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Spring 2018

Najafi, Mohammad

Physical interaction with the environment and object manipulation play an important role in the development of children's cognitive and perceptual skills. For children who have severe physical impairments, one of the biggest concerns is the loss of opportunities for play. Robots can be used to...

Fall 2017

Langlois, Colette M.

Producing speech that is clear, audible, and intelligible to others is a challenge for many children with cerebral palsy (CP) and children with Down syndrome (DS). Previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of using the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT LOUD®) to increase vocal...

Fall 2017

Bahry, Ashley MA.

Background Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) as a result of suboptimal in utero environments can cause perinatal brain injury and ultimately lead to neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). In the developed world placental insufficiency (PI) is the leading cause of IUGR. This antepartum insult...

Spring 2018

Smith, Allison T

This thesis discusses the organization of motor pathways in adults and children with cerebral palsy (CP). Individuals with CP experience impairments in the control of head and neck functions. The cranial nerves that innervate the head and neck pass through the brainstem. Thus, motor impairment...

Fall 2015

Dutt, Risha

Sleep is an active process, essential for physical, emotional and cognitive development of children. Between 23-46% of children with cerebral palsy (CP) have sleep problems. Often sleep problems go undiagnosed and undertreated in spite of the serious impact of sleep deficiency on...

Fall 2015

Mackie, Kaitlin M.

Although speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have access to a wealth of information to guide the selection and prioritization of targets for intervention with children who have speech sound disorders (SSDs), empirical evidence needed to support such decisions is lacking. The role of vowels is...

Spring 2016

Eason, Nancy S

Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective study was to examine the treatment outcomes in children with a mixed diagnoses of dysarthria and childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), secondary to Cerebral Palsy (CP) after the completion of LSVT®LOUD followed by a six-week motor speech treatment. Method:...

Fall 2015

Corrigan, Jennifer

Introduction Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a ubiquitous term used to describe a group of permanent, non-progressive disorders of movement, posture, and behaviour. Despite countless advances in neonatal medicine, the incidence of CP has remained constant in term infants over the last three decades. More...

Fall 2016

Przyslupski, Ann-Marie T

Hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) is still of major concern in the neonatal period, resulting in chronic neurological sequelae stemming from damage to the term newborn brain. Full-body and focal-head cooling within 6 hours of birth have proven neuroprotective in human newborns and various...

Spring 2011

Archibald, Erin D

This study explored the physiological adjustments made by the speech mechanism when sustained maximum phonations and sentences differing in vocal loudness were produced by typically developing children and children with cerebral palsy (CP). Respiratory adjustments (lung volume initiation,...