Speech Disorders - Therapy
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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...

Effects of it takes two to talk--the hanen program for parents of preschool children with cerebral palsy: findings from an exploratory study.

25 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: To investigate whether It Takes Two to Talk-The Hanen Program for Parents of Preschool Children With Cerebral Palsy is associated with change in interaction between children who have motor disorders and their parents. METHOD: Eleven ... Read more...

What's new in differential diagnosis and treatment of hoarseness?

30 May 2009 PURPOSE: To review the literature published over the past year (2008) regarding the diagnosis and management of patients with hoarseness. RECENT FINDINGS: There has been a lack of large, controlled, prospective studies regarding diagnosis and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Speech Disorders - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Treatment of adult speech and language disorders. 24 Aug 2009
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency: diagnosis and management. 30 Jul 2009
• Effects of it takes two to talk--the hanen program for parents of preschool children with cerebral palsy: findings from an exploratory study. 25 Jul 2009
• What's new in differential diagnosis and treatment of hoarseness? 30 May 2009
• Balance and motor speech impairment in essential tremor. 17 May 2009
• Playing by the rules: speech pathologists' views about patient suitability for the Enhanced Primary Care Program. 30 Mar 2009
• The use of electropalatography (EPG) in the assessment and treatment of motor speech disorders in children with Down's syndrome: evidence from two case studies. 30 Mar 2009
• Communicative abilities in toddlers and in early school age children with cleft palate. 8 Feb 2009
• Speech impairment in Nijmegen breakage syndrome: a rare anomaly. 3 Feb 2009
• Speech and voice outcomes in oropharyngeal cancer and evaluation of the University of Washington Quality of Life speech domain. 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
• Evidence-based practice and speech-language pathology. 30 Dec 2008
• Automatic speech recognition (ASR) and its use as a tool for assessment or therapy of voice, speech, and language disorders. 30 Dec 2008
• Results of the Sensory Profile in children with suspected childhood apraxia of speech. 30 Dec 2008
• Speech evaluation after repair of unilateral complete cleft palate using modified 2-flap palatoplasty. 30 Dec 2008
• Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. 30 Dec 2008
• Controversies surrounding nonspeech oral motor exercises for childhood speech disorders. 2 Dec 2008
• [The human accidents and their implications for functional communication: opinions of teachers and students about higher education] 29 Nov 2008
• When "Simon says" doesn't work: alternatives to imitation for facilitating early speech development. 14 Oct 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