Atypical language characteristics and trajectories in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Background: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is a genetic condition associated with a highly variable phenotypic expression.

Exploratory study on cognitive abilities and social responsiveness in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) and children with idiopathic intellectual disability (IID).

Background: Development of cognitive skills and social responsiveness are areas of concern in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS). It remains unclear if the cognitive and social profiles and trajectories are syndrome-specific or similar to those of children with idiopathic intellectual disabilities (IID) with or without comorbid autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Referential communication abilities in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Purpose: This study describes the performance on a perspective- and role-taking task in 27 children, ages 6-13 years, with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS).

The effect of orofacial myofunctional treatment in children with anterior open bite and tongue dysfunction: a pilot study.

Objectives: Insufficient attention is given in the literature to the early treatment of anterior open bite (AOB) subjects receiving orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT), which aims to harmonize the orofacial functions. This prospective pilot study investigates the effects of OMT on tongue behaviour in children with AOB and a visceral swallowing pattern.

Materials And Methods: The study comprised of 22 children (11 boys, 11 girls; age range: 7.

Informing and supporting partners and children of persons with aphasia: a comparison of supply and demand.

In this study we investigated how important significant others find it to be informed, supported, and trained by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and to what extent they perceive their expectations and needs as to these aspects to be fulfilled. Furthermore SLPs were asked about the importance of informing and supporting family members and as to how far they believe they provide adequate care in that field. A questionnaire was completed by 77 relatives of persons with aphasia, a parallel version by 132 SLPs.

Lessons learned while implementing an HIV/AIDS care and treatment program in rural Mozambique.

Mozambique has severe resource constraints, yet with international partnerships, the nation has placed over 145,000 HIV-infected persons on antiretroviral therapies (ART) through May-2009. HIV clinical services are provided at > 215 clinical venues in all 11 of Mozambique's provinces. , affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States (US), is a locally licensed non-governmental organization (NGO) working exclusively in small city and rural venues in Zambézia Province whose population reaches approximately 4 million persons.

Speech adaptation after treatment of full edentulism through immediate-loaded implant protocols.

Objectives: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of immediate loading of implants on speech adaptation.

Material And Methods: Ten patients (mean age 54, 6 females) were examined before surgery and 1, 3, 6 and 12 months afterwards. Articulation analysis was done using objective DAT-recoded data evaluated by two groups of speech and language therapists and a computer software program.

The interreliability of data provided by fathers and mothers of young children, with special emphasis on speech and language parameters.

Gathering information from parents on developmental history and on actual functioning is an important element of diagnosis. Usually clinicians take it for granted that the data provided this way are reliable. We used two types of questionnaires, one containing open-ended questions, the other consisting of closed questions.