Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2021.00584
Vijay Kumar, Akriti Kumar, Anjali Sharma
Ortner’s syndrome is characterized with hoarseness of voice due to left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and is primarily caused by cardiovascular disease. Based on the concurrent impairment of both the heart and voice, it is also described as Cardio-Vocal syndrome. Hoarseness and breathiness, are the core voice features of Ortner’s syndrome, occurring in children and adults alike. Formal and customized vocal rehabilitation using symptomatic voice therapy approach can elicit remarkable voice improvement in such cases. In this case study, a 28 years old female with such cardiac pathology and voice symptoms is documented. Vocal rehabilitation was initiated, after medical intervention. Normal voice characteristic was achieved within nine sessions of voice therapy as evident in pre and post therapy comparison of acoustic and perceptual parameters. This finding is imperative to the narratives of such rare cases, as it emphasizes on the early intervention. The results suggest that management plays a vital role in restoration of vocal characteristics in cases where otherwise there could have been a permanent damage. There are a few literatures on the voice profile of persons with Ortner’s syndrome however, no study, to the best of our exhaustive search, has been reported on vocal rehabilitation profile on Ortner’s syndrome. The present study explores the trajectory of voice recovery in Ortner’s syndrome.
{"title":"Trajectory of Voice Rehabilitation in Ortner’s Syndrome: A Case Report","authors":"Vijay Kumar, Akriti Kumar, Anjali Sharma","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2021.00584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2021.00584","url":null,"abstract":"Ortner’s syndrome is characterized with hoarseness of voice due to left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and is primarily caused by cardiovascular disease. Based on the concurrent impairment of both the heart and voice, it is also described as Cardio-Vocal syndrome. Hoarseness and breathiness, are the core voice features of Ortner’s syndrome, occurring in children and adults alike. Formal and customized vocal rehabilitation using symptomatic voice therapy approach can elicit remarkable voice improvement in such cases. In this case study, a 28 years old female with such cardiac pathology and voice symptoms is documented. Vocal rehabilitation was initiated, after medical intervention. Normal voice characteristic was achieved within nine sessions of voice therapy as evident in pre and post therapy comparison of acoustic and perceptual parameters. This finding is imperative to the narratives of such rare cases, as it emphasizes on the early intervention. The results suggest that management plays a vital role in restoration of vocal characteristics in cases where otherwise there could have been a permanent damage. There are a few literatures on the voice profile of persons with Ortner’s syndrome however, no study, to the best of our exhaustive search, has been reported on vocal rehabilitation profile on Ortner’s syndrome. The present study explores the trajectory of voice recovery in Ortner’s syndrome.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135990812","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}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2022.00759
Sabiha Parveen, Jaelan Moore
Purpose: A new diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD) occurs every nine minutes in the United States. It is a multimodality neurogenic disorder whose prevalence is expected to only increase worldwide in the coming decades. Therefore, a systematic examination of the current perception of PD symptoms and the different unmet needs of people with PD and their families can allow healthcare professionals to design more effective education, awareness, and management programs. The current study examined perceptions of different PD-related symptoms among individuals with PD and care partners (including spouses and family members) living in different communities of the United States (including Oklahoma and surrounding regions).Methods: The study included 39 participants with PD and 11 care partners based in four states (including Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas).Results: Findings indicated that participants with PD and care partners more frequently reported motor symptoms associated with PD than nonmotor and communication symptoms. In addition, specific to unmet needs, both groups reported the need for specialized services and educational resources related to PD symptoms in their respective communities.Conclusions: Overall, there is a need for more widespread education and access to specialized services specific to PD. Overall, findings from the study will help create more effective service delivery programs for individuals with PD and their families in different communities.
{"title":"Current Perceptions and Unmet Needs of People with Parkinson Disease and their Families","authors":"Sabiha Parveen, Jaelan Moore","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2022.00759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2022.00759","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: A new diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD) occurs every nine minutes in the United States. It is a multimodality neurogenic disorder whose prevalence is expected to only increase worldwide in the coming decades. Therefore, a systematic examination of the current perception of PD symptoms and the different unmet needs of people with PD and their families can allow healthcare professionals to design more effective education, awareness, and management programs. The current study examined perceptions of different PD-related symptoms among individuals with PD and care partners (including spouses and family members) living in different communities of the United States (including Oklahoma and surrounding regions).Methods: The study included 39 participants with PD and 11 care partners based in four states (including Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas).Results: Findings indicated that participants with PD and care partners more frequently reported motor symptoms associated with PD than nonmotor and communication symptoms. In addition, specific to unmet needs, both groups reported the need for specialized services and educational resources related to PD symptoms in their respective communities.Conclusions: Overall, there is a need for more widespread education and access to specialized services specific to PD. Overall, findings from the study will help create more effective service delivery programs for individuals with PD and their families in different communities.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135990816","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}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2021.00486
R Vrinda, Suja Kurian Kunnath
Purpose: This paper attempts to explore the significance of parent-mediated group intervention for children with developmental language disorder. The implementation of group intervention programs with the active involvement of parents creates opportunities for peer interaction in realistic settings and parents becoming more invested in the intervention process through direct observation and active participation.Methods: Eight parent child dyads participated in the group intervention. The participants were native Malayalam speakers in the age range of 3-4 years. 25 sessions were provided with intervention focused on language as well as emergent literacy skills. Vignettes are provided to demonstrate the program’s structure. Pre and post receptive expressive language scores and emergent literacy scores were assessed using Assessment of Language Disorders and Get Ready to Read.Results: The results indicated that parent mediated group intervention was effective for children with developmental language disorder. All children, with the exception of one, achieved age-appropriate language scores and improvement in emergent literacy skills. Despite the fact that all of the children’s emergent literac scores improved after intervention, none of the children’s scores exceeded the average, implying that much more focused and rigorous attention is required for training of emergent literacy skills.Conclusions: This paper calls attention to the practicality of parent mediated group intervention for children with developmental language disorders through which more children can be served in a cost and time efficient way. It emphasizes the importance of involving parents in sessions to improve speech and language skills as well as emergent literacy.
{"title":"A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Parent mediated Group Intervention Program for Developmental Language Disorders","authors":"R Vrinda, Suja Kurian Kunnath","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2021.00486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2021.00486","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This paper attempts to explore the significance of parent-mediated group intervention for children with developmental language disorder. The implementation of group intervention programs with the active involvement of parents creates opportunities for peer interaction in realistic settings and parents becoming more invested in the intervention process through direct observation and active participation.Methods: Eight parent child dyads participated in the group intervention. The participants were native Malayalam speakers in the age range of 3-4 years. 25 sessions were provided with intervention focused on language as well as emergent literacy skills. Vignettes are provided to demonstrate the program’s structure. Pre and post receptive expressive language scores and emergent literacy scores were assessed using Assessment of Language Disorders and Get Ready to Read.Results: The results indicated that parent mediated group intervention was effective for children with developmental language disorder. All children, with the exception of one, achieved age-appropriate language scores and improvement in emergent literacy skills. Despite the fact that all of the children’s emergent literac scores improved after intervention, none of the children’s scores exceeded the average, implying that much more focused and rigorous attention is required for training of emergent literacy skills.Conclusions: This paper calls attention to the practicality of parent mediated group intervention for children with developmental language disorders through which more children can be served in a cost and time efficient way. It emphasizes the importance of involving parents in sessions to improve speech and language skills as well as emergent literacy.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135990811","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}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2023.00955
Mohammad Al Rjoob, Nik Fariza Husna Nik Hassan, Mohd Azmarul A Aziz, Faiz Mustafar, Mohd Normani Zakaria
Purpose: Dysphagia is a prevalent condition following a stroke. Dysphagia and its implications negatively affect quality of life (QOL) aspects. The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of dysphagia on QOL aspects, and to explore its association with sociodemographic factors.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 31 stroke patients with dysphagia. The effect of dysphagia on QOL aspects was measured using the Dysphagia Handicap Index (DHI). Demographic variables included gender, age, educational level, annual family income and the time of onset of dysphagia.Results: The majority of the participants (61.3%) were male, and 67.7% were between 60-70 years old. The onset of dysphagia was less than three months for most of the patients (61.3%). The mean±SD of the DHI total score was 53.5±9.6. Furthermore, the study’s findings revealed significant mean differences in the physical subscale (p=0.003), emotional subscale (p=0.020), and the DHI total score (p=0.005) between groups with different onsets of dysphagia. This means that the effect of dysphagia on physical and emotional aspects, as well as overall quality of life, diminishes over time following a stroke.Conclusions: This study’s results underscore the adverse effect of dysphagia on QOL aspects in stroke patients, with a gradual reduction in this impact over the post-stroke period.
{"title":"The Effect of Dysphagia on Quality of Life in Stroke Patients","authors":"Mohammad Al Rjoob, Nik Fariza Husna Nik Hassan, Mohd Azmarul A Aziz, Faiz Mustafar, Mohd Normani Zakaria","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2023.00955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2023.00955","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Dysphagia is a prevalent condition following a stroke. Dysphagia and its implications negatively affect quality of life (QOL) aspects. The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of dysphagia on QOL aspects, and to explore its association with sociodemographic factors.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 31 stroke patients with dysphagia. The effect of dysphagia on QOL aspects was measured using the Dysphagia Handicap Index (DHI). Demographic variables included gender, age, educational level, annual family income and the time of onset of dysphagia.Results: The majority of the participants (61.3%) were male, and 67.7% were between 60-70 years old. The onset of dysphagia was less than three months for most of the patients (61.3%). The mean±SD of the DHI total score was 53.5±9.6. Furthermore, the study’s findings revealed significant mean differences in the physical subscale (<i>p</i>=0.003), emotional subscale (<i>p</i>=0.020), and the DHI total score (<i>p</i>=0.005) between groups with different onsets of dysphagia. This means that the effect of dysphagia on physical and emotional aspects, as well as overall quality of life, diminishes over time following a stroke.Conclusions: This study’s results underscore the adverse effect of dysphagia on QOL aspects in stroke patients, with a gradual reduction in this impact over the post-stroke period.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135990813","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}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2022.00738
Ulrike Lüdtke, Hanna Ehlert, Dana Gaigulo, Juan Bornman
Purpose: Language Sample Analysis (LSA) is a prominent method in researching language development and is also used in clinical practice in the speech-language pathology (SLP) discipline. This scoping review aims to describe current contributions of research on LSA methodology, identify research gaps and explore areas of future advancement of LSA methodology related to its five components: determining the sample length/size, collecting, transcribing, coding and analyzing the sample.Methods: A scoping review was conducted of studies on LSA methodology published between 2010–2020 that focused on preschool children. Relevant electronic databases and research platforms were searched using the PRISMA method for data identification, screening, selection and extraction.Results: Of the 213 identified studies, 61 met the inclusion criteria, covering all aspects of the LSA process. Overall, a wide variability in study designs and research foci were found, reflecting the broad applicability of LSA. The two LSA aspects addressed most frequently are the first and last of the five LSA components: determining the length (or size) of the language sample and analyzing the sample. The methodological variability hinders the comparison of evidence and drawing implications which negatively impacts on research and clinical SLP practice.Conclusions: Besides expanding research on LSA for multilingual children and establishing LSA guidelines for specific contexts, age groups and language backgrounds, it appears as if technological development, particularly in the (semi)automatic transcription, codin
{"title":"Research on the methodology of LSA with preschool children: a scoping review","authors":"Ulrike Lüdtke, Hanna Ehlert, Dana Gaigulo, Juan Bornman","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2022.00738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2022.00738","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Language Sample Analysis (LSA) is a prominent method in researching language development and is also used in clinical practice in the speech-language pathology (SLP) discipline. This scoping review aims to describe current contributions of research on LSA methodology, identify research gaps and explore areas of future advancement of LSA methodology related to its five components: determining the sample length/size, collecting, transcribing, coding and analyzing the sample.Methods: A scoping review was conducted of studies on LSA methodology published between 2010–2020 that focused on preschool children. Relevant electronic databases and research platforms were searched using the PRISMA method for data identification, screening, selection and extraction.Results: Of the 213 identified studies, 61 met the inclusion criteria, covering all aspects of the LSA process. Overall, a wide variability in study designs and research foci were found, reflecting the broad applicability of LSA. The two LSA aspects addressed most frequently are the first and last of the five LSA components: determining the length (or size) of the language sample and analyzing the sample. The methodological variability hinders the comparison of evidence and drawing implications which negatively impacts on research and clinical SLP practice.Conclusions: Besides expanding research on LSA for multilingual children and establishing LSA guidelines for specific contexts, age groups and language backgrounds, it appears as if technological development, particularly in the (semi)automatic transcription, codin","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135990815","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}
Pub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2022.00640
Hyunsoo Yoo, Bess-Sirmon Taylor
Purpose: we investigated whether memory and language abilities differ by sports played (football, basketball, and ice hockey) following Sport-Related Concussions (SRCs).Methods: A total of 74 young athletes with mild TBI were enrolled in this study and all participants specifically from Sports-Related Concussions. The group of 74 participants with mTBI from SRCs was divided into three groups by the sports played: football (N=35), basketball (N=19), and ice hockey (N=20).Results: The Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was conducted on the two selected variables, verbal memory composite scores and CRTT-Efficiency Scores. The results of the MANOVA demonstrated that there were no significant differences across three sports group.Conclusions: The primary goal of the current study was to investigate whether measurement of cognitivelinguistic function across three different high-contact sports showed significant differences on young athletes’ memory and language performance following sport-related concussions (SRCs). The results revealed that verbal memory and auditory comprehension at a sentence level were not statistically significantly different across three main high-contact sports following SRCs.
{"title":"The Impact of High-Contact Sports on Memory and Auditory Comprehension in Young Athletes following Sports-Related Concussions","authors":"Hyunsoo Yoo, Bess-Sirmon Taylor","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2022.00640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2022.00640","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: we investigated whether memory and language abilities differ by sports played (football, basketball, and ice hockey) following Sport-Related Concussions (SRCs).Methods: A total of 74 young athletes with mild TBI were enrolled in this study and all participants specifically from Sports-Related Concussions. The group of 74 participants with mTBI from SRCs was divided into three groups by the sports played: football (N=35), basketball (N=19), and ice hockey (N=20).Results: The Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was conducted on the two selected variables, verbal memory composite scores and CRTT-Efficiency Scores. The results of the MANOVA demonstrated that there were no significant differences across three sports group.Conclusions: The primary goal of the current study was to investigate whether measurement of cognitivelinguistic function across three different high-contact sports showed significant differences on young athletes’ memory and language performance following sport-related concussions (SRCs). The results revealed that verbal memory and auditory comprehension at a sentence level were not statistically significantly different across three main high-contact sports following SRCs.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135990814","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}
Pub Date : 2023-04-30DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2021.00332
P. Briley, Claire Brownlow, Charles Ellis
Purpose: People who stutter (PWS) who have completed intensive programs commonly face issues with relapse. A confounding factor to relapse is the availability of speech-language pathologists who specialize in the treatment of stuttering. A possible solution to these issues is a telepractice approach to treatment maintenance following an intensive program. Therefore, the current project examined whether a tele-delivered maintenance program could be utilized to maintain and improve upon speech related outcomes obtained in an intensive treatment program.Methods: Participants included 6 children who stutter and 4 adults who stutter. Each participant completed a university intensive treatment program and also agreed to take part in 12 tele-delivered maintenance sessions following the intensive program. The Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES) was utilized for outcome measures.Results: Significant improvement was found on the OASES’ overall impact score when comparing pre- and post-telepractice maintenance, (Z=-2.81, p=0.005). Additionally, participants experienced significant improvement in participants’ perceptions of their speaking abilities (Z=-2.45, p=0.014) and in overall quality of life (Z=-2.07, p=0.038).Conclusions: While PWS are faced with challenges when seeking to improve upon communication skills, the current study offers additional evidence that telepractice is a viable delivery option for the maintenance of therapeutic gains.
{"title":"Provision of Maintenance Therapy for People Who Stutter Via Telepractice","authors":"P. Briley, Claire Brownlow, Charles Ellis","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2021.00332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2021.00332","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: People who stutter (PWS) who have completed intensive programs commonly face issues with relapse. A confounding factor to relapse is the availability of speech-language pathologists who specialize in the treatment of stuttering. A possible solution to these issues is a telepractice approach to treatment maintenance following an intensive program. Therefore, the current project examined whether a tele-delivered maintenance program could be utilized to maintain and improve upon speech related outcomes obtained in an intensive treatment program.Methods: Participants included 6 children who stutter and 4 adults who stutter. Each participant completed a university intensive treatment program and also agreed to take part in 12 tele-delivered maintenance sessions following the intensive program. The Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES) was utilized for outcome measures.Results: Significant improvement was found on the OASES’ overall impact score when comparing pre- and post-telepractice maintenance, (Z=-2.81, p=0.005). Additionally, participants experienced significant improvement in participants’ perceptions of their speaking abilities (Z=-2.45, p=0.014) and in overall quality of life (Z=-2.07, p=0.038).Conclusions: While PWS are faced with challenges when seeking to improve upon communication skills, the current study offers additional evidence that telepractice is a viable delivery option for the maintenance of therapeutic gains.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41843034","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}
Pub Date : 2023-04-30DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2023.00997
Eun Kyoung Lee, Seong-Hee Choi
Purpose: This study investigated the development of early metaphor comprehension based on gender and age in preschool children and measured its correlation with vocabulary acquisition.Methods: A total of forty-nine Korean preschoolers aged 4 to 6 years old (17 boys, 32 girls) with normal receptive and expressive vocabulary development were included in this study. Children were divided into three groups depending on age, their mean ages being 4;8, 5;4, 6;3, respectively. Metaphor reasoning comprehension was measured using MRAC(Metaphor and Reasoning Comprehension Test), and children were asked to listen to a sentence and point to one of the three pictures.Results: There was no significant difference among the groups in the metaphor reasoning score by age and gender of preschool children (p>0.05). In addition, the Pearson correlation showed a positive relationship between metaphor and reasoning comprehension scores, as well as receptive vocabulary scores (r=0.302, p=0.035) and a positive relationship between metaphor and reasoning comprehension scores and expressive vocabulary scores (r=0.314, p=0.028). In addition, most errors occur in understanding the literal meaning rather than the implied meaning or metaphor of the sentence.Conclusion: In early young children, vocabulary plays an essential role in the metaphor interpretation process. However, to better understand the development of metaphor language comprehension in preschool children, exploring other factors affecting their ability to understand metaphor language and investigating their relationships is necessary.
{"title":"Development of Metaphor Reasoning Comprehension in Infants","authors":"Eun Kyoung Lee, Seong-Hee Choi","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2023.00997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2023.00997","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study investigated the development of early metaphor comprehension based on gender and age in preschool children and measured its correlation with vocabulary acquisition.Methods: A total of forty-nine Korean preschoolers aged 4 to 6 years old (17 boys, 32 girls) with normal receptive and expressive vocabulary development were included in this study. Children were divided into three groups depending on age, their mean ages being 4;8, 5;4, 6;3, respectively. Metaphor reasoning comprehension was measured using MRAC(Metaphor and Reasoning Comprehension Test), and children were asked to listen to a sentence and point to one of the three pictures.Results: There was no significant difference among the groups in the metaphor reasoning score by age and gender of preschool children (p>0.05). In addition, the Pearson correlation showed a positive relationship between metaphor and reasoning comprehension scores, as well as receptive vocabulary scores (r=0.302, p=0.035) and a positive relationship between metaphor and reasoning comprehension scores and expressive vocabulary scores (r=0.314, p=0.028). In addition, most errors occur in understanding the literal meaning rather than the implied meaning or metaphor of the sentence.Conclusion: In early young children, vocabulary plays an essential role in the metaphor interpretation process. However, to better understand the development of metaphor language comprehension in preschool children, exploring other factors affecting their ability to understand metaphor language and investigating their relationships is necessary.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42879163","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}
Pub Date : 2023-04-30DOI: 10.21849/cacd.2022.00906
Seong Hee Choi, Deok Ae Kim
Purpose: Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has become a very important hygiene measure to block or prevent respiratory droplets and infections. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of wearing face masks on the acoustical measurement of voice and speech in patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders, and to present guidelines for wearing a mask when evaluating voice and speech.Methods: A total of 20 patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders who diagnosed with vocal nodules, muscle tension dysphonia, and adductor spasmodic dysphonia (14 females, 6 males, age=30.55±8.24) and age-and gender-matched 20 healthy adults (15 females, 5 males, age=27.31±7.52) were enrolled. All participants completed three speech tasks (sustained /a/vowel, CAPEV-3 all voiced sentence, and the ‘Kaeul’ standard passage- 2nd sentence) with their habitual pitch and loudness among the different mask conditions (No mask, surgical, and KF94). Acoustic analysis including perturbation and cepstral & spectral parameters was conducted with MDVP and ADSV.Results: For the healthy speakers, there were significantly lower in jitter (%), shimmer (%), and noise-to-harmonic (NHR) in no mask condition than in mask conditions, while there was no significantly different in perturbation measures (F0, jitter (%), shimmer (%), and NHR for patients. Vocal intensity was significantly reduced in mask-wearing conditions either surgical or KF94 mask with all speech tasks except sustained /a/ vowel phonation for patients. Cepstral peak prominence (CPP) was not significantly different among the different mask conditions in sustained /a/ vowel phonation and 3rd CAPEV sentence (all voiced sentence) in all groups. Both healthy speakers and patients showed significantly lower L/H ratio values in the no mask condition.Conclusions: Overall, in current study, wearing a mask or the type of face mask did not change time-based and cepstral acoustic parameters, while a spectral measure such as L/H ratio was significantly increased in mask-wearing conditions in patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders. These findings suggest that wearing either surgical or KF 94 masks could be a safe and relevant choice for acoustic perturbation and cepstral measures with /a/ vowel in hyperfunctional dysphonia.
{"title":"Impact of Face Masks on Acoustic Measures in Patients with Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders and Normal Speakers","authors":"Seong Hee Choi, Deok Ae Kim","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2022.00906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2022.00906","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has become a very important hygiene measure to block or prevent respiratory droplets and infections. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of wearing face masks on the acoustical measurement of voice and speech in patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders, and to present guidelines for wearing a mask when evaluating voice and speech.Methods: A total of 20 patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders who diagnosed with vocal nodules, muscle tension dysphonia, and adductor spasmodic dysphonia (14 females, 6 males, age=30.55±8.24) and age-and gender-matched 20 healthy adults (15 females, 5 males, age=27.31±7.52) were enrolled. All participants completed three speech tasks (sustained /a/vowel, CAPEV-3 all voiced sentence, and the ‘Kaeul’ standard passage- 2nd sentence) with their habitual pitch and loudness among the different mask conditions (No mask, surgical, and KF94). Acoustic analysis including perturbation and cepstral & spectral parameters was conducted with MDVP and ADSV.Results: For the healthy speakers, there were significantly lower in jitter (%), shimmer (%), and noise-to-harmonic (NHR) in no mask condition than in mask conditions, while there was no significantly different in perturbation measures (F0, jitter (%), shimmer (%), and NHR for patients. Vocal intensity was significantly reduced in mask-wearing conditions either surgical or KF94 mask with all speech tasks except sustained /a/ vowel phonation for patients. Cepstral peak prominence (CPP) was not significantly different among the different mask conditions in sustained /a/ vowel phonation and 3rd CAPEV sentence (all voiced sentence) in all groups. Both healthy speakers and patients showed significantly lower L/H ratio values in the no mask condition.Conclusions: Overall, in current study, wearing a mask or the type of face mask did not change time-based and cepstral acoustic parameters, while a spectral measure such as L/H ratio was significantly increased in mask-wearing conditions in patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders. These findings suggest that wearing either surgical or KF 94 masks could be a safe and relevant choice for acoustic perturbation and cepstral measures with /a/ vowel in hyperfunctional dysphonia.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48797837","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}
Purpose: Tongue-tie is a common congenital abnormality whose effect on speech sound disorders is controversial. The first purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of tongue-tie in Persian speaking children aged 3–6 years. Second, compare the speech sound errors of children with tongue-tie with those of children without tongue-tie.Methods: 487 (206 female, 281 male) children aged 3–6 years were recruited for this study. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the prevalence of tongue-tie. Fisher’s exact test was performed to compare the speech sound errors of children with and without tongue-tie.Results: The prevalence of tongue-tie in children was 14.9%. These children showed a statistically significant difference in the production of the /s/, /z/, and /l/ sounds in both the initial and final positions of the word and the /t/ sound in the initial position of the word.Conclusions: While it is theoretically expected that the tongue-tie affects the production of anterior sounds, our clinical study shows speech sound disorder in only a limited number of cases. Therefore, it seems that surgical intervention on tongue-tie for sole purpose of speech improvement should be performed cautiously.
{"title":"Prevalence of tongue-tie and evaluation of speech sound disorder in young children","authors":"Zahra Ghayoumi-Anaraki, Fatemeh Majami, Fatemeh Farahnakimoghadam, Seyede Mohadeseh Zohour Karbaf Barbari, Neda Tahmasebifard, J. Sarabadani","doi":"10.21849/cacd.2022.00787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2022.00787","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Tongue-tie is a common congenital abnormality whose effect on speech sound disorders is controversial. The first purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of tongue-tie in Persian speaking children aged 3–6 years. Second, compare the speech sound errors of children with tongue-tie with those of children without tongue-tie.Methods: 487 (206 female, 281 male) children aged 3–6 years were recruited for this study. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the prevalence of tongue-tie. Fisher’s exact test was performed to compare the speech sound errors of children with and without tongue-tie.Results: The prevalence of tongue-tie in children was 14.9%. These children showed a statistically significant difference in the production of the /s/, /z/, and /l/ sounds in both the initial and final positions of the word and the /t/ sound in the initial position of the word.Conclusions: While it is theoretically expected that the tongue-tie affects the production of anterior sounds, our clinical study shows speech sound disorder in only a limited number of cases. Therefore, it seems that surgical intervention on tongue-tie for sole purpose of speech improvement should be performed cautiously.","PeriodicalId":10238,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47984454","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}
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