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Pérez-Sánchez, María del Carmen; González-Nosti, María; Cuetos, Fernando; Álvarez-Cañizo, Marta – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: The expressiveness during reading is essential for a fluent reading. Reading prosody has been scarcely studied in an experimental manner, owing to the difficulties in taking objective and direct measures of this reading skill. However, new technologies development has made it possible to analyse reading prosody in an experimental way.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Neurological Impairments, Reading Fluency
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Lowit, Anja; Ijitona, Tolulope; Kuschmann, Anja; Corson, Stephen; Soraghan, John – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Stress production is important for effective communication, but this skill is frequently impaired in people with motor speech disorders. The literature reports successful treatment of these deficits in this population, thus highlighting the therapeutic potential of this area. However, no specific guidance is currently available to…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Speech Impairments, Neurological Impairments, Psychomotor Skills
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Dinnes, Carly; Hux, Karen – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2018
Written expression is a high-level language process susceptible to impairment given mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI); however, minimal research exists about assessing or treating this aspect of language performance. This study's purpose was to determine the effect of a multicomponent intervention on the written expression of an undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Writing Instruction, Intervention, Head Injuries