Sökning: "Language impairment"

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  1. 31. Family history, clinical marker and reading skills in children with specific language impairment

    Författare :Nelli Kalnak; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises three studies focusing on Swedish school-age children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). Sixty-one participants with SLI aged 8-12 years were recruited from all existing school language units for children with severe SLI in Stockholm, Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 32. Communicating Your Way to a Theory of Mind. The development of mentalizing skills in children with atypical language development

    Författare :Kerstin Falkman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive development; Kommunikationspsykologi; Language development;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aimed to study the development of theory of mind (ToM) in two groups of children with atypical language development, using a longitudinal design. The two groups were children with cerebral palsy and severe speech impairment (SSPI) (aged between 5 and 7 years at the first data collection) and deaf non-native, early signing, children (aged between 7 and 10 years at the first data collection), the emphasis being on the deaf children. LÄS MER

  4. 33. Precision in neuropsychology. Four challenges when using simplified assumptions

    Författare :Jacob Stålhammar; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neuropsychology; practice effects; mild cognitive impairment; dementia; second language effects; bilingualism;

    Sammanfattning : Cognition comprises all thought processes, from perception to memory. Neuropsychological tests are the gold standard (= best way) to measure cognition. However, clinical assessment may at times have to rely on simplified assumptions. LÄS MER

  5. 34. There's more to the picture than meets the ear - Gaze behavior during communication in children with hearing impairment

    Författare :Olof Sandgren; foniatri och audiologi Logopedi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child hearing impairment; Gaze behavior; Referential communication; Eye tracking; Nonword repetition; Phonological short term memory; Cox regression;

    Sammanfattning : Many children and adolescents with hearing impairment struggle to meet school demands. The difficulties can be traced to the characteristics of the hearing impairment, and to adverse consequences on language development, often overlooked in diagnostics and intervention. LÄS MER

  7. 35. Hearing Screening of Infants and The Importance of Early Language Acquisition

    Författare :Miriam Magnuson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Congenital hearing impairment. Neonatal hearing screening. Late diagnosis. Parental concern. Otoacoustic emissions. Early language acquisition;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the parental perspective on hearing-screening of children, and the importance of the time of detection of a congenital hearing impairment for the child's development. A qualitative approach based mainly on interviews was employed, and the results were analysed according to three different methods - empirical phenomenology, grounded theory, and case-study. LÄS MER