Parkinson's disease is most well-known and well-studied for its motor impairments—tremors, stiffness and slowness of movement. But less visible symptoms such as trouble with memory, attention and language, which can also ...
May 29, 2024
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When designing tools for children with communication disorders, minor details matter significantly.
Oct 4, 2016
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People's ability to perceive speech sounds has been deeply studied, specially during someone's first year of life, but what happens during the first hours after birth? Are babies born with innate abilities to perceive speech ...
Apr 26, 2021
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How easy do you think it would be for someone to convince you that you'd seen something that never really happened? What about them doing this without actually saying anything misleading? That would almost be impossible, ...
Mar 9, 2016
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We depend on a barrage of standardized tests to assess everything from aptitude to intelligence. But do they provide an accurate forecast when it comes to something as complex as language? A study by Diane Pesco, an assistant ...
Feb 28, 2012
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If it tastes this bad, it must be good for you?
Dec 22, 2022
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Disfluency in speech, including stumbling over words, and word or phrase repetition, likely affects up to 5% of all children at some point in their development, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. And it's typical ...
Oct 29, 2021
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Stimulating a specific part of the auditory cortex immediately improved speech perception over background noise in an epilepsy patient, according to new research in JNeurosci.
Mar 28, 2022
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A new study done by University of Texas at Dallas researchers indicates that watching 3-D images of tongue movements can help individuals learn speech sounds.
Nov 18, 2015
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New York University researchers have identified visual-acoustic biofeedback as a new tool to assist in voice modification therapy for transgender women.
Sep 4, 2018
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