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Karen Lê; Carl Coelho; Richard Feinn – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Little is known about the relationship between discourse comprehension and production in traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially for spoken language. This study examined to what extent narrative discourse comprehension accounts for narrative discourse production outcomes (story grammar, story completeness). A secondary aim was to…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Story Telling, Recall (Psychology), Grammar
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Sheth, Chandni; Huber, Rebekah S.; Renshaw, Perry F.; Yurgelun-Todd, Deborah A.; McGlade, Erin C. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
There has been concern about the potential sequelae of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in children. This study used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development[superscript SM] (ABCD) study to investigate associations between mTBI and behavior and sleep in school-aged children. Generalized additive mixed models were run to examine the…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Child Behavior, Sleep
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Miles, Anna; McFarlane, Mary; Scott, Samantha; Hunting, Alexandra – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: The modifications of fluid viscosity and/or volume are common strategies in dysphagia management, with increased viscosity or reduced volume intended to reduce aspiration. Little attention has been given to whether cough response to aspiration varies across different viscosities and volumes. Aims: This prospective observational study…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Patients, Physiology, Incidence
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Sarmiento, Kelly; Miller, Gabrielle F.; Jones, Sherry Everett – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
For this study, we explored the association between high school students' reported history of sport- or physical activity-related concussions and persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. Data from the 2017 national "Youth Risk Behavior Survey" (YRBS; N = 14,765) was used for this analysis. YRBS is administered to high school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Psychological Patterns, Physical Activities, Head Injuries
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Schneider, Fernanda; Marcotte, Karine; Brisebois, Amelie; Townsend, Sabrine Amaral Martins; Smidarle, Anderson Dick; Loureiro, Fernanda; da Rosa Franco, Alexandre; Bernardi Soder, Ricardo; Nikolaev, Alexandre; Porcello Marrone, Luiz Carlos; Hübner, Lilian Cristine – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Background: A growing body of literature has demonstrated the importance of discourse assessment in patients who suffered from brain injury, both in the left and right hemispheres, as discourse represents a key component of functional communication. However, little is known about the relationship between gray matter density and macrolinguistic…
Descriptors: Patients, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Werff, Kathy R. Vander; Rieger, Brian – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: This study examined auditory deficits and symptom reporting in individuals with long-term postconcussion symptoms following a single mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) compared to age- and gender-matched controls without a history of mTBI. Method: Case history interviews, symptom questionnaires, and a battery of central auditory and…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Head Injuries, Brain
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DePadilla, Lara; Miller, Gabrielle F.; Everett Jones, Sherry – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: School policies and practices designed to educate athletes, parents, and coaches about youth sports concussions may be a way to reduce concussion risk and improve both the recognition and management of concussions. Methods: Nationally representative data from the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) were used to…
Descriptors: School Policy, Athletics, Athletes, Athletic Coaches
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Hackman, Holly; Howland, Jonathan; Taylor, Alyssa; Brown, Linda; Gapinski, Mary Ann; Olshaker, Jonathan; Stern, Robert A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
Appropriate management by schools of all students with a concussion, regardless of the cause, has not received the same attention as sports-related concussions. Focus groups conducted with Massachusetts School Nurses in 2015 found that some had applied protocols required in the state's sports concussion regulations to all students with concussion,…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, School Nurses, Team Sports, Student Athletes
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Cohen, Matthew L.; Tulsky, David S.; Boulton, Aaron J.; Kisala, Pamela A.; Bertisch, Hilary; Yeates, Keith Owen; Zonfrillo, Mark R.; Durbin, Dennis R.; Jaffe, Kenneth M.; Temkin, Nancy; Wang, Jin; Rivara, Frederick P. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the internal consistency and construct validity of the Traumatic Brain Injury Quality of Life Communication Item Bank (TBI-QOL COM) short form as a parent-proxy report measure. The TBI-QOL COM is a patient-reported outcome measure of functional communication originally developed as a self-report…
Descriptors: Brain, Head Injuries, Quality of Life, Pediatrics
Howard, Desiree – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Despite the prevalence of concussions in a college student population, there are often little to no recommendations for returning to school. Academic accommodations would likely be necessary in order to follow the guidelines for cognitive rest, an increasingly common recommendation during recovery. However, obtaining these accommodations may be…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Head Injuries, Knowledge Level
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Marcotte, Karine; McSween, Marie-Pier; Pouliot, Monica; Martineau, Sarah; Pauze, Anne-Marie; Wiseman-Hakes, Catherine; MacDonald, Sheila – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies (FAVRES; MacDonald, 2005) test was designed for use by speech-language pathologists to assess verbal reasoning, complex comprehension, discourse, and executive skills during performance on a set of challenging and ecologically valid functional tasks. A recent French…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Speech Language Pathology, Executive Function, Foreign Countries
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Kroshus, Emily; Garnett, Bernice R.; Baugh, Christine M.; Calzo, Jerel P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Concussion underreporting contributes to the substantial public health burden of concussions from sport. Teammates may be able to play an important role in encouraging injury identification and help seeking. This study assessed whether there was an association between beliefs about the consequences of continued play with a concussion and…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Help Seeking, Athletic Coaches, College Athletics
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Degeneffe, Charles Edmund; Green, Richard; Jones, Clair – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2016
Purpose: The study aimed to understand how use and satisfaction with services following discharge from an acquired brain injury (ABI) acute-care facility related to family caregiver outcomes. Methods: A correlational and descriptive study design was used. Nineteen primary family caregivers of persons recently discharged from an ABI acute-care…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Outcomes of Treatment, Caregivers
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Wallace, Jessica; Covassin, Tracey; Nogle, Sally; Gould, Daniel; Kovan, Jeffrey – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: We determined differences in knowledge of concussion and reporting behaviors of high school athletes attending urban and suburban high schools, and whether a relationship exists between underreporting and access to an athletic trainer in urban schools. Methods: High school athletes (N = 715) from 14 high schools completed a validated…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, High School Students, Athletes
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Eakman, Aaron M.; Kinney, Adam R.; Schierl, Michelle L.; Henry, Kimberly L. – Educational Psychology, 2019
This study examined relationships between instructor autonomy support, academic self-efficacy, academic problems and academic achievement among student service members/veterans (SSM/V). Participants included veterans, active duty or National Guard/Reservists of the US military (N = 172) enrolled in a postsecondary institution. Online surveys…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Military Personnel, Self Efficacy, Grade Point Average
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