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Speech therapy changes blood circulation and oxygenation in the brain and muscleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Introduction: Anthroposophic speech therapy (ATS) affects heart rate variability . The aim of this pilot study was to investigate whether ATS also affects important physiological parameters, i.e. hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation in the brain and skeletal muscle of the leg measured by near infrared spectrophotometry (NIRS).Material and methods: Seven subjects (professional speech therapists, 3 male, 4 female, age range 29–49 years) were measured during ATS. The measurement included 10min pre-baseline before reciting, 10min reciting a hexameter followed by 10min post-baseline. An ISS OxiplexTS NIRS instrument non-invasi...
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - November 13, 2009 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: M. Wolf, D. von Bonin, P. Heusser, U. Wolf Source Type: journals

My son has trouble pronouncing the letter CEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Telegraph Readers' Clinic: send your health questions to the Telegraph's panel of experts (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - November 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: readers clinic speech therapy child dummy Source Type: news

Communication disorders in individuals with cleft lip and palate: An overviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article provides an introduction to communication disorders in individuals with cleft lip and palate for members of cleft care teams. The speech pathologist is involved in identifying those infants who are at risk for communication disorders and also for initiating early intervention to prevent or mitigate communication disorders caused by the cleft. Even with early cleft repair, some children exhibit 'cleft palate speech' characterized by atypical consonant productions, abnormal nasal resonance, abnormal nasal airflow, altered laryngeal voice quality, and nasal or facial grimaces. These manifestations a...
Source: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery - October 24, 2009 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Nagarajan Roopa, Savitha V H, Subramaniyan B Source Type: journals

Paramedical treatment in primary dystonia: A systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dystonia is a disabling movement disorder with a significant impact on quality of life. The current therapeutic armamentarium includes various drugs, botulinum toxin injections, and occasionally (neuro)surgery. In addition, many patients are referred for paramedical (including allied health care) interventions. An enormous variation in the paramedical treatment is provided, largely because evidence-based, accepted treatment regimes are not available. We have conducted a systematic review of studies that explored the effect of various paramedical interventions in primary dystonia. Only studies that have used clinical outcom...
Source: Movement Disorders - October 15, 2009 Category: Neurology Authors: Cathérine C.S. Delnooz, Martin W.I.M. Horstink, Marina A. Tijssen, Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg Source Type: journals

Effects of introducing an allied health assessment pro forma on the management of acute stroke patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: This small study demonstrated that the use of an assessment pro forma specifically for the allied health disciplines may improve the management of acute stroke patients in terms of quality of documentation, and the use of specific assessment and treatment processes of care. PMID: 19802929 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - October 7, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Scurrah A, Sheppard L, Buttner P Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: journals

Poster 9: Misdiagnosis of Spinal Cord Injury and Hearing Loss as Cerebral Palsy: A Case ReportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Appropriate diagnosis was crucial in establishing a tailored rehabilitation program to prevent further cognitive complications related to the patient's undiagnosed hearing loss and avoid preventable secondary complications of her SCI. The patient received physical/occupational/speech therapy services in a Total Communication Deaf Special Education program, neuropsychological assessment, hearing aids, adaptive equipment for self-care and writing given concomitant BPI, a bowel/bladder program, and regular assessments by ENT, urology, and orthopedics for scoliosis. Cognition improved with improved speech and sign...
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 30, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Arta Lahiji, Megan Groh, Jaishree Capoor Tags: Early Career Development Source Type: journals

Jacques and Gloria Gossweiler Foundation Neurology Grants ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The number of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease in Western countries is steadily increasing due to aging of population. They increase form 0.6% in 65 years old people to 2.6 % at the age of 85. Long standing and intensive research in the mechanisms underlying the disorder give rise to a large number of publications in scientific journals. They have greatly enhanced our knowledge of aspects of the cause and development of the disease, and provided a number of relevant concepts in the field. Large scale, international studies are regularly been published about the pharmacological treatment of different aspects...
Source: ScanGrants feed - September 21, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Jacques and Gloria Gossweiler Foundation Source Type: funding

Intensive speech and language therapy for older children with cerebral palsy: a systems approachEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Aim To investigate whether speech therapy using a speech systems approach to controlling breath support, phonation, and speech rate can increase the speech intelligibility of children with dysarthria and cerebral palsy (CP).Method Sixteen children with dysarthria and CP participated in a modified time series design. Group characteristics were as follows: seven males, nine females; age range 12 to 18 years (mean 14y, SD 2); CP type: nine spastic, two dyskinetic, four mixed, one Worster[ndash]Drought; Gross Motor Function Classification System levels range I to V (median IV). Children received three 30- to 45-minute sessions...
Source: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology - September 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: LINDSAY PENNINGTON, NICK MILLER, SHEILA ROBSON, NICK STEEN Source Type: journals

The Early Years of Language Speech and Hearing Services in US Schools.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Between 1895 and 1921 most of the major cities in the US had hired their first speech clinicians. Between 1921 and 1930 many cities expanded their programs and were hiring supervisors to coordinate these services. These early clinicians carved out some now-familiar practices. Comparing what they did and when and how they did it with today's practices can offer school clinicians of today a sense of their own history and identity. Such an understanding can also provide insights about some of today's taken-for-granted practices. PMID: 19755642 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Language, Speech, and...
Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools - September 14, 2009 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Duchan JF Tags: Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch Source Type: journals

Botswana: Marina Establishes First Speech And Audiology CentreEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Botswana's premier health institution, Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) has established the first centre of Speech Therapy and Audiology in the country and put a 25-year-old in charge of it. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 8, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news

What Are The Options for Treating Excessive Salivation?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion Drooling, excessive salivation, hypersalivation, or sialorrhea can be a big problem for children. It can cause wet clothing necessitating bibs or multiple changes of clothing. It can cause dermatitis of the face, neck and chest, with possible skin breakdown and/or possible secondary infection. Sialorrhea can also potentiate the spread of common infections to others though direct or indirect contact with the saliva. It can also cause impaired social interaction as noted above. Therefore it is a problem that should be taken seriously and treated as necessary. Sialorrhea is generally considered abnormal if it occu...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 7, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: info

Interdisciplinarity in speech language therapy: the teacher's conceptionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: It was realized that there is still a lack of firmly-grounded knowledge on the subject of interdisciplinarity that can lead to a work model with sufficiently defined and consistent theoretical and methodological principles. Finally, this work reveals a need for greater investment on research that can support the principles of interdisciplinarity in the area of Speech Therapy, in order to expand the horizons of this professional who needs, above all, to understand him or herself as a health professional whose daily practice requires a plural perspective. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - September 5, 2009 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: journals

Knowledge production in speech therapy on augmentative and alternative communication: survey on journalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: as AAC is a resource used in other academic fields, such data is not sufficient to conclude about knowledge production in AAC in general. Thus, in order to have a more complete overview in this field, the analysis of other academic fields is required, such as Pedagogy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, among others. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - September 5, 2009 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: journals

Treatment of persistent post-adenoidectomy velopharyngeal insufficiency by sphincter pharyngoplastyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Persistent post-adenoidectomy velopharyngeal insufficiency may be due to anatomical abnormalities of the palate such as an occult submucous cleft, short palate or deep nasopharynx; such conditions may be overlooked during the preoperative preparation for adenoid removal. Speech therapy is an effective method in mild hypernasality especially if there is no anatomical abnormality, while surgical correction is usually needed in moderate and severe cases, and sphincter pharyngoplasty is a useful choice for those patients. (Source: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology)
Source: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology - September 3, 2009 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mosaad Abdel-Aziz, Hazem Dewidar, Hassan El-Hoshy, Azza A. Aziz Tags: Research papers Source Type: journals

Oropharyngolaryngeal Disorders in Scleroderma: Development and Validation of the SLS ScaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystemic disorder characterized by functional and structural abnormalities of small blood vessels and fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Eighty percent of subjects with SSc have orofacial manifestations. No tests for oral manifestations have been validated for this pathology, and in the literature there are few studies of speech therapy for subjects with SSc. These facts suggested the need for an exhaustive assessment of mouth mobility and muscle strength, and also of swallowing and voice, in order to plan a targeted and effective speech therapy. The Sclerod...
Source: Dysphagia - August 26, 2009 Category: Speech Therapy Tags: Dysphagia Source Type: journals

The Impact of Dysphagia on Quality of Life in Ageing and Parkinson’s Disease as Measured by the Swallowing Quality of Life (SWAL-QOL) QuestionnaireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract This prospective, cross-sectional study evaluated the impact of dysphagia on quality of life in healthy ageing and in subjects with Parkinson’s disease (PD) using the Swallowing Quality of Life (SWAL-QOL) questionnaire. Sixteen healthy young adults (8 males, mean age = 25.1 years) and 16 healthy elders (8 males, mean age = 72.8 years) were recruited. Thirty-two subjects with idiopathic PD (mean age = 68.5 years) were recruited from a movement disorders clinic. The severity of PD was staged using the Hoehn and Yahr scale. Results revealed that elders exp...
Source: Dysphagia - August 18, 2009 Category: Speech Therapy Tags: Dysphagia Source Type: journals

Health-related quality of life of adolescents with childhood diagnosis of specific language impairmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The overall HRQoL of adolescents with SLI was at age-level, but language-related problems seemed to lead to increased problems in mental functioning. Low vitality was more of a problem for the controls, but also for those SLI children who had inferior language performance. Adolescents’ own perceptions of their life quality are of clinical importance, and 16D seems a usable tool to capture them. (Source: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology)
Source: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology - August 1, 2009 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: E. Arkkila, P. Räsänen, R.P. Roine, H. Sintonen, V. Saar, E. Vilkman Tags: Research papers Source Type: journals

Speech therapy in patients with excessive supragastric belching – a pilot studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract In patients whose main symptom is excessive belching, supragastric belching appears to be the predominant mechanism. This belch pattern is characterized by a rapid influx of air into the oesophagus, immediately followed by rapid air expulsion. The rate at which supragastric belching occurs is influenced by attention and distraction, suggesting a behavioural disorder and speech therapy may be of benefit to these patients. In 17 consecutive patients with excessive belching, concurrent impedance monitoring and high-resolution manometry were performed to ascertain the mechanism of belching. Patients with supragastric ...
Source: Neurogastroenterology and Motility - July 27, 2009 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: g. j. m. hemmink, l. ten cate, a. j. bredenoord, r. timmer, b. l. a. m. weusten, a. j. p. m. smout Source Type: journals

Long-term Effects of Auditory Training in Severely or Profoundly Deaf ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Despite new technological advances in the rehabilitation of audition in profoundly deaf children, auditory training remains a fundamental part of their education. Consequently, it is necessary to learn what kind of stimuli, what kind of auditory tasks, and what kind of learning procedures generate faster and more long-lasting benefits. The present study evaluates a training program that includes numerous nonlinguistic stimuli that tap into several means of cognitive processing. The program is based on an implicit learning procedure and was tested with six severely or profoundly deaf children. The first results demonstrate ...
Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - July 23, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Françoise Rochette, Emmanuel Bigand Tags: Part III. Music Training and Induced Cortical Plasticity Source Type: journals

Evidence for Plasticity in White-Matter Tracts of Patients with Chronic Broca's Aphasia Undergoing Intense Intonation-based Speech TherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recovery from aphasia can be achieved through recruitment of either perilesional brain regions in the affected hemisphere or homologous language regions in the nonlesional hemisphere. For patients with large left-hemisphere lesions, recovery through the right hemisphere may be the only possible path. The right-hemisphere regions most likely to play a role in this recovery process are the superior temporal lobe (important for auditory feedback control), premotor regions/posterior inferior frontal gyrus (important for planning and sequencing of motor actions and for auditory-motor mapping), and the primary motor cortex (impo...
Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - July 23, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Gottfried Schlaug, Sarah Marchina, Andrea Norton Tags: Part VI. Listening to and Making Music Facilitates Brain Recovery Processes Source Type: journals

People who stutter suffer discriminationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. survey indicates speech therapy helps the majority of people who stutter but those who stutter are discriminated against. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - July 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study of chewing and swallowing in children and teenagers with Möbius syndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The morphofunctional alterations found in patients with Möbius syndrome contributed to change the dynamics of chewing and swallowing. All subjects in the sample used compensatory maneuvers. Therefore, even in the absence of clinical signs that suggest penetration/aspiration, patients with such diagnosis should be referred to speech therapy, in order to provide adequate conditions for a more pleasant meal. (Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia)
Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia - July 12, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: journals

Survey: Speech Therapy Helps, But People Who Stutter Suffer DiscriminationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Four out of 10 adults who stutter have been denied a job or promotion and 82 percent of children who stutter have been bullied or teased, according to a new survey by the National Stuttering Association. People who stutter make up about 1 percent of the population. Results of the survey were announced today at the organization's national conference in Scottsdale, AZ. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

When it comes to kids, embrace the averageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A 'normal' child used to be, well, normal. But now a lot of parents, sadly, don't think that's good enough. When my son's preschool teachers recommended that we send him to speech therapy, I can't say that my husband and I were completely surprised. Clay wasn't entirely easy to understand; his "r" sounded like a "w," his "th" was indistinguishable from an "s," and his "l" was essentially nonexistent. But he was only 3 years old. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - July 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Public policy and teachers' voice: characterization of Brazilian lawsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Given the great number of legislative houses in Brazil, there are few laws that aim towards teachers' health, especially regarding their voice. Moreover, to make sure that these laws are applied and implemented as vocal health programs, these initiatives should be proposed by the National Constitution, so that the necessary resources for their viability are guaranteed. (Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia)
Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia - June 25, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: journals

The action of levodopa and its influence on voice and speech of patients with Parkinson deseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A doença de Parkinson, doença degenerativa progressiva decorrente da morte de células da substância negra compacta e outros núcleos pigmentados do tronco encefálico, é caracterizada por um esgotamento seletivo do neurotransmissor dopamina. Desta forma, acomete principalmente o sistema motor e acaba por se refletir em alterações comunicativas. A levodopa, que é convertida em dopamina, é o recurso farmacológico mais eficaz para o seu tratamento. A literatura mostra, através de alguns estudos, que a levodopa é capaz de proporcionar melhora em alguns parâmetros vocais, tais como aumento da frequência fundamenta...
Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia - June 25, 2009 Category: Audiology Source Type: journals

Medical student fitness to practise committees at UK medical schoolsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: All 31 UK medical schools with undergraduate programmes have a fitness to practise committee to deal with students whose behaviour has given rise to concern about their fitness to practise. The variation in governance structures for student fitness to practise committees/panels can in part be explained by variations in University structures and the extent to which Universities co-manage undergraduate medicine with other courses. (Source: BMC Research Notes)
Source: BMC Research Notes - June 6, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Jocelyne AldridgeSally BrayTimothy David Source Type: journals

Louisiana Tech University Student's Personal Story Of Triumph Featured On ASHA's Web SiteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A truck hit Vacherie, LA native Ahmad Alexander when he tried to cross the street as a five-year old. The accident landed him in a hospital for five days, three of which he spent in a coma. Three years of speech therapy helped Alexander fully recover from his injuries. (Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases)
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 1, 2009 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: organizations

Reduced incidence of aspiration with spoon-thick consistency in stroke patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The use of a spoon-thick consistency reduced the risk of aspiration compared with the liquid consistency. Clinical assessment was useful to predict aspiration, although the probability of dysphagia in the presence of a negative clinical assessment (29%) is a reason for concern. PMID: 19483070 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Nutrition in Clinical Practice)
Source: Nutrition in Clinical Practice - May 31, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Diniz PB, Vanin G, Xavier R, Parente MA Tags: Nutr Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Systematic Review of interventions for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There is limited good quality evidence for specific interventions for managing FASD, however seven randomized controlled trials that address specific functional deficits of children with FASD are underway or recently completed. (Source: BioMed Central)
Source: BioMed Central - May 25, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Elizabeth PeadonBiarta Rhys-JonesCarol BowerElizabeth Elliott Source Type: journals

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association Apraxia of Speech Treatment Research Grant ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This report, while reviewing all scientific data regarding apraxia in children, noted a profound and significant lack of treatment efficacy data. It is CASANA's experience that families are most interested in understanding which speech therapy approaches are likely to help their child's speech skills as quickly as possible. Additionally, insurance funders also seek such data as do practicing speech-language pathologists who provide therapy to the children. After consultation with its Professional Advisory Board, CASANA determined that its program should start by funding pilot treatment research grants that would produce da...
Source: ScanGrants feed - May 25, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association Source Type: funding

Speech Therapy Exercises Relieve Sleep ApneaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The specialized exercises used in speech therapy can be adapted and used to reduce the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, according to a study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - May 15, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: info

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Grants Program in Rehabilitation ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Grants Program in Rehabilitation Research The National MS Society welcomes applications for support of mentors and institutions that provide training of postdoctoral fellows in MS research related to rehabilitation. This program provides support for a mentor-institution combination which is responsible for the recruitment, selection, and training of postdoctoral fellows to pursue a career in rehabilitation research applied to MS and similar disorders. The mentor should be an established and active researcher in MS or a related field. The mentor and fellow ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - May 13, 2009 Category: Research Authors: National Multiple Sclerosis Society Source Type: funding

Are speech results inscrutable on cleft palate patients?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background and Objectives: After cleft palate repair, one of the aims for doctors and patients is the restoration of normal velopharyngeal function (VPF) and accurate pronunciation. The younger the age at surgery the better the restoration of speech function, but there are still some of patients whose speech results need to be improved by long-term speech therapy or pharyngoplasty or both. Cleft palate repair is best performed before phonetic development (7–8 months), however some of cleft palate patients demonstrate speech results which are quite reasonable or normal even when surgery which is performed after phonetic d...
Source: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - May 1, 2009 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: L. Ma Tags: Symposia Source Type: journals

Bilingual aphasia and language control: a follow-up fMRI and intrinsic connectivity study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a world that is becoming more multilingual, bilingual aphasia is a clinical problem with a major clinical impact. However, at present we lack causal explanations of the many features of recovery patterns and there is no consensus about the language in which the patient should receive speech therapy. Further advance requires an understanding of the dynamics of recovery. In a novel longitudinal, single-case study, we combine fMRI and dynamic causal modeling to examine the effects of specific language treatment for picture naming on the representation and control of language areas during the course of recovery. Improve...
Source: Brain and Language - April 30, 2009 Category: Neurology Authors: Abutalebi J, Rosa PA, Tettamanti M, Green DW, Cappa SF Tags: Brain Lang Source Type: journals

Evaluation of orofacial motricity in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis: a cross-sectional study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Alterations in stomatognathic systems and functions are prevalent among individuals with mucopolysaccharidosis, even if enzyme replacement therapy is administered. Such finding suggests that speech therapy follow-up plays a major role in the treatment plan of this group of diseases; this hypothesis should be confirmed by additional studies. PMID: 19492172 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Jornal de Pediatria)
Source: Jornal de Pediatria - April 30, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Turra GS, Schwartz IV Tags: J Pediatr (Rio J) Source Type: journals

Corticobasal degenerationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Opinion statement Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized clinically by a combination of cortical and basal ganglia signs. Pathologically, it is classified as a tauopathy. The most distinctive clinical feature is its unilateral or markedly asymmetric presentation; among parkinsonian syndromes, with rare exceptions, only Parkinson’s disease presents with such asymmetry. The most common presenting cortical features include apraxia (patients often complain of a “useless” limb), aphasia (usually nonfluent), parietal lobe sensory signs (agraphesthesia, extinction, aster...
Source: Current Treatment Options in Neurology - April 5, 2009 Category: Neurology Tags: Current Treatment Options in Neurology Source Type: journals

Staffing levels and patient dependence in English stroke units.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Little research has been performed to determine how a stroke unit should be staffed and what the links are between patient dependency and staffing. For this study, 140 stroke units were randomly selected--35 from each of the four quartiles of performance in the National Sentinel Audit of Stroke. A questionnaire was sent to each of the units to collect data on patient numbers and dependency, staffing numbers and therapy, and nursing contact times on a single weekday. The response rate was 66% (92 sites) and information on 1,398 patients was provided. The median number of beds was 18 (interquartile range 12-24). Staffing...
Source: Clinical Medicine - March 31, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Rudd AG, Jenkinson D, Grant RL, Hoffman A Tags: Clin Med Source Type: journals

California Stimulus Funding Not Enough To Stave Off Cuts To Some Health Care ServicesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Friday signed five bills into law that allow California to receive more than $17.5 billion in federal economic stimulus aid, but the funding will not be enough for the state to avoid $3 billion in tax increases and cuts to services to balance its budget, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The legislation changes eligibility reporting requirements for children enrolled in Medi-Cal and allows more people to qualify for unemployment insurance and extends the benefit by 20 weeks. Medi-Cal is the state's Medicaid program.State Treasurer Bill Lockyer and Department of Finance Direct...
Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - March 31, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: news

UKAF Partners With Justgiving To Mark World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The UK Autism Foundation is launching a massive fundraising drive to mark the United Nations World Autism Awareness Day 2009. World Autism Awareness Day takes place on Thursday 2nd April this year. UN WAAD will focus on over 60 million people with autism around the world. Many are suffering without adequate public services in education, health, specialist speech therapy and respite care. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news

A Description of the Outcomes, Frequency, Duration, and Intensity of Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy in Inpatient Stroke RehabilitationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article is currently available as a free download on IngentaConnect (Source: Journal of Allied Health)
Source: Journal of Allied Health - March 15, 2009 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Karges, JoySmallfield, Stacy Tags: Research Notes Source Type: journals

Comparison of Enrollment in Interventional Therapies Between Late-Preterm and Very Preterm Infants at 12 Months' Corrected AgeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS. After controlling for comorbidities of prematurity, we found that late-preterm infants requiring admission to the neonatal unit have the same risk as very preterm infants of requiring interventional therapies. This would indicate that it is not only the degree of prematurity but also the morbidities experienced in the neonatal period in conjunction with the period of rapid brain growth that have a profound influence on neurodevelopmental outcomes. This should be considered when planning their hospital discharge and follow-up. (Source: PEDIATRICS)
Source: PEDIATRICS - March 2, 2009 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Kalia, J. L., Visintainer, P., Brumberg, H. L., Pici, M., Kase, J. Tags: Premature & Newborn ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights State Budget DevelopmentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Summaries of news about health care developments related to the state budgets in California, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, New York, Virginia and Wisconsin appear below.California: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Friday plans to sign a package of legislation that aims to address California's estimated $42-billion budget deficit through June 2010, the Los Angeles Times reports (Rau et al., Los Angeles Times, 2/20). The package includes $14.9 billion in spending cuts, $12.8 billion in tax increases and $11.4 billion in borrowing (Zapler/Garcia, San Jose Mercury News, 2/19). Funding for health and human services programs woul...
Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report - February 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Daily Health Policy Report Source Type: news

Effects of Oropharyngeal Exercises on Patients with Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Oropharyngeal exercises reduce significantly OSAS severity and symptoms and represent a promising treatment for moderate OSAS. Clinical Trial Registry: www.clinicaltrials.gov, i.d. = NCT 00660777. PMID: 19234106 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - February 20, 2009 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Guimaraes KC, Drager LF, Genta PR, Marcondes BF, Lorenzi-Filho G Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: journals

Allied Health Research Institute Announces Request for Applications for the 2009 AHRI FellowshipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Allied Health Research Institute Fellowships The Allied Health Research Institute (AHRI), an academic and industry partnership vested with increasing the number of qualified allied health professionals, has announced a Request for Applications for AHRI Fellowships. The four, $10,000 AHRI Fellowships will be awarded to faculty and staff from AHRI academicmembers. Funds will be provided to support analyses of industry and academic databases thatwill facilitate improvements in rehabilitation policy and practice, esespeciallyin the areas of physical, occupational and speech therapy.The Research Council Committee will consider ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 17, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Allied Health Research Institute Source Type: funding

Hyperbilirubinemia and Language Delay in Premature InfantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS. Hyperbilirubinemia, defined as peak total serum bilirubin level or duration of elevated bilirubin in days, is not associated with language delay in premature infants. However, this issue deserves investigation, because other measures of bilirubin, such as unbound bilirubin, may be associated with language delay. (Source: PEDIATRICS)
Source: PEDIATRICS - December 29, 2008 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Amin, S. B., Prinzing, D., Myers, G. Tags: Premature & Newborn ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Allied health care in Parkinson's disease: Referral, consultation, and professional expertiseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is evidence for the efficacy of allied health care in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, barriers exist that hamper implementation of evidence into daily practice. We conducted a survey to investigate: (1) to what extent PD patients currently utilize allied health care for relevant problems in the core areas of allied health care and (2) the level of PD-specific expertise among allied health professionals. Questionnaires were sent to 260 patients and 297 allied health professionals. Referral rates were 63% for physical therapy, 9% for occupational therapy, and 14% for speech therapy. PD patients with problems that ca...
Source: Movement Disorders - November 17, 2008 Category: Neurology Authors: Maarten J. Nijkrake, Samyra H.J. Keus, Rob A.B. Oostendorp, Sebastiaan Overeem, Wim Mulleners, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Marten Munneke Source Type: journals

Usher syndrome type 1: Early detection of electroretinographic changes.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Electroretinogram showed retinopathy in young children with Usher syndrome type 1, even in the absence of fundoscopic signs of retinal degeneration. PMID: 19006676 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology)
Source: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology - November 8, 2008 Category: Neurology Authors: Flores-Guevara R, Renault F, Loundon N, Marlin S, Pelosse B, Momtchilova M, Auzoux-Chevé M, Vermersch AI, Richard P Tags: Eur J Paediatr Neurol Source Type: journals

Voice and choral singing treatment: a new approach for speech and voice disorders in Parkinson's disease.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: VCST for PD patients can improve specific abnormalities with an amusing, agreeable, and collective approach, but a randomized controlled trial (RCT) is necessary to find evidence of efficacy. PMID: 18987565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine)
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - November 4, 2008 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Di Benedetto P, Cavazzon M, Mondolo F, Rugiu G, Peratoner A, Biasutti E Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: journals

Neuroscience Institute Hosts Parkinsons ForumEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Kentucky Parkinsons Disease Information and Referral Center invites you to attend its first Parkinsons Disease Treatment Options for Patients and Caregivers Symposium on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Four Points Sheraton in Lexington. Nationally recognized Parkinsons disease experts will offer educational sessions on a wide variety of topics.Speakers will cover items such as Parkinsons disease diagnosis and management and deep brain stimulation, which is a surgical treatment option. Medication management and speech therapy, as well as physical and occupational therapy will be discussed. (Source: UK College of Medicine News)
Source: UK College of Medicine News - October 8, 2008 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: 7H000 research Parkinsons Disease Aging Source Type: news