Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology articles from June 2007

Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology archives from June 2007

Tingo.(Editorial)
June 1, 2007... "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." Will Rogers Will Rogers and Mark Twain are a couple of the most quotable quibblers that ever graced the stages and pages of the United States. Now,...

Volunteers needed.(Health Care Forum)
June 1, 2007... Volunteers are needed for participation in an "open discussion or expression of ideas" (Merriam-Webster, 2007) as a member of a "discussion group for participants with common interests" (MSN Encarta, 2007); such is a "forum" defined. As a...

Evidence for effectiveness of treatment of loudness, rate, or prosody in dysarthria: a systematic review.(ANCDS Bulletin Board)
June 1, 2007... This systematic review of the literature addresses interventions for dysarthria that focus on the global aspects of speech. The review is part of the development of practice guidelines for the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and...

Social construction of self for persons with aphasia: when language as a cultural tool is impaired.
June 1, 2007... This article addresses the impact of aphasia on construction or storying of self, particularly the way in which one's ability to manipulate one's social/cultural tool kit is impaired when language as a tool is disrupted. If language is...

A tailored approach to language mapping in epilepsy surgery: some preliminary findings.
June 1, 2007... When anterior temporal lobectomy is used in the treatment of intractable temporal lobe epilepsy there is a subset of patients for whom a postoperative decline in confrontation naming persists. In some language models, Broca's and Wernicke's...

Effects of MRI scanner noise on language task performance in persons with aphasia.
June 1, 2007... Task performance and brain function during fMRI scanning is assumed to be similar to that in everyday settings. However, previous research suggests that language task performance can be affected by competing stimuli in persons with aphasia. To...

Dysarthria without postoperative mutism following resection of a cerebellar astrocytoma: pattern of resolution in a single case.
June 1, 2007... The development of motor speech impairment is a frequently reported sequela of surgery for cerebellar tumors that often resolves to normal speech within 6 months. In many of the reported cases to date dysarthria has been preceded by a period of...

Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome: case reports with literature review.(Disease/Disorder overview)
June 1, 2007... Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome (FCMS), also known as the anterior operculum syndrome, is considered the cortical type of pseudobulbar palsy, which is characterized by severe dysarthria and bilateral paralysis of the facial, lingual, pharyngeal,...

Stress identification in speakers with dysarthria due to cerebral palsy: an initial report.
June 1, 2007... Contrastive stress drills are often used in intervention for dysarthria. These skills are usually not addressed, however, until the speaker has achieved a base level of segmental clarity. In addition to reducing monotony and improving...

Dysphagia characterized by aspiration subsequent to pontine stroke.
June 1, 2007... It has been reported that a pontine lesion often results in dysphagia characterized by aspiration. However, the patterns and characteristics of such dysphagia are unknown. We studied 57 patients (34 men, 23 women) with possible dysphagia...

The effect of botulinum toxin type A on speech intelligibility in lingual dystonia.
June 1, 2007... This study investigated the effect of botulinum toxin type A (BtA) on the speech intelligibility of an individual with lingual dystonia. Perceptual measures of intelligibility were obtained for single words, carrier phrases, and sentences....

Handbook of Culture, Therapy and Healing.(Book review)
June 1, 2007... Handbook of Culture, Therapy and Healing EDITORS: Uwe P. Gielen, Jefferson M. Fish, and Juris G. Draguns PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004 ISBN: 0-8058-4924-6, 456 pages, $99.95 According to the book Handbook of...