This dissertation focused on understanding the perceptions built around autism in the Turkish context through an inquiry of lived experiences of individuals who have close contact with individuals on the autism spectrum. The nature of the experiences of two main groups of the pa…
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Background: Successfully assessing and treating aphasia in multilingual people requires a detailed understanding of the mechanisms underlying language processing in the multilingual population, and the potential impairments to those mechanisms. The balance between spreading acti…
Aphasia has significant consequences on communication in activities of daily living and comprehensive aphasia assessments are an important clinical tool for gathering diagnostic and treatment information. A comprehensive aphasia assessment is still the most used tool utilized wh…
This investigation analyzes how often AAC users typically utilize their devices throughout their day in their school setting. A survey method was implemented where elementary school educators were asked to report on their special education students use of their device during the…
Thirty Arabic speaking Saudi children participated in the study and range in aged between three to five years. The main aim of the study was to investigate the effects of age and gender on the repetition of grammatical morphemes. Results revealed a significant effect of age with…
Diglossia is a term used to describe a linguistic situation where two language varieties coexist. One is a high variety and is used in formal contexts and as the language of instruction. The other is a low variety and is utilized in informal situations and as the native language…
The role of the speech-language pathologist (SLP) has expanded to include working in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) addressing feeding and swallowing issues of premature infants. An eight item questionnaire was distributed to NICU nurses to determine prevailing opinions…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the abilities of students enrolled in introductory language courses to self-assess their new language skills. Students from first-semester American Sign Language, Arabic, Korean, and Spanish courses at Michigan State University comple…
The aim of this study is to develop standards for articulation in Yoruba. This pilot study aims to determine whether the Mayaki Articulation Test for Yoruba (MATY) is an effective assessment tool for evaluating articulation in children who speak Yoruba. Participants will respond…
The present study investigated the production of bound pronouns by typically developing (TD) Hijazi Arabic speaking children and children with language disorders (LD). The ages of the participants ranged between 3;0 years and 6;11 years. They resided in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The…
This study addresses the high degree of voice use of a Muslim imam who leads prayer during the month of Ramadan when Muslims fast. Acoustics, aerodynamic, and endoscopic descriptions were obtained before and after Ramadan for the adult male participant. In addition, the imam wor…
This study was designed to explore the knowledge, feelings and practices among elementary school teachers and counselors toward students who stutter in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, I hoped to describe the knowledge that teachers and counselors had about the nature, characteristic…
This study began as an investigation into models of service delivery for people with communication disorders in less developed countries. To compensate for the limited data on this client group, exploration of national and international literature, together with perspectives on …
Cross-language activation among the three languages of trilingual speakers was studied using a cross-language, translation-equivalent priming paradigm in a lexical-decision task. The effects of proficiency level in each language and the relative proficiency levels of the three l…
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a parent-training model which focuses on hearing impaired toddlers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in a setting that encourages play and language development. The present investigation analyzes mother or care providers/child in…
This study compared swallowing-related quality-of-life scores reported between 36 patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and their caregivers. Further, this study explored potential factors influencing differences between patient and caregiver paired scores, including age, emplo…
Phonological acquisition is a topic that has fascinated researchers trying to solve the puzzle of how children learn to talk. A review of the literature provides a large body of information about the acquisition of English phonology. The study of Portuguese phonology is a rapidl…
Bu çalışmada rol alma modeliyle hazırlanan konuşma etkinliklerinin öğrencilerin konuşma tutum ve kaygılarına etkisini araştırmak amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmanın başında Türkçe derslerinde uygulanan konuşma eğitimindeki ihtiyaçları tespit etme amacıyla ihtiyaç analizi yapılmış ve çalış…
To determine the effects of altered respiratory system mechanics on speech production, we compared aerodynamic and acoustic data generated during sustained utterances by nine male chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with similar data from nine male age-matched normal …