Communication Disorders
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Cerebral palsy and aging.

29 Sep 2009 Cerebral palsy (CP), the most common major disabling motor disorder of childhood, is frequently thought of as a condition that affects only children. Deaths in children with CP, never common, have in recent years become very rare, unless the child ... Read more...

Toward model-driven interventions for African Americans with cognitive-communicative disorders.

24 Aug 2009 African American adults have a disproportionately high incidence and prevalence of cognitive-communicative disorders, yet their use of speech-language pathology services does not reflect their need for clinical intervention. The purpose of this ... Read more...

Communication disorders in speakers of tone languages: etiological bases and clinical considerations.

24 Aug 2009 Lexical tones are a phonetic contrast necessary for conveying meaning in a majority of the world's languages. Various hearing, speech, and language disorders affect the ability to perceive or produce lexical tones, thereby seriously impairing ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Communication Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Autism: the other side learns to accept it] 14 Oct 2009
• Cerebral palsy and aging. 29 Sep 2009
• Improving patient-provider communication: a call to action. 30 Aug 2009
• Toward model-driven interventions for African Americans with cognitive-communicative disorders. 24 Aug 2009
• Communication disorders in speakers of tone languages: etiological bases and clinical considerations. 24 Aug 2009
• Mental health considerations for speech-language services with bilingual Spanish-English speakers. 24 Aug 2009
• Issues and principles in service delivery to communicatively impaired minority bilingual adults in neurorehabilitation. 24 Aug 2009
• Serving linguistically and culturally diverse adults with communication disorders: multidisciplinary perspectives and evidence. 24 Aug 2009
• Overlap with the autism spectrum in young children with Williams syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Communication, swallowing and feeding in the intensive care unit patient. 29 Jun 2009
• Systematic review of interventions for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. 23 May 2009
• An item response theory-based assessment of the pain assessment checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate (PACSLAC). 21 May 2009
• Generativity abilities predict communication deficits but not repetitive behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 23 Apr 2009
• Evaluation sensitivity as a moderator of communication disorder in schizophrenia. 18 Apr 2009
• Behavioral management for patients with intellectual and developmental disorders. 30 Mar 2009
• Health literacy and the role of the speech-language pathologist. 28 Mar 2009
• Volunteering amongst persons who use augmentative and alternative communication. 27 Feb 2009
• Auditory disorders in a South African paediatric TBI population: some preliminary data. 27 Feb 2009
• Hearing loss and paid employment: Australian population survey findings. 27 Feb 2009
• [Connectionist simulation in neuropsychology] 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Communication Disorders'

Definition: Disorders of verbal and nonverbal communication caused by receptive or expressive LANGUAGE DISORDERS, cognitive dysfunction (e.g., MENTAL RETARDATION), psychiatric conditions, and HEARING DISORDERS.

Descriptor UI: D003147

Alternative terms: Communication Disorders; Communication Disorder; Communicative Disorders; Communicative Disorder; Childhood Communication Disorders; Childhood Communication Disorder; Communication Disorder, Childhood; Communication Disorders, Childhood; Neurogenic Communication Disorders; Communication Disorder, Neurogenic; Neurogenic Communication Disorder; Communication Disorders, Neurogenic; Communication Disorders, Developmental; Communication Disorder, Developmental; Developmental Communication Disorder; Developmental Communication Disorders; Communicative Dysfunction; Communicative Dysfunctions; Dysfunction, Communicative; Dysfunctions, Communicative; Acquired Communication Disorders; Acquired Communication Disorder; Communication Disorder, Acquired; Communication Disorders, Acquired; Communication Disabilities; Communication Disability; Disabilities, Communication; Disability, Communication;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.150; C23.888.592.604.150; F03.550.350;

History Note: 1998(1985)

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified: prefer specifics HEARING DISORDERS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS or SPEECH DISORDERS