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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
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A chasm: Consequences of poor collaboration between health and education in paediatric cerebral palsy care in Johannesburg

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Nearly 20 years since the establishment of the National Rehabilitation Policy, strides have been made within the health and education sectors to improve accessibility to rehabilitation services as well as the quality of life of children with ...
Martha Lydall, Berna Gerber
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Discriminating disorder from difference using dynamic assessment with bilingual children [PDF]

, 2013
The DAPPLE (Dynamic Assessment of Preschoolers’ Proficiency in Learning English) is currently being developed in response to a clinical need. Children exposed to English as an additional language may be referred to speech and language therapy because ...
Campione JC, Cortazzi M, Dodd B, Dunn LM, Elliott CD, Feuerstein R, Goodenough FL, Haywood HC, Haywood HC, McIntosh B, Olswang LB, Peña ED, Peña ED, Peña ED, Rice ML, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), Sheridan MD, Vygotsky L   +17 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 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
doaj   +1 more source

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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A school-commissioned model of speech and language therapy [PDF]

, 2018
Many speech and language therapy (SLT) services have limited capacity for providing school-based input. Some offer commissioned SLT input, to enhance the service provided by the UK National Health Service (NHS), giving schools the option to increase the ...
Carpenter H, Gasgoine M, McCartney E, McKean C, Sarah Spencer, Sarah White   +5 more
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +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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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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