Speech Pathology and Audiology

2013-06-28

Cummine, Jacqueline, Lamontagne-Looy, Angèle, Hautz, Taylor, Addison, Nicky

This study examined the structural integrity of white matter tracts related to reading in twelve Chinese-English adult bilinguals. Participants read aloud three lists of words varying in their proportions of regular (REG) and exception (EXC) words as quickly and accurately as possible. Using...

2021-06-27

Lefebvre, Emilie

Introduction: Canada’s French-English bilingual population is increasing, including the number of individuals outside of Québec who speak French. These individuals make up Official Language Minority Communities (OLMCs) which refer to Canadians who speak French and live outside of Québec, and...

2011-06-28

Sharp, Patricia, Hill, Cinthia

This study described the expressive language characteristics of 12 children with dysarthria and cerebral palsy based on analysis of 50-utterance spontaneous speech samples. Children were between four and 12 years old and had receptive and expressive language ages of at least three years. ...

2011-01-13

Savard, Danielle, McLean, Katie, Schneider, Phyllis, Hillier, Alexis

This study aimed to determine the reliability of scoring the story grammar portion of the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI; Schneider, Dubé, & Howard, 2005) directly from audio recordings. The authors hypothesized that if the stories could be scored for story grammar elements from audio...

2011-07-07

Abraham, Sandia, Shaw, Kendra

When a story is told, referring expressions are used to introduce referents (characters and objects). This must be done so that the listener clearly understands that the character or object is new to the story (Schneider & Hayward, 2010). The ability to use referents correctly, according to the...

2014-06-02

Funk, Vanessa, Thompson, Pamela, Scherz, Danielle

Background: Pragmatic skills are, by definition, impaired in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). These difficulties can negatively influence a person’s interpersonal relationships, their ability to find employment and their overall quality of life. Currently, there is little research...

2017-12-15

Sawatzky, Ashley, Van Wolde, Julie, Hodgetts, Bill, Cummine, Jacqueline

The objective of the study is to determine how hearing loss and the use of hearing aids are portrayed in adult or senior populations in the Canadian media, and whether stereotypes exist.

2011-01-13

Sherwood, Heather, Paslawski, Teresa, Prosser, Patricia

The purpose of this research was to determine protective factors that contribute to resilience in individuals with aphasia.

2012-06-29

Ebenezer, Anita

Health care providers report that individuals with similar levels of impairment after stroke have markedly different outcomes (Hartman-Maeir et al., 2007). Pilot studies of stroke survivors suggest that resilience may be a primary mediating variable accounting for the fact that some individuals...

2011-11-16

Wiberg, Cara, Harbottle, Norma, Cook, Albert, Adams, Kim, Schulmeister, Jen

Children learn through interacting with their environment. Most children develop their cognitive and linguistic abilities though play interactions. The Lego Mindstorms Robotic Invention SystemT is a tool that children with physical disabilities can use to facilitate play interactions. Over a four...