Sökning: "speech and language therapy"
Visar resultat 6 - 8 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden speech and language therapy.
6. Aphasia in acute stroke
Sammanfattning : Aphasia is a language impairment due to a brain lesion, usually in the left hemisphere, and is a common symptom in acute stroke. The aims of this thesis were to evaluate aphasia in acute stroke patients, to assess spontaneous language recovery, to evaluate the test instruments, to evaluate the efficacy of drug treatment, and speech and language therapy for recovery of aphasia, and to assess the possibility to reliable identify depression in aphasic patients. LÄS MER
7. Palatal plate therapy in children with Down syndrome : a longitudinal study of effects on oral motor function
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of palatal plate therapy on the oral motor function children with Down syndrome (DS) during 4 years by comparing the baseline values of the treatment group with those of a control group (CG). The effects of palatal plate therapy on speech production errors and communicative preference after 4 years of treatment were also studied and articulation was analyzed. LÄS MER
8. Hormonal effect on the inner ear : two endocrine syndromes
Sammanfattning : Hearing loss is a major problem in our society with more than 5 % of the population world-wide suffering from disabling hearing loss according to the WHO. There are many endocrine syndromes associated with hearing loss. LÄS MER