Sökning: "language impairment methods"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade orden language impairment methods.
16. Functional communication and non-linguistic factors in severe aphasia : Associations and assessment
Sammanfattning : Severe post-stroke aphasia implies impairment of the ability to speak and write, and impairments of language comprehension, severely restricting the communication of the individual. Intervention in severe aphasia often entails aiming for access to meaningful social interaction and participation, in spite of the linguistic impairments. LÄS MER
17. Medical decision-making capacity among geriatric patients with and without dementia : communication-based approaches for assessment and facilitation
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Medical decision-making capacity concerns a patient’s cognitive abilities to make autonomous decisions regarding own person in medical contexts such as to choose treatment or accept/decline participation in research projects. Cognitive communicative functions are needed in order to process information, reach a decision and articulate it. LÄS MER
18. Parkinson’s Disease and Communication : Intelligibility, Interaction and Participation
Sammanfattning : Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting dopamine production in the basal ganglia. It is a common cause of disability among elderly people. The main symptoms are tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia, but there is a substantial individual variation of how the disease manifests itself. LÄS MER
19. Orofacial dysfunctions in children and adolescents with myotonic dystrophy type 1 - evaluation and intervention
Sammanfattning : Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a slowly progressive neuromuscular disease. The overall aim of this thesis was primarily to describe the characteristics, prevalence, and development of orofacial functions in a group of children and adolescents with DM1 and secondly to investigate the effect of lip strengthening exercises. LÄS MER
20. Life circumstances of children and adolescents after cochlear implantation
Sammanfattning : Introduction: In Sweden, about 300 children every year are born with hearing impairment (HI), and about 50 of them with severe HI. Today, these children are treated with either hearing aid (HA) or cochlear implant (CI). LÄS MER