Examining resting state functional connectivity and frequency power analysis in adults who stutter compared to adults who do not stutter
ConclusionThe results highlight disrupted functional connectivity in AWS at resting state, particularly in speech-related and associated areas. Given the complex neurological basis of developmental stuttering, robust neural markers are closely linked to this phenomenon. These markers include imbalanced activity within brain regions associated with speech and motor functions, coupled with impaired functional connectivity between these regions. The cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical system governs the dynamic interplay between cortical regions, with SMA as a key cortical site. It is hypothesized that the aberrant resting...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - February 5, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Manifestation of speech disfluencies in preschool Cantonese-English speaking bilingual children
Clin Linguist Phon. 2024 Jan 25:1-17. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2024.2305645. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTStuttering is characterised by disruptions in speech fluency that normally emerges between the ages of 2 to 5 when children start to formulate sentences. Current stuttering identification in children is largely based on speech disfluency criteria (>3% stuttering-like disfluencies, SLDs) developed for monolingual English-speaking children. Research in a Western language context shows that application of the criteria for monolingual to bilingual children may result in false positive diagnosis of stuttering. The applicab...
Source: Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics - January 25, 2024 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Mehdi Bakhtiar Source Type: research
Therapeutic potential of robots for people who stutter: a preliminary study
DiscussionThe communication robot and tandem utterance robot can sometimes be burdensome, although both robots were always easier to talk to for PWS in this preliminary study. The participants with positive speech-related attitudes were more inclined to decrease stuttering-related psychological symptoms when communicating with CommU than when communicating with humans. The participants whose speech-related attitudes were negative were more inclined to show a decrease in stuttering-related psychological symptoms when reading aloud with the tandem robot. Further studies are needed to provide more detailed information. (Sourc...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - January 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
You may have a higher risk of MS and other diseases if you're descended from these ancient people
Like many diseases, multiple sclerosis hits some populations harder than others. For example, Scandinavians are an estimated 17 times more likely than people from sub-Saharan Africa to develop the devastating chronic disease, in which the body’s immune system attacks nerves. “It’s very puzzling,” says University of Copenhagen paleogeneticist Eske Willerslev. Some have speculated that “Viking genes” or some aspect of Northern Europe’s diet or environment might boost risk.
New data from ancient skeletons show part of the answer arose in the Bronze Age. About 5000 years ago, people from the steppes near th...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 10, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
You may have a higher risk of MS and other diseases if you ’re descended from these ancient people
Like many diseases, multiple sclerosis hits some populations harder than others. For example, Scandinavians are an estimated 17 times more likely than people from sub-Saharan Africa to develop the devastating chronic disease, in which the body’s immune system attacks nerves. “It’s very puzzling,” says University of Copenhagen paleogeneticist Eske Willerslev. Some have speculated that “Viking genes” or some aspect of Northern Europe’s diet or environment might boost risk.
New data from ancient skeletons show part of the answer arose in the Bronze Age. About 5000 years ago, people from the steppes near th...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 10, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Exploring participatory health research and its application to speech and language therapy research practices
Conclusions & Implications: PHR remains an under-represented research approach in the SLT literature, despite increasing evidence demonstrating its effectiveness and value. It offers a potential solution to the research-practice gap, and challenges the ongoing research hierarchies by democrating the process of knowledge production.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on this subject PHR is increasingly attracting the attention of funders, researchers and decision-makers due to a growing body of evidence in support of this collaborative research approach. Despite its potential to bridge the research-practice gap,...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - December 22, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Amy Connery Jon Salsberg Source Type: research
Exploring participatory health research and its application to speech and language therapy research practices
Conclusions & Implications: PHR remains an under-represented research approach in the SLT literature, despite increasing evidence demonstrating its effectiveness and value. It offers a potential solution to the research-practice gap, and challenges the ongoing research hierarchies by democrating the process of knowledge production.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on this subject PHR is increasingly attracting the attention of funders, researchers and decision-makers due to a growing body of evidence in support of this collaborative research approach. Despite its potential to bridge the research-practice gap,...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - December 22, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Amy Connery Jon Salsberg Source Type: research
Exploring participatory health research and its application to speech and language therapy research practices
Conclusions & Implications: PHR remains an under-represented research approach in the SLT literature, despite increasing evidence demonstrating its effectiveness and value. It offers a potential solution to the research-practice gap, and challenges the ongoing research hierarchies by democrating the process of knowledge production.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on this subject PHR is increasingly attracting the attention of funders, researchers and decision-makers due to a growing body of evidence in support of this collaborative research approach. Despite its potential to bridge the research-practice gap,...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - December 22, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Amy Connery Jon Salsberg Source Type: research
Exploring participatory health research and its application to speech and language therapy research practices
Conclusions & Implications: PHR remains an under-represented research approach in the SLT literature, despite increasing evidence demonstrating its effectiveness and value. It offers a potential solution to the research-practice gap, and challenges the ongoing research hierarchies by democrating the process of knowledge production.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on this subject PHR is increasingly attracting the attention of funders, researchers and decision-makers due to a growing body of evidence in support of this collaborative research approach. Despite its potential to bridge the research-practice gap,...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - December 22, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Amy Connery Jon Salsberg Source Type: research
Exploring participatory health research and its application to speech and language therapy research practices
Conclusions & Implications: PHR remains an under-represented research approach in the SLT literature, despite increasing evidence demonstrating its effectiveness and value. It offers a potential solution to the research-practice gap, and challenges the ongoing research hierarchies by democrating the process of knowledge production.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on this subject PHR is increasingly attracting the attention of funders, researchers and decision-makers due to a growing body of evidence in support of this collaborative research approach. Despite its potential to bridge the research-practice gap,...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - December 22, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Amy Connery Jon Salsberg Source Type: research
Delay frustration in children who do and do not stutter: A preliminary study
CONCLUSIONS: In general, the current findings seem to provide support for earlier theoretical conceptualizations about the role of emotional reactivity in the development of stuttering.PMID:38101316 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106403 (Source: Journal of Communication Disorders)
Source: Journal of Communication Disorders - December 15, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Kurt Eggers Iris Heselmans Source Type: research
Delay frustration in children who do and do not stutter: A preliminary study
CONCLUSIONS: In general, the current findings seem to provide support for earlier theoretical conceptualizations about the role of emotional reactivity in the development of stuttering.PMID:38101316 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106403 (Source: Journal of Communication Disorders)
Source: Journal of Communication Disorders - December 15, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Kurt Eggers Iris Heselmans Source Type: research
A case study of bilingual neurogenic stuttering: Measures of fluency, emotion, and articulation rate
CONCLUSIONS: Cross-linguistics differences for emotion and articulation rate demonstrates that these aspects impact on fluency and contributes to the disfluencies in each language. Clinical implications of the study demonstrates the importance of assessment of bilingual (i.e., proficiency and dominance) and fluency features of each language in the diagnostic process and the significance of considering emotional processes and articulation rate as part of a comprehensive intervention plan for acquired stuttering.PMID:38065050 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106385 (Source: Journal of Communication Disorders)
Source: Journal of Communication Disorders - December 8, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yael Neumann Source Type: research
A case study of bilingual neurogenic stuttering: Measures of fluency, emotion, and articulation rate
CONCLUSIONS: Cross-linguistics differences for emotion and articulation rate demonstrates that these aspects impact on fluency and contributes to the disfluencies in each language. Clinical implications of the study demonstrates the importance of assessment of bilingual (i.e., proficiency and dominance) and fluency features of each language in the diagnostic process and the significance of considering emotional processes and articulation rate as part of a comprehensive intervention plan for acquired stuttering.PMID:38065050 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106385 (Source: Journal of Communication Disorders)
Source: Journal of Communication Disorders - December 8, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yael Neumann Source Type: research
A case study of bilingual neurogenic stuttering: Measures of fluency, emotion, and articulation rate
CONCLUSIONS: Cross-linguistics differences for emotion and articulation rate demonstrates that these aspects impact on fluency and contributes to the disfluencies in each language. Clinical implications of the study demonstrates the importance of assessment of bilingual (i.e., proficiency and dominance) and fluency features of each language in the diagnostic process and the significance of considering emotional processes and articulation rate as part of a comprehensive intervention plan for acquired stuttering.PMID:38065050 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106385 (Source: Journal of Communication Disorders)
Source: Journal of Communication Disorders - December 8, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Yael Neumann Source Type: research
