Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710007
Translating Evidence-Based Practices to Clinical Practice: Starting in the Classroom
Shin Ying Chu and Grace McConnell
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: April 25, 2018
As researchers and university-level educators in both Malaysia and the United States, we believe that evidence-based practices (EBPs) can improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and provide high quality care when delivering speech therapy services. We know our speech-language-pathology (SLP) students in both countries, future SLPs, will require continuous learning over time. But, are we teaching and practicing EBP in clinic? Are our students understanding the importance of EBP? It's never too ea...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710006
Evaluation of Vocal Fold Motion During Blocks in Adults Who Stutter
Yoshikazu Kikuchi, Toshiro Umezaki, Kazuo Adachi, Motohiro Sawatsubashi, Yumi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Murakami and Takashi Nakagawa
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: April 16, 2018
Stuttering is a speech disorder; the primary symptom in adults who stutter (AWS) is blocks, which halt both speech and breathing. This study aimed to evaluate vocal fold motion during blocks in AWS, in order to better understand this condition....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710005
Speech-Language Disorders in Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Literature Review
Camila de Castro Correa, Silke Anna Theresa Weber and Luciana Paula Maximino
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 08, 2018
Congenital toxoplasmosis is defined as the infection acquisition caused by vertical transmission. During pregnancy, the mother is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, which is transmitted intra-uterus to the fetus. This infection can cause changes in neurologic development, as visual impairment and other neurological abnormalities....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710004
Communication Related Quality of Life with Different Types of Aphasia Following a Stroke: Preliminary Insights
Mile Vukovic
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 08, 2018
It is well known that stroke and aphasia can seriously affect communication related quality of life (QoL). What has been less examined is whether communication QoL differs in relation to qualitatively different forms of aphasia. The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate this possibility in four patients with aphasia caused by stroke: two with Broca's and two with conduction aphasia. The quality of communication life scale (QCL) was administered in the chronic phase after stroke, along...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710003
Language Proficiency in Children with Cleft Palate
Maria del Carmen Pamplona and Pablo Antonio Ysunza
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 05, 2018
Children with cleft palate (CCP) are at risk of speech disorders, which require a long intervention. Disorders of speech have been the most salient problems encountered by clinicians treating these children and have taken priority in research. Consequently, intervention has been focused on speech production, whereas assessment of language proficiency and the use of strategies for enhancing language development in this population have been overlooked....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710002
Phonetic and Phonological Aspects in Children with Operated Cleft Lip and Palate
Maria Gabriela Cavalheiro, Camila de Castro Correa, Laura Katarine Felix Andrade and Luciana Paula Maximino
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 28, 2017
Cleft Lip and Palate (CLP) is the most common malformation in childhood and may result in the presence of communication disorders. The consequences in speech are related to velopharyngeal dysfunction and dentofacial deformity, as the risks to phonological disorders, related to middle ear changes....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710001
Kierkegaard, Repetition and Autism
Andrew Cashin
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 09, 2017
If relying on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual- 5 (DSM-5) to diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) the triad of impairment that featured in past versions of the DSM as the structure for the diagnosis has collapsed to a dyad. Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities remained as the second part of the new 'Dyad of Impairment'....