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Smith, Kara M.; Ash, Sharon; Xie, Sharon X.; Grossman, Murray – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: Early cognitive symptoms such as word-finding difficulty (WFD) in daily conversation are common in Parkinson's disease (PD), but studies have been limited by a lack of feasible, quantitative measures. Linguistic analysis, focused on pauses in speech, may yield markers of impairment of cognition and communication in PD. The objective of…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Diseases, Questionnaires, Patients
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Thiemann-Bourque, Kathy; Feldmiller, Sarah; Hoffman, Lesa; Johner, Stacy – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: This study examined the effects of incorporating a peer-mediated approach into a speech-generating device (SGD) intervention on communication of 45 nonverbal and minimally verbal preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 95 peers without disabilities. The SGD was an iPad 2 (Apple) with voice output app. Method: Effects were…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Generalization