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A Qualitative Analysis of a Novel Face-Tracking Application and a Proposed Research Design to Study Glossectomy Speech using this Method
DownloadFall 2021
Background: Following glossectomy, patients often utilize compensatory articulatory behaviors (CABs) to compensate for their acquired speech impairments. Incidental findings have indicated the presence of lower lip inversion CABs, but no study has investigated these inversions directly. A...
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Breathing Dynamics for Non-speech and Speech Tasks Following Intensive Voice and Speech Treatment in Children with Motor Speech Disorders Secondary to Cerebral Palsy
DownloadFall 2015
Introduction. Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequently occurring cause of movement disorders in children. It has a prevalence of 2-2.5 cases per 1000 live births and is a chronic condition, requiring lifelong rehabilitation. The ability to communicate is a primary factor in positive...
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Fall 2021
BackgroundChildhood apraxia of speech (CAS) has attracted controversy in the field of speech-language pathology for decades. There is some agreement that CAS is a neurological speech sound disorder that impairs a child’s ability to plan and/or program the precise and sequential movements required...