Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders: Recent submissions
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The Effect of Activating the Medial Olivocochlear Fibers on Cochlear Distortions in Humans
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The function of the medial olivocochlear (MOC) fibers has been investigated extensively in animals, and far less in humans. A possible function of the MOC efferents is protection against loud sounds. The aim of this study ... -
Communication Disorders Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The purpose of this exploratory research study was to describe communication disorders among the population of persons experiencing homelessness (PEH). PEH are at increased risk for a variety of health impairments that can ... -
Mapping Chromosomal Loci in Specific Language Impairment: A Pedigree-Focused Approach
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Specific language impairment (SLI) is characterized by a delay in the mastery of language despite average or above average nonverbal intelligence (IQ). There are multiple assessments used in practice to measure the language ... -
A national survey: Teacher identification of specific language impairment
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)This survey investigated the identification of specific language impairment by public school teachers nationwide. It examined to what extent teachers are able to identify and provide treatment for children with specific ... -
Impact of Alternative & Augmentative Communication on the Utterance Length of Children with Limited Oral Language
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Children with limited oral language due to developmental and language delays have difficulty with communication in their everyday lives. Their trouble with speech and/or language impacts their ability to socialize with ... -
Identifying the Cellular Sources of the Low-Frequency Cochlear Response
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Medical and technologic treatments for hearing loss are quickly outpacing current clinical diagnostic techniques. In order to knowledgeably treat patients and accurately predict treatment outcomes, we need diagnostic tools ... -
ANOW RESPONSE RECORDED VIA ELECTROCOCHLEOGRAPHY IN NORMAL HEARING ADULTS
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)Currently, there is no objective hearing measure used clinically that reliably assesses low frequency hearing thresholds (below a 1000 Hz or so). A new measure, the auditory nerve overlapped waveform response (ANOW), holds ... -
The Unlock Project: A Python-based framework for practical brain-computer interface communication “app” development
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2012-08)In this paper we present a framework for reducing the development time needed for creating applications for use in non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Our framework is primarily focused on facilitating rapid ... -
Brain-Machine Interfaces for Real-time Speech Synthesis
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011-08)This paper reports on studies involving brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) that provide near-instantaneous audio feedback from a speech synthesizer to the BMI user. In one study, neural signals recorded by an intracranial ... -
A Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface for Real-Time Speech Synthesis: The Importance of Multimodal Feedback.
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018-04)We conducted a study of a motor imagery brain-computer interface (BCI) using electroencephalography to continuously control a formant frequency speech synthesizer with instantaneous auditory and visual feedback. Over a ... -
Examining sensory ability, feature matching, and assessment-based adaptation for a brain-computer interface using the steady-state visually evoked potential
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-01-31)PURPOSE:We investigated how overt visual attention and oculomotor control influence successful use of a visual feedback brain-computer interface (BCI) for accessing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices ... -
Development of speech prostheses: current status and recent advances
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-09)Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) have been developed over the past decade to restore communication to persons with severe paralysis. In the most severe cases of paralysis, known as locked-in syndrome, patients retain ... -
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Speech Communication
(Elsevier, 2010-04)This paper briefly reviews current silent speech methodologies for normal and disabled individuals. Current techniques utilizing electromyographic (EMG) recordings of vocal tract movements are useful for physically healthy ... -
Why Dose Frequency Affects Spoken Vocabulary in Preschoolers With Down Syndrome
(American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015-07)In an earlier randomized clinical trial, daily communication and language therapy resulted in more favorable spoken vocabulary outcomes than weekly therapy sessions in a subgroup of initially nonverbal preschoolers with ... -
Age as a Factor in the Treatment of Late-Acquired Sounds
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The current practice for treating speech sound disorders includes initiating treatment only after the expected age of acquisition has passed, according to developmental normative data. Unfortunately, for children who ... -
Compliance, Pain Experience, and Outcomes from Dysphagia Exercises in Individuals with Oropharyngeal Cancer with Latent Dysphagia
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Background: Several studies in the past ten years support the use of dysphagia exercises before and during RT as a means of reducing swallowing difficulty in people with head and neck cancer (HNC) prompting widespread ... -
Bilingual Children’s Performance on Three Nonword Repetition Tasks: The Role of Language Experience and Ability
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Nonword repetition (NWR) tasks represent one assessment tool for Specific Language Impairment (SLI). The use of such tasks has been established and verified for monolingual children. However, the diagnostic accuracy of NWR ... -
The Influence of Misarticulations on Children's Word Identification and Processing
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2017-11-21)PURPOSE: The purpose of the present studies was to determine how children's identification and processing of misarticulated words was influenced by substitution commonness. METHOD: Sixty-one typically developing ... -
Expressive Language in Preschoolers Born Preterm: Results of Language Sample Analysis and Standardized Assessment
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)Children born preterm constitute one of the largest populations of children at risk for the development of language impairments. A little over one in ten pregnancies result in a preterm birth and approximately 25% of these ... -
Interactive Book Reading to Accelerate Word Learning in Bilingual Children with Specific Language Impairment
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)The current project sought to add to the limited body of research on treatment for native Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) with language impairments. In particular, the current study explored the effectiveness ...