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2019-11-08
Chan, Kelly, Epp, Rebecca, Inaba, Chelsea, Toohey, Krista, Nicoladis, Elena, Shokrkon, Anahita
Semantic verbal fluency (SVF) tasks require participants to name as many items from a particular category as possible (e.g.,“Tell me as many animals as you can.”) in 60 seconds. Previous studies have shown that cluster switching, or a transition between adjacent subcategories (e.g., from ‘pets’...
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2019-11-08
Hutchinson, Megan, McPhedran, Tara, Miller, Clare, Wilson, Taylor, Adams, Kim, Pollock, Karen
A focus on the experiences and perspectives of siblings of children who use AAC who participated in AAC Camp Alberta. While gaining a deeper understanding of this relationship was key, information was also used for program planning.
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2018-11-16
Hills, Emilia, Tulpar, Yasemin, Wilson, Megan, Milburn, Trelani
In this preliminary study, we examine the effects of a brief intervention on parent-child conversations during shared book reading and reminiscing. Specifically, we were interested in the whether the intervention would result in increases in the number of parent-child conversations, the number...
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Talking and Drawing: Building Oral Language Skills Through a Parent-Child Journaling Activity in Northern Saskatchewan
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de Groot, Lonneke, Vriend, Meagan, Whitworth, Allison, Lim, Jacqueline, Milburn PhD, Trelani, Charest PhD, Monique
This poster reports on the development phase of a collaborative research project with J. Lim, Speech-Language Pathologist (S-LP) from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. J. Lim initiated the development of a parent-child journaling activity to be integrated with local preschools. This...
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Talking and Drawing: Building Oral Language Skills Through a Parent-Child Journaling Activity in Northern Saskatchewan
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Herzog, Kelsey, Monga, Anisha, Pistotnik, Romy, Lim, Jacqueline, Milburn, Dr. Trelani, Charest, Dr. Monique
Research Questions: Do language and early literacy skills improve with a parent-child journaling program relative to a no-treatment control group? Is this program feasible from a parent and teacher perspective? Measured via: ● Parent-child participation rate ● Ease of use ● Enjoyability ●...
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2017-12-15
Cheeseman, Jenna, Ellingson, Dallin, Sterling, Aidan, Boliek, Carol
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an intensive expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) program on the respiratory system. Specifically, lung volume events, chest wall muscle activation patterns and expiratory pressures were measured before and after treatment. The...
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The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on overt reading of words in skilled readers
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Hunt, Tawna, LeBlanc, Michael, Mincer, Adina, Rosentreter, Robin, Boliek, Carol, Cummine, Jacqueline
The present study used transcranial direct-current simulation (tDCS) to explore the contribution of the superior temporal gyrus to speech output including: Vocal reaction time; Word Accuracy; Word Duration; and Intermuscular coherence of right and left orbicularis oris and masseter muscles. ...
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2019-11-08
Faulkner, Danielle, Ho, Mikayla, Smelquist, Brittany, Chapman, Trelani, Cummine, Jacqueline, Loucks, Torrey
The aim of this project was test whether reading ability is influenced by auditory processing in a large sample of young adults.
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2017-12-13
Hodgetts, Bill, Schmidt, Michelle, Cummine, Jacqueline, Ostevik, Amberley, Liu, Nancy, Aalto, Daniel
The IKEA effect refers to when an individual contributes to the construction of an item, and the perceived value of the item increases. We were interested in determining how increasing the involvement of the user in the construction of hearing aid settings may impact their perceived value of the...
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Usability testing of platforms for an Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC) mentorship module
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The goal of this resource development project was to evaluate content delivery interfaces for presenting an Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC) Mentorship module in multimedia format (e.g., text, video and images) and test them with typical devices used by individuals who use AAC. A...