Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology articles from March 2002

Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology archives from March 2002

The sociology of aphasia. (Editorial).
March 1, 2002... Twixt the optimist and pessimist The difference is droll: The optimist sees the doughnut But the pessimist sees the hole. McLandburgh Wilson, Optimist and Pessimist (Augarde, 1991) Half empty? Half full? Doughnut? Hole?...

Seeking NIH funding: defining the process. (Health Care Forum).
March 1, 2002... The intent of writing this article is to inform the readership of the process for applying for research and research training funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Some investigators are quite familiar with the NIH grant...

Speech breathing behavior in normal and moderately to severely dysphonic subjects during connected speech.
March 1, 2002... A long-standing clinical assumption regarding dysphonia secondary to vocal abuse is the expectation that the speaker will demonstrate aberrant speech breathing patterns. To evaluate this assumption, the speech breathing behavior of 10 adult...

Occurrence of contingent queries and discourse errors in referential communication and conversational tasks: A study of college students with closed head injury.
March 1, 2002... Twenty college students participated in a referential communication task aimed at eliciting contingent queries. Ten of the students had a history of a closed head injury (CHI), and the remaining ten served as matched controls. Subjects were...

Susceptibility of speakers with parkinson disease to delayed feedback.
March 1, 2002... Previous studies have shown that some speakers with Parkinson disease (PD) are responsive to delayed auditory feedback therapy (DAF) (Downie, Low, Lindsay, 1981; Hanson & Metter, 1983). Other investigations have suggested that speakers with PD...

Voice activity limitation and participation restriction in the teaching profession: The need for preventive voice care.
March 1, 2002... Teachers are prone to developing voice problems because of the specific occupational demand of teaching. Voice problems impose difficulties or limitations not only on their teaching activities but also on other daily voice activities. Activity...

The influence of a stuffed and live animal on communication in a female with Alzheimer's dementia.
March 1, 2002... Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating illness that impairs communication. The use of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) within long-term care facilities has been the center of promising research over the last decade (Thomas, 1994; Voelker, 1995)....

Dysgraphia in Alzheimer's disease with mild cognitive impairment.
March 1, 2002... The objectives of this study were (a) to examine the prevalence and onset of dysgraphia (i.e. writing impairment) in comparison with other neuropsychological deficits commonly associated with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD); and (b) to determine...