Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology articles from September 2006

Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology archives from September 2006

Cook and kiwi.(Editorial)
September 1, 2006... He aha te mea nui? What is the greatest thing? He tangata! It is people. He tangata! Maori aphorism On June 30, 1768 Lt. James Cook received his orders from the British Royal Society and the Royal Navy to begin the first of his three...

Patient-reported outcome measures: use in evaluation of treatment for aphasia.(Health Care Forum)
September 1, 2006... Traditionally, evaluations of a treatment's effectiveness have been based on clinicians' observation of and interaction with patients (Food and Drug Administration [FDA], 2006). Historically, speech-language pathologists have administered...

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: simulated presence therapy.(Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences Bulletin Board)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2006... 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...

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: group reminiscence therapy.(care and treatment of dementia)
September 1, 2006... In 2001, the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), in collaboration with the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), its Special Interest Division 2 (SID-2: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and...

Speech and voice characteristics of geriatric speakers: a review of the literature and a call for research and training.(Tutorial)(age related physiologic changes)
September 1, 2006... This article provides an overview and select review of the emerging literature informing clinicians about speech and voice changes secondary to normal aging. We begin by presenting demographic data about the "graying of America" and the impact...

Auditory comprehension in Alzheimer disease: influences of gesture and speech rate.(care and treatment)
September 1, 2006... The aim of this study was to investigate comprehension of commands presented in two rates of speech and two gesture conditions in 17 adults with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease (AD). A within-subjects design was employed to assess...

Metaphoric and nonmetaphoric alternative meanings of ambiguous words: differential processing?(case study)
September 1, 2006... This study assessed the possibility that the processing of metaphoric alternative meanings of ambiguous words may be differentiated from the processing of their nonmetaphoric alternative meanings. Two factors were studied in order to find a...

Characteristics of speech following cervical spinal cord injury.(risk factors of Spinal Cord injury)
September 1, 2006... The present study examined 24 individuals with either complete or incomplete injuries to the cervical spinal cord through the use of standardized assessments of dysarthria and a perceptual rating scale. Perceptual assessment revealed...

Effect of omitted cues on alphabet supplemented speech intelligibility.(research)
September 1, 2006... Speakers with moderate to severe dysarthria may increase their speech intelligibility by pointing to the first letter of each word as they say it. This strategy, known as alphabet supplementation, has been shown to increases sentence level...

The impact of stimulated vocal loudness on nasalance in dysarthria.(case study)
September 1, 2006... This study was designed to determine the effect of stimulated vocal loudness on nasalance in individuals with various dysarthria subtypes. Thirty participants produced three stimulated levels of vocal loudness while reading a nonnasal passage....

Expiratory muscle strength training in the treatment of mixed dysarthria in a patient with Lance-Adams syndrome.(care and treatment)
September 1, 2006... The results of an expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) program is described in the rehabilitation of mixed dysarthria in a patient with Lance-Adams syndrome secondary to a motor vehicle accident (MVA) with associated traumatic brain...

Evaluation and Management of Speech Breathing Disorders: Principles and Methods.(book review)(Book review)
September 1, 2006... Evaluation and Management of Speech Breathing Disorders: Principles and Methods AUTHORS: Thomas J. Hixon, Ph.D., and Jeannette D. Hoit, Ph.D. PUBLISHER: Redington Brown, 2005 ISBN: 0-9763513-0-7, 461 pages, $105.00 In the...