Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to assess the short-term effectiveness of short and intensive speech therapy provided to patients with cleft (lip and) palate (C(L)P) in terms of articulation and resonance. Methods: Five Ugandan patients (age: 7.3-19.6 years) with non-syndromic C(L)P …

The primary objective of this article is to study whether an assessment instrument specifically designed to assess speech motor control on word level productions would be able to add differential diagnostic speech characteristics between people who clutter and people who stutter. It was hypothesized …

Consensus on red flags and terminology of atypical speech and language development Objectives Atypical speech and language development is one of the most common developmental problems in young children. However, consensus lacks on clinical signs and on diagnostic terminology. The aim of our study is …

BACKGROUND: Atypical speech and language development is one of the most common developmental difficulties in young children. However, which clinical signs characterize atypical speech-language development at what age is not clear. AIM: To achieve a national and valid consensus on clinical signs and red …

Conference paper - 5th International Conference on Statistical Language and Speech Processing SLSP 2017. Pauses in speech may be categorized on the basis of their length. Some authors claim that there are two categories (short and long pauses) (Baken & Orlikoff, 2000), others claim that there are three …

PROMPT is a tactile-kinesthetic approach for assessment and treatment of speech production disorders. PROMPT uses tactile-kinethetic cues to facilitate motor speech behaviors. Therapy is structured from basic motor speech patterns with much tactile-lkinesthetic cueing, towards complex motor speech activities …

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From the article: "Individuals with dementia often experience a decline in their ability to use language. Language problems have been reported in individuals with dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease or degeneration of the fronto-temporal area. Acoustic properties are relatively …

This article presents a variety of treatment approaches based on an understanding of four components of communication, and describes cluttering intervention focusing on problem identification, speech rate reduction, appropriate pausing, appropriate monitoring, and addressing story narrating skills. Therapeutic …

Lopend onderzoek in het kader van de onderzoekslijn Kind, Taal & Ontwikkeling. Deze onderzoekslijn maakt deel uit van het Lectoraat Transparante Zorgverleningen en het Lectoraat Integraal Jeugdbeleid. Language problems have impact on school succes (Beichtman et al., 1996, Nelson et al., 2006), behavior …