OBJECTIVE Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is clinically characterized by gait disturbance, cognitive impairment, and urinary incontinence, as well as enlargement of the ventricles. To the best of the authors' knowledge, there have been no previous publications regarding the correlation between bulbar dysfunction and NPH. The primary objective of this study was to compare preoperative and postoperative prevalence of bulbar dysfunction in patients with NPH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Determine reliabilities of perceptual assessment of resonance disorders in people with cleft palate.
Material And Method: A prospective study of inter- and intra-rater reliability of perceptual screening assessment of resonance disorders with 6-scale and 2-scale criteria among 19 speech and language pathologists (SLPs) from 30 connected speech samples of children with cleft palate aged 4-17 years via video recorder when compared to principle investigators.
Results: The percentage of agreement of inter-rater ranged from 23.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol
November 2008
The dysarthric speech characteristics of 14 Thai stroke patients were assessed by Computerized Articulation Test program 1. Each speaker had been tested for speech correctness of all Thai phonemes. As the results, the error patterns were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Surgical treatment can reduce disfigurement for children born with cleft lip/palate, however, most children are left with speech and language problems. This creates a new problem as speech and language services is limited.
Objective: To combine the principles of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Primary Health Care (PHC) and institutional medical approaches for reaching and treating speech disordered children with cleft lip and/ or palate in remote area.