Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.159
L. Boles
Abstract Aphasia couples therapy (Boles, 2009) has a brief and all too obscure history. A variety of terms have been applied to this form of therapy. This paper reviews evidence for the efficacy of the approach that recruits the significant others of people with aphasia to assume the role of therapist, with the speech-language therapist assuming the role of “coach.”
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Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.165
S. Robinson, L. Hand
Abstract Blank's examination of children's abilities in abstract language was implemented in the Preschool Language Assessment Instrument (2nd edition). The PLAI-2 has four distinct levels of increasing difficulty: matching, selective analysis, reordering, and reasoning. This study showed that the reordering and reasoning levels (III and IV) overlapped in terms of difficulty for 5-year-old New Zealand children. This may require a re-examination of Blank's construct. Overlap was also seen for matching and selective analysis, but this can be explained in terms of the children performing at ceiling.
{"title":"New Zealand Children and the Preschool Language Assessment Instrument","authors":"S. Robinson, L. Hand","doi":"10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.165","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Blank's examination of children's abilities in abstract language was implemented in the Preschool Language Assessment Instrument (2nd edition). The PLAI-2 has four distinct levels of increasing difficulty: matching, selective analysis, reordering, and reasoning. This study showed that the reordering and reasoning levels (III and IV) overlapped in terms of difficulty for 5-year-old New Zealand children. This may require a re-examination of Blank's construct. Overlap was also seen for matching and selective analysis, but this can be explained in terms of the children performing at ceiling.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"497 1","pages":"165 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75544274","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 : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.147
K. Bridgman, M. Onslow, S. O'brian, S. Block
Abstract It is arguable that the Lidcombe Program warrants best practice status for early intervention. Meta-analysis of randomized clinical evidence shows an odds of recovery 7 to 8 times that of natural recovery. However, during recent years there have been accumulating logical, conceptual, and empirical challenges to one of the fundamental Lidcombe Program components: clinician use of percent syllable stuttered measures during the treatment process. This article outlines those challenges, with particular reference to evidence that emerged during a recent randomized controlled trial. Following deliberations by the International Lidcombe Program Trainers' Consortium and the Australian community of early stuttering intervention specialists, a decision was made to remove percent syllables stuttered as a manualized treatment component. This article explores how the Lidcombe Program treatment process now works, and the impact of this change on routine clinical practice.
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Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.171
Helen L. Blake, S. Hewat, Elizabeth Spencer
Abstract This study explored an alternative methodology for analyzing communication interactions, to determine whether it could be applied to interventions designed to improve the communication competence of university graduates who are non-native speakers of English (NNSE). Qualitative research methods examined the communication of both interlocutors in job interviews to determine if there was a relationship between performance and perceptual judgements of accent, intelligibility, comprehensibility and employability. Detailed conversational analysis allowed for in-depth consideration of typical conversation breakdown and repair strategies used by native speakers of English (NSE) and NNSE. The results indicated that the majority of participant errors were accent differences and minor grammatical errors. The type and quantity of repair strategies utilized in response to the errors varied depending on communication and interactional competence. We predicted that there would be a relationship between participant's performance and interlocutor's perceptions. This proved to be the case in the NSE-NNSE interactions, but not in the NSE-NSE interview. This methodology offers a promising framework which could be utilized in future investigations into communication skills of NNSE and their interlocutors. Analyzing data from a job interview provided preliminary information about the context contingent aspects of communication that are problematic for graduates who are NNSE.
{"title":"Native Speaker and Non-Native Speaker Communication During Job Interviews","authors":"Helen L. Blake, S. Hewat, Elizabeth Spencer","doi":"10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.171","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study explored an alternative methodology for analyzing communication interactions, to determine whether it could be applied to interventions designed to improve the communication competence of university graduates who are non-native speakers of English (NNSE). Qualitative research methods examined the communication of both interlocutors in job interviews to determine if there was a relationship between performance and perceptual judgements of accent, intelligibility, comprehensibility and employability. Detailed conversational analysis allowed for in-depth consideration of typical conversation breakdown and repair strategies used by native speakers of English (NSE) and NNSE. The results indicated that the majority of participant errors were accent differences and minor grammatical errors. The type and quantity of repair strategies utilized in response to the errors varied depending on communication and interactional competence. We predicted that there would be a relationship between participant's performance and interlocutor's perceptions. This proved to be the case in the NSE-NNSE interactions, but not in the NSE-NSE interview. This methodology offers a promising framework which could be utilized in future investigations into communication skills of NNSE and their interlocutors. Analyzing data from a job interview provided preliminary information about the context contingent aspects of communication that are problematic for graduates who are NNSE.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"107 1 1","pages":"171 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76149497","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 : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.153
Yi-ling Chang, J. Jeng, C. Tseng
Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the acoustic patterns of crying sounds produced by a healthy one-month-old infant, with a special focus on various melody contours of fundamental frequency in a single cry and the coordination patterns between crying and respiration. Crying sounds were collected by the mother of the infant using a digital recorder in a natural home setting. The crying sounds collected were produced spontaneously by the infant without any elicited or invasive procedure. Acoustic analysis was conducted to examine crying characteristics on the dimension of frequency and regularity. Different kinds of melody contours were identified, including rising-falling, falling-rising, rising, falling, and fluctuated variations. Both regular and irregular coordination patterns between respiration and crying were found in the cries. The variations of crying pattern identified suggest that the ability to produce different crying sounds with various compositions of melody patterns had already developed for a one-month-old infant.
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Pub Date : 2011-09-01DOI: 10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.139
Valerie Adams, R. Callister, B. Mathisen
Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this article was to review the literature with regard to use of tongue-strengthening exercise in the management of swallowing disorders (dysphagia) such as those with cerebrovascular accident (stroke) or head and neck cancer. Methods: A database of articles published from 1984 to June 2010 was compiled from MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PubMed using combinations of the following key words: exercise, exercise therapy, swallowing, dysphagia, stroke, cerebrovascular disorder, tongue strength, tongue-strength exercise, lingual strength, age, intensity, head and neck cancer, and swallowing rehabilitation. References listed in identified publications as well as abstracts were examined. Studies that satisfied the following selection criteria were included: (1) individuals had a diagnosis of dysphagia after stroke or head and neck cancer; (2) effects of tongue-strength exercises were examined; and (3) the design of the studies was either randomized control trial (RCT), prospective cohort intervention study, or case study. Results: Analysis of candidate studies showed that tongue-strengthening exercise is applicable to dysphagia intervention in general. However, the optimum dose, frequency, and duration of the exercise required to rehabilitate tongue function has yet to be established. Conclusion: Tongue-strengthening exercise has the potential to be a simple yet effective therapeutic tool to add to the options for swallowing rehabilitation in adults.
{"title":"Using Tongue-Strengthening Exercise Programs in Dysphagia Intervention","authors":"Valerie Adams, R. Callister, B. Mathisen","doi":"10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/jslh.2011.14.3.139","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this article was to review the literature with regard to use of tongue-strengthening exercise in the management of swallowing disorders (dysphagia) such as those with cerebrovascular accident (stroke) or head and neck cancer. Methods: A database of articles published from 1984 to June 2010 was compiled from MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PubMed using combinations of the following key words: exercise, exercise therapy, swallowing, dysphagia, stroke, cerebrovascular disorder, tongue strength, tongue-strength exercise, lingual strength, age, intensity, head and neck cancer, and swallowing rehabilitation. References listed in identified publications as well as abstracts were examined. Studies that satisfied the following selection criteria were included: (1) individuals had a diagnosis of dysphagia after stroke or head and neck cancer; (2) effects of tongue-strength exercises were examined; and (3) the design of the studies was either randomized control trial (RCT), prospective cohort intervention study, or case study. Results: Analysis of candidate studies showed that tongue-strengthening exercise is applicable to dysphagia intervention in general. However, the optimum dose, frequency, and duration of the exercise required to rehabilitate tongue function has yet to be established. Conclusion: Tongue-strengthening exercise has the potential to be a simple yet effective therapeutic tool to add to the options for swallowing rehabilitation in adults.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"35 1","pages":"139 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80072144","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 : 2011-06-01DOI: 10.1179/136132811805334867
Lan Zhang, M. Ng
Abstract Pronunciation problem has always been the major challenge for Cantonese ESL speakers due to discrepancy between the Cantonese and English sound inventories. Traditionally, accent identification was done by listening to the accented English produced by Cantonese speakers. This is a subjective and unreliable method for learning a second language (L2). The present study made use of automatic speech recognition (ASR) technologies in identifying the error pattern associated with accented English produced by Cantonese ESL speakers. Cantonese ESL speakers are instructed to produce a list of isolated English words and a short passage. Pattern and frequency of errors in L2 English pronunciation were objectively identified from the speech samples using ASR software. Results of error analysis were compared with what linguists predicted. Results on L2 English error pattern were discussed in relation to L1 Cantonese.
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Pub Date : 2011-06-01DOI: 10.1179/136132811805334821
S. Atcherson, Tina M. Stoody
Abstract Patients with high peak compensated static acoustic admittance (Ytm) tympanograms often have normal-appearing audiometric presentations. However, this tympanometric condition may render acoustic stapedial reflex (ASR) thresholds immeasurable because of fluctuating ear canal pressure and responselike artifacts obtained irrespective of the stimulus level. There is a paucity of information in the literature about this responselike artifact and a potential technical modification to manage it. Here we describe for the first time the use of the ASR test modification with a case of bilateral high peak Ytm tympanograms and audiometrically determined uniunilateral sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear with concerns about retrocochlear pathology. Standard audiologic procedures were completed along with a modified ASR test, and distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing. Fluctuating ear canal pressure prevented reliable acoustic reflex measurements. After adding positive pressure to the ear canals relative to the tympanometric peak pressure, ipsilateral ASRs were present but elevated, yet more consistent with pure-tone audiometry. Offsetting ear canal pressure may be a useful clinical modification for ASR testing in cases of high peak Ytm tympanograms.
{"title":"Acoustic Stapedial Reflex Test Modification in Ears with High Static Admittance and Asymmetric Hearing Loss: A Case Study","authors":"S. Atcherson, Tina M. Stoody","doi":"10.1179/136132811805334821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1179/136132811805334821","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Patients with high peak compensated static acoustic admittance (Ytm) tympanograms often have normal-appearing audiometric presentations. However, this tympanometric condition may render acoustic stapedial reflex (ASR) thresholds immeasurable because of fluctuating ear canal pressure and responselike artifacts obtained irrespective of the stimulus level. There is a paucity of information in the literature about this responselike artifact and a potential technical modification to manage it. Here we describe for the first time the use of the ASR test modification with a case of bilateral high peak Ytm tympanograms and audiometrically determined uniunilateral sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear with concerns about retrocochlear pathology. Standard audiologic procedures were completed along with a modified ASR test, and distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) and auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing. Fluctuating ear canal pressure prevented reliable acoustic reflex measurements. After adding positive pressure to the ear canals relative to the tympanometric peak pressure, ipsilateral ASRs were present but elevated, yet more consistent with pure-tone audiometry. Offsetting ear canal pressure may be a useful clinical modification for ASR testing in cases of high peak Ytm tympanograms.","PeriodicalId":88385,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of speech, language, and hearing","volume":"47 1","pages":"129 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79358987","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 : 2011-06-01DOI: 10.1179/136132811805334858
E. Collins, Felix S. F. Ram
Abstract Aims: To describe rates of middle ear disease in children attending a nurse-led mobile community ear clinic over a 2-year period in Wellington, New Zealand. Methods: Analysis of records of ear examination carried out over a 2-year period to identify rates of middle ear disease in children aged 0 to 18 years. All data were collected at the time of consultation. Otitis media with effusion (OME) being a common middle ear disease in children was investigated in more detail. Results: 2,273 children were seen in the ear clinic between July 2004 and June 2006. Nearly one in three children (28%) was diagnosed as having OME at their first ear clinic visit. Males of Pacific Island ethnicity, aged between 0 to 4 years had the highest rates (48.3%) of OME. Conclusions: Chronic middle ear disease continues to be a significant problem for children in New Zealand, particularly in the Hutt Valley (Wellington) region. This study showed that the childhood rate of ear disease continues to be unacceptably high. Chronic middle ear disease is a serious health risk for children, and could reach epidemic proportions if more resources are not allocated to the management of this disease in New Zealand. Repeated episodes of otitis media can result in hearing loss, language delay, difficulties in literacy, lowered school achievement, and other areas of learning at school. Effective prevention, detection, and intervention continue to be a significant public health challenge for this ever increasing disease, especially in children of Pacific Island origin. It is important that all children are seen as early as possible to ensure timely and appropriate care to minimize the impact of impaired hearing on early childhood development. Greater public health resources are required to minimize the impact of this disease, especially in Pacific Island children.
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Pub Date : 2011-06-01DOI: 10.1179/136132811805334876
K. Carson, G. Gillon, T. Boustead
Abstract Purpose: Phonological awareness (PA) ability at school entry is a powerful predictor of early literacy success. Equipping classroom teachers with tools to accurately and efficiently monitor young children's PA development to help inform reading and writing instruction is critical for raising literacy achievement for all children. Computer-based assessment (CBA) is one conduit through which time-efficient monitoring of PA can be achieved within busy curricular environments. This study investigated whether computer-based administration of PA test content could generate equivalent results to paper-based administration with an examiner. Methods: Thirty-three children aged between 4 years, 10 months and 5 years, 0 months participated in the study. Twenty-one children presented with typical speech and language development and 12 children presented with moderate-severe speech delay. A crossover research design was used whereby participants were allocated to one of two experimental assessment conditions. Group A received a paper-based assessment of their PA skills whereas Group B received the same assessment content delivered by a computer program that could be self-administered. Two weeks later the participants were re-assessed using the opposite assessment modality. Results: Data analysis showed that: (a) CBA generated comparable scores to the paper-based counterpart for both children with typical spoken language development and children with moderate-severe speech delay, (b) CBA took 20% less time to administer, (c) there were no gender differences in performance between CBA and paper-based administrations, and (d) CBA scores showed strong evidence of reliability and concurrent validity with an existing paper-based phonological awareness measure. Implications: The findings indicate that CBA can generate comparable results and in a shorter time period when compared to more traditional paper-based methods of measuring PA ability. Potential implications of introducing CBA as a universal screening and monitoring tool on the literacy outcomes of school-aged children are discussed.
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