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Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Evaluation of Motor and Oral-motor Imitation in the Context of Pragmatic Communication Assessment in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mild Intellectual Disability, Specific Language Impairment and Typical Population

Kateřina Vitásková

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 15-26

Imitation is one of the major components in the development of pragmatic communication behaviour in all individuals. The ability to imitate and its possible impairment might play a significant role in diagnosing pragmatic language disorders in children of various groups with a risk of physiological speech development disorders stemming from their primary health disability, including people with autism spectrum disorders. In the process of designing and verifying a new assessment material for the evaluation of the ability to recognize pragmatic language disorders in people with autism spectrum disorders, the authors used selected items to assess the capability of motor and oral-motor imitation in children with autism spectrum disorders, specific language impairment (developmental dysphasia), mild intellectual disability, and typically developing children. The paper describes partial results of this research and discusses their potential correlations with the assessment of the pragmatic level of language in children with autism spectrum disorders from the perspective of the speech-language therapist.
Key words: Communication pragmatics, options of pragmatic communication level, pragmatically oriented communication situations, children with autism spectrum disorder

2017-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Wsparcie osób niesłyszących w rozumieniu treści przekazu za pomocą SignWritingu

Anna Czyż

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 104-114

Support for Deaf People in Understanding Messages by Means of SignWriting
Article discusses how to facilitate communication opportunities for people with damaged auditory system. Focusing on people who use sign language as their first language, the authoress postulates they should master the Polish language at least in writing to be able to function independently in society. The research discussed here is aimed at verifying the effectiveness of support provided by means of SignWriting in understanding texts written in the Polish language system. A quasi-experimental method was applied in two groups of deaf people (the experimental and control groups), while descriptive statistics and non-parametric statistical tests were used to verify the effects. As a serious deficit of the ability to use the Polish language phonetic system in deaf people has been observed, every effort should be made to make it easier for them to acquire and use the national language. SignWriting may turn out to be a good alternative to traditional methods or an auxiliary means of teaching the Polish language to deaf people.
Key words: Polish Sign Language, SignWriting, development support, deaf people, rehabilitation education

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Badanie alalii prolongaty – propozycja metodologiczna

Kamila Dębińska-Gustaw

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 115-138

Examination of Alalia Prolongata – a Methodological Proposal

The issue of delayed speech development requires extensive and in-depth research. It is estimated that about 10% of children are affected by delayed speech development. It is therefore a common but still insufficiently examined and described disorder. Within the field of study connected with delayed speech development, one can distinguish a disorder known as alalia prolongata which includes cases of language development delays without concrete reasons for their incidence. The present article puts forward a methodological proposal for examining language skills of 6-year-old children with alalia prolongata against children that meet the biological standard. It presents the state of research on delayed speech development and theoretical assumptions adopted for the purpose of the research. The presented method consists in the use of our own tool for assessing the language skills of children with delayed speech development, as well as children who fall into the biological norm category. This research shall make it possible to demonstrate the depth of disproportion in the language development of children at the same age and shall allow for a full diagnosis of children with alalia prolongata.
Key words: delayed speech development, alalia prolongata, language skills testing, communicative and linguistic competence, logopaedic methodology

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Dwutorowe programowanie terapii logopedycznej z wykorzystaniem metod komunikacji wspomagającej i alternatywnej (AAC)

Magdalena Bury-Kamińska , Anna Gajda

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 139-156

Two-pronged Programming of Speech Therapy with the Application of AAC Methodsy
Two-pronged (simultaneous) programming of language and communication skills consists of both improving production and comprehension of speech as well as learning of the augmentative communication methods. It is an important element of speech therapy. The introduction of alternative means of communication is part of a process aimed at developing speech. It can become a unique basis for building a language in one’s mind. The article seeks to highlight the legitimacy of two-pronged programming of speech therapy. Providing children with a means of communication early enough does develop their communication and language skills.
Key words: two-pronged programming of therapy, speech and language therapy, AAC methods, simultaneous communication

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Alalia prolongata czy oligofazja? Problemy diagnozy logopedycznej

Katarzyna Milczanowska

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

Alalia prolongata or oligophasia? Problems of logopedical diagnosis This article says about problems with diagnosis of delayed speech end language development and delayed because of oligophrenia. Speech and language therapists have a lots of doubts with analysis of language announces and causes of speech and language delayed and impairment. There are many causes of delayed speech and language development. Observation and document analysis are very important during differencing diagnosis of speech disorders in children. Educating children with speech and language delay needs intervention speech and language therapists and psychological diagnosis. Speech and language are improving when a child is intelligent. Children often have problem with learning language speaking when the mental development is less than normal, there is any progress. It is necessary to analysis and to observe children’s communications behaviour and cause of speech disorders. The examination is very important to diagnose and to create the program of speech and language therapy.

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Rozwijanie słownictwa u dzieci w wieku przedszkolnym z zaburzeniami ekspresji werbalnej. Problemy teoretyczne

Ewa Hrycyna

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 73-88

Developing Vocabulary in Pre-school Children with Impaired Verbal Expression. Theoretical Problems
The article deals with theoretical problems related to vocabulary development in preschool children with impaired verbal expression. The authoress underlines the significance of the issue, resulting from the role of vocabulary in social, educational and cultural development. She attempts to characterize language competences at the semantic and lexical levels. To this end, she refers to existing speech development studies on child’s vocabulary, then proceeds to discussing the two basic dimensions of child’s vocabulary – quantitative and qualitative – and highlights the importance of both. She places emphasis on examining the qualitative aspect. Therefore, in the light of selected linguistic theories, she examines the notions of: language sign, basic and metaphorical meanings, cognitive definition. She also refers to the concept of semantic categories and parts of speech, addresses the issues of semantic communication, pragmatics and metalinguistic reflection. The aforementioned linguistic phenomena are confronted with examples of possible disorders.
Key words: vocabulary, child speech development, quantitative aspect, qualitative aspect, linguistic sign, meaning, cognitive definition, semantic categories, speech parts, semantic connectivity, pragmatics, metalanguage

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

„Imituję, więc jestem” – kilka uwag dotyczących kluczowego procesu w nabywaniu języka w świetle metody wideomodelowania Gemiini jako narzędzia wspomagającego rozwój mowy

Anna Żywot

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 202-210

“I Imitate, Therefore I Am” – A Few Remarks on the Key Process of Language Acquisition in the Light of the Gemiini Video Modelling Method as a Tool Supporting Speech Development
The article contains considerations on the importance of imitation in language development. The authoress puts forward the thesis that language deficits may be caused by the malfunction of human brain sensory systems. She also describes Gemiini Video Modelling Method as a proposal of a therapy designed to overcome these difficulties.
Key words: imitation, brain sensory system, brain motor system, mirror neurons, canonical neurons, sensory hypersensitivity, language development disorders, video modelling, Gemiini system

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Programming the Polish language in bilingual children

Urszula Ciszewska-Psujek

Language: PL | Published: 31-12-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-44

Nowadays, the teachers of Polish are facing a new phenomenon with increased frequency: namely, that of bilingualism or multilingualism in Polish schools or among the expatriate Poles, which is consequent to the population migration patterns. And with it, a new challenge is thus posed: to look at the Polish language functionally and to teach it in a communicative way. A preschool teacher or a Polish teacher may seek the support of a speech therapist who has the ability to build, rebuild and develop linguistic and communicative competences in children whose language difficulties are caused by the interference between two or even three language systems or which result from speech disorders. The methods of teaching foreign languages, effective in „language programming”, may also prove useful for this purpose. The article is a review of the methods and techniques used in teaching Polish as a foreign language to children of foreigners or Polish bilingual children of preschool and early school age, which methodology can also be implemented in the treatment of children with speech delay (alalia). The article also presents examples of grammar exercises developed by the Author, which are aimed at mastering nominal and verbal inflection and developing receptive (passive) and productive (active) language skills.

2021-12-31



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

The possible outcomes of SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) prevention on speech and perception: A speech and language therapist’s view

Kateřina Vitásková

Language: ##locale.name.cs_CZ## | Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-18

The aim of this article is to emphasise some issues arising from the measures undertaken in the prevention of SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19), as commented from the perspective of a speech and language therapist. The consequences mentioned in the article may affect not only the speech and language therapist’s diagnosis and intervention, but also the everyday activities of educators and special educators, psychologists, or parents engaged in the verbal transmission of information or complex communication behaviour. The article focuses on the connection of the selected phenomena we identify in the context of the multimodal notion of perception, comprehension, and production of speech, which we adopt with regard to the paradigm shift of providing modern speech language therapy in various (educational, clinical, or counselling) environments. In order to do so, this paper employs the scientific results of phoniatrics, audiology, neurology, stomatology and orthodontics, psychology, and other disciplines connected to speech perception and production of verbal and nonverbal communication.

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Opóźnienie rozwoju języka a ryzyko dysleksji rozwojowej

Grażyna Jastrzębowska

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

Slower language development versus a risk of developmental dyslexia The author’s research focuses on specific speech and language disorders. Then, she pays attention to main difficulties and reasons of this phenomenon as well as relation between any developmental disorders, in particular developmental dyslexia. The main aim of the article is to show the research results in the area of dependency between developmental dyslexia and a low level of language abilities. The author answers two main questions. First of all, she wants to find an answer if each child with speech disorder is endangered with developmental dyslexia, and then, if a speed of speech development among all children with mental deficit belonging to a dyslexia risk group is shown. The results of the conducted research show the existing relation between children with speech disorder and a speed of language development. What is more, the author presents a closer correlation between slower language acquisition and dyslexia than in the opposite direction. In the case of the second group of children it is claimed that those children who are endangered by dyslexia had some problems with language acquisition in the past.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Analýza možností diagnostiky a intervence oromotorické praxie u klientů poruchou autistického spektra

Kateřina Vitásková

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The contribution deals with the possibilities of oromotor praxis diagnosis and intervention in individuals suffering from autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Under the Czech and foreign conditions, this domain is rather neglected. The focal analysis is the analysis of an ASD child’s oromotor ability through the application of a partial task activity from the software programme FONO 2, Section ‘Warm-up’. The results of the longitudinal observation are detected by means of the developed evaluation scale and are recorded in the form of tables and graphs, which are analysed subsequently. According to the analysis of oromotor abilities, it is possible to achieve positive results through systematic speech and language therapy intervention focused on the development of mobility in the orofacial sphere. We are of the opinion that the ability to imitate oromotor skills could interfere with the ability to understand and acquire non-verbal communication elements and, subsequently, influence the correlations with possible pragmatic communication abilities in ASD children, similar to the discovery of mutual correlation among oral praxis, oral gnosis, motor praxis and visual perception (with special emphasis placed on eye movements) in children suffering from hearing disorders. The results of the study constitute partial outputs of a specific research within the IGA (IGA 2014/2015 PDF 2014_016) project and, in part, also the GAČR project implemented by the Institute of Special Education Studies of the Pedagogical Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Przetwarzanie języka/mowy w umyśle/mózgu na tle wyników wybranych eksperymentów neurolingwistycznych

Tomasz Nowak

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 112-137

This paper aims at presenting the development of modern neurolinguistic research by providing its review and summary. At the end, the author includes a catalog of correlations between
language functions and neural networks as well as an extensive bibliography, containing selected publications in the field of neurolinguistics.
Key words: neurolinguistics, experiment, language function, neural network

2016-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

„Siedzieć jak na tureckim kazaniu”, czyli o trudnym języku kazań

Leszek Szewczyk

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

“To seat like a lemon” or on a difficult language of sermons Listening to sermons is getting more and more difficult for a contemporary man. This may be due to the growing discrepancy between language used and understood by listeners and the language of preachers. The language of sermons and homilies is the literary one in its normative-anddidactic form. The official teaching of the Church shows that a considerable importance is attributed to the verbal sphere of preaching. The language of preaching should be correct, esthetic and contemporary. Also, it should be adequate, which is congruent with the reality it describes. In the preaching of the Word of God the content is the most important. The form of the utterance should serve the content.

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

The Evaluation of Sensory Integration and Partial Pragmatic Communication Abilities in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with the Application of a New Evaluation Material. Speech-Language Therapy Approach

Kateřina Vitásková , Jana Mironova Tabachová

Language: EN | Published: 23-12-2018 | Abstract | pp. 17-35

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with variable communication difficulties and disorders, mostly detected in pragmatic language abilities, sensory integration, and imitation. These components are important for a comprehensive speech-language therapy (SLT) intervention. This article describes the application of a new evaluation material for assessing imitation abilities, partial pragmatic abilities based on the recognition of graphical visual diagrams, and sensory integration in two boys with ASD (diagnosed with childhood autism in accordance with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, WHO) with sensory integration difficulties, dyspraxia symptoms, and imitation skill disturbances. The main objective is to identify potential obstacles to SLT efficiency and the causes of disturbed pragmatic language abilities. The analysis of the case studies shows some progress in communication ability; however, some of the abilities related to sensory integration have been partially inhibited. In one case, we suggest the possible influence of the individual therapy based on the described detailed assessment.

2018-12-23



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Opóźniony rozwój mowy i jego wpływ na rozwój dziecka. Studium przypadku chłopca z ryzykiem dysleksji

Anna Michalczyk

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 337-356

Nowadays the importance of wellbeing and preventing diseases is widely recognized. People living fast paced lives are bombarded with visual stimuli, such as TV, Internet, social media, image advertisements or even emoticons on mobile phones. This is not without effect on traditional verbal communication. People spend less and less time talking to their children, which is crucial in developing communication skills; instead, they tend to spend more time watching TV or browsing the Internet. This is detrimental to the children, especially in the phrase of their language development; neglecting it can potentially create some serious problems. This article presents a case study of a boy diagnosed with the delayed speech development and potential risk of dyslexia disorder. The first part shows the standards of speech development and some disorders. The second part concerns the process of diagnosing the boy, and the third part indicates a direction for his therapy.
Key words: speech development, dyslexia, delayed speech development, speech disorder therapy

2016-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Nieprawidłowa budowa aparatu mowy oraz opóźniony rozwój mowy u dzieci z izolowanymi postaciami kraniosynostoz

Agnieszka Rożek , Dawid Larysz

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 217-226

Craniosynostosis is a congenial malformation caused by premature fusion of one or more cranial sutures, leading to abnormal shape of the skull. Non-syndromic craniosynostoses can result in developmental disorders, including speech acquisition delay. The authors have carried out neurologopaedic research on a group of 124 children aged 3 to 59 months of life. In these cases, causes of speech disorders are very complex. Additional research concerning speech and language development in school age children with craniosynostoses is essential.
Key Words: craniosynostosis, cranial sutures, speech disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders

2016-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Speech-language therapists’ awareness of the use of orofacial myofunctional therapy as a treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea in Czechia

Kateřina Vitásková , Karolína Červinková , Jana Mironova Tabachová

Language: EN | Published: 30-06-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-17

Obstructive sleep apnoea is an increasingly frequent lifestyle disease which affects both children and adults, affecting more than 10% of the adult population. The risk factors include unhealthy lifestyle, older age, structural and functional changes in the orofacial area as well as spinal cord injuries. Presently, there is no specific treatment of this disorder. One of the options for supportive treatment to alleviate the occurrence of apnoea during sleep is orofacial myofunctional therapy. The aim of the research presented in the article was to identify speech-language therapists’ awareness of the application of myofunctional therapy as a treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea and their awareness of the therapeutic methods in patients under supervision of a speech-language therapist. The aim of the paper is to emphasize the possibility of using myofunctional
therapy among patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.

2022-06-30



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Odbiór emocji wyrażonych w prozodii u dzieci z uszkodzonym narządem słuchu

Marta Wysocka , Luiza Mackiewicz

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 89-103

Reception of Emotions Expressed in the Prosy by Children with Damaged Hearing System
Hearing damage causes difficulties in perception not only of segmented speech components but also of suprasegmental structures. As a result, many functions performed by the prosody of speech, which are important for the understanding and interpretation of language communication, become unavailable to people with impaired hearing. The article presents the results of own research on perception of emotions encoded in the prosody of speech (happiness, sadness and anger) by children with prelingual hearing damage. The obtained results indicate that children’s ability to perceive emotions expressed prosodically is significantly reduced when compared with normal-hearing children’s. Difficulties in this respect increase proportionally to the hearing loss severity.
Key words: prosody, hearing damage, perception of prosodic phenomena

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Compensation strategies in the linguistic behaviour of men addicted to alcohol

Urszula Ciszewska-Psujek

Language: PL | Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-28

Alcohol dependence is a chronic disease that causes multi-system and multi-organ damage, including damage to the central nervous system. The toxic effects of alcohol on the brain tissue lead to the development of cognitive and language disorders. The author’s study of language behavior in a group of 15 alcohol-dependent men undergoing alcohol addiction therapy and maintaining abstinence has made it possible to define linguistic strategies to compensate for the disintegration process and to determine the spectrum of language disorders in alcoholism.

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

W kręgu neurolingwistycznych modeli percepcji języka i mowy. Wybrane propozycje i wstępne interpretacje

Tomasz Nowak

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 89-111

This paper aims at presenting the evolution of neurolinguistic models and provides their review and summary. The author presents the traditional and modern models and reflects on the linguistic interpretation of the results of neurological experiments.
Key words: neurolinguistics, processing model, language function, neural network

2016-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Diagnoza logopedyczna kompetencji językowych u wielojęzycznych dzieci z Ukrainy

Rafał Młyński , Maryia Redkva

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 435-460

The article discusses the speech therapy diagnosis of children growing up in multilingual environments. The authors present the desiderata of global standards used in the assessment of speech and language among bilingual children. Particular attention is paid to the important role of an interpreter in the differential diagnosis of the typical operations of speech/language development, bilingualism and communication, and language deficits. The cases of speech patterns among bilingual children analysed both by the speech therapist and the interpreter complement the theoretical part of the article.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Dyslalia ankyloglosyjna – wpływ na wymowę sześciolatków

Aneta Syta

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 223-233

Ankyloglossia – Its Influence on the Pronunciation in Six‑year‑olds
The authoress’s main objective was to observe the relationship between the structure of frenulum in 6‑year‑olds and the children’s pronunciation based on the carried‑out research. The article discusses the influence of shortened lingual frenulum on the examined children’s pronunciation, depending on the degree of shortening. What follows, the pronunciation of all the basic variants of Polish language phonemes as well as of consonant groups has been evaluated; moreover, the motility of speech organs has been studied as well as the phonemic hearing of the examined children. The results of own research have been presented against the background of various researchers’ views on the influence of ankyloglossia on pronunciation.

Key words: dyslalia, ankyloglossia, six‑year‑old children

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Metody kształtowania mowy u dzieci niesłyszących. Przegląd stanowisk

Katarzyna Plutecka

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 59-72

The article focuses on theoretical approaches present in the subject literature regarding the essence and efficiency conditions of communication of deaf children. The main aim of this article is to show the directions of desirable changes resulting not only from the use of selected methods, but present also in philosophical approaches to this problem. Currently, the prevailing view is that education and rehabilitation of deaf children are most effective when the communication process includes various codes, that is, not only speech, but manual codes too, such as: cued speech, dactylography, and ideographic signs of sign language.
Key words: efficiency of communicationspeech shaping methods, deaf children

2016-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Wieloznaczność rozumienia terminu „konotacja” i jego aplikatywność w badaniach nad zaburzeniami mowy

Wojciech Lipski

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 57-72

The Ambiguity of the Term “Connotation” and Its Applicability
in Speech Disorder Studies
In the article, the author reviews the understanding of the term connotation, taking into account the latest leading tendencies in science. The author points out a very important direction of
development in the description of language disorders in schizophrenia, aphasia and dementia.
Key words: connotation, schizophrenia, aphasia, dementia

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Wpływ czytania na rozwój języka dziecka

Władysława Książek-Bryłowa

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2013 | Abstract

The influence of reading on child’s language The article presents an attempt to develop methods of research showing the impact of multi-dimensional reading on the child’s language. According to the author, a multi-faceted study to measure the impact of reading on child’s language ability and disseminate the results of such studies should be implemented in order to promote reading effectively. It should be pointed out that a modern man in fact pays attention on precise figures as well as quantitative and qualitative methods. The author examined the length of child’s utterance (a number of words), an exact number and the average number of words included in the utterance, frequency and an increase of vocabulary, fluency (a number and types of pauses), repetition of words and phrases, a number of words and unfinished words and a number of elements in texts for children.

2013-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Exponents of language concretisation in the narratives of alcohol-dependent men

Urszula Ciszewska-Psujek

Language: PL | Published: 03-08-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-45

Alcohol dependence is a chronic disease that causes damage to various organs and systems in the human body, including damage to the central nervous system. The toxic effects of alcohol on the brain lead to the development of cognitive and language disorders. The article presents the exponents of language concretisation appearing in selected narrative statements of three alcohol dependent men undergoing alcohol addiction therapy while maintaining abstinence.

2021-08-03



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Development of communication skills in a bilingual child of Czech-Vietnamese origin in preschool age from the viewpoint of speech pathology

Tereza Teofilová , Jana Mironova Tabachová , Kateřina Vitásková

Language: EN | Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-18

The article describes the experience of conducting speech therapy with a bilingual (sequential bilingualism) boy of Vietnamese origin in preschool age. The authors identify main differences between Czech and Vietnamese, and also point to specific linguistic interference occurring in the case of a Vietnamese-speaking person learning Czech. The aim of the authors is to describe the development of the boy’s language skills and the possibilities for his language development in kindergarten and during preparatory classes for school education. Speech therapy aimed at supporting the development of communication skills lasted seven months and involved the inclusion of multi-sensory games and activities to support various language levels. Particular emphasis was placed on auditory differentiation (including vowel quantity), auditory memory and phonological awareness (including the division of words into syllables and the analysis and synthesis of sounds).

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Walory poznawcze, wychowawcze i terapeutyczne Śpiewnika dla dzieci Marii Konopnickiej – ich przydatność w pracy logopedycznej

Anna Łobos

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2013 | Abstract

Cognitive, therapeutic and educational values in A Songbook for Children [Śpiewnik dla dzieci] by Maria Konopnicka – their importance in speech therapy Every day a teacher, especially a speech therapist who works with the youngest children, uses a variety of texts that are helpful in improving the child language. Cognitive, therapeutic and educational values (and learning outcomes) presented in A Songbook for Children [Śpiewnik dla dzieci] by Maria Konopnicka multiply educational and therapeutic benefits, which is usually achieved by a set of repeated language and articulation exercises. It should be emphasized that the poet uses a beautiful poetic language that is tailored to the developmental needs of the child. What is more, even in the 21st century Konopnicka’s style of writing should be appreciated as it is so simple that makes a child repeat her songs easily and with pleasure. This is why, frequently repeated sequences of words may contribute to correct pronunciation.

2013-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Academic education versus the first steps in the speech and language therapy profession. Questionnaire survey

Emilia Jesiotr , Dominik Sieńko , Agnieszka Zofia Rataj-Pietrzak

Language: PL | Published: 10-01-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-40

The unregulated legal status of the speech and language therapy profession and speech and language therapy as an independent scientific discipline are reasons for significant differences in the way SLTs are educated in Poland. In order to find out the opinions of students and graduates of SLT studies (working in the profession) on academic education, the survey was conducted with 87 participants. Conducting the survey in the conditions of a pandemic situation also made it possible to assess distance forms of teaching and revealed disproportions in the level of satisfaction with practical and theoretical courses conducted in this form. The collected opinions form the basis for the reflections undertaken in the article on SLT and the possible and necessary changes in the system of training future SLTs.

2023-01-10



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Pacjent z uszkodzeniem prawej półkuli w pracy logopedy

Maja Patalong-Ogiewa

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2013 | Abstract

A speech and language therapist’s work with a patient with damaged right hemisphere The article represents the first part of discussion about the functions of the right hemisphere in the language processes. Before 1970s the approach stating that lingual functions are merely connected with the left hemisphere becomes obsolete in the 21st century . Nowadays, modern psychological, linguistic and medical research has clearly showed the relationship between lingual deficits and the damage of the right hemisphere structures. Lingual deficits usually concern disorders such as expression/emotion aprosody, comprehension of complex sentences, problems with semantics and lexis, and so on. Thses patients with the damaged right hemisphere visit speech and language neurotherapists more frequently since such therapists can minimize communication disorders caused by the right hemisphere damage if the right treatment is applied.

2013-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Vocabulary in autism spectrum disorders. Part 2: Qualitative description – the category of things and events

Ewa Hrycyna

Language: PL | Published: 28-06-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-34

This article is the second part of a study concerned with vocabulary in autism spectrum disorders. It presents a qualitative description of vocabulary in people with autism, and more precisely – its content aspect. After a short presentation of theoretical and methodological assumptions, the author proceeds to characterize the categories of things and events and their lexical exponents: nouns and verbs. The analysis of the research material, appropriately selected literature, shows that in the language of people with autism, as in the language of people with typical linguistic development, the categories of things and events are clearly represented. There are analogies, similarities, but also differences within specific semantic subcategories and lexical exponents. The research results are highly varied, and the author tries to explain the reasons for this variation. She also determines how the analysis carried out paves the way for further studies on vocabulary in autism.

2022-06-28



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Motor speech disorders, dysphagia and aphasia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – diagnosis and management

Klaudia Kluj-Kozłowska , Emilia J. Sitek

Language: PL | Published: 29-12-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-43

In this paper we present the role of speech and language therapist in the interdisciplinary team focused on the management of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; Latin sclerosis lateralis amyotrophica, SLA). Depending on the clinical variant of ALS, speech disturbances may be the first disease manifestation or appear later in the disease course. In the differential diagnosis, it is useful to assess the type of dysarthria as well as describe the severity and profile of other deficits, such as dysphagia and aphasia. Assessment performed by a speech and language therapist is an ancillary examination in the differential diagnosis of clinical syndromes from frontotemporal lobar degeneration spectrum. Moreover, it enables devising optimal communication strategies and individualized therapeutic programme, not only applicable at a given disease stage but also aiming to support communication and prevent dysphagia.

2023-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Realizacja struktury opisu na podstawie wypowiedzi ustnych i pisanych osób z uszkodzonym słuchem

Ewa Dzięcioł-Chlibiuk

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 301-350

In addition to limiting the perception of sound stimuli, hearing impairment can affect human functioning in various spheres of life: including physical, mental, and social ones; at the same time, it might affect the development of communication and, above all, language skills as well. The results of scientific research briefly presented in the introductory part of this article report on the varying severity of these difficulties. Then, on the basis of the secondary literature, the principles of creating spoken and written texts are discussed. In the following part, the characteristic features of narrative forms of expression are listed, especially description, which is significantly different from the story. Next, the results of our own research on the ability to structure description based on the oral and written statements of 12 students with varying degrees of hearing loss are presented. Based on the collected material, it was noticed that the composition of written texts produced by the people with hearing disabilities are more thoughtful, more complex and more complete, although they also contain stylistic and linguistic errors. A significant number of people also used such sentences which clearly finish and/or summarise their descriptions. Spoken texts are short and concise, which is most noticeable in listing the distinctive elements or parts of a provided illustration, or individual features of one’s appearance. There are also fewer texts in which the emotions of travellers are noticed and described. Single sentences and extended single sentences prevail. Moreover, features typical of spoken language are present as well. Finally, there are some difficulties in building a compositionally and logically correct statement.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

The BID procedure as a tool for assessing phonological processes in bilingual children

Rafał Młyński

Language: PL | Published: 31-12-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-26

This article presents the BID (briefing, interaction, debriefing) procedure as a useful tool for speech therapists who face the problem of correct diagnosis of language subsystems and abilities in bilingual children. An example of the BID’s application is the assessment of phonological processes in children representing Ukrainian-Polish bilingualism. Using the BID procedure, it was possible to conduct a bilingual diagnosis and to extract developmental processes, interference, and atypical processes from the collected data. This article also highlights the cooperation of a speech therapist with an interpreter, i.e. a neophilologist of the Ukrainian language, who makes it possible to interpret the collected bilingual linguistic data.

2021-12-31



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

The perception of non-native phonological categories in adult-directed and infant-directed speech: An experimental study

Maciej Karpiński , Katarzyna Klessa

Language: EN | Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-20

In the present study, we test whether adult listeners detect phonological contrasts faster and more accurately in non-native infant-directed speech (IDS) than in non-native adult-directed speech (ADS). 21 participants listened to pairs of speech signals and their task was to decide as quickly as possible whether the signals constitute the same or different words. Each pair of signals contained target vowels or consonants representing a certain category of contrast that was phonologically relevant in a given language but not in Polish, i.e., the native language of the participants of the listening test. The signals were presented in a random order, and each pair occurred in the material twice. Although we demonstrated significant acoustic-phonetic differences between the utterances realized in the IDS and ADS speaking styles, the listeners in our study were not significantly more accurate or faster in the identification of contrasts in either IDS or ADS stimuli.

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Disturbances in the form and content of utterances in dialogue and schizophatic narrative. Therapeutic implications

Wojciech Lipski

Language: PL | Published: 16-12-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-28

Language disorders in schizophrenia are a natural occurance in the classifications of language disorders. However, there are still no standards of speech therapy that provide efficient therapeutic procedure. In the presented article, the author referred to schizophasia interpreted as a disorder of the content and form of expression. Both these phenomena should be the subject of speech therapy for schizophatic people. A speech therapist may be a fully fledged member of the therapeutic team together with a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, occupational therapy specialist, and other medical staff.

2022-12-16



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Effective stimulation of linguistic development in children up to the age of two: case study

Case study

Magdalena Skalny

Language: PL | Published: 29-12-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-27

The aim of this article is to analyse the activities that stimulate the linguistic development of the child up to the age of 2, influencing the growth of his/her speech level, and to show the benefits of prophylaxis as a set of preventive tasks aimed at reducing the risk of speech defects, forming correct habits in parents, doctors, midwives and informing about available effective forms of supporting language development from birth. The theoretical part describes the speech development of the newborn and infant up to the age of 2. The methodological section presents a qualitative research on a case study of a child whose speech was stimulated from birth. This child is at a high level of development at the age of 2 years. To assess the level of language and communication development, the Inwentarz Rozwoju Mowy i Komunikacji: Słowa i Zdania (Polish adaptation of MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words & Sentences) has been used. The anatomical structure of the articulatory organs has been assessed using the visual-tactile method. Primary functions, the linguistic development of the child up to the age of 2 and measures to stimulate the child’s speech development have also been discussed.

2023-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Afaziologický screeningový test – ASTcz (česká verze Aphasie Schnell Test)

Lucie Václavíková , Jitka Kaulfuss

Language: ##locale.name.cs_CZ## | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 236-241

The incidence of stroke in the Czech Republic is increasing. Approximately one-third of people after stroke develop aphasia, manifesting various symptoms in speech production, understanding, reading and writing. In acute stage of disease, screening tools are used to detect aphasia. The aim of this article is to present and describe Afaziologický screeningový test (ASTcz) to determine the presence or absence of aphasia. This Czech version is an adaptation of the original German Aphasie-Schnell-Test. In the process of validating the adapted instrument, persons without aphasia and persons with aphasia in acute and chronic stages of the disease were tested. The results of testing the psychometric properties of the test (i.e. validity, reliability and discriminatory ability) are described and commented on. They indicate a very good applicability for clinical practice.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci

Kateřina Vitásková

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The objective is the analysis of examinations (evaluated by means of subjective and objective criteria) focused on identifying voice and speech problems experienced by interpreting students as a specific group of vocal professionals in relation to the prevention of voice disorders and voice hygiene. Methodology: Students who are studying interpreting and whose vocal and overall communication expression has been analysed through direct observation and through the analysis of video records have been evaluated by means of a questionnaire focused on identifying voice and speech problems and by means of subjective evaluation of the possible impact of these problems on their profession. The resultant analysis shows, among other things, that vocal professionals experience objective problems in the use of their voices, which are chronic in some cases. Most students have subjectively evaluated their vocal expression as average and as significantly influenced by the psychosomatic factors disrupting their performance in the sphere of executive and cognitive functions and by the dialect. Some of the subjective feelings are strongly related to the possible exhibitions of vocal disorders. In many cases, the analysis of video records has proven non-compliance of the subjective evaluation of the students’ exhibitions with the objective experience and the idea of voice and speech professionalism. The results have served, among other things, for setting other education and enlightenment objectives in the sphere of vocal and speech prevention and for capturing possible deviations, even based on the comparison of this preliminary data with the results of similarly focused examinations implemented by the speech and language therapy department.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Projekt Network for Tuning Standards and Quality of Education programmes for Speach and Language Therapists in Europe – cel i założenia)

Olga Przybyla

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

Project Network for Tuning Standards and Quality of Education programmes for Speech and Language Therapists in Europe – the purpose and assumptions ...

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Afazja jako zaburzenie mowy po udarze mózgu – studium przypadku

Barbara Miguła

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The overall aim of the research is the description of the aphasiac speech disorders in correlation with the clinical picture of the patient after a stroke, recognizing the research problem in terms of pragmatic, aimed at creating a patient-oriented diagnosis and effective rehabilitation. Cerebral stroke is one of the most common causes of focal brain damages and the cause of more than half of all cases of aphasia. The types of post-stroke disorders are closely related to the location of damage. Any change in the area of the brain affects directly or indirectly the ability and quality of speech, which is coupled to the overall memory functions, motor and intellectual functions. Aphasia comes from the Greek aphasia and means dumbness. The precise explanation of the term, however, causes many difficulties. A multitude of definitions suggests the high complexity of the problem and carries a multiplicity of diagnostic approaches and methodology. In order to make a diagnosis of studied patients she was subjected to a series of trials and exercises, which were the basis of methods based on selected items of psychological and neuropsychological diagnostics. The patient was also subjected to a detailed interview. An evaluation of cranial nerve function and language functions was also made. Due to the age of the patient the degree of cognitive activity was also examined. The research and observations made it possible to diagnose a post-stroke language disorders with the characteristics of motor aphasia and the elements of sensory aphasia. The therapy was aimed mainly at improving the disturbed functions of naming and spontaneous speech. For this purpose a diverse set of exercises were worked out. The right mix of methods used for working with patients allow getting the proper diagnosis and plannig the right treatment that streamlined lost functions, restore the patient to the independent and proper functioning. ...

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Language Grammar in the Brain of the Computer and the Programme of the Mind. In Search of a Real Cerebral and Mental Model of Syntax

Tomasz Nowak

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 71-93

The author of the article tackles the problem of human language grammar from the point of view of several scientific disciplines: theoretical and mathematical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. The subject of the work is a grammar parser, and, especially, the limitations imposed on its structure and function by such factors as: the brain and the mind, the computer and the programme.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Echolalia as communication behavior

Ewa Boksa , Andrzej Kominek

Language: EN | Published: 30-06-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-15

Echolalia is a natural phenomenon in the development of child speech. After 30 months of age, echolalia becomes a pathological phenomenon, most often associated with deficits in the ability to initiate and sustain social interaction. Researchers argue about the role of echolalia in the acquisition of language and communication skills of people with autism spectrum disorder. They are trying to answer the question of whether echolalia is an inhibiting factor in language acquisition or whether it can also be one of the main predictors of further speech development. The distinguishing of echolalia and echolalic speech in the communication of people with autism, proposed by Jacek Błeszyński, makes it necessary to revise the existing definitions of echolalia and present this phenomenon from the perspective of communication theories, among others, in the context of the concept formulated by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson.

2022-06-30



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Directions of deformation of the consonant cluster /st/ in the speech of children with specific language impairment

Sofia Kamińska

Language: PL | Published: 15-06-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-37

The aim of the presented analysis is to show the articulation tendencies of the deformations of the consonant cluster /st/ in the speech of children with specific language impairment (SLI). The research material consisted of 30 words containing the consonant cluster /st/ in three word positions. The study group consisted of eight children (two girls and six boys) diagnosed with SLI aged between 4–5 years. The words were analyzed for the presence of such phonetic and phonological processes as: fortition (strengthening), lenition (weakening), reduction, metathesis, epenthesis, articulation splitting, etc. The article concisely presents the development process of consonant clusters in the ontogenesis of speech.

2022-06-15



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Funkcje sygnałów dźwiękonaśladowczych w procesie rozwoju mowy i języka u dzieci z upośledzeniami sprzężonymi

Elżbieta Maria Minczakiewicz

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

Onomatopeic signal functions in the development of speech and language impairmants in children with conjugated The aim of the study was to show the meaning and function of the signals in the development onomatopeic communication skills of children with a diagnosis of disabilities linked. Developing communication skills in children with disabilities coupled is not easy, but necessary. The difficulties lie primarily in the fact that the process underlying the development of speech and language, is a lot of different factors limiting or impeding it Activating because such a child, the release in response to touch his body, stroking, led to his smile, it’s a long and tedious, but fully satisfying and effective path to take their attempts to communicate with the environment.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Development and disordres in the process of communication of people with the chromosome 13q deletion syndrome

Ewa Binkuńska

Language: EN | Published: 31-12-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-9

Chromosome 13q deletion syndrome is a kind of chromosome aberration which belongs to rarely occurring genetic abnormalities. Chromosome 13q deletion results in phenotypic disorders such as malfunctions in the central nervous system, anatomical changes of the body, as well as disorders in large and small motor skills. One of the possible consequences of the problems in motor skills development are speech development disorders, particularly concerning speech production. Other problems may relate to breathing, phonation and articulation. Additionally, on the one hand, some persistent reflexes in the orofacial area can be observed, while, on the other hand, some reflexes are absent. In the case of chromosome 13q deletion, the logopedic therapy contains also swallowing, as well as exercises which aim at improving the muscle tension in the area of face, articulators, neck, shoulders, chest and upper limbs. Disorders in speech production may take form of dysarthria, for example. Whereas, learning to communicate may require to introduce alternative communication – non-verbal communication within language production.

2021-12-31



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zaburzenia rozwoju mowy dzieci z nieprawidłowościami w budowie czaski

Dawid Larysz

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

Disorders of speech development in children with deformity of the skull Speech therapy should be an integral part of the support for children with craniosynostosis.Knowledge and research pathological deformation of the head in children are presented in this article.Needs should not only focus on the improvement of cranial distortion that results from premature closure of the sutures between the bone of the skull, but also focus on improving the quality of life of patients and their families. Speech and language therapy for children with deformities of the skull and face, requires in-depth knowledge of a speech therapist and therapeutic treatment should be started on the exact type of exercise to adapt to the needs of speech therapy.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zaburzenia rozwoju mowy a trudności w czytaniu i pisaniu. Analiza przypadku osoby z alalią

Kamila Dębińska-Gustaw

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

Reading and writing skills are necessary for the proper functioning of human society, there are one of the forms of linguistic communication. Underlying the difficulty in mastering these skills may lie among others speech disorders, including neurological substrate. In the case of people with alalia, developmental disorders of speech significantly affect the mastery of reading and writing. There are language operations in which the symptoms of disorder may persist for a long time. The article discusses the relation of speech disorders of neurological substrate with difficulties in reading and writing. The introduction presents the concept and the reasons for difficulties in reading and writing, which are related with speech disorders. I separate described difficulties from the concept of dyslexia. Based on the analysis of case 16-year-old girl with alalia I show that the difficulties in learning reading and writing skills are the result of disturbances in speech development. The case study indicates that symptoms of alalia can persist to the age of teenage and determine the life of an adult.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zaburzenia dyskursu w schizofrenii

Renata Tomaszczuk-Wieczorek

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2013 | Abstract

Discourse disorders experienced by people with schizophrenia The main aim of the article is to show a spectrum of problems experienced by people with schizophrenia, which emerges as communication disorders. In the area of problems, etiology of the disease and its impact on the discourse are taken into account. The occurrence of disturbed areas of communication outlines a language model which may appear among people with schizophrenia.

2013-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Stroke and aphasia rehabilitation: A comparison of international guidelines

Dobrinka Georgieva , Dobrinka Kalpachka , Rossen Kalpachki

Language: EN | Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-15

Cerebrovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Unfortunately, Bulgaria leads most countries in its incidence of stroke. Furthermore, a substantial number of Bulgarian patients post-stroke present with persisting communication disorders, especially aphasia. The main purpose of the present study is to conduct an evidence-based theoretical review of leading international guidelines for treatment and rehabilitation of adult stroke patients. In particular, this theoretical overview compares the current Bulgarian guidelines with those developed by the United States of America, Europe, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. The Bulgarian guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases strongly recommends pharmacological treatment, which is commensurate with international standards. Nationally, a range of different language tests are currently used in post-stroke aphasia.

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Programowanie języka dziecka z uszkodzeniem słuchu z zastosowaniem metody audytywno-werbalnej. Studium przypadku

Anita Lorenc

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the problems of diagnosis, and the possibilities of language programming of a child with profound hearing loss using the auditory-verbal method. Therapeutic procedure refers to the proper development of the child’s speech.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Vocabulary in autism spectrum disorders. Part 3: Qualitative description – the category of relations

Ewa Hrycyna

Language: PL | Published: 20-01-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-32

The article is the third part of a study concerned with vocabulary in autism spectrum disorders. The subject of interest in this article is the category of relations and its lexical exponents. The author presents various types of linguistically expressed relations. She discusses how they are represented in the language of people with autism spectrum disorders and devotes a separate fragment to parts of speech. The acquisition of relational concepts and their lexical exponents is a significant development challenge; especially difficult for people with autism. In the category of relations the differences between the vocabularies of typically developing people and people with autistic disorders are the most pronounced. Other conclusions from the
analysis carried out are in line with those in the second part of the study concerning the category of things and events.

2023-01-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Uwarunkowania wypowiedzi emocjonalnych osób w normie biologicznej i osób z zaburzeniami mowy

Małgorzata Waryszak

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

Conditioning emotional statements at people with biological norm and persons with speech disorders This article is about the mechanisms of learning and using a suprasegmental structure of language in social interactions, in order to provide information about emotions. The issue is discussed in the context of the biological and social standards. It is also related to the possibility of using emotional prosody by persons with different speech disorders: caused by perceptual efficiency deficits (for example in hearing loss) and executive efficiency deficits (in dysarthria in cerebral palsy).

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Charakterystyczne cechy języka dzieci z niedokształceniem mowy o typie afazji. Próba opisu.

Anna Żywot

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The article presents the linguistic analysis of samples of children’s speech with diagnosed childhood dysphasia, that is – the attempt at describing the process of separation and the description of typical phenomena in all subsystems of language. The base of my research model is Maria Zarębina’s linguistic description of adult aphasia. My research proves that each of the examined children manifested the dysfunctions typical of compound aphasia (according to Maria Zarębina’s naming).

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Raport Projektu NetQues for Speech and Language Therapy Education in Europe

Olga Przybyla

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The NetQues Project Report Speech and Language Therapy Education in Europe is to present Benchmarks and Key Subject specific and generic Competencies which form common Standards for European SLT initial education for Speech and Language Therapy Education in Europe

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Fonem jako prototyp i kategoria radialna. Koncepcja kognitywna

Danuta Pluta-Wojciechowska

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

Phoneme as a prototype and radial category. Cognitive conception The subject matter of the study is the presentation of questions which are connected with the notion of the phoneme. The authoress intention was to approach the reader not only with the meaning of this notion but to show how differently it can be understood and what role it plays regarding the usage of a language. The effect of presented considerations is the presentation of own capture of a phoneme with the help of chosen principles of cognitive linguistics, particularly the theory of prototypes.

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Correct nomenclature associated with d/Deaf people

Katarzyna Niezręcka

Language: PL | Published: 28-06-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-16

Among Polish language users, the numerous phrases used to describe both people with disabilities and deaf people are often meaningless. However, not everyone realizes that some of the terms used turn out to be very hurtful for the deaf people. However, to know the reason why some terms turn out that way, it is essential to know the community and the rules that govern it. The article emphasizes the importance of being aware of Deaf Culture, a cursory knowledge of which is necessary to understand the issues addressed in the text.

2022-06-28



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Interactive pragmatic skills of non-speaking children of 6–9 years old with autism spectrum disorder

Katarzyna Januszczak

Language: PL | Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-28

Although intensive research on autism has been conducted since the second half of the 20th century, the etiology of this disorder and the criteria for its diagnosis still raise many doubts. The available literature on the subject makes it possible to learn about the axial symptoms of autism spectrum disorders, in particular language difficulties, deficits in the sphere of social contacts as well as sensory disorders and motor mannerisms. The present paper presents the results of the research and analysis conducted for the PhD dissertation on the interactive skills of children with autism. The text describes the pragmatic, informational and emotional agility manifested in interactive behavior of autistic children aged 6-9 who cannot speak.

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Conceptualization of colours in the language of congenitally blind persons and the ones who became blind in the early stage of development

Urszula Jęczeń

Language: PL | Published: 10-01-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-35

The subject of the paper is the way of conceptualization, linguistic depiction of the names of colours by adult persons who were born blind and the ones who became blind at the age of 3–5 and kept some visual images in their memories. The material for the study was obtained by conversations via phone. The respondents were nine randomly chosen members of a Facebook group “The blinds and the visually impaired ones – let’s be together!”, namely 4 women and 5 men. As the results of the study show, the extent and way of using other senses for describing colours depends on the moment when the sight was lost. The congenitally blind people defined the colours relying on the senses of smell and touch rather than sound, while the ones who became blind in the early childhood find the sense of taste the most helpful and the sense of smell the least useful in that.

2023-01-10



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Podejście pozytywne w diagnozie logopedycznej – problem metatezy

Jacek Jarosław Błeszyński

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

The Problem of Metathesis – Positive Approach in Speech Therapy Diagnosis The article tackles the problem of a varied diagnosis and in particular, describes the new positive attitude in it. All methodologist and theorists of speech therapy were pinpointing pathology as the main interest of speech therapy. The change of the attitude for the positive approach proves beneficial for artistic and educational speech therapy. The positive approach pays attention to prevention, which shapes appropriate habits and language skills.

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

The dynamics of the regression of aphasic disorders in a stroke patient

Kamila Bigos

Language: PL | Published: 21-10-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-45

The most common diseases causing language difficulties of aphasia type include cerebral vascular diseases, including ischaemic strokes. Speech disorders resulting from brain damage are usually dynamic. The clinical picture, and further on, the effective diagnosis and speech therapy of a patient after a neurological incident, is thus greatly influenced both by the circumstances in which the patient found himself and the time factor. The paper presents the dynamics of aphasic disorders in a patient after ischaemic stroke within the left hemisphere. The aim is to draw attention to the changes in the image of aphasic disorders in a 63-year-old man after a neurological incident in which semantic aphasia was diagnosed, which is the evidence of differences in the occurrence of symptoms (including aphasic disorders) in the patient immediately after the stroke and over a dozen months after the incident, after an of intensive speech therapy.

2020-10-21



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Choiced Issues of Realisation of Speech Units in Stuttering

Mieczysław Chęciek

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The author in his paper attempts at answering a question concerning the relationship between dysfluent realisation of speech units (sound, open and closed syllable, word, phrase and sentence) and disordered symptoms occuring beyond the language (e.g. the speed of speech, symptoms of logophobia/anxiety, muscle comovements) and the age of the stutterers. The significant quantative and qualitative differences, being prototypes for the age groups are also discussed. It will be in three age groups (A: 7-11 yrs.; B: 12-16; C: 17 yrs. and more) at the number of 250 stutterers discussed. The findings of the study suggest the assumption that frequency of occurrence of dysfluent realisation of speech units among stutterers in three groups is very similar. The units that are most commonly blocked occur in initial sound, alike in all groups and stop-explosive consonants and vowels belong to the most fre¬quen¬tly blocked ones. The highest ratio of frequency in stuttering in percentage is slight level of stuttering for all groups. Significant differences between groups in case of logophobia/anxiety level have been observed, but this is not discussed in this paper.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Performance of a picture description by ten-year-olds with fetal alcohol syndrome

Marta Krakowiak

Language: PL | Published: 29-12-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-52

Alcohol consumption by a woman during pregnancy may result in a number of developmental disorders in her offspring, known as (fetal alcohol syndrome – FAS). They relate to, among others, acquisition of language and communication competence problems, manifested, among others, by incorrect articulation, deficits in inflection and syntax, and irregularities in creating narrative forms of expression. The subject of this paper is describing of a picture by ten-year-olds with fetal alcohol syndrome and their peers from a control group. Findings indicate that children with FAS have difficulty using the following procedures: generalization of events, spatiality of description, presentability of events, and characterization of elements of reality. These people, while creating descriptions of pictures, usually do not use formulas that allow to begin a statement and present the content of the described events, introduce individual space plans in a disorderly manner, do not use the right wording, omit many important details related to the characteristics of individual elements of reality and the relationships that occur between them. The abnormalities mentioned above are related to the poverty of content and the abnormal structure of texts constructed by ten-year-olds with FAS.

2022-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Afazja jako zaburzenie mowy po urazie mózgu – studium przypadku

Tatiana Lewicka

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

Speech disorder after brain damages in aphasia – case study Cranial-cerebral traumas are a serious sociomedical issue. Brain damages, caused by experienced injury, often lead to various kinesthetic deficits, as well as to cognitive and language disorders. Due to the damage of a nervous system, there are many deep speech disorders such as aphasia, mainly senso-motorical type. The right evaluation of the appearing deficits, the right definition of therapeutical objectives and implementing of the therapy can give brain trauma patients the chance to regain the possibility to communicate.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Lateralizacja funkcji językowych u pacjentów z pierwotnymi nowotworami OUN. Lokalizacja pierwotnie rozproszona, transfer międzypółkulowy, czy różnice interpersonalne

Agnieszka Rożek

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

There are still many controversies concerning the location of cortical functional areas involved in speech processes. It has been proved that brain plasticity mechanisms enable the transfer of functions between areas located in the same hemisphere as well as through the commissural fibres system to the opposite hemisphere. The originally distributed location of functional areas may also exist simultaneously in both hemispheres. The aim of this study was twofold: to analyse speech problems occurring in patients treated for primary tumours of the CNS and to attempt to correlate symptoms with the location of damage. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), The Right Hemisphere Language Battery – Polish version (RHLB-PL) and the neurologopaedic diagnosis were used for evaluation. The authors present the preliminary results of a group of twenty patients with primary brain tumours.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Opieka logopedyczna w przebiegu zaburzeń psychicznych – kwestie teoretyczne

Ewa Hrycyna

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 51-70

The article focuses on the theoretical frame of the speech therapy care problem in various mental illnesses. It presents psychiatric disorders particularly associated with speech and communication problems and diversifies the character of speech disorders in psychiatry, indicating that they can oscillate between variously intensified language pathology and different ways of thinking and speaking; as such, they may be permanent or may disappear spontaneously after the episode of the disease is managed. The study defines the relationship between speech and mental disorders, and lists their short- and long-term effects in mental illnesses. Subsequently, it proceeds to circumscribe the place of a speech therapist in an interdisciplinary team, specifies what the logopaedic diagnosis in the process of a mental disorder is, and indicates other roles of a speech therapist in the broadly understood diagnostic and therapeutic process, e.g. the preventive one. The article formulates general goals and guidelines for speech therapy in mental disorders and discusses those aspects of the treatment which are closely related to the patient and the place of speech therapy care. The article concludes that speech pathologists in psychiatry have a chance to consolidate their position. The conditions which have to be met in order to do so are: the profound description and interpretation of speech disorders in psychiatry, the balanced assessment of diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities, and cooperation within an interdisciplinary team.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Wybrane techniki kognitywne muzykoterapii neurologicznej w terapii afazji akustyczno-mnestycznej. Opis przypadku

Aneta Syta

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 487-513

Music is able to stimulate the human brain at different levels, resulting in greater durability of treatment results, as well as the overall health of patients is improved. The aim of the article is to present the use of cognitive neurological music therapy techniques in the treatment of acousticmnestic aphasia patients. In the theoretical part of the article, the language and communication deficits occurring in the acoustic-mnestic aphasia are described. The basic assumptions and mechanisms of neurological music therapy were also presented, as well as the neuromuscular therapeutic techniques were briefly characterized and divided into three groups due to the area of influence (sensomotor, speech therapy and cognitive). Next, a case study of a patient with acoustic-mnestic aphasia was presented. Based on the characteristics and description of linguistic and communication disorders of the patient, appropriate cognitive techniques of neurological musicotherapy were selected and their use in the therapy of the described patient was described.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zaburzenia dyskursu w schizofrenii na podstawie badań własnych metodą indywidualnych przypadków

Renata Tomaszuk-Wieczorek

Language: PL | Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

This article is a continuation of theoretical reflections on discourse disorders in persons with schizophrenia. The theoretical part was presented in Logopedia Silesiana 2. Working with a person suffering from schizophrenia relies on frequent relapses, medical prognosis, no schematic disorders, making it difficult to capture the moment of stabilization, when it can start or continue speech therapy. In the article are general guidelines that may affect the positive effects of therapy, such as giving everyday schematic rules, the gradual introduction of changes , reducing incentives. The research process involves five men staying at the Hospital for Mental Diseases in Rybnik, which combines diagnosis of schizophrenia. The study was based on Krótka Skala Oceny Schizofazji T. Woźniak and A. Czernikiewicz. Also used The scale for the assessment of thinking , language and verbal communication. In the final statement shows the most common disorder of text that should be included diagnostic and therapeutic process in neurologopedic therapy.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Linguistic Disorders in Alcohol Dependence: Representation and Dynamics

Urszula Ciszewska-Psujek

Language: PL | Published: 23-12-2018 | Abstract | pp. 56-80

Alcohol dependence is a chronic disease which damages many systems and organs. The toxic influence of alcohol on the central nervous system leads to the durable reduction of neurons and neural connections in number and size, especially those within the frontal structures, the limbic system, and the cerebellum. These changes result in cognitive impairments, including executive cognitive impairments, memory deficits, and emotional information processing disorder. Cognitive deficits, in turn, affect the way of understanding human reality and the possibility to represent it in language. The diagnosis of speech disorders among alcohol-dependent patients can be accomplished by evaluating their narrative skills. The article contains selected narrative statements of two men maintaining short- and medium-term alcohol abstinence, and the description of the exponents of a particular attitude and neurocompensatory mechanisms.

2018-12-23



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Early Childhood Bilinguality. Case Study

Bożena Mikłasz-Sendecka , Olga Przybyla

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 461-486

Early childhood bilingualism, natural bilingualism, and multilingualism, which occurs more often than ever before, are widely discussed in the secondary literature. Bilingualism entails acquiring a new identity and induces a change in linguistic thinking. This article contributes to the studies concerning the methods and strategies that are undertaken by such families that either raise or aim at raising a bilingual child; moreover, it puts forward a case study of a boy who is 2 years and 9 months old. In the introduction, the essential issues of raising a bilingual child are presented with a special emphasis put on the parents’ attitude towards bilingual education and their conviction of its underlying benefits for the boy. The empirical part of this article focuses on language proficiency and communication competences, and their assessment.

2019-12-22