1 MSc Student in Human Communication Disorders – Federal University of Santa Maria, Speech and Hearing Therapist. 2 MSc Student in Human Communication Disorders – Federal University of Santa Maria, Speech and Hearing Therapist. 3 Speech and Hearing Therapy Student – Federal University of Santa Maria UFSM, Santa Maria, RS. 4 PhD in Applied Linguistics; Speech and Hearing Therapist; Professor at ...

The full assessment of children suffering from speech defects requires a team consisting of speech therapist, paediatrician, psychologist and otologist. The additional services of a phonetician, neurologist, orthodontist, plastic surgeon, radiologist, social worker or psychiatric social worker and child psychiatrist are often helpful. Unfortunately the majority of descriptions and classificatio...

Purpose To test the hypothesis that children with classic galactosemia and speech disorders are at risk for co-occurring strength and coordination disorders. Method This is a case-control study of 32 children (66% male) with galactosemia and neurologic speech disorders and 130 controls (50% male) ages 4-16 years. Speech was assessed using the Percentage of Consonants Correct (PCC) metric from r...

UNLABELLED It is thought that a close relationship exists between auditory processing, the acoustic reflex and speech. AIM A retrospective study to evaluate these three aspects in children with and without phonological disorders and seek any relationship among them. MATERIAL METHODS 46 children were enrolled: 24 had normal speech abilities and 22 had phonological disorders. All children und...

Velopharyngeal incompetence is one of the contributing factors for speech disorders. This condition usually follows certain disorders like cleft palate, soft palate paralysis and neurologic disorders. Cleft palate is one of the major contributing factors for the velopharyngeal incompetence. Various treatment modalities have been proposed including prosthetic management, surgical correction and ...

Resonance disorders can be caused by a variety of structural abnormalities in the resonating chambers for speech, or by velopharyngeal dysfunction. These abnormalities may result in hypernasality, hypoor denasality, or cul-de-sac resonance. Resonance disorders are commonly seen in patients with craniofacial anomalies, particularly a history of cleft palate. The appropriate evaluation of a reson...

The aim of the study is to investigate formation components speech readiness for school in preschool children with disorders. used research methods that allowed experimentally development readiness: cognitive, motivational and emotional. It has been established disorders all are impaired require specific training.

Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PPD) refers to the group of disorders characterised by delayed or inappropriate development of multiple basic functions including socialisation, communication, behaviour and cognitive functioning. The term,,autistic spectrum disorders" was established as a result of the magnitude of the intensity of symptoms and their proportions observed in all types of perva...

Speech is a brain function that includes virtual, mobile and sensory part for the understanding production of spoken written language. The aim this study was to present adaptation diagnostic tool Examining aphasia – 4th edition (EFA -4) in Greek In dementia especially Alzheimer’s disease (AD), speech language disorders are main features, along with worsening impairment memory. EFA-4 standardize...