Objectives: The Gradual Increase Length and Complexity of Utterance (GILCU) therapy method is a form of operant conditioning. This is a precise and controlled treatment that is done in 54 steps in 3 speech situations consisting of monologue, reading, and conversation. This study aimed at examining the effects of GILCU treatment method on the reduction of speech dysfluency of scho...

The ability to track the temporal structure of events in a dynamic environment is crucial to cognition and action alike. In order to guide timely reactive and proactive behavior the individual has to draw upon some internal representation of temporal relations or temporal structure. Here an event may be defined as a perceived change in the formal structure of the environment, i.e., the identity...

This study analyzed overlap (or interruption behavior) in conversations between mothers and their stuttering children to determine how overlap relates to fluency. Subjects for the study, which is part of the Genesis of Stuttering Project, were 20 preschool stuttering children and their mothers. Three forms of overlap were examined: simultaneous start, the parent or child as interruptee, and the...

PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) and large PIK3CA-associated lymphatic malformations of the head neck (HNLM) pose unique treatment challenges. Traditional therapies often include multiple invasive (ie, sclerotherapy or surgery) interventions with suboptimal functional cosmetic outcomes. HNLM is most common pathology in PROS, additional may facial infiltrating lipomatosis (FIL), megalen...

OBJECTIVES To compare language outcomes following direct individual therapy [speech and language therapist (SLT) working individually with a child], indirect individual therapy [speech and language therapy assistant (SLTA) working individually with a child], direct group therapy (SLT working with a small group of children) and indirect group therapy (SLTA working with a small group of children)...

how to cite this article: saeedi borujeni mj, esfandiary e, almasi dooghaee m. childhood neurogenic stuttering due to bilateral congenital abnormality in globus pallidus: a case report and review of the literature. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):75-79.   abstract objective the basal ganglia are a group of structures that act as a cohesive functional unit. they are situated at the base ...

s of Presentations Linda Langley, North Dakota State University “Aging and the Role of Inhibition and in Visual Search” The goal of this project is to determine the cognitive mechanisms that contribute to adult age differences in visual search, focusing on inhibitory mechanisms. Inhibition of return (IOR), a phenomenon of attentional orienting that is indexed by slower response times to targets...

A series of experiments assessed masked priming for letters and words that are visually similar (SIM) and dissimilar (DIS) in upperand lower-case formats. For letters, robust DIS priming was obtained in a naming task, but this priming did not extend to a variety of non-naming tasks. For words, robust DIS priming was obtained in both naming and nonnaming tasks. SIM letter and word priming extend...