{"title":"The Application of Language Tasks to the Identification of Senile Dementia","authors":"Clare Kovesi","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1989.17.ISSUE-1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1989.17.ISSUE-1.02","url":null,"abstract":"A battery of 6 language and cognitive tasks and a Neurobehavioral Inventory were field tested on a sample of 45 patients attending or resident in a hospital for geriatrics. The study was devised in order to determine whether dementia could be differentiated from normal aging, from cerebral insult, and from other degenerative neurological diseases, on the basis of performance on the tasks. A discriminant analysis found the tasks most effective in distinguishing groups to be Pantomime Expression, Immediate — and Recent — Story-recall, the Neurobehavioral Inventory, and the Mental Status Questionnaire. Sixty percent of subjects diagnosed with senile dementia were correctly identified by their performance on these tasks. The three tests which failed to mark significant differences between groups were Block Design, Verbal Description and Generative Naming.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116572751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Parsons, J. Russell, L. Decker, Christine Tepper
{"title":"The Effect of the Label “Language-Delayed” on Speech-Language Pathologists","authors":"C. Parsons, J. Russell, L. Decker, Christine Tepper","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1989.17.ISSUE-1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1989.17.ISSUE-1.03","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the labels “language delayed” and “normal” on behavioural ratings and willingness to agree/disagree with the pre-information label (diagnosis) supplied to speech-language clinicians at two levels of professional experience.Twenty “inexperienced” speech-language pathology undergraduate students and 20 “experienced” graduate speech-language pathologists (professionals) rated a 20 minute videotape sample of a “normal” or “language-delayed” child. Pre-information labels were assigned to each child and were systematically varied. There were no significant effects for the amount of professional experience. In addition, there were no significant effects when subjects were asked to rate specific behaviours. However, there was a significant pre-information labelling bias when clinicians were asked to agree or disagree with the label (diagnosis). This bias occurred regardless of the label which was assigned.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124456631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Whither Prolonged Speech? The Disquieting Evolution of a Stuttering Therapy Procedure","authors":"M. Onslow, R. Ingham","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1989.17.ISSUE-1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1989.17.ISSUE-1.05","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to some disquieting trends in the management of stuttering by speech pathologists in Australia. These trends mainly relate to the growing exclusive use of prolonged speech, or its many variants, in stuttering therapy — especially in intensive therapy programmes for children. A range of problems and implications associated with this development are discussed, including a consideration of suitable alternative therapies.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131210233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Studies in Parkinson's Disease: I. Perceptual Speech Analyses","authors":"H. Chenery, B. Murdoch, J. Ingram","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.02","url":null,"abstract":"The perceptual speech characteristics of a group of 19 subjects with mild-moderate Parkinson's Disease (PD) were compared with those of a normal non-neurologically impaired control group matched for age and sex. Deficits were found in all aspects of speech production, including respiration, phonation, prosody, articulation and resonance. Observed speech deviations were most often mild. The speech deviation which contributed most to the variance in overall intelligibility of speech was imprecision of consonant articulation. Deficits in the phonatory system, including the presence of hoarseness and a strained strangled phonation with intermittent breathiness, were found to be the frequently occurring speech deviations in PD. Disturbed prosodic features were also noted, including a disturbed general stress pattern and a lack of variation in both pitch and loudness levels. The need for careful instrumentally based assessments of the physiological and acoustic features of hypokinetic dysarthria is emphasized.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115670225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Speech Pathology Services in Victoria for People with a Severe Communication Impairment","authors":"H. Johnson, K. Bloomberg","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.06","url":null,"abstract":"There are approximately 6000 people in Victoria with a severe communication impairment. This paper presents the results of a state-wide survey conducted to provide information on speech pathology services to these individuals. The data were gathered from service providers from a cross-section of facilities. The results showed that severe communication impairment is an under-resourced and under-serviced area. The availability of speech pathology services was limited. Where speech pathologists offered a service to non-speaking clients, a long-term time commitment was involved and clients predominantly attended for two years or more. Time and resource constraints limited the effective provision of services. There is a limited number of speech pathologists employed in servicing severely communicatively impaired people, and a lack of knowledge about non-speech communication among the service providers. Direct speech pathology intervention alone cannot meet the diverse needs of this large population. Various op...","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130277415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary School Teachers' Attitudes toward Speech-Language Pathology","authors":"L. Hopkins, M. Kanaris, C. Parsons, J. Russell","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.07","url":null,"abstract":"A survey was undertaken to investigate the attitudes of primary school teachers toward speech-language pathology. Respondents from seven Melbourne metropolitan regions completed a 27 item questionnaire. 93.5% of questionnaires were returned. A factor analysis identified six discernible dimensions of teachers' attitudes, which accounted for 53.7% of the total variance. The results revealed that teachers have generally favourable attitudes toward speech-language pathology, the efficacy of remediation procedures, implementation methods, and the extent of its co-ordination with academic programs. Teachers also indicated an overall feeling of confidence in identifying speech-language problems but expressed a desire for greater information in the area, as well as some dissatisfaction with the extent of communication between the two professions. Practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129756260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Comparison of Verb Usage in Children with Developmental Apraxia of Speech, Functional Articulation Problems, and Normal Articulation","authors":"C. Parsons, A. L. Cox, Amanda L. Reed","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.04","url":null,"abstract":"Verb production on a sentence repetition task was compared between three groups of six children, one group exhibiting developmental apraxia of speech (DAS), one exhibiting functional articulation problems (FAP) and a control group of normally articulating children. An analysis of variance of proportions of correct responses revealed a significant difference between the control and DAS group, and between the control and FAP group. There was no significant difference between the DAS and FAP groups. These results indicated that verb usage on a sentence repetition task cannot be employed to differentiate between DAS and FAP children.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129509407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Descriptive Study of the Bilingual Language Development of Aboriginal Children in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia","authors":"Annette Jacobs","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.01","url":null,"abstract":"A study of the early language development of Aboriginal children in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia was conducted over an 18 month period. The young Aboriginal children studied were found to have a linguistically rich and complex environment, and demonstrated well developed language learning strategies. The children's linguistic code matched all the functions documented in English speaking children, however, significant differences were apparent in the use of language and in the sequence of language development. These differences appeared to be related to culturally-defined methods of child rearing and the socio-linguistic rule system established within the community.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124416980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Inter-Relationship between Vocal and Psychological Characteristics: A Literature Review","authors":"G. Green","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.03","url":null,"abstract":"The inter-relationship between vocal behaviour and psychological variables is discussed through a review of the literature. Emotional and personality correlates of normal voice, the relationship between psychopathology and voice, and psychological concomitants of voice disorders are discussed. Possible reasons for the existence of a relationship are considered and research problems in the area are highlighted. The difficulty in separating vocal and psychological variables is emphasized and the consequences for assessment and treatment are considered.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115684246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introducing Augmentative Communication Systems to the Individual with Aphasia","authors":"Jennifer D. Lambier","doi":"10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3109/ASL2.1988.16.ISSUE-2.05","url":null,"abstract":"Augmentative communication systems (ACSs) have been successfully used both to augment and to facilitate the oral communication of some aphasic individuals. However, not all individuals with aphasia benefit from the introduction of an ACS. Some variables for predicting successful acquisition of ACSs by individuals with aphasia have been identified. These variables are discussed within the decision-making matrix proposed by Owens and House (1984) for introducing ACSs with communicatively impaired individuals. The applicability of this decision matrix for the aphasic population is considered.","PeriodicalId":426731,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of human communication disorders","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132726843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}