trials.This Review concludes, on the basis of the available ...
Law, James, Garrett, Zoe, Nye, Chad
openaire   +5 more sources

An overview of the research evidence on ethnicity and communication in healthcare [PDF]

, 2005
• The aim of the present study was to identify and review the available research evidence on 'ethnicity and communication' in areas relevant to ensuring effective provision of mainstream services (e.g.
Clay, Diane, Gumber, Anil, HASH(0x55aa093742c0), Johnson, Mark R. D., Jones, Kip, Shaw, A., Szczepura, Ala   +6 more
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Articulatory and bottleneck features for speaker-independent ASR of dysarthric speech

, 2019
The rapid population aging has stimulated the development of assistive devices that provide personalized medical support to the needies suffering from various etiologies.
Franco, Horacio, Mitra, Vikramjit, Sivaraman, Ganesh, Yılmaz, Emre   +3 more
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DELP Treatment on Vision and Retinal Microcirculation in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Report of Five Cases and Literature Review

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The delipid extracorporeal lipoprotein filter from plasma (DELP) treatment can effectively reduce blood lipid, increase blood flow, and improve neurological deficits in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, its effect on vision and retinal microcirculation in stroke patients has never been reported.
Ning Li, Ronghua Hong, Hua You, Feiping Xu, Qingjun Zhang, Yiwen Lin, Yuting Su, Danmei Lan, Lingjing Jin, Junhui She   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of mild-stage Alzheimer’s disease on the acoustic parameters of voice

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
Objective Our study aimed to reveal the differences by comparing the objective and subjective voice features of individuals diagnosed with mild-stage Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with those with normal cognitive abilities.
Emel Arslan-Sarımehmetoğlu, Elife Barmak   +1 more
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The Inclusion of Music Therapy in Speech-Language Interventions [PDF]

, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the inclusion of music in speech-language therapy. One hundred practicing speech-language pathologists (SLPs) participated in the study.
Farnell, Torry
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