PURPOSE: This study describes the alignment between the need for AAC among a group of young children with cerebral palsy (CP) who had clinical communication disorders and the speech-language goals/objectives being targeted in the IEPs of these children. METHOD: 22 children with CP who had clinical communication disorders were classified into groups according to their need for AAC based on pros...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of aminoglycoside resistance and the prevalence of the resistance-modifying enzyme genes, ant(3”)-III, ant(6’)-Ia, aac(6′)-Ie-aph(2”)-Ia, and aph(2’)-Id, in Enterococcus strains isolated in Kermanshah Province, west of Iran.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 108 enterococcal isolates from urine, wound, blood, and cerebrospinal flui...

This review sought to determine the evidence base of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) use with infants and toddlers with disabilities. The review identified 12 studies, involving 190 participants aged 36 months or younger. The majority of the studies investigated unaided AAC methods (e.g., gestures or sign language), with 42% of the studies also including aided AAC methods. Alth...

INTRODUCTION Evidence from HIV-negative cohorts suggests a link between osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. We evaluated the presence and distribution of abdominal aortic calcifications (AAC) and its correlation with bone mineral density (BMD) and vertebral fractures (VF) in a cohort of HIV-positive patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 280 asymptomatic HIV-posit...

IntroductionPrior epidemiologic studies have demonstrated associations between vascular disease and spinal degeneration. We sought to characterize the relationship between a quantitative measure of abdominal aortic calcifications (AAC) and disk height loss (DHL) in a community-based population. Design436 participants from the Framingham Heart Study Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (CT) Study ...

The Symposium will include a working seminar on Tele-AAC: AAC Meets Telerehabilitation: Envisioning Transformative Tele-AAC Research. This seminar is geared toward researchers, clinicians, educators and students who are interested in acquiring current information about telerehabilitation (telepractice) so that they might engage in and/or become knowledgeable consumers of Tele-AAC Research and i...

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices provide the ability for many people with disabilities to make themselves understood. For the large proportion of users with an intellectual disability, these devices may be their only means of communication. Estimates of the number of AAC devices in use are vague and lack transparency. This prevents researchers from answering key question...

background and aims. enterococci are among resistant microorganisms to antibiotics and are responsible for some of acute gingival infections. this study aimed at molecular evaluation of gentamicin-resistant enterococcus species and determining the resistance genes. materials and methods. clinical samples were cultured on bhi medium and enterococci were isolated by specific methods and antibiogr...