Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology articles from March 2007

Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology archives from March 2007

Broca's brain: brother, wherefore art thou?(Editorial)
March 1, 2007... "I washed your brain, but I had trouble getting the think stains out." Cindy (character in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, 2002) The Musee de I'Homme (Museum of Man) was created in 1937 by Paul Rivet, for the splendiferous...

Training specific treatment techniques: the next step in implementation of EBP?(Health Care Forum)
March 1, 2007... The field of medical speech-language pathology is moving toward an evidence-based practice (EBP) approach to clinical decision making. This movement spawned the development of practice guidelines and systematic reviews designed to improve...

Evidence-based practice for the use of external aids as a memory compensation technique.(ANCDS Bulletin Board)
March 1, 2007... This article is one of a series of publications by the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) on evidence-based practice (EBP) in the clinical management of neurogenic communication disorders. The EBP project was...

Evidence-based practice recommendations for dementia: educating caregivers on Alzheimer's disease and training communication strategies.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2007... 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...

Dysphagia malpractice: litigation and the expert witness.(Tutorial*)
March 1, 2007... Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder, and its diagnosis and treatment are the responsibilities of speech-language pathologists. It is frequently an issue in medical malpractice litigation because it can cause aspiration pneumonia and lead to...

Clinical consistency in tracheostomy management.(Disease/Disorder overview)
March 1, 2007... The study aim was to determine the current management patterns of clinicians across various settings in Australia and examine these practices with respect to levels of clinical consistency and evidence-based practice. A questionnaire was sent...

Assessment and management of aspiration in patients with dysphagia: a survey of practicing speech-language pathologists.
March 1, 2007... Consistent evaluation and management of patients with swallowing disorders requires that clinicians access a common clinical knowledge base with regard to normal and disordered swallowing physiology as well as principles of intervention....

Development of a measure of communication activity for the acute hospital setting: Part 1. Rationale and preliminary findings.
March 1, 2007... It has been argued that speech-language pathologists working in the acute hospital setting could enhance patient health care and patient satisfaction with health care if they supported patients with communication difficulties and health care...

Development of a measure of communication activity for the acute hospital setting: Part II. Item analysis, selection, and reliability.
March 1, 2007... This article is the second in a two-part series that describes the development of the Inpatient Functional Communication Interview (IFCI; O'Halloran, Worrall, Toffolo, Code, & Hickson, 2004). The first study (O'Halloran, Worrall, & Hickson,...

Longitudinal study of temporal speech alterations in an individual with adductor spasmodic dysphonia treated with botulinum toxin.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2007... The study investigated whether acoustic speech measures permitted effective clinical assessment of the effects of botulinum toxin treatment (BT) in an individual with adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD). A 54-year-old male diagnosed with ADSD...

Aberrant response preparation in Parkinson's disease.
March 1, 2007... The basal ganglia circuit plays a fundamental role in the preparation of a response. Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) are considered to have difficulty with two particular aspects of response preparation, namely, the maintenance of...

Brain Fiction: Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation.
March 1, 2007... AUTHOR: William Hirstein PUBLISHER: The MIT Press, 2004 ISBN: 0-26208-338-8, 288 pages, $35.00 Speech-language pathologists serving individuals with dementia, frontal lobe damage, or right hemisphere syndrome are likely familiar...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2007... 07-19-06 Attn. Leonard L. LaPointe, Ph.D. Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology (JMSLP) I would like to comment on the article by William Irwin, Feeding Patients with Advanced Dementia: The Role of...