Recently added articles from Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology:
The effect of combined individual and group treatment on functional communication in aphasia after acquired brain injury.
Sep 01, 2009; ... There is a growing body of evidence supporting the use of group treatment for increasing functional communication skills and pragmatics. However, there is limited research on the use of combined individual and group treatment for individuals with aphasia. Combined individual and group ...
Churkendoose.(The Churkendoose; Part Chicken, Turkey, Duck, and Goose )(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2009; ... <Pre> It depends on how you look at things ... Ray Bolger (1947) </Pre> Once upon a time, in a land of icicles and rabbits, not too far from the shores of Lake Superior, lived a few hardy people who scratched away in the mines and forests and on the railroads in a sometimes ...
Speech rate deficits in individuals with Parkinson's disease: a review of the literature.(Tutorial)(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... This article reviews the published evidence base related to speech rate deficits exhibited by dysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease. Following a brief review of Parkinson's disease and hypokinetic dysarthria, results of an extensive literature review are presented ....
The feasibility of establishing agreement between laboratories for measures of oropharyngeal structural movements.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Kinematic analysis, also commonly referred to as biomechanical analysis, of the swallow is used to measure movement of oropharyngeal structures over time. Two laboratory directors who have used kinematic analysis in their research collaborated to determine the feasibility of establishing ...
Central auditory and visual processing in Huntington's disease.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Central auditory and visual processing was examined in 9 persons with confirmed Huntington's disease (HD), 9 age-matched controls (A-MC), and 17 younger controls (YC) during text-word (TWV) and picture-word (PWV) verification tasks. Participants were presented with an orthographic ...