Speech Disorders - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Velopharyngeal insufficiency: diagnosis and management.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Journal articles relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency were reviewed. All studies ascertained by PubMed search were included. RECENT FINDINGS: Studies reported on the application of magnetic ... Read more...

The assessment of auditory function in CSWS: lessons from long-term outcome.

30 Jul 2009 In Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), the prominent and often first symptom is auditory verbal agnosia, which may affect nonverbal sounds. It was early suggested that the subsequent decline of speech expression might result from defective auditory ... Read more...

[Speech intelligibility tests in cochlear implant patients]

30 May 2009 The investigation of speech intelligibility under quiet and noisy conditions is essential to evaluate the auditory and verbal rehabilitation of cochlear implant patients. A set of audiological tests is introduced that has been validated and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Speech Disorders - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Velopharyngeal insufficiency: diagnosis and management. 30 Jul 2009
• The assessment of auditory function in CSWS: lessons from long-term outcome. 30 Jul 2009
• [Speech intelligibility tests in cochlear implant patients] 30 May 2009
• What's new in differential diagnosis and treatment of hoarseness? 30 May 2009
• Brief assessment of motor function: content validity and reliability of the oral motor scales. 30 May 2009
• Evaluation of speech outcomes following treatment of oral and oropharyngeal cancers. 27 May 2009
• Negative motor seizure arising from the negative motor area: is it ictal apraxia? 10 May 2009
• Epidemiology of speech and language impairment in a nationally representative sample of 4- to 5-year-old children. 27 Apr 2009
• Semantic memory deficits based on category fluency performance in schizophrenia: similar impairment patterns of semantic organization across Turkish and Japanese patients. 8 Apr 2009
• Playing by the rules: speech pathologists' views about patient suitability for the Enhanced Primary Care Program. 30 Mar 2009
• Communicative abilities in toddlers and in early school age children with cleft palate. 8 Feb 2009
• Cochlear implantation in children with cerebral palsy. A preliminary report. 5 Feb 2009
• Speech impairment in Nijmegen breakage syndrome: a rare anomaly. 3 Feb 2009
• Bilateral operculum syndrome in childhood. 3 Feb 2009
• Tongue piercing and speech. 30 Jan 2009
• Speech and voice outcomes in oropharyngeal cancer and evaluation of the University of Washington Quality of Life speech domain. 30 Jan 2009
• Developmental outcomes in early compared with delayed surgery for glue ear up to age 7 years: a randomised controlled trial. 30 Jan 2009
• Speech assessment in cleft palate patients: a descriptive study. 29 Jan 2009
• Childhood speech apraxia in focus: theoretical perspectives and present tendencies. 30 Dec 2008
• Speech rate in children with and without phonological disorder. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Speech Disorders'

Definition: Acquired or developmental conditions marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or generate spoken forms of language.

Descriptor UI: D013064

Alternative terms: Speech Disorders; Cluttering; Clutterings; Verbal Fluency Disorders; Verbal Fluency Disorder; Dyslalia; Dyslalias; Rhinolalia; Rhinolalias; Aprosodia; Aprosodias; Aprosodic Speech; Speech, Aprosodic; Dysglossia; Dysglossias;

Related Mesh Headings: Language Disorders;

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: C10.597.606.150.500.800; C23.888.592.604.150.500.800;

Technical Notes: /ther: consider also SPEECH THERAPY; do not confuse with LANGUAGE DISORDERS: read differentiation of SPEECH & LANGUAGE under SPEECH