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Deep Learning in Automatic Detection of Dysphonia: Comparing Acoustic Features and Developing a Generalizable Framework
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Chen, Zhen; Zhu, Peixi; Qiu, Wei; Guo, Jiajie; Li, Yike – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Auditory-perceptual assessment of voice is a subjective procedure. Artificial intelligence with deep learning (DL) may improve the consistency and accessibility of this task. It is unclear how a DL model performs on different acoustic features. Aims: To develop a generalizable DL framework for identifying dysphonia using a…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Acoustics, Mandarin Chinese, German
Preliminary Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Novel Community Language Intervention for Preschool Children in the United Kingdom
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Nicola Botting; Helen Spicer-Cain; Bernadine Buckley; Elizabeth Mercado; Khadija Sharif; Liz Wood; Jane Flynn; Louisa Reeves – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Very young children from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds often show poorer language development. Whilst there have been attempts to provide early intervention programmes, these sometimes miss the most disadvantaged groups. Aims: This report presents preliminary feasibility and effectiveness data for a novel language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Parents, Family (Sociological Unit)
Feasibility and Initial Efficacy of Project-Based Treatment for People with ABI
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Behn, Nicholas; Marshall, Jane; Togher, Leanne; Cruice, Madeline – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: Communication impairments are common and pervasive for people a long time following acquired brain injury (ABI). These impairments have a significant impact on a person's quality of life (QOL) post-injury. Project-based treatment is a treatment approach that could have an impact on communication skills and QOL for people with ABI a…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Communication Disorders, Outcomes of Treatment
Use of an Intelligent Tutoring System for a Curriculum on Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Feasibility for Implementation
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Shakila Dada; Cathy Flores; Kirsty Bastable; Kerstin Tönsing; Alecia Samuels; Sourav Mukhopadhyay; Beatrice Isanda; Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe; Unati Stemela-Zali; Saira Banu Karim; Legini Moodley; Adele May; Refilwe Morwane; Katherine Smith; Rahab Mothapo; Mavis Mohuba; Maureen Casey; Zakiyya Laher; Nothando Mtungwa; Robyn Moore – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Over 8 million children with disabilities live in Africa and are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), yet formal training for team members, such as speech-language therapists and special education teachers, is extremely limited. Only one university on the continent provides postgraduate degrees in AAC, and…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education
Telehealth and Autism: Are Telehealth Language Assessments Reliable and Feasible for Children with Autism?
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Sutherland, Rebecca; Trembath, David; Hodge, Marie Antoinette; Rose, Veronica; Roberts, Jacqueline – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: Access to timely and appropriate speech-language pathology (SLP) services is a significant challenge for many families. Telehealth has been used successfully to treat a range of communication disorders in children and adults. Research examining the use of telehealth for children with autism has focused largely on diagnosis,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Reliability
The Acute Aphasia IMplementation Study (AAIMS): A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
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Shrubsole, Kirstine; Worrall, Linda; Power, Emma; O'Connor, Denise A. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Effective implementation strategies to improve speech and language therapists' (SLTs) aphasia management practices are needed. Australian SLTs working in the acute setting have reported inconsistent implementation of post-stroke aphasia guideline recommendations. Therefore, implementation efforts to address these gaps are necessary.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Foreign Countries
Brief Mindfulness Meditation Group Training in Aphasia: Exploring Attention, Language and Psychophysiological Outcomes
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Marshall, Rebecca Shisler; Laures-Gore, Jacqueline; Love, Kim – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Stroke is currently the leading cause of long-term disability in adults in the United States. There is a need for accessible, low-cost treatments of stroke-related disabilities such as aphasia. Aims: To explore an intervention for aphasia utilizing mindfulness meditation (MM). This preliminary study examines the feasibility of teaching…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Relaxation Training, Attention Control, Outcomes of Treatment
Non-Speech Oro-Motor Exercises in Post-Stroke Dysarthria Intervention: A Randomized Feasibility Trial
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Mackenzie, C.; Muir, M.; Allen, C.; Jensen, A. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2014
Background: There has been little robust evaluation of the outcome of speech and language therapy (SLT) intervention for post-stroke dysarthria. Non-speech oro-motor exercises (NSOMExs) are a common component of dysarthria intervention. A feasibility study was designed and executed, with participants randomized into two groups, in one of which…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Outcomes of Treatment, Feasibility Studies, Intervention
Evaluating Measures of Global Coherence Ability in Stories in Adults
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Wright, Heather Harris; Capilouto, Gilson J.; Koutsoftas, Anthony – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: Discourse coherence is a reflection of the listener's ability to interpret the overall meaning conveyed by the speaker. Measuring global coherence (maintenance of thematic unity of the discourse) is useful for quantifying communication impairments at the discourse level in clinical populations and for measuring response to…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Feasibility Studies, Test Reliability, Construct Validity
The "Living with Dysarthria" Group: Implementation and Feasibility of a Group Intervention for People with Dysarthria Following Stroke and Family Members
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Mackenzie, Catherine; Paton, Gillian; Kelly, Shona; Brady, Marian; Muir, Margaret – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: The broad life implications of acquired dysarthria are recognized, but they have received little attention in stroke management. Reports of group therapy, which may be a suitable approach to intervention, are not available for stroke-related dysarthria. Aims: To examine the operational feasibility of and response to a new eight-session…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Neurological Impairments, Group Therapy, Intervention
Delivering the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) by Web Camera: A Feasibility Study
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Howell, Susan; Tripoliti, Elina; Pring, Tim – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: Speech disorders are a feature of Parkinson's disease, typically worsening as the disease progresses. The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) was developed to address these difficulties. It targets vocal loudness as a means of increasing vocal effort and improving coordination across the subsystems of speech. Aims: Currently LSVT is…
Descriptors: Health Services, Feasibility Studies, Speech Impairments, Diseases
Building Vocabulary Knowledge and Phonological Awareness Skills in Children with Specific Language Impairment through Hybrid Language Intervention: A Feasibility Study
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Munro, Natalie; Lee, Kerrie; Baker, Elise – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2008
Background & Aims: Preschool and early school-aged children with specific language impairment not only have spoken language difficulties, but also are at risk of future literacy problems. Effective interventions targeting both spoken language and emergent literacy skills for this population are limited. This paper reports a feasibility study…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Speech, Feasibility Studies
A Diagnostically Promising Technique for Tallying Nominal Reference Errors in the Narratives of School-Aged Children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
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Thorne, John C.; Coggins, Truman – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2008
Background: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) include the range of disabilities that occur in children exposed to alcohol during pregnancy, with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) on the severe end of the spectrum. Clinical research has documented a range of cognitive, social, and communication deficits in FASD and it indicates the need for…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Children, Diagnostic Tests, Speech Communication