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Awareness of Typical Speech-Language Development among Parents of Children with Hearing Impairment

2022-06-17T05:28:02Z

Title: Awareness of Typical Speech-Language Development among Parents of Children with Hearing Impairment Authors: Pallavi, Pooja; Waknis, Aarti P Abstract: Background: Parents of children with hearing impairment who are aware of normal speech-language development play an effective and active role in the early detection, diagnosis, and habilitation of these children. Hence this study was aimed to explore the level of awareness about normal speech and language milestones in parents of children with hearing impairment. Methods: Questionnaire assessing the parents’ awareness of speech-language development in children from birth to 3 years was administered on 80 parents of children (birth to 5 years) with hearing impairment. These included 40 parents of children recently diagnosed with hearing impairment (group 1 HI-R) and 40 parents of children with hearing impairment who were fitted with appropriate hearing devices and enrolled in a speech and language habilitation program (group II HI-T). Results: Results indicated that the level of awareness was moderate for both the groups for semantic and morphosyntax domains as well as total scores, but was low to moderate for the pragmatic domain. There was no statistically significant difference in the level of awareness between the two groups. Conclusions: Moderate awareness levels indicates that parents of children with hearing impairment need to be made aware about the normal speech and language development so that it can guide them in the habilitation process. This information although important does not appear to have been provided to the parents of children already undergoing habilitation. Thus, there is need of including this as a goal in parental counseling.

A Study on Changes in Phonetics in Completely Edentulous Patients before and After Rehabilitation with Conventional and Customized Complete Dentures

2022-06-17T05:17:14Z

Title: A Study on Changes in Phonetics in Completely Edentulous Patients before and After Rehabilitation with Conventional and Customized Complete Dentures Authors: Niyogi, Soumadip; Bhattacharyya, Jayanta; Das, Samiran; Ghosh, Soumitra; Goel, Preeti; Chatterjee, Indranil Abstract: Background: A realistic approach to the phonetic aspect in complete denture construction is most often subdued by various factors. The palatal rugae, an important landmark in speech orderliness, are frequently affected due to lack of proper texture on a complete denture. Establishing a correlation between customized palatal surfaces of complete dentures and speech improvement will help to ameliorate post insertion appointments of articulation deficiencies. Methods: Ten completely edentulous subjects of either sex with a mean age range of 50-70 years, fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in this study. All the participants received three sets of dentures, followed by assessment of speech using photo articulation test, speech intelligibility and acoustic analysis in edentulous state and subsequently after insertion of conventional denture, denture with customized rugae, and denture with customized metallic base. Results: The data collected was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS 24.0 version and GraphPad Prism version 5. The statistical analysis was carried using ANOVA and student t-test. On evaluating the error patterns, distortion was maximum followed by substitutions. These errors were maximum in edentulous state and decreased subsequently, with the least errors in customized rugae dentures. A statistically significant positive correlation (p<0.0001) was found. Conclusions: Apart from retention, stability and support, equal amount of emphasis has to be laid down on phonetical aspects to improve the overall psychological well-being and social upliftment for patients. The improvement in verbal proficiency for completely edentulous patients can be minimized considerably by customizing the palatal portions.

Phonatory Function Parameters in Females with Prolonged Usage of Inhaled Corticosteroids for Asthma: An Exploratory Laryngeal Aerodynamic Study

2022-06-16T06:44:05Z

Title: Phonatory Function Parameters in Females with Prolonged Usage of Inhaled Corticosteroids for Asthma: An Exploratory Laryngeal Aerodynamic Study Authors: Shahi, Arpita Chatterjee; Chatterjee, Indranil Abstract: The present study aimed to document the aerodynamic parameters in adult females with prolonged usage of inhaled corticosteroids. Bronchial asthma, labored breathing and wheezing, and allergies can also cause sore throat and inflammation around the vocal cords. So the voice sound becomes hoarse or scratchy when swollen, inflamed cords don’t vibrate efficiently. Aerodynamic analysis assesses the interaction of both respiratory and laryngeal function. Twenty female participants within the age range of eighteen to twenty five years were included in this study. They were divided into two groups. The control group constituted of ten participants (Mean age- 21.4 years, SD-2.073; Mean height-158.49 cm, SD-4.61; Mean weight- 59.46 kg, SD- 2.43) with no history of asthma. The second group (experimental group) had ten female participants with asthma. Voice Function Analyzer, Aerophone II was used in this study for assessing the laryngeal aerodynamic parameters. The study documented reduced vital capacity (p =0.0013) at 5% level of significance which is manifested as short utterances and reduced loudness in these speakers. The change of aerodynamic characteristics can be due to the effect of remodeling of airway wall associated with steroidal usage. Hence inclusion of voice function analyzer Aerophone II a non invasive aerodynamic measurement in phonatory studies, may be substantial in diagnosing this disorder and to monitor the steroidal dosage during course of treatment.

Portrayal of Higher Order Semantics in Subcortical Lesion

2022-06-16T06:38:20Z

Title: Portrayal of Higher Order Semantics in Subcortical Lesion Authors: Girija, P C; Henna, Ayesha; Narayanan, Nayana Abstract: Higher order semantics pertains to a person’s ability to develop an advanced vocabulary, understand word relationships, paraphrasing, reasoning, and developing the ability to look at things from another individual’s perspective. It has been proposed for some time that subcortical structures, including basal ganglia, thalamus, caudate nucleus, play an important role in the higher order semantic functions. Our study aimed at analyzing how higher order semantics are influenced by subcortical lesion. For this purpose, five semantic domains namely polar questions, semantic anomaly, syntagmatic relation, homonymy and figurative language were selected and assessed using a newly developed evaluation tool. This tool was administered on 30 participants with subcortical lesion without any aphasic component. Our results revealed that individual’s with subcortical lesion performed subpar in all the domains suggesting that pathologies of subcortex can inhibit the activation of semantic skills. Further, within the higher order semantic skills, we identified that homonym and figurative language was significantly impaired followed by syntagmatic relation, semantic anomaly and polar questions. From this we can substantiate that along with cortical structures subcortex also have an inevitable role in semantic processing.