Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology articles from September 2003

Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology archives from September 2003

Time after time.(time management)(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) What time is it? Late again. Late again....

Development of evidence-based practice guidelines: committee update.(ANCDS Bulletin Board)(Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences )
September 1, 2003... The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), by way of the mission, purposes, and activities of its Ad Hoc Practice Guidelines Coordinating Committee and respective Writing Committees, has embarked on a 5-year project...

Practice guidelines for direct attention training.
September 1, 2003... This article is part of a series of reports from a committee charged with developing evidence-based practice (EBP) guidelines for rehabilitation of cognitive-communication deficits following traumatic brain injury (TBI). We examine the...

Electropalatographic assessment of tongue-to-palate contacts exhibited in dysarthria following traumatic brain injury: spatial characteristics.
September 1, 2003... Consonant imprecision has been reported to be a common feature of the dysarthric speech disturbances exhibited by individuals who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Inaccurate tongue placements against the hard palate during...

Speech and language disorders associated with corticobasal degeneration.
September 1, 2003... Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by asymmetric cortical and extrapyramidal signs including progressive asymmetric limb rigidity and apraxia. Other commonly occurring signs include alien limb...

Performance of non-brain-injured adults on the Ross Information Processing Assessment-2.
September 1, 2003... This study reports on the validity and reliability of the Ross Information Processing Assessment-2 as a diagnostic and progress documentation tool measuring information processing in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is a replication...

Maintenance of communication abilities in epilepsy: a clinical report.
September 1, 2003... Language, cognition, and communication have been found to be decreased in individuals with epilepsy or seizure disorders (Wheless, Simons, & Butler, 2002). Functional maintenance programs have been used for maintenance of declining cognitive...