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Skip to Search Results- 8Cummine, Jacqueline (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
- 6Kim, Esther (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
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Fall 2015
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...
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Voice and Speech Outcomes Following Intensive Voice and Motor Speech Treatment Delivered Sequentially to Children with Motor Speech Disorders Secondary to Cerebral Palsy
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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:...
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Understanding the Impact of Speech-Language Therapy on the Quality of Life of People with Aphasia: A Collective Case Study
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Aphasia is a communication disorder caused by damage to areas in the brain responsible for language, resulting in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing difficulties. Speech- Language Pathologists (SLPs) provide various modalities of therapy for people with aphasia (PWA) through various...
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The Impact of Computer-based Cognitive Treatment on Language Skills in an Individual with Aphasia
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The cognitive theory of aphasia, which purports that the language impairments found in people with aphasia are due to underlying cognitive impairments, rather than to interruption of linguistic-specific areas of the brain, has been gaining clinical and research interest in recent years. Indeed,...
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Spring 2019
With each passing generation, immigrant families often experience the loss of their heritage language. This has frequently been attributed to influences such as societal pressures and a lack of motivation to learn the language. As a result, heritage language classes are regularly suggested as a...
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The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on speech production in individuals with acquired apraxia of speech
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Background. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, has been used as an adjunct to speech and language therapy to facilitate neuroplasticity in individuals with language impairments due to stroke. The extent to which these therapeutic results...
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Spring 2018
Purpose. The present study focused on modulating features of speech motor control using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Recent studies have shown that tDCS modulates cortical activity within the brain, leading to changes in both cognitive and motor performance. More specific to...
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The Effects of tDCS on Intermuscular Coherence During Speaking in Healthy Younger and Older Adults
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Background. Research in neuroplasticity has focused recently on the preservation of cognitive and motor functions in aging adults. Previous studies have shown that non-invasive neurostimulation can mitigate age-related changes in speech motor control. Specifically, transcranial direct current...
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Fall 2021
Background: Dysphagia, or impairment of swallowing function, is a consequence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) treatments and often results in a devastating reduction in quality of life (QoL). The impacts of treatments on swallowing function makes this a critical area of...
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Speech Assessment in Bilingual Children: Relationship between Perceptual Judgments of Accent/Comprehensibility and Formal Test Measures
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There is a paucity of research examining how the presence of an accent may affect speech-language pathologists’ (SLP) assessments of bilingual children. Generally, assessment tools normed on monolingual children cannot be used to make diagnostic decisions about whether a bilingual child has a...