by Jennifer Horton | Oct 20, 2010 | Fluency
Pollard et al published a research article (Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, April 2009) about SpeechEasy, an electronic device that you wear on your ear designed to assist people who stutter. Its appearance resembles a digital hearing aid and is...
by Jennifer Horton | May 1, 2010 | Language, Preschool
We’ve known for a long time that increased television exposure during infancy (ages 2 months to 4 years) is associated with language delays and attentional problems, but we really haven’t known why. In this study, they discovered that when the television is on, there...
by Jennifer Horton | Oct 5, 2008 | Language
In the August 2008 issue of Psychologia, researchers Meyler et al. discovered that poor readers in the 5thgrade who receive 100 hours of intensive reading therapy showed actual differences in their brain function on fMRI scans! These differences were observed...
by Jennifer Horton | Mar 11, 2008 | Language
Excerpts from a recent article by Conti-Ramsden & Durkin (Feb 2008): “The present study examined independent functioning in domains relevant to everyday living. These included self-care activities, traveling and meeting people, and managing finances, among...
by Jennifer Horton | Oct 20, 2007 | Aphasia, Dysarthria
On April 30, 2007, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario published its “Consensus Panel on the Stroke Rehabilitation System.” This report was based on an extensive review of the research literature and included many references to the Canadian Stroke Strategy’s...
