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Auditory Processing Disorder The Hidden
Disability. Part 2 of a monthly series: Our Children's Brains -
"What?" - One word. Just one word your child repeats could indicate big
trouble—perhaps years of future struggle. Most likely you know a
child who often asks, "What?" But if you notice that they ask it
consistently or in what you might think are inappropriate situations
(like close one-on-one discussion), your child needs to be checked. The
child may have a disorder that is suddenly gaining a lot of
attention—central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), more popularly
known as APD. If the condition is caught in time, the child can be
helped. If not, they could have a world of problems ahead—academic,
social, emotional and physical. APD is a condition in which
patients have difficulty cognitively processing sounds, language and/or
phonemes (each type of speech sound). Judith W. Paton, an audiologist
from San Mateo, Calif., describes APD as "a physical hearing impairment,
but one that does not show up as a hearing loss on routine screenings or
an audiogram. Instead, it affects the hearing system 'beyond the ear,'
whose job it is to separate a meaningful message." |
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Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, & Semantic Pragmatic Disorder; Where are the Boundaries - Dorothy Bishop |
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Autism Linked to Language Disorder - Autistic boys with language
problems have a lot in common with boys suffering from a language-related
disorder known as Specific Language Impairment (SLI). The finding could
help doctors better understand autism and how to choose the best
treatments for individual components of the condition. |
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Being Honest about Non-Verbal Communication Problems with Special Attention Paid to Time Management by Roger N. Meyer |
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Brain
Imaging Reveals New Language Circuits - The language network of the
brain seemed simpler in the past. One brain area was recognized to be
critical for the production of language, another for its comprehension. A
dense bundle of nerve fibers connected the two. But there have always been
naysayers who pointed to evidence that failed to fit this tidy picture. Now
a study employing a powerful variant of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
confirms these suspicions. The study will be published December 13, 2004 in
the online edition of Annals of Neurology
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/ana. Source:
American
Neurological Association (ANA)
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Brain lumps and bumps: A neural risk for autism by Anne L. Foundas, MD -
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Language-association cortex asymmetry in
autism and specific language impairment by Lies De Fossé, Steven M.
Hodge, Nikos Makris, David N. Kennedy, Verne S. Caviness Jr, Lauren McGrath,
Shelley Steele, David A. Ziegler, Martha R. Herbert, Jean A. Frazier, Helen
Tager-Flusberg, Gordon J. Harris. Full Text:
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Conversational Characteristics of Children with SPD: II - Dorothy Bishop |
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DNA leads scientists to source of boy's speech problem
- The DNA of a nine-year-old boy in northern Alberta may hold the key to
understanding a mysterious condition that robs people of the ability to
speak. But more importantly, finally know what has caused Kyle
Pilkey's inability to use words to communicate can help his family
figure out how best to help him. He is learning sign language and is
working on his writing skills. Pilkey, of High Prairie, has in the past
been labelled with attention-deficit disorder, Tourette's syndrome and
autism, but none of the conditions fit. "As parents, you keep looking
for an answer and start searching for an answer and you get a little
discouraged as you get sent away," father Wayne Pilkey said. By CBC News |
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Evaluating Pragmatic Language - Kyrene Speech Program |
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Fifth-grader's selective silence is worrisome to parents - Q: My
10-year-old son was diagnosed with an expressive language delay in
preschool. After three years of speech therapy, he is now on level. He is in
the fifth grade and has been out of speech therapy for two years. Recently he
stopped talking in front of friends and people he doesn't know well. He
doesn't carry on conversations with his peers. I believe he may have some
form of selective mutism but don't really know what to do to help him, by T.
BERRY BRAZELTON, M.D., and JOSHUA SPARROW, M.D. |
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Higher Order Cognition Explained |
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Kids Give Language Its Shape - Children's brains are hard-wired to learn
languages and, in some cases, to improve upon them. That's the conclusion of
a new study that followed several generations of deaf Nicaraguan children as
they created their own sign language and then continuously tinkered it with
each new group of signers by Discovery Health |
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Language Acquisition & Autism by Autism Spectrum Disorders, University of Oregon
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Language and
Learning; Parents Can Help Children Succeed in School - Although some
children will develop normal speech and language skills without treatment by
the time they enter school, says the American Speech- Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA), it is important to identify those who will not. - Press
Release |
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Language
may shape human thought - Language may shape human thought – suggests a
counting study in a Brazilian tribe whose language does not define numbers
above two by NewsScientist.com |
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'Late Talkers'
Can Struggle In School - ""That's just 'baby talk,' I'm sure my child will
outgrow it." "Everyone in our family was a late talker. "My child will talk when
the time is right." Have you ever had these thoughts? Although some
children will develop normal speech and language skills without treatment by the
time they enter school, it's important to identify those who won't according to
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), a group of
audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing
scientists," by Education |
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Non Verbal Learning Disorder / What the SLP should know by Joanne Volden - ASHA |
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Not all
scientists are ga-ga over idea / Baby-talk theory links 'motherese' to
primitive speech - Every parent is familiar with "motherese," that slow,
high-pitched, singsong tone that mothers all over the world use to talk to
their babies. You might suppose that this manner of speaking is just a
simplified, degenerate form of grown-up language. But some scientists say
motherese may lie at the root of human speech. Dean Falk, head of the
anthropology department at Florida State University in Tallahassee, calls it
the "putting the baby down hypothesis," by Robert S. Boyd |
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Social Cognition in Developmental Language Disorders and High-level Autism by Jane Shields, Rosemary Varley, Paul Broks, and Adrian Simpson. Tests of social cognition such as 'theory of mind' show that children with semantic-pragmatic disorder and high-level autism both perform poorly. This evidence indicates that semantic-pragmatic disorder lies on the autistic spectrum. |
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SPLD - Caroline Bowen |
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Stuttering More Than Talk: Research
Shows Brain's Role in Disorder by
AScribe |
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Talk to her - What does a speech therapist do? Basically, a speech
therapist assesses, diagnoses and treats disorders of communication. They
are so-called “experts in communication”. Communication is actually a more
complicated process than most people think – it involves not just talking
and hearing but also mental functions, normal muscle structure that
functions properly, and seeing. A breakdown in any of these components will
result in a communication disorder, by Tan Ahiow Chin |
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The Parameters of Pragmatics |
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Wanted: Speech-language pathologists / Schools
struggle to meet needs of students - Some preschool teachers
would do anything to keep their students quiet, but Phyllis Wilson's
classroom is designed to get them talking. Her seven preschoolers have
a variety of disabilities that leave them with low verbal skills. So she's
worked with Houston school district speech-language pathologist Johanna
Olson to create an environment that teases out their voices. Unfortunately,
school speech-language pathologists like Olson are in short supply
nationwide, leaving many teachers struggling alone to meet students' speech
needs, by Education at CNN.com |
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