Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology articles from December 2005

Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology archives from December 2005

X-ray eyes.(radioscopic diagnosis)
December 1, 2005... I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true. The importance of the strength of our conviction is only to...

Emergent interventions for intracerebral hemorrhage.
December 1, 2005... Although intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) composes only 10-15% of all strokes in the United States, it is by far the most deadly type of stroke. Of approximately 65,000 patients each year who are affected by ICH, less than 50% may survive the...

Developing evidence-based practice guidelines for speech-language pathologists serving individuals with Alzheimer's dementia.
December 1, 2005... Alzheimer's disease (AD), an insidious neurodegenerative process that produces inexorable decline in intellectual functioning, is the leading cause of dementia and is creating the profession's largest clinical population. As the multiple...

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: spaced-retrieval training.
December 1, 2005... The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), its Special Interest Division 2 (SID-2, Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders), and the...

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: computer-assisted cognitive interventions (CACIs).
December 1, 2005... The Dementia Practice Guidelines (DPG) Writing Committee was formed to develop clinical practice guidelines for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working with individuals who have dementia. This committee performed a systematic and thorough...

Utilization of speech-language pathology and audiology services in stroke patients.
December 1, 2005... The purpose of this study was to investigate biographical and medical factors associated with utilization of speech-language pathology and audiology services provided to stroke patients in the hospital setting. Moreover, the study sought to...

Monitoring speaking rate by telephone for persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
December 1, 2005... This clinical note describes strategies to monitor the speaking rate of persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in order to predict the timing of speech deterioration so that augmentative and alternative communication technology might...

The Voice and Voice Therapy, 7th ed.(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... The Voice and Voice Therapy (Seventh Edition) AUTHORS: Daniel R. Boone, Stephen C. McFarlane, and Shelley L. Von Berg PUBLISHER: Allyn & Bacon, 2005 ISBN: 0-205-41407-9, 342 pages, $98.20 In the seventh edition of The Voice...