Twelve judges, with no previous exposure to laryngectomees, rated the speaking proficiencies of 33 laryngectomees divided into following groups: esophageal speakers (n = 12); electrolarynx 11); and tracheoesophageal puncture 10). In addition, speech ten normal subjects was rated. Specific parameters examined included voice quality, pitch, loudness, intelligibility, rate speaking, visual presentation during speech, extraneous noise, overall communicative effectiveness. Multiple discriminant...

The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) has been developed to measure the degree which an adult with normal intelligence autistic traits. Although use of AQ resulted in a number important findings, few studies have assessed whether scores predict cognitive aspects ASD. This study predicted performance on adapted block design. test was `whole' and `segmented' task. High scorers performed better than low task design but equivalently task, as would be autism spectrum. These findings add evidence...

This study compared stutterers' and nonstutterers' communication attitudes. A self-report inventory based on a tripartite attitudinal model was administered to 75 adult stutterers 81 nonstutterers. Ratings of 39 items representing 13 situational subseales, or types speaking situations, four response scales reflecting behavioral, affective, cognitive components frequency scale were obtained. Self-ratings speech enjoyment skills best discriminated However, these self-ratings related for both...

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the adoption of telemental health (TMH). Pre-pandemic, clinicians had voiced many TMH concerns, but these not been investigated with respect to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) even it being known that there are distinct ASD-associated challenges for

To explore the effects of utterance length, syntactic complexity, and grammatical correctness on stuttering in spontaneous speech young, monolingual Spanish-speaking children.Spontaneous samples 11 children who stuttered, ages 35 to 70 months, were examined. Mean number syllables, total clauses, complexity (i.e., containing no simple or subordinate and/or conjoined clauses), presence absence morphological syntactical errors) stuttered fluent utterances compared.Findings revealed that Spanish...

Social anxiety is prevalent in autistic adolescents. Using virtual reality to deliver exposure tasks cognitive behavioural therapy (VRCBT) – the treatment-of-choice may improve its accessibility autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In preparation for testing this, service-providers (i.e. clinicians experienced with this patient group; n = 17), service-users adolescents diagnosed social anxiety; 5), and their parents/guardians (n from local National Health Service (NHS) clinics specialized working...

Objective The association between deficits in verbal processing skills and disruptive psychopathology remains one of the most frequently replicated findings all child psychiatry. This study uses a dichotic consonant-vowel listening test to examine potential neural basis for this association. Method A series 87 young boys recruited from sample at risk disorders received standardized psychiatric, neuropsychological, language assessments. Approximately 1 year later, these reassessment their...

The new voices nuevas voces guide to cultural and linguistic diversity in early childhood, by D.C. Castro, B. Ayankoya C. Kasprzak, Baltimore, Paul H Brookes Publishing Co., 2011, xii + 166 pp....

Abstract This paper examines the self-perceptions of sixteen 11-year-old UK children who took part in intercultural ‘Villages’ organised by an international children's charity. The analysis data shows that only a short-term increase Intercultural Communicative Competence was reported immediately after Village. neither statistically significant, nor evident nine months However, self-report most were positive about experience. Establishing, expanding and maintaining friendship constituted...

Health professions programs lack sufficient exposure to geriatric education in curricula. The Seniors Assisting Geriatric Education (SAGE) Program exposes interprofessional (IP) teams of health students older adults. To determine the impact an educational experience on student perceptions team collaboration and IP three or four (n = 662) representing eight disciplines from two institutions were paired with adult promote person-centered care over semesters. Students completed online...

When the challenges of providing speech-language pathology services in school settings intersect with complexities meeting unique needs students who stutter, clinicians may encounter a variety ethical issues. This article explores some treating stuttering by discussing three clinical scenarios. Seedhouse's Ethics Grid is provided as scaffold to support critical analysis school-based treatment Factors examined include creating and respecting autonomy, serving student needs, doing good...

No AccessPerspectives on Administration and SupervisionArticle1 Jun 2004SupervisionEnhancing Stuttering Clinical Teaching Through BIGS: Blended Individual-Group Supervision Nancy Lefkowitz, Bill Murphy Jennifer B. Watson Lefkowitz Google Scholar More articles by this author , Department of Audiology Speech Sciences, Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN https://doi.org/10.1044/aas14.2.11 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked...