Purpose: Applying evidence-based grammar intervention can be challenging for speech and language therapists (SLTs). Language in Interaction Therapy (LIT) is a focused stimulation intervention for children with weak morphosyntactic skills, which was developed to support SLTs in incorporating results from …

Background: Early detection and remediation of language disorders are important in helping children to establish appropriate communicative and social behaviour and acquire additional information about the world through the use of language. In the Netherlands, children with (a suspicion of) language disorders …

Background: This study investigated the trajectories of decline in individual instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) with aging and the effect of hearing loss, vision loss, or dual sensory loss on these trajectories in community-living frail older persons. Method: This longitudinal population-based …

In deze presentatie voor logopedisten uit heel Nederland die met Cochleair Implantaat-gebruikers werken, wordt een pilot beschreven waarin drie CI-gebruikers piano hebben leren spelen. Er zijn drie redenen om deze doelgroep met muziek in aanraking te brengen: 1) muziek is een biologische eigenschap van …

Objective To assess if and how primary care midwives adhere to the guideline by addressing transition to motherhood at the first prenatal booking visit and to what extent there was a difference in addressing transition to motherhood between nulliparous and multiparous women. Design Cross-sectional observational …

Purpose: The purpose of this letter is to respond to Moncrieff's (2017) letter to the editor, "Response to de Wit et al., 2016, 'Characteristics of Auditory Processing Disorders: A Systematic Review,'" published in May 2017 by the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Conclusion: We believe …

Knowledge of child development influences parental expectations of, and interactions with, children. Studies have shown that maternal knowledge supports cognitive and social–emotional development of young children and can have long-lasting benefits. Level of developmental knowledge of parents and grandparents …

In het verleden is aangetoond dat muziektraining mogelijk een positief effect op het gehoor zou hebben, namelijk: het verstaan onder slechte akoestische omstandigheden (verjaardagsfeest, etc.) en het waarnemen van prosodie, de ‘melodie’ van de taal. Dit verschijnsel heeft te maken met neurale ‘plasticiteit’: …