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Showing 1 to 20 of 136 for “"speech and language"”.
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Developing professional identity: The lived experience of speech and language therapy students becoming speech and language therapists
… taking on a professional role. While knowledge and skills of speech and language therapy students is monitored throughout their studies, little is known about their professional identity development. This phenomenological research aims to further understand the lived experience of the …
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Conditional Neural Networks for Speech and Language Processing
… from machine translation to web recommendation, and it is also greatly improving the computer vision and the natural language processing. Compared with conventional machine learning techniques, neural network based deep learning do not require careful engineering and consideration domain …
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Speech and language assessment of internationally adopted children
… of three distinct articles, all related to the speech and language assessment of internationally adopted children. The first article, “Speech and Language Assessment of Internationally Adopted Children,” is a qualitative study that explored how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) would conduct a …
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Unravelling the genetic relationships between auditory processing and speech and language
… It is characterised by poor perception of speech sounds, especially in background noise environments, despite normal hearing sensitivity, which can lead to poor performance in school with a negative impact on education and everyday life. Previous studies have shown that auditory processing …
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The Prevalence of Visual Disorders in Speech and Language Delayed Children
<p>Many of the tests used in speech and language evaluations involve visual stimuli. It is assumed that the child being tested has adequate vision to perform these tests. The present study examined the prevalence of vision problems in speech and language delayed children to determine if a routine …
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The Identification of Spanish-Speaking Children with Speech and Language Handicaps: An Analysis of Current Assessment Practices in Speech and Language Therapy Programs with Proposed Assessment Guidelines
… study were (1) to examine the procedures used by speech-language pathologists in identifying Spanish-speaking students with speech and language handicaps, (2) to determine the extent to which practicing speech-language pathologists are qualified to conduct these evaluations, and (3) to develop a …
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An in-depth analysis of real and perceived barriers to speech and language program participation for children with speech and language delays : a question of barriers to service?
… the effects that barriers (both real and perceived) had on participation and completion of speech and language programs for preschool children with communication delays. I compared 36 families of preschool children with an identified communication delay that have completed services …
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The Attitudes and Perspectives of Filipino-Americans Regarding Speech and Language Disorders
… Filipino-Americans’ cultural knowledge and perspectives of stuttering, speech sound disorders, and users of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The study’s research questions included: (1) How familiar are Filipino-Americans with speech and language disorders? (2) What are …
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Automatic Detection of Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease in Speech and Language
… (AD) is growing due to ageing population, and an increasing amount of research is being conducted in both treatment development and early detection of the disease. Previous research has shown that changes in language use could be one of the earliest signs of cognitive decline in AD, and …
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The Experience of recently qualified speech and language therapists in inter-professional collaborative practice
Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) is a very small profession that treats people with communication and swallowing disabilities. SLT professionals work in diverse settings alongside a range of other professionals. There has, however, been very little research into the nature of this …
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Speech and Language Therapy workforce diversity: Three studies using an increasing Transformative Research framework
The lack of diversity in Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) workforces raises concerns of inadvertently perpetuating the same views and practices, thereby risking excluding marginalised groups, limiting the impact of SLT services, and widening inequities. The present thesis makes an original …
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Survey of Pediatricians : What are the Criteria Used for Referral to Speech and Language Pathologists?
… from the pediatric literature the norms for speech and language development and to determine if the pediatrician is utilizing these norms as criteria for making referrals to speech and language pathologists. Research tends to show a discrepancy between the incidence of speech and language …
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Evaluation of Wee Read Club+, an Early Speech and Language Intervention for Toddlers and Their Caregivers
Language delays in early childhood are prominent and are likely to negatively impact the child in a variety of areas including their future learning, relationships, and overall emotional development. Caregivers are known to be an integral component of children’s early language development, and …
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Early Speech and Language Development: A Comparison of Typically Developing Children to Children with Cleft Palate.
… intervention is effective in increasing the speech and language development of children with cleft lip and palate. To further determine the efficacy of this intervention, this study compared the speech and language development of children with CLP, who received parent implemented …
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Understanding the Conserved and Species-Specific Functions of FOXP2, a Gene Implicated in Speech and Language Development
… my dissertation work I sought to better understand the conserved and human-specific functions of FoxP2. Intrigued by the enrichment of FOXP2 in the human subplate layer, I hypothesized that FOXP2 regulates evolutionarily distinct subplate gene expression patterns and tested this theory by …
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You Gotta Have Friends: An Analysis of Social Relations in Preschool Children With Speech and Language Impairment
… typically developing children, children with language impairment, and children with speech and language impairments. Specifically, this study investigated peer acceptance, friendship quantity, and friendship quality through the use of several measures and a variety of statistical analyses. …
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