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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"apraxia"”.
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Apraxia: anaylsis of assessment and rehabilitation
… explored two main areas: the assessment of apraxia and the intervention effectiveness in rehabilitation of the apraxic condition. This was achieved through a group study and a series of single case designs. Three experimental groups were used to investigate clinical tests and the kinematics …
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Developmental limb apraxia in deaf children : an objective assessment
… determines the presence of developmental limb apraxia in deaf signing children and in an oral hearing-impaired child who presents with oral apraxia. The VICON 370 Motion Analysis System was adapted to objecitvely assess the presence of this disorder and to illustrate differences in patterns of …
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Motor Learning Guided Treatment with Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Cueing & Feedback
… was to determine if participants with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) respond with improved speech production when provided motor learning guided (MLG) treatment strategies. Five participants, chronological ages 4;8 to 5;10 years, were provided three different types of treatment where cueing …
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The Role of Frustration in Intensive Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech
… of frustration in children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in the setting of intensive treatment. Additionally, the study examines the interrater reliability of the frustration rating scale used in an intensive CAS treatment study. Methods: Frustration and treatment data obtained …
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Schedule Distribution and Motor Learning Guided Treatment with Childhood Apraxia of Speech
… of participants 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 …
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The Effects of Oral Apraxia on The Phonological Performance of Broca's Aphasics
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Social Functioning Characteristics of a Young Adult with a History of Childhood Apraxia of Speech
<p>Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a pediatric speech sound disorder (SSD) that results from a motor planning impairment for volitional speech movements. This underlying impairment causes pervasive errors in speech sound production and often leads to problems with intelligibility, thus …
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Feature Retention and Phonological Knowledge across Children with Suspected Developmental Apraxia of Speech, Phonological Impairment, and Typically Developing Speech.
… knowledge of children with suspected apraxia of speech (AOSc) in comparison to those of children with phonological impairment (PI). A second purpose was to determine if a relationship exists between phonological knowledge and feature retention.</p><p>The study consisted of three groups …
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Towards the development and validation of an isiXhosa tool for the assessment of apraxia speech in adults: A descriptive study
… of isiXhosa speech stimuli for the assessment of Apraxia of Speech (AOS) in adults. Study 1 aimed to describe and generate criteria and corresponding speech stimuli for an assessment of AOS in isiXhosa. IsiXhosa has distinguishing linguistic features – such as additional phonemes, alternate places …
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The Description and Comparison of Feature Retention Patterns for Children with Phonological Impairment Developmental Apraxia of Speech and Typically Developing Children.
… for the identification of developmental apraxia of speech (DAS). A second purpose was to determine if a relationship exists between phonological knowledge and feature retention.</p> <p>This study consisted of a PI group and a TD group of children, ages four to six. A 245-item speech …
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The Active Ingredients of Integral Stimulation Treatment: The Efficacy of Auditory, Visual, and Auditory-Visual Cues for Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech
… Stimulation (IS) treatment for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Previous literature has supported the use of IS for children with CAS, though there are no studies that evaluate the active ingredients of IS. This study aimed to examine the efficacy of single- and multi-modality cues in IS …
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A multimodal program of identification and remediation for intermediate students with learning disabilities in the area of written expression
… who have seevere problems of phasia, agnosia, apraxia, or alexis. It was not concerned with the “non-reader” or the child diagnosed as dyslexic.</p><p>The focus of the study was on those students who exhibited the following behaviors: (1) those who can read although no necessarily at “grade …
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NEURAL SIGNALS UNDERLYING COORDINATE FRAME OF ATTENTION IN AREA 7a OF PRIMATE POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX
… disruptions such as visual neglect and apraxia can result. While evidence exists that 7a encodes sensory signals in world centered coordinates, the reference frame of visual attention was previously unknown. We observed that while some elements of 7a encoding are malleable dependent upon …
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Perinatal risk indicators and developmental abilities : examining children with phonological disorders
… are discussed relative to the developmental apraxia of speech debate.
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Usefulness of [18F]-Deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Diagnosing the Patients with Corticobasal Degeneration
… asymmetric extrapyramidal motor deficits, apraxia and cortical sensory loss. The asymmetric fronto-parietal cortical and subcortical hypometabolism was demonstrated in the previous [18F]-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) scan studies. We investigated the hypometabolic …
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A Qualitative Analysis of Parent Observations of Children Diagnosed with a Developmental Speech Delay
… had received a diagnosis of either developmental apraxia of speech (DAS) or developmental phonological disorder (DPD). Using a semi-structured interview, six mothers of children with DAS and five mothers of children with DPD were asked to reflect on specific aspects of the development of their …
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Use of an integrated multimodal communication treatment with individuals with severe traumatic brain injury
… speech and language deficits, including apraxia of speech and dysarthria. Using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies (e.g., gesturing, writing, speech generating devices and applications) to communicate can help people with TBI compensate for deficits. The most …
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Clinical Outcomes Associated with Speech, Language and Swallowing Difficulties Post-Stroke – A Prospective Cohort Study
… and swallowing conditions (i.e. dysarthria, apraxia of speech, aphasia, dysphagia), risk factors, and outcomes post-stroke (i.e. length of hospital stay, degree of physical disability according to the Modified Rankin Scale [mRS], functional level of oral intake according to the Functional …
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