Mehdi Dehghan

Department of Speech Therapy, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Candida laryngitis appearing as carcinoma

 Background: Focal laryngeal candidiasis is not reported widely and is very infrequently recognized clinically. This disease is rare and may occur after pulmonary, pharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis or as part of disseminated disease. It is also secondary to inhaled steroid therapy which is usually mild and has been reported in 10-15 percent of patients taking these medications.  Case Pr...

[ 2 ] - بررسی نگرش ارتباطی دانش آموزان دارای لکنت شهرستان بابل

مقدمه و اهداف در میان رویکردهای نظری مربوط به لکنت، توافق عمومی بر سر این مسئله وجود دارد که لکنت به چندین عامل مرتبط با گفتار از جمله تنظیم هیجانات و عواطف نسبت داده می­شود. بر همین اساس، نظریه­پردازان مختلف به اهمیت نقش نگرش منفی به گفتار و توانایی­های گفتاری در شروع، وقوع و پیشرفت لکنت اشاره می­کنند. ضمن اینکه فرهنگ یک گروه می­تواند بر نگرش افراد به گفتار تاثیرگذار باش...

[ 3 ] - Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis on the Larynx

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to compare the videolaryngostroboscopic findings between patients with rheumatoid arthritis and vocally healthy controls.   Materials and Methods: This case-control descriptive study was performed on 113 people, including 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 63 controls. The participants were subjected to videolaryngost...

[ 4 ] - The Study of Vowel Space and Formant Structure in Mazani Language

Objective: One of the parameters showing the correct phonetic and phonological development is the correct and clear articulation of vowels is achieved by changing the shape of vocal cords through altering the height and position of the tongue and the movement of the lips and jaw. The tongue’s height and position are the basis of the production and difference of vowels. In other words, the raw s...

[ 5 ] - A pilot study of developing the infant sucking tester instrument

Background: Oral feeding disorder is considered the disorder that most preterm infants experience. Sucking is the most appropriate way for oral feeding that may be immature in preterm infants. Regarding the increased risk of feeding problems in preterm infants investigating and monitoring the sucking patterns of preterm infants to present appropriate and timely intervention is recommended for t...

[ 6 ] - Acoustic Voice Measures in Benign Mass Lesions

Objectives: The present study aims to compare acoustic voice parameters in patients with vocal cord nodules, polyps, and normal subjects.  Methods: In this cross-sectional case-control study, the participants were selected by convenience sampling, including 30 patients with vocal polyps group, 38 patients with vocal nodules for the second group, and 42 participants without voice pathologies a...

[ 7 ] - Correlation between Brain Lesion Site and Fluent/Non-Fluent Aphasia

 Background and purpose: Aphasia is the most common communication disorder resulting from stroke. In this condition all modalities of language, including reading, writing, auditory perception, and oral speech may be affected. Aphasia is divided into two categories: fluent (Wernicke's aphasia, Transcortical sensory aphasia, conduction aphasia, and anomic aphasia) and non-fluent (Broca's aphasia,...