Objectives: to develop an evidence-based therapy program aimed at improving tracheoesophageal speech intelligibility. The therapy program is based on particular problems found for TE speakers in a previous study as performed by the authors. Patients/Materials and Methods: 9 male laryngectomized individuals were included in the study. Seven had had a total laryngectomy, one had had a PM flap and...

OBJECTIVES To establish a Community-Based Model for Speech Therapy in Thailand and to implement it. MATERIALS AND METHOD The development of a Community-Based Model for Speech Therapy was based on the principles of primary healthcare, community-based rehabilitation and institutional sharing. Workshops for speech and language pathologists (SLPs), including "Training for Trainers" and six "Smart...

Speech therapy aiming at improving voice quality and speech intelligibility is often hampered by the lack of knowledge of the underlying deficits. One way to help speech therapists treating patients would be to supply synthetic benchmarks for pathological speech. These can be used to train therapists and evaluate and interpret automatic speech recognizers used for diagnosing pathological speech...

Introduction. The paper presents the characteristics of types parental involvement in process speech therapy correction a rehabilitation center. Materials and Methods. study employs methods questioning; anamnestic method; expert assessment dynamics development; monitoring behavior communication parents during classes (attentiveness class, response to child’s success/failure, agreement parent ac...

background: hearing loss is one of the common complaints of diabetics. the aim of this study was to evaluate the hearing status of diabetic patients in babol, north of iran. methods: the hearing status of 50 type 2 diabetic patients (case group) and 50 healthy individuals (control group) were evaluated from october 2011 to september 2012. audiometry was done with the frequencies of 250, 500, 10...

Background In order to achieve the best possible hearing and understanding with a cochlear implant, speech therapy is necessary. make treatment for impaired people migration background, an alternative solution in rehabilitation needed. The aim of study was evaluate six multilingual conversational apps regard their suitability use auditory therapy.

The purpose of this review was to examine the different treatment approaches for persons with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and to examine the effects of these treatments on speech. Treatment methods reviewed include speech therapy, pharmacological, and surgical. Research from the 1950s through the 1970s had not demonstrated significant improvements following speech therapy. Recent research has show...

Selection criteria for intensive speech therapy and the number of patients fulfilling these were investigated in 441 acute strokes coming from a Health District population during one year. Five patients from a total of 71 referred with speech and/or language difficulties were considered suitable for intensive speech therapy at 4 weeks after stroke. Although such therapy was not actually given, ...

A TWO -PHASE PROJECT CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEECH THERAPY WITH EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (EMR) CHILDREN IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING HAD TWO OBJECTIVES -TO ASSEMBLE A REASONABLY COMPLETE PICTURE OF ARTICULATION OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND TO DETERMINE. THE VALUE OF SPEECH THERAPY TO EMR CHILDREN WITH ARTICULATION DEFICIENCIES. THE HEJNA ARTICULATION TESTS AND A SPEEC...

Background: Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a neurological childhood speech disorder in which the precision and consistency of movements underlying speech are impaired in the absence of neuromuscular deficits. CAS is a controversial disorder in terms of diagnosis and intervention approaches. Purpose: Due to heterogeneity of children with CAS, a speech language pathologist faces methodologi...