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Speech Therapy for Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
October 8, 2007
What should be the main focus of speech and language therapy for patients with myasthenia gravis? Read More
AAC - Technology
Oral Feeding Problems in a Premature Infant
October 1, 2007
My granddaughter was born October 5th, 2006. She was not due until Jan 1st, 2007. She was released from the hospital in January, but still will take almost no bottles. She has a gastric tube, but we a... Read More
Early Intervention Dysphagia (Adult)
Medicare Paying for Cochlear Implants?
September 24, 2007
Will Medicare pay for bilateral CIs? For replacing an existing CI with a newer internal device? For a new BTE? Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
Team Approach to Assessing APD
September 17, 2007
I am a speech language pathologist who is currently not practicing. I strongly suspect that my four year old has an auditory processing problem. He was evaluated. The speech therapist looked at his re... Read More
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
Reporting Raw Test Scores
September 10, 2007
Is there any reason to report raw scores on comprehensive evaluation reports? I typically report the standard score and percentile rank, as well as a ratings equivalence (i.e., average, below average,... Read More
Language Disorder(s)
Tips for Working with Velar Fronting
September 3, 2007
My question concerns a six year old girl who has velar fronting for /k/ and /g/ and a frontal lisp on /s/ and /z/. I am a student beginning to work on my own cases and am having some trouble with this... Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Voice Therapy Post Surgical Removal of Polyps
August 20, 2007
I have a patient who is going to have surgery to remove a polyp from the vocal cords. How soon after the surgery can she receive voice treatment? And do you have any suggestions about exercises? I am... Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders
The Relationship Between Aphasia Therapy and Cognitive Strengths
August 13, 2007
Do you know of any updated research on aphasia therapy within the realm of neuroanatomy and memory tracing? It's intriguing to me and I'm incredibly interested in this field! Any info provided would b... Read More
Aphasia
Nasal Speech: Phoneme Specific Errors
August 6, 2007
I have a six year old little girl with very nasal speech. She has seen an ENT and he has said that her oral mechanism looks OK with no areas of concern. The ENT stated that tonsils were normal, he cou... Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Anoxic Incident in a 10-month Old
July 30, 2007
I'm working with a 10-month old infant who suffered an anoxic incident due to near drowning. She has little cause and effect awareness, no volitional vocalizations, and delayed latch to nipples. Her s... Read More
Language Disorder(s) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Listening Age for Implanted Children
July 23, 2007
I am looking for research that focuses on implants and listening age. For example if a child was implanted at the age of 3 1/2 and has been in school, and intelligence appears age appropriate, should... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
Interrupted Oral and Silent Reading
July 16, 2007
I am working with a student whose oral reading is constantly interrupted by an unusual amount of breaths taken in the middle of words. Thus his comprehension of the subject matter is compromised. Does... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Facilitating A Home Program for Nutrition and Speech
July 9, 2007
I am an RN and I do some home care for a 3 year old boy. This young child was born at 23 weeks gestation due to abruption of the placenta. He had some rough months in the NICU and then went home on a... Read More
Early Intervention Dysphagia (Adult)
Early Intervention for Tongue Thrust
July 2, 2007
I am a grandmother, R.N., and do most of the childcare for my 19 mo. old grandson. Both his parents are dentists, one being a Pedodontist. The problem is that my grandson has had a tongue protrusion s... Read More
Early Intervention School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Laryngeal Spasms
June 25, 2007
I recently conducted a modified barium swallow study on a patient who complained of severe coughing episodes at the beginning of her meals that subsided as she ate. During the MBS, the patient did cou... Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders Dysphagia (Adult) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Adjusting to a New Cochlear Implant for a Child
June 18, 2007
Our daughter, age 3, is getting a HiResolution Cochlear Implant this Friday. I'm wondering....when we first amplified Ali with her Phonak hearing aid on the left side, she did not tolerate it very wel... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
Phoneme-Specific Nasal Air Emissions versus Hypernasality
June 11, 2007
I would like to know what the relationship is between phoneme-specific nasal emission and nasal emission due to VP dysfunction. Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Tongue Thrust and Orthodontics
June 4, 2007
At what point do you not treat tongue thrust? I saw a 10 year old who was referred because her orthodontist does not want to put braces on her because of a tongue thrust. Her background includes no hi... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Bite Blocks for Toddlers
May 28, 2007
Do you know where I can obtain a bite block for a young toddler that is biting his tongue? The child is not eating by mouth. Read More
Guidelines for School Report Writing
May 21, 2007
Could you offer a good form for school report writing and some guidelines to follow? Read More