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Xueyan Hu; Li-Jen Kuo; L. Quentin Dixon – Language Teaching Research, 2025
The current trend of speakers of English as a second or an additional language (English language learners) outnumbering speakers of English as a first language (native English speakers) has shifted the focus of English language teaching from the nativeness principle to the intelligibility principle. Following the intelligibility principle, this…
Descriptors: English Learners, Intervention, Intelligibility, Comprehension
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Korkalainen, Johanna; McCabe, Patricia; Smidt, Andy; Morgan, Catherine – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Dysarthria is common among children with cerebral palsy (CP) and results in poor speech intelligibility and subsequently low communicative participation. Neuroplasticity evidence suggests that adherence to principles of motor learning (PML) improves motor speech intervention outcomes. Motor speech interventions aim to improve speech…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Speech Communication, Intervention, Children
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Tawfik, Gehad Mohamed; Makram, Omar Mohamed; Zayan, Ahmad Helmy; Ghozy, Sherief; Eid, Peter Samuel; Mahmoud, Mona Hanafy; Abdelaal, Abdelaziz; Abdelghany, Seif Mahmoud; Sayed, Ahmed M.; Sang, To Kim; Kassem, Mahmoud; Ho, Quoc Le Minh; Eltanany, Heba Hussien; Ali, Amira Farghaly; Hassan, Osama Gamal; Elsherbiny, Khaled Essam; Shafik, Amr G.; Hirayama, Kenji; Huy, Nguyen Tien – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Our aim was to assess the different voice prostheses (VPs) to identify the most efficient, safest, patient-tailored, longest lifetime, and inexpensive VPs and assess the different factors affecting their quality. Method: In September 2017, 15 databases were searched to include all randomized controlled trials. A new search was done in May…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Assistive Technology, Journal Articles, Program Effectiveness
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Asratie, Mekuriaw Genanew; Wale, Bantalem Derseh; Aylet, Yibeltal Tadele – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Educational speaking technology is a digital expertise used to enhance speaking performance. This research examined the effects of using educational speaking technology tools: FORVO, YouGlish, and OALD 8th ed. to enhance students' speaking performance. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest two groups design was used. Test, questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Speech Communication, Program Effectiveness
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Lund, Shelley K.; Keis, Emily; SanFelippo, Kaitlin – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2020
Clinical Question: Do children with complex communication needs show greater improvement in requesting behaviors with the Picture Exchange Communication System® (PECS®) versus a speech-generating device (SGD)? Method: Systematic Review. Sources: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Education Resources Information…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pictorial Stimuli, Speech Communication, Communication Skills
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Rayes, Hanin; Al-Malky, Ghada; Vickers, Deborah – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to evaluate the published research in auditory training (AT) for pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients. This review investigates whether AT in children with CIs leads to improvements in speech and language development, cognition, and/or quality of life and whether improvements, if any,…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Children
Dunst, Carl J.; Trivette, Carol M.; Meter, Diana; Hamby, Deborah W. – Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute, 2011
The effectiveness of different types of practices for promoting practitioner and parent adoption of different kinds of assistive technology and adaptations with young children birth to 105 months of age was the focus of a meta-analysis. Six operationally defined adult learning method characteristics and between 2 and 5 practices for each…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Meta Analysis, Adult Learning
Usova, George M. – 1978
Research on the causes, prediction, and specific problems of learning disabled children is reviewed for the years 1967-1978. The literature on the following questions is examined: Can learning disabilities be predicted and will early identification help alleviate the problem? Can training programs significantly remediate reading disabilities? What…
Descriptors: Etiology, Identification, Language Ability, Learning Disabilities
Brodin, Jane, Ed.; Bjorck-Akesson, Eva, Ed. – 1991
This conference proceedings document serves to establish the state of the art, highlight important methodological and conceptual issues, and identify priorities for future research in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The document includes the papers from two opening presentations, issue papers and reactant papers, a…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction
Hill, Lola L. – 1992
This two-part document describes the background and development of "Role Models Are Real People," a speakers' program for at-risk American Indian students, grades 6-8, in Chicago. The first part of the document includes the program proposal, outlining dropout statistics and other data showing reason for concern about American Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Class Activities