Speech Pathology and Audiology

2014-06-24

Henderson, Rhaeling, Cameron, Brodie

This paper is directed towards an audience who is less familiar with cortical development across the lifespan. We summarized brain imaging research that has examined cortical growth in the typical population and highlighted this growth as it relates to the speech relevant regions of the brain. ...

2011-01-13

Hodgetts, Bill, Ehnes, Allison, Feist, Megan

The goal of this study was to investigate common practices within the Baha field. To obtain data, an online survey was administered to Baha practitioners.

2013-06-25

Thomas, Rachel, McMurrer, Allaina, Sommerfeldt, Kaitlan, Farr, Kathryn

Purpose: To review the evidence regarding the effectiveness of Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) as a treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methods: This review employed the systematic review process developed by the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM)....

2018-11-16

Berthelsen, Danica, Lyle, Hanna, Smith, Jillian, Quach, Wendy, Pollock, Karen

The purpose of this project was to create an accessible online resource for families with the following goals: teach families how to create a low-tech AAC board that is simple to assemble; educate parents how to use the AAC board during shared book reading; provide parents with strategies to...

2012-05-31

Shaw, Libby (Elizabeth)

The following review aimed to discover what elements in AAC interface design best facilitate AAC use in play in order to support children with complex needs in their linguistic, cognitive, and social development. The review explored how AAC use helps in development and how AAC effectiveness can...

2011-01-13

Pollock, Karen, Gerke, Jenessa, Fleming, Jennifer

This study investigated the academic skills of 68 school-age children adopted from China as infants/toddlers.

2019-11-08

da Silva, Bridgette, Kascak, Lauren, Lelekach, Marisa, Zhang, Jessica, Pollock, Karen, Lin, Youran

This study is part of a larger, ongoing project that aims to develop a profile of children learning Standard Mandarin as L2 in the Edmonton Public Schools Chinese (Mandarin) Bilingual Program.

2017-06-28

Masuta, Bhavna, Yanke, Jill, Cleary, Stuart

Dysphagia is a common symptom of a variety of medical conditions. The traditional treatment employed to avoid aspiration pneumonia for individuals with thin liquid dysphagia has been the use of thickened liquids (Karagiannis, Chivers, & Karagiannis, 2011). However, recent research indicates that...

2014-05-26

Kaskiw, Terra, Robinson, Dana, Simison, Sara

Purpose To create a normative database of 160 participants across a variety of commonly used airway clearance behaviours in healthy adults. This is the beginning phase of a larger project that aims to explore airway clearance behaviours in patients with neuromuscular diseases and conditions. As...

2015-06-16

Eleason, Claire

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) proves to have great potential for investigating the white matter network of the brain. The ability to study these pathways may offer important insight into the neurological differences of people with communication disorders. However, due to the high level of...