Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology articles from June 2002

Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology archives from June 2002

Never odd or even. (Editorial).
June 1, 2002... Live not on evil deed; live not on evil. A 2002 palindrome 2002. The same forward as backward. A palindrome year. It seems as though I don't remember this happening since 1991. The next one will be 2112. It is quite remarkable that...

Evidence-based practice guidelines for cognitive-communication disorders after traumatic brain injury: initial committee report. (ANCDS Bulletin Board).
June 1, 2002... Jack Avery, Carl Coelho, McKay Sohlberg, Lyn Turkstra, Mark Ylvisaker, and Kathryn Yorkston (ad hoc member) There is growing interest in the evidence that supports clinical rehabilitation practice. This evidence can be observed in several...

A tutorial on speech production sequelae associated with psychotropic and antiepileptic treatment of mental illness. (Tutorial).
June 1, 2002... The purpose of this article is to explore various drug classifications used to treat mental illness and epilepsy in order to gain a better understanding of their possible side effects on speech production. A review of the literature reveals...

Endoscopic and perceptual evaluation of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) and hypernasality. (Tutorial).
June 1, 2002... The evaluation of velopharyngeal insufficiency and its associated effects on speech represent a complex interaction of both listener judgments of nasality and visualization of the velopharyngeal mechanism using either endoscopy or radiographic...

Assessment of the disordered voice: a roundtable discussion. (Tutorial).
June 1, 2002... The array of available instruments and strategies for use in the assessment of patients with voice disorders is impressive, and also formidable. In this roundtable discussion, clinicians are asked to address a number of topics pertinent to this...

Use of esophageal videoendoscopy for the differential diagnosis and treatment of poor tracheoesophageal speech.
June 1, 2002... This "How I Do It" clinical report demonstrates the utility of flexible fiberoptic videoendoscopy in the differential diagnosis of unsatisfactory tracheoesophageal speech production despite appropriate fitting of a voice prosthesis. Two case...

Effects of a communication intervention on the discourse of nursing home residents with dementia and their nursing assistants.
June 1, 2002... The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a communication intervention on discourse characteristics of nursing home residents with dementia and the nursing assistants assigned to care for them. Nursing assistants participated in an...