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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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Smith, Elizabeth; Sumner, Petroc; Hedge, Craig; Powell, Georgina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Successful communication is vital to quality of life. One group commonly facing speech and communication difficulties is individuals with intellectual disability (ID). A novel route to encourage clear speech is offered by mainstream smart speakers (e.g., Amazon Alexa and Google Home). Smart speakers offer four factors important for…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Intellectual Disability, Adults, Comprehension
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Holder, Jourdan T.; Gifford, René H. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Despite the recommendation for cochlear implant (CI) processor use during all waking hours, variability in average daily wear time remains high. Previous work has shown that objective wear time is significantly correlated with speech recognition outcomes. We aimed to investigate the causal link between daily wear time and speech…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Adults, 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
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Estrella-Castillo, Damaris F.; Rubio-Zapata, Héctor; Gómez-de-Regil, Lizzette – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
Profound hearing loss can have serious and irreversible consequences for oral language development in children, affecting spoken and written language acquisition. Auditory-verbal therapy has been widely applied to children with hearing loss with promising results, mainly in developed countries where cochlear implants are available. An evaluation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Auditory Perception
Nguyen, Huong Thi Thien – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The two objectives of this single-subject study were to assess how an FM system use impacts parent-child interaction in a noisy listening environment, and how a parent/caregiver training affect the interaction between parent/caregiver and child. Two 5-year-old children with hearing loss and their parent/caregiver participated. Experiment 1 was…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Program Effectiveness, Interaction, Parents
Boesch, Miriam Chacon – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this comparative efficacy study was to investigate the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and a speech-generating device (SGD) in developing requesting skills, social-communicative behavior, and speech for three elementary-age children with severe autism and little to no functional speech. Requesting was selected as the…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Teaching Methods
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
Rubin, Rhonda; Aquino-Russell, Catherine; Flagg-Williams, Joan – Online Submission, 2007
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of classroom sound field amplification on communication in kindergarten through grade 3 classrooms. (Methodology) Sixty classrooms were involved in the study; half of the classrooms were provided with sound field amplification. The flow of communication was measured through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Observation, Semi Structured Interviews