Sökning: "severe motor and speech impairments"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden severe motor and speech impairments.

  1. 1. Eye-gaze assistive technology for play, communication and learning : Impacts on children and youths with severe motor and communication difficulties and their partners

    Författare :Yu-Hsin Hsieh; Helena Hemmingsson; Mats Granlund; Ai-Wen Hwang; Ralf Schlosser; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; communicative interaction; gaze-controlled computer; school learning; participation; severe motor and speech impairments; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

    Sammanfattning : Children and youths with severe motor and communication difficulties experience participation restrictions in varied everyday contexts. Adequate environmental support such as the provision of assistive technology could offer opportunities to enhance their play, learning and interactions with others. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Impact of deep brain stimulation in the caudal zona incerta on voice tremor and speech in persons with essential tremor

    Författare :Linda Sandström; Fredrik Karlsson; Patric Blomstedt; Lena Hartelius; Adam Vogel; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; caudal zona incerta; deep brain stimulation; essential tremor; speech function; speech intelligibility; speech production; voice tremor;

    Sammanfattning : Objectives: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a symptomatic treatment for people with essential tremor (ET) who have unsatisfactory tremor relief with pharmacological treatment alone. A common symptom of ET is voice tremor, but only about 50% of patients with voice tremor get a satisfactory result with DBS. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Diagnosis and recovery patterns in patients with apraxia of speech after stroke

    Författare :Helena Hybbinette; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability. One of its most common consequences is a communication disorder. Beside aphasia (a language disorder), a motor speech disorder may occur, manifested as dysarthria or apraxia of speech (AOS). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Cerebral palsy in Mulago hospital, Uganda : comorbidity, diagnosis and cultural adaptation of an assessment tool

    Författare :Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Cerebral palsy;

    Sammanfattning : Background and aim: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common form of chronic motor disability that begins in early childhood and persists throughout life. The clinical features, including motor function, comorbidities and nutritional status, have not been investigated in Uganda. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Growth of Phrases. User-centred Design for Activity-based Voice Output Communication Aids

    Författare :Bitte Rydeman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :AAC; Activity; Assistive Technology; Communication; Conversation Analysis; Corpus Linguistics; Cultural-Historical Activity Theory; Pragmatics; User-centred design; AKK; Aktivitet; Användarcentrerad design; Kommunikation; Kommunikationsanalys; Korpuslingvistik; Kulturhistorisk aktivitetsteori; Pragmatik; Samtalshjälpmedel;

    Sammanfattning : An activity-based vocabulary for Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCAs) was designed and evaluated through a user-centred, iterative design process, using expressions from the Gothenburg Spoken Language Corpus as well as other recorded, natural conversations. The growth and development of the vocabulary, called Phrases, was closely linked to its evaluation. LÄS MER