{"title":"The use of graphic language intervention among young children in Norway.","authors":"S von Tetzchner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Knowledge about graphic communication intervention and use among young disabled children has been sparse. The present study is based on a thorough search, and provides reliable information about children who are 10 years old or younger who have graphic communication (for example, photographs, drawings, Blissymbols, PIC, traditional orthography) as their main form of communication. The study covers all such children in three Norwegian counties, comprising a population of 1.1 million people. Detailed descriptions of the children, the systems they use, and their educational settings are presented, and implications for the organisation of habilitation services are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3 Spec No","pages":"217-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20399947","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":"In-service training for schools on augmentative and alternative communication.","authors":"H McConachie, L Pennington","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For children to progress in their use of augmentative communication systems, in-service training of staff in schools is required. This paper presents preliminary evaluation of a training package entitled 'My Turn to Speak'. Nineteen participants and 10 comparison staff were filmed before and after a five-session training workshop, interacting in the classroom in naturally occurring situations with a non-speaking physically disabled child. Significant improvements in the quality of adults' facilitation of the children's communication was discernible at follow-up, four months after completion of the training. However, teachers were found to alter their behaviour more quickly after training than non-teaching staff. The requirements for setting up successful multidisciplinary training are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3 Spec No","pages":"277-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20401125","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":"Towards a narrative-based augmentative communication system.","authors":"A Waller, A F Newell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Augmentative communication systems enable non-speaking people to communicate using letters, words, phrases and sentences. Few systems provide support for longer lengths of text despite the fact that most day-to-day conversation is characterised by 'story telling'. This paper discusses the need for communication systems to facilitate this type of interaction, whilst allowing for other modes of communication. A case history detailing the use of a prototype system with an adult with dysphasia illustrates that providing augmentative communication should not be restricted to expression of 'needs and wants', but should enable the non-speaking individual to share past experience and future hopes.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3 Spec No","pages":"289-306"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20401126","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":"Specialist speech and language therapists' use and evaluation of visual speech aids.","authors":"K R Coventry, J Clibbens, M Cooper","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sixty speech and language therapy service managers and 233 specialist speech and language therapists (SLTs) throughout the UK completed a postal questionnaire which asked for caseload data, patterns of use of visual speech aids (VSAs) and ratings of VSAs on a number of dimensions (in a follow-up to the survey carried out by Coventry, Clibbens, Cooper and Rood, 1997). Information was also elicited about frequency of use of VSAs together with comments relating to the range of applicability of each type of aid. The results revealed that no VSA scored better than average ratings and, in particular, 'Portability' and 'Affordability' scored lowest overall. In addition, no differences were found in ratings of particular VSAs between specialist types. The caseload data reported also confirmed the need to take baserate into account when purchasing and designing VSAs.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3 Spec No","pages":"315-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20401128","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":"Phonological acquisition of Turkish children: implications for phonological disorders.","authors":"S Topbaş","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study reported describes the phonological rules typical of normal development of Turkish-speaking children. The processes identified include: reduplication, syllable deletion, consonant deletion, assimilation, cluster reduction, liquid deviation, stopping, fronting, affrication, and backing. From a crosslinguistic perspective, the phonological process patterns exhibited coincide broadly with universal tendencies, although some language specific patterns were also evident. In contrast, a case study of a phonologically disordered child indicated that her system was characterised by the use of idiosyncratic phonological rules as well as delayed acquisition of some aspects of the system. This atypical pattern reflects reports of phonologically disordered children learning other languages. The findings indicate that the deficit underlying this type of phonological disorder leads to similar phonological behavior irrespective of the language being acquired.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 4","pages":"377-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20444805","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":"Parent-child interaction therapy and dysfluency: a single-case study.","authors":"S Matthews, R Williams, T Pring","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hypothesis that the modification of parent-child interaction would reduce the dysfluency of a pre-school child was tested in an experimental single-case study. The subject, a four-year-old boy with a moderate to severe stutter, and his parents attended their local clinic for a total of 17 weeks. On each visit, 20-minute play periods with each parent were recorded and measures of fluency taken. No advice was offered in the first six weeks and these measures were used as a baseline for subsequent therapy. Therapy was given over the next six weeks. The parents were advised to make changes in their style of interaction and were asked to practise these at home each day. During the final five weeks, which served as consolidation, the parents continued to practise their skills at home but no new advice was offered. The analysis found no significant trend in the child's dysfluency during the baseline period, a significant improvement during therapy and stabilisation of the lower rate of dysfluencies during the maintenance period.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3","pages":"346-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20399943","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":"Outcome measures for aphasia therapy: it's not what you do, it's the way that you measure it.","authors":"A Hesketh, B Hopcutt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of outcome measures is now seen as crucial within the National Health Service (NHS), and the outcome of aphasia therapy is an area which has for some years been under particular scrutiny. Many districts have developed their own measures and others have taken part in cross-district pilot schemes, but it is not clear how widely used measures are, nor what form they take. This paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey of speech and language therapy services in England and Wales regarding their use of outcome measures for aphasia therapy. The questionnaire requested factual information about the use of measures, and therapists' opinions of their benefits and drawbacks, and also asked for examples of outcome measures currently in use. We summarise the results of the questionnaire and discuss the therapists' and our own perceptions of the merits of the different approaches reported.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3 Spec No","pages":"189-202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20399945","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 P Dunnet, K MacKenzie, G C Sellars, K Robinson, J A Wilson
{"title":"Voice therapy for dysphonia--still more art than science?","authors":"C P Dunnet, K MacKenzie, G C Sellars, K Robinson, J A Wilson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Before evaluation of the efficacy of voice therapy is possible it is necessary to define established practice. The aim of this study therefore was to assess the prevailing treatment strategies among UK voice therapists for commonly presenting causes of dysphonia.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3 Spec No","pages":"333-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20401130","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":"Visual speech aids: a British survey of use and evaluation by speech and language therapists.","authors":"K R Coventry, J Clibbens, M Cooper, B Rood","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One hundred and eighty speech and language therapists throughout the UK completed a postal questionnaire which asked for ratings of visual speech aids (VSAs) on a number of dimensions together with information regarding frequency of use of such aids, comments on the range of applicability of each type of aid and other demographic data relating to the diversity of client groups covered in case loads. The results (using analysis of variance) revealed a main effect of VSA type. There was also a main effect of question type; all VSAs scored poorly on some dimensions as compared with others. Furthermore there was a significant interaction between type of VSA and dimension type. This suggests that VSAs not only tend to be built for particular client groups, but that the makers tend to focus on some specific design criteria to the detriment of others. These results are discussed with respect to the future design of VSAs, and with respect to their testing and future evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3 Spec No","pages":"203-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20399946","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":"Towards a narrative-based augmentative communication system.","authors":"A. Waller, A. Newell","doi":"10.1080/13682829709177102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13682829709177102","url":null,"abstract":"Augmentative communication systems enable non-speaking people to communicate using letters, words, phrases and sentences. Few systems provide support for longer lengths of text despite the fact that most day-to-day conversation is characterised by 'story telling'. This paper discusses the need for communication systems to facilitate this type of interaction, whilst allowing for other modes of communication. A case history detailing the use of a prototype system with an adult with dysphasia illustrates that providing augmentative communication should not be restricted to expression of 'needs and wants', but should enable the non-speaking individual to share past experience and future hopes.","PeriodicalId":77120,"journal":{"name":"European journal of disorders of communication : the journal of the College of Speech and Language Therapists, London","volume":"32 3 Spec No 1","pages":"289-306"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13682829709177102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59824984","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}