Speech Therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The influence of speaking rate on nasality in the speech of hearing-impaired individuals.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether deliberate increases in speaking rate would serve to decrease the amount of nasality in the speech of severely hearing-impaired individuals. METHOD: The participants were 11 severely to ... Read more...

Recovery from neurological sequelae secondary to oncological brain surgery in an adult growth hormone-deficient patient after growth hormone treatment.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To report an unusual case of significant neurological recovery in a 26-year-old growth hormone-deficient female patient with significant neurological sequelae resulting from brain surgery at 11 years of age. DESIGN: Case report. RESULTS: ... Read more...

Measurement of speech effort during fluency-inducing conditions in adults who do and do not stutter.

18 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of 4 fluency-inducing (FI) conditions on self-rated speech effort and other variables in adults who stutter and in normally fluent controls. METHOD: Twelve adults with persistent stuttering and 12 adults who had ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Speech Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The influence of speaking rate on nasality in the speech of hearing-impaired individuals. 29 Sep 2009
• Recovery from neurological sequelae secondary to oncological brain surgery in an adult growth hormone-deficient patient after growth hormone treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• Measurement of speech effort during fluency-inducing conditions in adults who do and do not stutter. 18 Aug 2009
• [Stuttering in children] 30 Jul 2009
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency: diagnosis and management. 30 Jul 2009
• Computer-based training with ortho-phonological units in dyslexic children: new investigations. 30 Jul 2009
• Rational treatment options with AEDs and ketogenic diet in Landau-Kleffner syndrome: still waiting after all these years. 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
• Electropalatography for articulation disorders associated with cleft palate. 6 Jul 2009
• Health-related quality of life of adolescents with childhood diagnosis of specific language impairment. 3 Jul 2009
• [Severe neuropsychiatric disorders in an asthmatic infant who received repeated glucocorticoid treatment: the importance of associated factors] Jul 2009
• Hemipalatal hypoplasia. 29 Jun 2009
• Evidence for plasticity in white-matter tracts of patients with chronic Broca's aphasia undergoing intense intonation-based speech therapy. 29 Jun 2009
• Stuttering patients' opinions on the Digital Speech Aid. 29 Jun 2009
• Prevalence of anxiety disorders among adults seeking speech therapy for stuttering. 11 Jun 2009
• Reduced incidence of aspiration with spoon-thick consistency in stroke patients. 30 May 2009
• Systematic review of interventions for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. 23 May 2009
• [Velopharyngeal insufficiency in children] 18 May 2009
• Problems in speech sound production in young children. An inventory study of the opinions of speech therapists. 10 May 2009
• The role of pediatric dentistry in multidisciplinary cleft palate teams at advanced pediatric dental residency programs. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Speech Therapy'

Descriptor UI: D013070

Alternative terms: Speech Therapy; Therapy, Speech; Speech Therapies; Therapies, Speech;

Related Mesh Headings: Voice Training;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.831.727.552;

History Note: 66(64); was in Cat E & G 1973-79, was in Cat G only 1968-72, was in Cat E only 1964-67

Technical Notes: do not confuse with LANGUAGE THERAPY: SPEECH THERAPY is for SPEECH DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY is for LANGUAGE DISORDERS; coord IM with specific speech disord /ther (IM), not /rehabil