Monthly Archives: January 2011
Correlation between tracheoesophageal voice and speech and intraluminal pharyngoesophageal transition pressure*
the good speakers presented the lowest amplitude values of pharyngoesophageal transition pressure during phonation. However, the pressure observed in the rest condition was higher for the good speakers and lower for the poor speakers, suggesting that the raise in the pharyngoesophageal transition pressure during phonation damages the quality of tracheoesophageal communication when using speech prosthesis.
Expressive language and cognitive development: diversity and complexity of children’s productions*
the PELCDO-r allowed the characterization of expressive language and cognitive development by means of the objective observation of this process concerning the diversity and complexity of subjects’ productions, considering the period between the fourth phase of sensorimotor stage and the beginning of preoperational stage.
Extralinguistic variables, gender and age, in the self-awareness of speech impairment*
children with phonological disorder can be self-aware of speech impairment; gender and age are not important factors for the development of this ability.
Factors associated to bruxism in children from 4 – 6 years*
the findings corroborated the relationship among bruxism, oral habits and altered aspects of orofacial motricity in children from the studied age group, reinforcing the necessity of speech therapy actions next to the institutions and families.
Health Sciences Descriptors in the Brazilian Speech-Language and Hearing Science*
the presented proposal of a thesaurus contains the specific terminology of the Brazilian Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences and reflects the descriptors of the published scientific production. Being the DeCS a trilingual vocabulary (Portuguese, English and Spanish), the present descriptors organization proposition can be used in these three languages, allowing greater cultural interchange between different nations.
Interactive use of communication by verbal and non-verbal autistic children*
the characterization of the functional communicative profile proposed in this study confirmed the autistic children’s difficulties with interpersonal communication and that these difficulties do not depend on the preferred communicative mean.
Long latency auditory evoked potentials in children with phonological disorder*
children with phonological disorder present altered P300 suggesting involvement of the central auditory pathway, probably due to alterations in the auditory processing, presenting improvement in all components of LLAEP results after speech therapy.
Maximum phonation time of vowels in adult women with vocal nodules*
for the group of adult women with vocal nodules, the MPT values were reduced and positively correlated; the MPT of vowel /a/ presented a lower value when compared to the other investigated vowels.
Oral language disorders and enuresis in children*
results indicated a relationship between enuresis and oral language disorders. Considering the interactions among language, body and psyche, it is suggested that speech therapists, when dealing with oral language disorders in children, also investigate the acquisition of their bladder sphincter control, in a bio-psychical approach.
Oral narratives of children with typical language development*
children presented longer narratives in the book context. However, no significant differences were observed between the age groups. The results of the study also suggest that the interlocutor’s interventions become less necessary with the aging process.
Otoacoustic emissions growth rate threshold – distortion product in neonates*
the procedure was feasible for the neonatal population revealing mean thresholds of up to 60dB for both frequencies. Even though participants presented elevated thresholds, robust amplitude responses were observed.
Perceptual analysis of adolescents’ vocal stability during different phonation tasks*
counting numbers and reading do not detect vocal instability; the production of a sustained vowel demonstrated to be a better task.
Reading and writing assessment scales: preliminary reliability evidences*
the Reading Scale was proven reliable, achieving acceptable levels for diagnostic instruments; the Writing Scale did not present an acceptable reliability level to measure the performance of the tested children.
Phonological changes obtained in the treatment of subjects comparing different therapy models*
the three therapy models were effective for the treatment of children with phonological disorder because they all of them provided an increase in the Percentage of Consonants Correct-Revised, in the number of acquired phonemes and in the types of analyzed generalizations.
School-aged children’s performance in the Brazilian adaptation of the reading processes assessment*
the adaptation of the Prolec to the Brazilian reality appears to be appropriate for the establishment of a reading profile of students, from public and private teaching institutions, who are undergoing the initial phase of literacy.
