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Mirjam van Tellingen; Joost Hurkmans; Hayo Terband; Anne Marie van de Zande; Ben Maassen; Roel Jonkers – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Speech--Music Therapy for Aphasia (SMTA), a method that combines speech therapy and music therapy, is introduced as a treatment method for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). SMTA will be evaluated in a proof-ofprinciple study. The first case study is presented herein. Method: SMTA was evaluated in a study with a single-subject…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Aphasia, Speech Therapy, Intervention
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Ben Maassen; Hayo Terband – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Background: Children with speech sound disorders (SSD) form a heterogeneous group, with respect to severity, etiology, proximal causes, speech error characteristics, and response to treatment. Infants develop speech and language in interaction with neurological maturation and general perceptual, motoric, and cognitive skills in a social-emotional…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Speech Impairments, Children, Language Acquisition
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Zwitserlood-Nijenhuis, Margo A.; Wiefferink, Carin H.; Gerrits, Ellen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Indirect speech and language therapy, such as parent-implemented intervention, has been shown to be an effective approach for young children with speech and language disorders. However, relatively few studies have compared outcomes of parent-directed therapy with child-directed intervention, that is, individual therapy of a child…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Parents, Parent Child Relationship
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Alighieri, Cassandra; Bettens, Kim; Bruneel, Laura; D'haeseleer, Evelien; Van Gaever, Ellen; Van Lierde, Kristiane – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of two different speech therapy approaches, a traditional motor-phonetic approach and a linguistic-phonological approach, on the speech and health-related quality of life in Dutch-speaking children with a cleft palate with or without a cleft lip (CP ± L) between 4 and 12 years old.…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Speech Therapy, Congenital Impairments, Patients
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Zwitserlood, Rob; Wijnen, Frank; Weerdenburg, Marjolijn; Verhoeven, Ludo – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Currently, most research on the effective treatment of morphosyntax in children with specific language impairment (SLI) pertains to younger children. In the last two decades, several studies have provided evidence that intervention for older school-age children with SLI can be effective. These metalinguistic intervention approaches…
Descriptors: Children, Syntax, Language Impairments, Intervention
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Gersons-Wolfensberger, D. C. M.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This report by a Dutch national committee addresses the definition of dyslexia; characteristic symptoms; consequences of the proposed definition for identification and treatment; appropriate methods of treatment; involvement of various professionals (e.g., neuropsychologist, remedial teacher, speech and language therapist, and neurologist); and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Definitions, Disability Identification, Dyslexia