Speech Pathology and Audiology

2015-06-12

Robertson, Kate, Commandeur, Danielle

Previous research at the Assistive Technology Lab at the University of Alberta has found that the use of robots can facilitate participation for children with disabilities in performing mathematics activities. The focus of the current study was to describe the language used by a child with...

2017-12-20

Baugh, Lauren, Laughton, Sara, McKnight, Cassandra, Walker, Rebecca, Paslawski, Teresa

Interactions with animals have long been shown to improve human health through improved mood, increased physical activity, and decreased anxiety and social isolation (Fine, 2015). These effects have been harnessed in healthcare through therapeutic approaches such as animal-assisted therapy (AAT)....

2015-04-15

Sutter, Kendra, Simioni, Andrea, Skriver, Crystal, Alain, Jill, Ostapowich, Desiree, De Leon, Michelle

Adults with neurological communication disorders have the potential to benefit from the materials, technology, and services available at their local libraries. The purpose of this project was to analyze and revise the form, content, and use of a materials pamphlet intended to facilitate access to...

2016-05-11

Johns, Alison, Wilson, Kristy, Kim, Esther, Cummine, Jacqueline

The N400 is an event-related potential (ERP) component that has been suggested to be associated with the processing of semantic information. Specifically, researchers have found that the N400 effect is prominent when words are incongruent in a given sentence context. Furthermore, the size of the...

2016-05-05

Hodgetts, William, Khu, Vanessa, Therriault, Nicole

The domains of acoustic accessibility and comfort play an important role in the overall accessibility of public spaces, particularly for the elderly population and those with hearing loss. Previous research has examined the relationship between objective measures of room acoustic properties...

2015-06-30

Sanders, Kaitlin, Borger, Paige, Charest, Monique, Schneider, Phyllis, McFarlane, Lu-Anne, Yip, Beatrice

BACKGROUND INFORMATION There is compelling evidence that, for the majority of children with specific language impairment (SLI), language difficulties are longstanding. Other research, however, has reported that a high proportion of affected preschool-age children recover by about kindergarten...

2011-05-18

Miller, Amanda, Spence, Stacy, Halliwell, Nicole

The independence equations employed by Castles et al. (2006) and McDougall et al. (2005), have been used to provide evidence for a dual route model of reading. However, such reports have been limited to basic naming tasks. To test the robustness of previous claims, we examined the utility of...

2015-06-29

Engel, Kathleen, Dodd, Erin, Volden, Joanne

Purpose: This study explored whether the Expression, Reception and Recall of Narrative Instrument (ERRNI) could profile language abilities in children with ASD beyond the sentence level. We hypothesized the ERRNI would identify significant communication impairments in children with ASD above...

2021-12-01

MacLeod, Andrea A.N.

The C-QUEB is a questionnaire developed in our lab that aims to describe the language use and exposure of bilingual preschool-aged children. We administer this questionnaire as a structured interview with one of the child’s caregivers. The questionnaire asks about the child’s first language(s),...

2012-06-12

Reibeling, Kayla, Bailey, Meaghan

Speech generating communication devices (SGCD) help individuals with severe speech impairments meet the needs of daily communication. They are commonly used by individuals who have congenital, developmental and/or acquired disabilities in which their ability to speak has been impaired. The...