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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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Involving Speech-Language Pathologists in the development of a mobile health device for dysphagia treatment
Download2017-12-15
Ferguson, Lindsay, Ferguson, Carissa, Rieger, Jana, Constantinescu, Gabi
Six speech-language pathologists specializing in swallowing impairments were recruited to participate in a discussion group using a consensus method called the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). The clinicians were provided with a clickable prototype of the app and were asked to consider the overall...
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Redliner Poster Hong Kong Expo Zohreh
2016-08-03
Zohreh Salimi, Martin Ferguson-Pell, kenton Hamaluik, Adam Pinkoski
Poster for Redliner Ver 2 testing presented at Hong Kong Expo 2016 (virtual conference)
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2018-11-16
Quach, Wendy, Pollock, Karen, Simpson, Brianne, Klassen, Jessica
The purpose of this study was to examine perspectives of parents who participated in an intensive weekend family AAC camp on their experience and training received.
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Acquisition of Fricative Contrasts in Children Enrolled in a Mandarin-English Bilingual Education Program
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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.
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What's in a Story?: Relations Between Features of Narratives and the Role of Memory to Differentiate Children with Typical and Atypical Language Development
Download2018-11-16
Glesman, Tana, Lennon, Emily, Mazure, Kelsey, Milburn, Trelani
Research shows associations between memory and narrative tasks (e.g, story generation), but is unclear how memory relates to specific aspects of narratives such as macrostructure, microstructue and levels of abstraction. We looked at two questions: what elements of narrative production...
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Establishing Translational Research Pipelines for Smart Devices
2012-09-05
The development of a translational research path has traditionally been a haphazard approach, filtering technologies so that the ‘best of breed’ may ultimately succeed. The conversion ratio of brilliant ideas to useful devices remains suboptimal, as many ‘fail to progress’. The reality of...
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Extent of hyoid movement and epiglottis inversion as correlates of dysphagia severity in post-treatment head and neck cancer patients
Download2017-12-13
Anderson, Christopher, Barrow, Katherine, Aalto, Daniel
Introduction Swallowing is the coordinated effort of several structures, including the hyoid and larynx, to move the bolus (i.e., the food or drink being swallowed) from the mouth, through the throat, and to the stomach. The hyoid is involved in moving the larynx up and forward, while the...