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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Speech impairment"”.
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Relationships between cognitive status, speech impairment and communicative participation in Parkinson’s disease
… the relationships between cognitive status, speech impairment and communicative participation in Parkinson’s disease. Introduction: Speech and communication difficulties, as well as cognitive impairment, are prevalent in Parkinson’s. The contributions of cognitive impairment and acoustic …
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Issues in the characterisation of phonological speech impairment vs. delayed acquisition in Jordanian Arabic-Speaking children
Eine Studie des Spracherwerbs des jordanischen Arabisch bei jungen Muttersprachlern.
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A retrospective longitudinal analysis of phonetic and phonological cleft palate speech characteristics
Longitudinal studies of cleft palate speech (CPS) are rare in number. Most studies focus on phonetic characteristics of speakers with repaired cleft palate.Only few include phonological analysis of CPS. This dissertation was a retrospective, longitudinal analysis of the phonetic and phonological …
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Social Aspects of Communication in Parkinson's Disease
… motor control, in almost all cases involving speech, and is frequently of many years duration. Much is known about speech production but less of the psychosocial consequences of the speech impairment (dysarthria). Accounts of people with dysarthria have shown that its impact on quality of …
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Acoustic features of impaired articulation due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
… amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) leads to speech impairment. Despite the devastating consequences of speech impairment to life quality, few options are available to objectively assess speech motor involvement. The overarching goal of this research was to derive objective measures of speech …
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American Sign Language Recognition Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision
<p>Speech impairment is a disability which affects an individual’s ability to communicate using speech and hearing. People who are affected by this use other media of communication such as sign language. Although sign language is ubiquitous in recent times, there remains a challenge for non-sign …
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The influence of non-measurement bias on the diagnosis of articulation impairment
… in several handicap categories, including speech impairment. Recent evidence indicates that variables associated with test interpretation or diagnostician background (non-measurement factors) may be better predictors of diagnostic bias. This study investigated the ability of non-measurement …
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The application of linear and nonlinear estimators of acoustic variability in the assessment of speech motor control in hypokinetic dysarthria
… measures in the assessment and treatment of speech disorders, researchers and clinicians are always in search of new techniques to quantify speech impairment. This thesis investigates the relatively unexplored area of linear and nonlinear estimators of acoustic variability and their …
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Getting in sync: Exploring and supporting peer interaction in an autistic child with inconsistent access to speech
… autistic child with inconsistent access to speech and concomitant diagnoses of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections (PANDAS) and apraxia. In addition to behavioral assessments of John, data collection included interviews of John and 8 other …
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Schedule Distribution and Motor Learning Guided Treatment with Childhood Apraxia of Speech
… with a diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Five participants, chronological ages 4;6 to 5;11 years, received MLG treatment for diagnosed CAS in two different treatment schedules, mass and distributed. The mass schedule consisted of four weekly 60-minute treatment sessions for a …
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Asmenų patyrusių insultą savirūpa ir savaveiksmiškumas ankstyvuoju reabilitacijos laikotarpiu /
… agreed to participate in the study, have had no speech impairment and understand questions.The study included 58 female (average age - 67.1 ± 12.4 years) and 48 male (average age-66.7±10.0 years),54.7% and 45.3%, respectively. On average,study participants self-care and self-efficacy have rated …
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Investigation of DNA methylation at the promoter region of the aralkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT ) gene in South African children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… in an ASD population with severe language impairments. The mechanism responsible for this suppressed expression is unknown. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the genetic and epigenetic features of AANAT in a cohort of South African children with ASD versus children with …
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Profile of, and challenges experienced by, stroke patients admitted at Haydom Lutheran hospital, Tanzania
… stroke. Among the participants, the documented impairments included emotional impairments 42(32.8%), speech impairment 47(36.7%), cognitive impairment 39(30.4%), muscle impairment 36(28.1%), and occurrence of coma 33(25.8%) respectively. The mean time from onset of stroke to admission was 1.2 …
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IDENTIFICATION OF LOCI CONTRIBUTING TO THE SMITH-MAGENIS SYNDROME-LIKE PHENOTYPE AND MOLECULAR EVALUATION OF THE RETINOIC ACID INDUCED 1 GENE
… microcephaly, intellectual disabilities, severe speech impairment, and seizures. Using all the data generated from the three previous studies we set out to characterize the molecular function of RAI1. We hypothesize that RAI1 is a transcription factor that regulates gene expression of core genes …
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Uncovering the molecular pathways of MBD5 in neurodevelopmental disorders
… includes severe ID, significantly delayed speech, behavioral problems, seizures and short stature. This syndrome shares characteristics in common with other genetic syndromes, including Smith-Magenis (SMS, RAI1), Pitt-Hopkins (PTH, TCF4), Angelman (AS, UBE3A) and Rett (RTT, MECP2) …
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An integrated multimodal intervention approach to support
… as a “last resort” for children with severe speech sound impairments, with AAC consideration only occurring after years of failed traditional speech therapy. Two main reasons this occurs is because (a) parents view AAC as “giving up” on speech, and (b) parents and speech-language pathologists …