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Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Wpływ ćwiczeń muzycznych i muzyczno‑ruchowych na rozwój kompetencji prozodycznych dzieci pięcio‑ i sześcioletnich

Magdalena Kwaterkiewicz

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 211-222

Influence of Music and Movement Exercises on the Development of Prosodic Competences in Five‑ and Six‑year‑old Children
This article presents the results of my study of the effect of music exercise and music and movement exercise on the development of prosodic competencies among five‑ and six‑year‑old children whose phonetic and phonological system is at the end of its dynamic development. This period is marked with very intensive development of the ability to perceive specific characteristics of prosodic speech units. The aim of the study was to evaluate this effect. The main objectives of conducted experiment were to examine the prosodic competences in terms of perception as well as to develop and implement a treatment program connected with shaping perception skills in terms of elements common to speech and music (such features as: height, volume, time and duration; and such phenomena as: speed, rhythm, melody, intonation), which in turn would lead to an increase in the level of prosodic competences. An experimental research method with the selection of a parallel group was applied in the experiment. The test procedure included a study on physiological hearing and an examination of the perception of prosodic speech in children from experimental and control groups.
Key words: prosodic speech, prosodic competences, logorythmics, ways of improving prosody

2017-12-20



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

Ocena płynności mówienia. Wezwanie do dialogu logopedów z inżynierami

Małgorzata Waryszak

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 259-272

This article is a proposal to increase cooperation between speech therapists and engineers in the field of speech disfluencies assessment. It provides practical guidance on how to reach an agreement between representatives of the two groups. It discusses speech therapists’ and engineers’ skills that can be useful in achieving the goal of their cooperation, which is an immediate and objective assessment of speech disfluencies.
Key words: speech therapists, engineers, cooperation, speech disfluency

2016-12-20



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wady wymowy oraz trudności w czytaniu i pisaniu u dorosłych z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną w stopniu umiarkowanym

Urszula Jęczeń , Sylwia Krupa

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 275-294

The article discusses speech defects and reading and writing difficulties in persons with moderate intellectual disability. The analysis of the problems is based on studies conducted by one of the authors in a seven-person group of intellectually disabled adults. The subjects were presented with three tasks. The first task evaluated the motor skills of speech organs. The objective of the second task was to assess articulation skills. For this purpose, a questionnaire to test pronunciation was used. It consisted of a hundred pictures. The names of the objects shown in the pictures enabled the investigation of articulation of all sounds in each of the possible positions in a word. The last part of the investigation (task three) was a multifaceted assessment of reading and writing difficulties. The collected empirical data also enabled the attempt to answer the question whether among the problems of mentally handicapped persons there is a relationship between articulation difficulties and mistakes appearing in reading and writing.
Key words: speech defects, reading and writing difficulties, moderate intellectual disability

2016-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

«Точка запуска» новых слуховых возможностей и спонтанного развития речи ребенка после кохлеарной имплантации

Ольга И. Кукушкина , Елена Л. Гончарова

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 21-31

The key question in the psycho-pedagogical rehabilitation of a child with cochlear implantation (CI) is: what point is to be considered as the “initial point” of the child’s new auditory and speech abilities. The article presents the idea of this “initial point”. The “initial point” depends on the understanding of the early hearing and speech ontogenesis. The article presents an approach to psycho-pedagogical rehabilitation of a child with CI based on the understanding of normal hearing and speech ontogenesis in the context of the development and complication of emotional interaction of the child with their parents and relatives. According to this approach, the “initial point” is considered as the launch of a new emotional dialogue with relatives on a new sensory basis. This “initial point” is common for different groups of children with CI. The exception is children who became deaf and who did not manage to retain emotional interaction with their relatives. The “initial point” in this case is the point of ontogenesis where interaction with environment on a normal sensory basis started to deteriorate.


Key words: child, deafness, hearing loss, cochlear implantation, rehabilitation, early auditory ontogenesis, emotional dialogue, sensory basis of interaction

2016-12-22



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

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

Refleksje na temat terapii logopedycznej dziecka z podejrzeniem zespołu Landaua-Kleffnera

Anna Żywot

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 393-399

The article gives an account of the course of a long-term speech therapy of a child with a suspected diagnosis of the Landau-Kleffner syndrome. The author provides the specifics of this boy’s speech and methods of work on improving its operation and communication. She proves that neither severe dysfunction nor late time of starting such an effective therapy precludes possible progress. She also notes that constant and systematic continuation of work on the development of child’s speech by parents at home largely contributes to the therapeutic success.
Key words: Landau-Kleffner syndrome, speech therapy, epilepsy, motor aphasia

2016-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Запускающий этап реабилитации ребенка с ки. Четыре сессии работы сурдопедагога

Альбина И. Сатаева

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 32-42

The main concern of this paper is the initial stage of rehabilitation of a child with a cochlear implant installed. For the first time, four sessions of activities with a surdo-teacher were identified in the initial stage of rehabilitation, taking into account their aims, content and signals that indicate the end of each session and the whole rehabilitation stage.

Key words: child, deafness, hearing loss, cochlear implantation, dialogue and emotional cooperation in therapy, speech comprehension, spontaneous development of speech

2016-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Głos w pracy pedagoga. Znaczenie, problemy i profilaktyka oraz propozycja ćwiczeń logopedycznych

Aneta Syta

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 269-279

Voice in Teacher’s Work. Significance, Issues, Prophylaxis and Proposal of Speech Therapy Exercises
Care for the vocal apparatus and ability to use it are prerequisites for maintaining its good condition for a long time. The article discusses issues related to the correct voice emission in the educator’s work and draws attention to the threats the voice is exposed to in this profession. The importance of preventive measures to avoid voice‑related problems and diseases among teachers has been demonstrated and logopaedic exercises have been proposed to allow this group of professionals to keep their voices and articulation apparatuses in good condition.
Key words: voice emission, voice hygiene, voice diseases, teacher, educator, speech therapy

2017-12-20



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

Zespół dezintegracyjny w diagnozie i terapii logopedycznej

Jolanta Panasiuk

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 167-198

Speech disorders, presented in terms of theoretical models in speech-therapy literature, may manifest themselves in clinical practice as diverse spectra of symptoms, far removed from model descriptions. In many cases, the speech therapist detects coupled difficulties resulting from overlapping pathomechanisms. The high degree of complicacy of symptoms usually stems from disorders in the course of complicated illness complexes of the developmental age. To draw conclusions on the neurobiological mechanisms of speaking difficulties in the context of the still developing brain and other organic systems is a very difficult task. The article presents the specificity of childhood disintegrative disorders, which are classified as part of the spectrum of autistic disorders. With regard to the clinical picture and dynamism of symptoms, disintegrative disorders are distinguished from other comprehensive developmental disorders and require separate speech-therapy procedures. Using the case study of a 21-year-old patient, the diagnostic-therapeutic management of this disorder has been presented.
Key words: comprehensive developmental disorders, autistic spectrum, Heller’s syndrome, disintegrative psychosis, developmental dementia, frontotemporal dementia, akinetic mutism

2016-12-22



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

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

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

On Behaviourism in Speech Therapy: An Excursus on Russian Speech Therapy and Russian Logopaedia Today

Cvetłana M. M. Valyavko

Language: RU | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 38-50

The article discusses the influence of behaviorist theory on logopedic science. Describes the historical experience in the application of behavioral techniques speech therapy intervention and formation on its basis of individual plans of impact specialists and speech therapists. Such an excursion seems to be relevant in connection with the introduction of individual programs of correctional work into Russian education. The results of the author’s study of the experience of using different types of reinforcements in the modern activities of speech therapists in Russia are discussed.

2019-12-22



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

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

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

Post-stroke patients: frequency and effectiveness of rehabilitation and speech therapy

Anna Grażyńska , Weronika Urbaś , Krzysztof Duda , Mateusz Toś , Maria Flak , Elżbieta Zych-Twardowska , Ewa Krzystanek

Language: EN | Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-13

The study presented here was conducted on post-stroke patients in the years 2014–2017. Data was collected using a survey questionnaire based on single-choice questions, Barthel ADL Index and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS). As many as 128 out of 135 respondents (94.8%) were referred for further treatment after initial rehabilitation. Of these, 33.6% did not continue their rehabilitation. Most of the remaining ones chose outpatient (32.9%) or inpatient rehabilitation in a hospital (29.4%). After the second examination of the physical condition of the patients, improvement was noted in those who participated in long-term rehabilitation. This feeling was also declared by the patients themselves. Out of all respondents, 92 people suffered from speech disorders, of which only 21.7% participated in speech therapy, and in this group 90% noticed a significant improvement in verbal communication. A small percentage of patients with aphasia recognize and follow speech therapy recommendations. Patients and their carers should be informed in more detail about the benefits of rehabilitation and speech therapy.

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zespół Gregga jako wyzwanie dla teorii i praktyki logopedycznej. Studium przypadku

Elżbieta Maria Minczakiewicz

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

Gregg’s team as a challenge to the theory and practice speech therapy. Case Study This article is an attempt to share their experiences obtained in the course of speech therapy work with children profoundly handicapped, which soon after thorough clinical diagnosis changed, calling them children of a team of Gregg. The first part of article I described is relatively rare occurring in children, with different symptoms disorder caused by rubella virus. Looking for an answer to the question about the nature of the disorder, concentrated on specialist literature and the results of their own trials and speech therapy practice. In the second part of the paper I decided to share their experiences those obtained step by step on how to work with them – as children with a diagnosis of Gregg’s team. For example, the selected case study – I tried to show the results of speech therapy struggle. However, the results of several multi-profile treatment of the interesting group of people with a diagnosis of Gregg, I treated as a new challenge to the theory and practice of speech therapy.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Scintigraphic correlates of discourse impairment in dementia with Lewy bodies

Klaudia Kluj-Kozłowska , Emilia J. Sitek , Bogna Brockhuis , Dariusz Wieczorek , Piotr Lass , Jarosław Sławek , Stanisław Milewski , Aneta Domagała

Language: PL | Published: 29-06-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-35

In the clinical presentation of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), speech and communication disorders coexist with cognitive deficits. Discourse is impaired both at the syntactic and lexical levels. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the existence of scintigraphic correlates with lexical and syntactic errors in the patients’ narrative speech. Twelve patients with DLB participated in the study. Analysis shows relationships between selected aspects of narrative discourse in DLB and cerebral hypoperfusion. It has identified correlations between lexical and syntactic impairment of speech and hypoperfusion within temporal, parietal and occipital areas, both in left and right hemisphere. The ability to create narrative speech on the basis of complex pictorial material requires the engagement of the perceptual function, which may explain the relationship between discourse impairment and posterior, in particular right-sided, hypoperfusion.

2021-06-29



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

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

Evoking esophageal speech after the completely removed of the larynx: case study

Magdalena Kokot

Language: PL | Published: 31-12-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-34

For many speech therapists, regardless of their work experience, undertaking therapy with a patient after complete removal of the larynx is a huge challenge that they often cannot cope with. This state of affairs is caused by the still small number of practical studies containing detailed guidelines for post-laryngectomy therapy. The article presents detailed recommendations on evoking esophageal voice along with an explanation of the causes of possible failures during the voice and speech rehabilitation process. Possible actions range from those that are possible a few days after laryngeal surgery to those for practicing the prosodic elements of speech.

2021-12-31



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Wczesna opieka logopedyczna nad dzieckiem z rozszczepem wargi i podniebienia. Standard postępowania logopedycznego przyjęty w Instytucie Matki i Dziecka w Warszawie

Elżbieta Radkowska

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

The child born with cleft lip and palate requires multidisciplinary care since the very first hours of its life. These actions should also include speech therapy stimulation. Initially, the work of a speech therapist over dealing with this birth defect differs from the standard therapeutic procedures as a speech therapist comes into contact with a very young patient who has difficulties with food intake and often suffers from swallowing and breathing disorders. This study contains a proposal for speech therapy care over a child with cleft lip and palate. The method is used in the clinics of the Mother and Child Institute in Warsaw.

2015-01-01



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

Experiences and emotions accompanying first-year students of Master’s speech therapy studies: Problem-based Learning at the Jagiellonian University

Nauczanie problemowe na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim

Robert Dębski , Feliks Matusiak , Rafał Młyński

Language: PL | Published: 27-10-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-34

Problem-based Learning (PBL) has had a significant impact on tertiary education programs around the world in recent years, including programs in speech-language pathology. In Poland, the change from traditional teaching forms, such as lectures and classes, to problem-based tutorials has been a noticeable trend. There is a scarcity of research devoted to PBL adaptations in Poland, including research on student reception of this approach to education. The present study describes the experiences and emotions accompanying a purposive sample of six participants, firstyear students of Master’s speech therapy studies at Jagiellonian University, at the time of enrolling in the PBL program, during their studies and when they consider their future work as speech therapists. The phenomenological analysis of in-depth interview data has made it possible to identify several lead and peripheral themes which can become the basis of actions aimed at improving student response to problem-based learning in speech pathology education.

2020-10-27



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

Wybrane metody praktyki logopedycznej w postępowaniu terapeutycznym osób z zespołem Gregga

Elżbieta Maria Minczakiewicz

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

The selected methods of the theory and practice speech therapy appilied to people with Gregg’s symptoms The main objective of the article is to share the author’s speech therapy experience gained from working with children profoundly handicapped who soon after thorough clinical diagnosis changed, calling them children of Gregg. The author shows the results of her speech therapy effort involved in the treatment, which is based on a chosen case study. However, the results of several multiprofile treatment of the interesting group of people with a diagnosis of Gregg, the author treats as a new challenge in the theory and practice of speech therapy.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Opis zaburzeń mowy jako pierwszy etap postępowania logopedycznego

Danuta Pluta-Wojciechowska

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

Description of speech disorders the first way of logopedic treatment The paper presents a description of speech disorders, in particular those concerning phoneme realization. The author provides a review of different methods in describing speech defects with regard to phoneme realization and she points out to pros and cons of these methods. She also formulates her own proposal for the description of speech impediments taking into account all phonetic categories.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Pomoce i aparatura stosowane w logopedii

Józef Oczadły

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

Didactic aids and equipment used in speech therapy The article presents tools which are used in speech therapy. The author discusses a wide range of didactic aids and equipment used in speech therapy emphasizing there will be a constant increase of their importance as compensating, motivating and accelerating items in speech therapy. What is more, the author desribes the selected aids and equipment which should be stimulating, motivational, educational, didactic, visual, supporting, documenting information and multifunctional.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Speech therapy of a child with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1): a case study

Alicja Chilińska-Pułkowska , Katarzyna Kaczorowska-Bray

Language: PL | Published: 29-06-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-40

The subject literature continues to lack descriptions of speech therapy of children with SMA1. The progressive character of the disease did not allow considerable progress to be made in therapy. However, currently available treatments bring about observable changes in patients in the sphere of activity of the speech apparatus, in the ability to receive food and swallow, as well as in respiratory activity. Making use of purposeful procedures and appropriate rehabilitation techniques, the speech therapist is able to attain positive effects and observe the development of functions which would decline without the medical support currently available. This article presents the case study of a child with SMA1. On the basis of appropriately selected diagnostic tools, an assessment was made of the child’s range of vocabulary and basic communicative skills, as well as sensorimotor evaluation of the oral-facial area. The article also discusses the activities undertaken during therapy and the rehabilitation techniques recognised as most significant and having the greatest effect.

2021-06-29



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

Opieka logopedyczna dla uczniów ze specjalnymi potrzebami edukacyjnymi w regionie śląsko-morawskim

Gerlinda Javorčeková

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

Speech therapy for pupils with special educational in Moravian Silesian Region Speech is very important for communication between people. The Moravian-Silesian Region speech therapy is provided free of charge, is covered under the contractual relationship of the medical facilities and health insurance. Speech therapy is available to every child and adult.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Alternative and augmentative communication in the speech and communication development process of children with autism spectrum disorder

Marta Giziewska

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

The article presents issues related to speech and the more widely understood process of communication of children with the autism spectrum disorder. The determinants of speech development and communication of children with ASD were characterized. Efforts were also made to show the consequences of disturbed speech development translating into psychosocial functioning. The paper explains the notions of the alternative and augmentative communication and describes the most frequently used methods in the treatment of children with the autism spectrum disorder.

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Fragmentaryczne wyniki badań nad motywacją do terapii jąkania uczniów szkoły średniej

Mieczysław Chęciek

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

In their article on the motivation for stuttering therapy in secondary school students, the authors present the results of their survey-based research conducted in 2014 among 40 stuttering males (M) and 12 stuttering females (F) in three age groups: a) 15-17 years old, b) 18-19 years old, c) 20 years old and over. The 52 stutterers were asked 12 questions assessing, among others, their levels of motivation for starting their speech therapies: before starting secondary school, during secondary school, and towards the end of their time in secondary school. The scale of motivation levels was set as: very high, high, medium, low, and none. In one of the questions, the stutterers were asked to name their reasons for deciding on starting a speech therapy in the aforementioned periods, and among those reasons suggestions from their mother, father, grandparents, teachers, the influence of the Internet, or the lack of them, could be found, to name a few. The surveyed group was also asked to rate those reasons from the most important (1) to the least important (6, 7, 8, 0). The stutterers also provided their own/personal reasons for starting a stuttering therapy in the aforementioned period of time and scale, and those pertained to lack of progress in earlier attempts at therapy and very low self-esteem connected to communication difficulties. The survey also provided answers to questions about the factors that influenced their final decision to choose the right method of therapy. The graphs in the article and their analysis will allow the readers to familiarise themselves with the wide spectrum of motivation and its lack to start a therapy aimed at correcting speech communication disorders in the form of stuttering in secondary school students. Towards the end of the article some research conclusions are described, pointing to the fact that the main influence on deciding to start a speech therapy is the mother, and towards the end of school – the Internet, while the lack of decision is most often influenced by little interest in the problem on the family's part and failed past attempts at therapy.

2015-01-01



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

Sposób postrzegania osób z wadą wymowy przez społeczeństwo – badania własne

Monika Knychalska-Zbierańska

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

The article presents the image of people with a speech impediment in the perception of the society. Numerous observations and studies indicate that the perception of children suffering from speech difficulties correlates with their low self-esteem. The consequences of it are numerous difficulties, connected to school on the one hand, and to the establishment of relationships, emotional ties and social skills on the other. Speech development influences the development of thinking, and thus it is related to the advancement with respect to school and professional careers. Communication difficulties often close the door to a “better world” for children – and later adults. Therefore, the research conducted has been designed to examine how speech therapists’ patients are seen by others. Looking into this problem from this perspective enables one to individualise a therapy in such a way that the young patients are entering the stage of schooling with increased self-confidence.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Дети с ки в школьном возрасте. Четыре истории развития

Мария Р. Хайдарпашич , Альбина И. Сатаева

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 43-58

The article presents successful and unsuccessful case stories of children after cochlear implantation. They illustrate considerable differences in the development of children with cochlear implants installed: from high development scores for the age group and the ability to attend regular school classes with hearing pears, to a significant delay not only in relation to the age group, but also in relation to deaf children of the same age who receive special education. The article shows that a failure to complete the initial stage of rehabilitation after cochlear implantation precludes further development of the child as a hearing individual and makes complete socialization impossible.

Key words: child, deafness, hearing loss, cochlear implantation, initial rehabilitation stage, natural development of speech and communication, level of development, age group norm

2016-12-22



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

Syndrom obcej ręki jako następstwo ukrwotocznienia udaru niedokrwiennego w obrębie prawej półkuli mózgu. Opis przypadku

Miłosz Gołyszny , Tomasz Ludyga , Aleksandra Strach‑Sączewska , Tatiana Lewicka , Joanna Siuda

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2016 | Abstract | pp. 330-336

The Alien Hand Syndrome (AHS) is a relatively rare neurological disorder. Right side brain damages, especially right hemisphere stroke, can be a cause of AHS. Main symptoms include a feeling of alien hand, involuntary movements and personification of the limb. This syndrome usually coincides with unilateral neglect syndrome. While the body sense is impaired, the patient loses the ability to communicate and the holistic perception of the external environment. This event caused the AHS. Undoubtedly, individual therapy, consisting of physiotherapy, neuropsychologist therapy and speech therapy combined with stimulation of neuroplasticity, can improve the quality of patient’s life. This paper presents a case report of a 77-year-old patient who was hospitalized because of ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic transformation.
Key words: alien hand syndrome, right hemisphere ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic transformation, AHS therapy, unilateral neglect syndrome

2016-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Speech therapy for dysarthric disorders in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Ewa Boksa , Katarzyna Żabińska

Language: PL | Published: 28-06-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-45

The presented paper concerns the diagnostics and therapy of dysarthria in the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sclerosis lateralis amyotrophica, SLA, Charcot disease), one of the incurable neurodegenerative diseases. On the example of a 46-year-old patient, the characteristic symptoms of the disease were analyzed in relation to the speech therapy literature. The article was presented in the form of a case study due to the small number of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The incidence of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SSLA) is on average 1.9 per 100,000 per year in both Europe and North America. The incidence of SLA is estimated to be about 7 out of 100,000 in the general population. The study used the “Ocena stanu dyzartrii” [Assessment of dysarthria status] by Izabela Gatkowska was supplemented with an interview with
the respondent and available medical documentation, and then a therapy plan was proposed.

2022-06-28



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

Reflection on the concept of “the norm” in speech-language therapy

Olga Jauer-Niworowska

Language: PL | Published: 10-01-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-22

The article discusses various concepts of the norm in speech-language therapy. The aim of the article is to present the complexity of the topic. The author considers various determinants of linguistic and communicative behaviour in the verbal form and the related methods of describing the norm. The essential requirement for correct diagnosis and therapy of persons with speech disorders of various aetiologies is knowledge and experience sufficient to determine the meaning of individual terms designating the disorders, taking into account interdisciplinary methods of defining the norm. This explains also the importance of ensuring proper standards of education allowing to perform independent, correct and reliable diagnosis and speech-language therapy.

2023-01-10



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

Diagnoza sprawności komunikacyjnej dorosłej osoby z niepełnosprawnością sprzężoną. Studium przypadku

Monika Kowalska

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 189-201

Diagnosis of Communication Skills of Adults with Multiple Disabilities. A Case Study
The article discusses the communication development of a man with linked disability, namely: autism and moderate intellectual disability. Moreover, disability‑related speech deficits have
been analysed. The theoretical basis for the problem have been outlined in the introduction section of the article.
Key words: autism, deficits, visual contact, concentration, communication

2017-12-20



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

The phonological productivity of four-year-old children compared to three- and five-year-olds, based on the example of consonant groups

Ewa Binkuńska

Language: PL | Published: 30-06-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-27

In the articulation of a 4-year-old child, the phenomena related to speech ontogenesis overlap. A 4-year-old child articulates more phonemes than a 3-year-old, and at the same time some phonemes have not been mastered by him/her yet, and although these elements may appear occasionally, especially in certain, e.g. more difficult to produce phonological contexts, they are not yet acquired to the extent that would allow to talk about the completion of the acquisition process. This dynamics accompanying the development of the speech of a 4-year-old child and the overlapping of linguistic phenomena characteristic of the development of speech is the reason why in this age group there can be observed a higher rate of occurrence of different ways of implementing the same phonological contexts than in the younger and older population. This tendency is especially noticeable in the case of consonant groups that are difficult to articulate.

2023-06-30



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Przyczyny i konsekwencje zmian w narządzie żucia u osób starszych

Barbara Kamińska , Katarzyna Kaczorowska-Bray

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 46-56

Causes and Consequences of Changes in Chewing Organ of the Elderly
The article discusses the phenomena connected with physiological changes occurring in the stomatognathic system of the elderly. It points to their relation with the activities of chewing and swallowing as well as the general state of health and social functioning of older people. The issues addressed in the text are of vital importance not only for dentists and geriatrists, but also for speech therapists and other specialists working with seniors.
Key words: gerontologopaedics, stomatognathic system, chewing organ

2017-12-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Development of Speech and Communication of the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study

Aneta Syta

Language: PL | Published: 23-12-2018 | Abstract | pp. 215-225

The aim of the article is to show the degree of speech development of a 6-year-old boy diagnosed with autism. The article also presents, among others, the development of the child’s motor skills, medical documentation, and the results of specialist research. Finally, the proposal of a speech therapy plan is presented, and the need to work on accompanying disorders is emphasised.

2018-12-23



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Sprawność narracyjna w chorobie alkoholowej

Urszula Ciszewska-Psujek

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 159-188

Narrative Abilities in Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol dependence is a chronic disease causing multiple‑system and multiorgan damage. Toxic effects of alcohol on the central nervous system lead to a permanent decrease in the number and size of neurons and neuronal connections, especially in the frontal structures, limbic system and cerebellum, and consequently to cognitive disorders, including executive functions and memory, as well as disorders in the processing of emotional information. The resulting cognitive dysfunctions affect the way in which reality is understood and the ability to present it in linguistic behaviour. Speech disorders in alcohol addicts can be diagnosed by assessing the narrative skills that reflect human knowledge of the world, i.e. the cognitive representation of the world.
Key words: alcoholism, cognitive functions, executive functions, cognitive function disorders, narration, narrative efficiency

2017-12-20



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

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

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

Terapia logopedyczna przez zabawę

Martyna Polczyk

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

The purpose of the study is to present certain play which can be successfully applied to the speech therapy of children with the abnormal execution [š, ž, č, ǯ, r]. The speech therapy is conducted through fun. The form undertaken is to encourage children to do the exercises of speech therapy more frequently.

2015-01-01



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

Teoria ograniczeń (Theory of Constraints – TOC) w kontekście wspierania procesu terapii osób jąkających się

Dorota Kamińska

Language: PL | Published: 20-12-2017 | Abstract | pp. 234-268

Theory of Constraints – TOC in the Context of Stammering Treatment Support
The article aims at presenting the practical aspects of the application of TOC (The Theory of Constraints) in the treatment offered to stuttering people. The issues described in the article refer to actions taken within the framework of methodological innovation: “I say what I think” – the TOC method used for training speech fluency and implemented during group therapy activities of stuttering children and youth organized by the Psychological and Pedagogical Clinic in Ciechanów. In her text, the authoress proposes to modify the use of three graphical TOC tools used in support of therapy for stuttering people, namely: the logical branch, the cloud and the ambitious target tree.
Key words: stuttering therapy, Theory of Constraints (TOC), support method

 

 

 

2017-12-20



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

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

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

Selected aspects of psychological flexibility and experiencing the occupational burnout syndrome among speech therapists

Anna Guzy

Language: PL | Published: 30-07-2021 | Abstract | pp. 1-43

In this article, the author examines the relationship between selected aspects of psychological flexibility and the experience of the burnout syndrome among professionally active speech therapists. The author presents results from a correlation analysis (n = 143) of the relationship between the burnout syndrome (OLBI) and selected aspects of psychological flexibility: experience avoidance (MEAQ-30), cognitive fusion (CFQ), and acceptance and action (AAQ-II). These results indicate that there is a statistically significant relationship (p < 0.05) between burnout and non-acceptance and action (0.38), cognitive fusion (0.56), as well as the following components of avoidance (0.4): procrastination (0.37), repression/denial (0.33) and the resistance to stress (–0.26). The conclusions emphasize the need to carry out burnout prevention therapy among speech therapists which should involve instruction on the skills that make up the different aspects of psychological flexibility.

2021-07-30



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

Cognitive Behavioural Techniques in Logophobia Treatment: A Case Study

Mieczysław Chęciek , Sylwia Kozłowska-Stoch

Language: PL | Published: 23-12-2018 | Abstract | pp. 139-153

Basing on a case study, this article presents the theoretical and practical investigations into the use of cognitive behavioural techniques in the logophobia therapy. It discusses the role of psychological therapy in the context of fluency of speech disorders and analyses cognitive behavioural techniques. Moreover, it presents the practical application of cognitive behavioural trends, taking into consideration the implications of speech therapy. The case study is devoted to a man diagnosed with physiological stuttering of a mixed, tonic-clonic type, and deep logophobia. The subject of this article is a therapy plan, its results for the patient, and recommendations it poses for future treatment. The case study reveals the positive influence of psychological therapy on the patient’s progress in the context of fluency of speech and decrease in the fear of speaking.

2018-12-23



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Społeczny aspekt jąkania – wskazówki dla jąkających się i ich rodziców / opiekunów oraz nauczycieli i logopedów

Elżbieta Bijak

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

The social aspect of stammering – practical instructions for stammering people, their parents/legal guardians, teachers and speech therapists The authors who are speech therapists in the field of logopaedics dealing discuss the therapy of people who stammer taking into account the social aspect. They present some practical instructions concerning the process of speech therapy so as to answer the questions asked by people who stammer, their parents/legal quardians, teachers and therapists.

2012-01-01



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

Warunki anatomiczno-czynnościowe narządów mowy studentów wyższych szkół teatralnych

Barbara Sambor

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

The analysis of anatomical and functional conditions affecting the pronunciation of theatre school students – report from the research The article presents preliminary results from the research on the biological determinants of speech in theatre academy students. The aim was to establish the frequency and intensity of the observed disorders. Analysis of the results inclines to ask questions – how early should entrants begin preparing for the exam; whether the speech diagnosis in case of young actor should differ significantly from the standard procedure?

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

The Quantitative Analysis of Consonant Groups in Speech Therapy Diagnosis of Articulation Disorders

Ewa Binkuńska

Language: PL | Published: 23-12-2018 | Abstract | pp. 81-101

In the research on children’s articulation, several types of attempts to assess the implementation of phonemes are usually taken into account. An image questionnaire is a tool allowing us to study articulation. The purpose of using this kind of aid is to either indicate or exclude a speech disorder – in this case, for example, regarding the faulty implementation of individual phonemes. The article analyses quantitatively one of the phonological aspects of the lexical content of ten selected diagnostic tests used to study the articulation of children between the ages of three and seven. The studies include the occurrence of consonant groups, the attention to the position of the appearance of consonant clusters, their number in the lexical unit, and the quantity of consonant elements adjacent to each other.

2018-12-23



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

Zespół psychoorganiczny w diagnozie i terapii logopedycznej

Jolanta Panasiuk

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

Psychoorganic syndrome is a condition in which, due to the organic damage to brain structures, disorders of the patient’s behaviour occur, manifesting themselves in the socio-emotional, cognitive, and linguistic spheres. The symptoms of psychoorganic syndrome have different types of neuropathogenesis: they may be caused by toxic, infectious, vascular and traumatic factors. The existing descriptions of speech disorders concentrate upon the damage to different brain areas, usually focusing first of all on dysfunctions of the communication process, i.e. the programming of verbal utterances. In the case of psychoorganic syndrome, interaction disorders do not arise from strictly linguistic difficulties, but are caused by disorders of the controlling function of the word. Psychoorganic syndrome is usually diagnosed in adults, while brain injuries in the developmental age usually lead to mental development disorders. Psychiatric literature therefore makes a distinction into three forms of psychoorganic syndrome: in adults 1) characteropathy and 2) dementia, and in children 3) oligophrenia. In speech therapy there are developed standards of diagnostic and therapeutic management in the case of oligophrenia and some forms of dementia, but there are still no procedures for diagnosis and therapy of interactions in other forms of dementia and characteropathic disorders.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Znaczenie terapii logopedycznej w kształceniu kaznodziejów

Leszek Szewczyk

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

Importance of speech therapy in preachers’ training Characteristics of the preaching of the Church lies in a clearly specified content, quite different from other public speeches, which is the Word of God. This form of preaching, in terms of the content being the Word of God, and in terms of the form being the word of man, can be described as the word of God in the word of man. Therefore efficiency of the Word of God depends in a sense on its human and linguistic sense. A preacher’s word spoken from behind a pulpit should be very powerful. A correct emission is necessary for a beautiful liturgy, but also for a didactic work and preaching. The article, referring to the theory of preaching, point at the importance of a speech therapy in future preachers’ training.

2012-01-01



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

Zastosowanie terapii metodą PNF w pracy neurologopedą i fizjoterapeuty - studium przypadku pacjentki z przebytym krwotokiem podpajęczynówkowym

Monika Knychalska-Zbierańska

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

The article presents the specificity of the work of a speech therapist and a physiotherapist with a neurological patient. The authors discuss the diagnosis, the speech therapy and the effects of physiotherapy of a patient with a history of subarachnoid haemorrhage; the method of PNF was used in this case. In this article the most important questions and effects of the therapy are described. In addition, the text contains a list of classes used in the treatment of both the vital functions and the lower and upper limb. They are characteristic of the chosen method of therapy.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Teorie pochodzenia jąkania oparte na dowodach

Tomasz Woźniak

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

The article discusses theories about the origin and formative mechanism of stuttering with regard to verifiable methods based on neuroimaging, as well as neurophysiology and audiology. The theories presented are interpreted with regard to the model of formation of fluent speech grounded upon the knowledge from the fields of neuropsychology and audiophonology. Conclusions drawn from the discussed theories are posed in reference to speech therapy practice.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Organization of speech therapy for children with autism and more: action models

Jacek Jarosław Błeszyński

Language: PL | Published: 28-06-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-33

The article presents speech therapy used in work with children with autism spectrum disorder, starting from the essence of the actions taken, the scope and forms of interactions, and the co-organization of the supportive process. The specificity of the problem of acquiring linguistic competencies of children with autism, the variety of determinants (including age and progressiveness and/or regression of development), as well as the individual acquisition of this skill are the pivotal elements in shaping the therapy model. The organization, technical support, and the environment (its level of involvement) are important elements supporting and sometimes determining the achieved effects of therapy.

2022-06-28



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Disorders of Speech Development and Communication of the Child with the Asperger Syndrome: A Case Study

Olga Przybyla , Justyna Wons

Language: PL | Published: 23-12-2018 | Abstract | pp. 226-254

The article presents the tasks of speech therapy and the planned activities undertaken to support the communication development of the child with the Asperger syndrome. An attempt to describe communication disorders and the relationship with the aforementioned therapy is based on the selected case study. The article also presents such issues as the development of the child’s motor skills, the medical documentation, and the results of specialist and authors’ research.

2018-12-23



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Problemy metodologiczne badań nad kompetencją językową dzieci z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną

Agnieszka Wątorek

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

A. Wątorek’s paper addresses methodological issues revolving around the studies on linguistic competence of children with a diagnosed mental disability. The author presents a range of specific solutions that are worth familiarising with, since she has proved their usefulness in the research work during several years of her original studies with 8- and 10-year-old students afflicted with mild intellectual disability attending special and integration schools. A. Wątorek recreates a possible course of the research process, as seen from the perspective of an empirical researcher who is fully aware of the difficulties that pile up in front of him or her, associated with selecting the subjects for the experimental group, choosing control groups, selecting research tools and methods, planning diagnostic sessions, and analysing the obtained empirical data. The author underlines the fact that the current knowledge on the speech acquisition of children with intellectual disabilities is insufficient, and the reason for that lies in the lack of verified methodological models. She provides the example of her own original research concerning passive and active vocabulary of children coming from different socio-familial backgrounds, simultaneously proving that constant underestimation of the environmental factor in comparative studies on linguistic competence of children with mild intellectual disability leads to the exaggeration of differences between subjects with diagnosed mental disability and subjects that are within the clinical norm, whereas in certain circumstances the diagnostic criterion gives way to various environmental criteria. As the author emphasises, despite the difficulties that are connected with studies on the speech of children with intellectual disabilities, the research should be planned and executed with the proper care for methodological transparency, as the essence of scientific activity is to ascertain the truth – no matter how hard it may be – with the use of increasingly improving methods, tools, techniques and procedures of research conduct.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Characteristics of speech development in people with Down’s syndrome

Katarzyna Kaczorowska-Bray

Language: PL | Published: 10-01-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-28

Down’s syndrome is one of the most common and easily detected genetic disorders. People with Down’s syndrome are characterised by multisystemic structural and functional irregularities (incl. congenital disease and heart defects, disorders of hearing and vision) appearing in life as well as a characteristic phenotype. Its phenotype characteristics include delayed psychomotor development. Children with this syndrome demonstrate a particular profile in the acquisition of communicative abilities. The level of development of communicative competence reached by children with DS is peculiar, different from that of other neuro-developmental disorders, and various in relation to the level reached by children at a similar level of cognitive functioning, but whose cognitive problems have a different etiology. This article attempts to characterise the factors determining the basis of speech development in this group and to indicate the characteristic features of communication among people with Down’s syndrome.

2023-01-10



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

Neurological speech therapy for toddlers with vocal cord paralysis – a holistic approach: case studies

Magdalena Knapek , Paulina Wójcik-Topór

Language: PL | Published: 15-06-2022 | Abstract | pp. 1-33

The theoretical aspect of the article presents dysphagia and dysphonia in children with vocal fold paralysis caused by surgical interventions – the causes, symptoms, diagnostic possibilities, as well as initial therapeutic recommendations. In practical terms, the authors would like to show methods of examining the voice and swallowing disorders in toddler patients who participated in the experimental-clinical trial at the University Children’s Hospital in Krakow. The article discusses two case studies which were to be used to develop a standard of neurological therapy dedicated to this type of patients. The authors focused on presenting the relationship between the functional/ myofunctional diagnosis, and the diagnosis of the prelingual and linguistic skills in children in terms of the development of linguistic and communicative competence. In this approach, myotherapy is to form the basis of activities necessary in the framework of early therapeutic intervention, which are to stimulate the speech development in children. In conclusion, the article specifies the therapeutic recommendations that have been developed on the basis of the research procedures presented.

2022-06-15



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Lexical and syntactic aspects of narrative discourse in individuals with dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease

Klaudia Kluj-Kozłowska , Aneta Domagała , Emilia J. Sitek , Stanisław Milewski , Bogna Brockhuis , Dariusz Wieczorek , Piotr Lass , Jarosław Sławek

Language: PL | Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-34

Changes in speech and communication are seen in both dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The study aimed at delineating differences between two groups in terms of lexical and syntactic aspects of connected speech. 12 patients with DLB and 13 patients with AD participated in the study. Transcriptions of patients’ recordings documenting the performance of the picture description task were analysed, with emphasis on the first minute of the recording. DLB patients used fewer words and definite pronouns than AD patients. Individuals with AD produced longer utterances and used more words per minute. The results are interpreted in the context of cognitive profile typical for DLB and AD. Discourse inefficiency in AD seems to be related to lexical and semantic deficits leading to lower idea density.

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

Pięć szeregów głosek dentalizowanych? O półpalatalnych głoskach szumiących i ciszących

Agniesza Myszka

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

For a long time linguists and speech therapists have drawn attention to the worrying phenomenon of the common use of the slightly softened articulation of rustling consonants series and the slightly hardened (semi soft) one of hushing consonants series. Its diagnostics – the speech description of (mostly) young people, the assessment of the scale of the phenomenon, the analysis of phonetic and situational conditions of such an articulation and the reflection on the causes of the spread of semi-soft articulation – is the main aim of this paper. Both extra- and intra-lingual causes have been analysed, whereas two other processes – prognostics and anagnostics – have only been indicated. An important question whether it is necessary to correct the semi-palatal articulation does not provide a definite answer, especially since such an articulation does not disturb the communication and is generally unnoticed by the speakers.

2015-01-01



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

Tendencje rozwojowe artykulacji głosek szczelinowych i zwarto-szczelinowych w grupach CCV-, -VCC- oraz -VCC w wymowie dzieci trzy-, cztero- oraz pięcioletnich

Ewa Binkuńska

Language: PL | Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 137-175

The pronunciation of consonant groups in three-, four-, and five-year-old children is an exponent of the acquired phonological competences. A genuine study has to consider the pronunciation of consonants characteristic of specific early stages of speech development. The element of phonetic neighborhood is also an important aspect, being a decisive feature for the final implementation of a specific consonantal connection. In the speech of preschool children, the implementation of consonant groups (CCV-, -VCC- and -VCC), in addition to the pronunciation consistent with the standard one, includes substitutions, reductions, assimilation, and other phenomena, for instance, epentesis. Moreover, there is the coexistence of several types of pronunciation violations of consonant clusters.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Relaxation Training and Patients with Aphasia: A Case Study

Anna Guzy

Language: PL | Published: 23-12-2018 | Abstract

The article discusses the issue of using relaxation in work with an aphasic patient. The first part of the article presents basic information about the types and forms of relaxation. The second part presents the case study of a patient with aphasia who has refused to work with a speech therapist. This study shows that we can help such patients improve the quality of their communication (even if they are not willing to undertake speech therapy) and, as a result, change their lives (a little).

2018-12-23



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Torowanie drogi rozwoju mowy poprzez rozwijanie sprawności komunikacyjnych dzieci dotkniętych zaburzeniami autystycznymi oraz nauczycieli i logopedów

Krystyna Sacher-Szafrańska

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

Making way for speech development through shaping communication abilities of children with autistic disorders The article discusses communication disorders of children with diagnosed autism, which is based on knowledge on autism. On the basis of negative symptoms of autism, the author analyses the deficits influencing these disorders and shows communication disorders in a wide perspective. The article draws the readers attention to the primary functions to achieve communicative competence which are a basis for the developement of speech.

2012-01-01



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

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

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

Zespół zamknięcia w diagnozie i terapii logopedycznej

Jolanta Panasiuk

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

The Locked-in syndrome and logopedic diagnosis and therapy The locked-in syndrome is a neurological condition that arises through different pathomechanisms resulting in damage to deep brain structures. The damage affects corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts, thereby causing the patient’s complete physical disability, with retained consciousness and full cognitive capability. Anarthria-type speech disorders occurring in patients with the locked-in syndrome require the use of alternative communication techniques in order to restore their ability to communicate with the world around them. The impossibility of interaction with the patient causes considerable diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties to neuro-speech therapists. Standards of speech-therapy management in locked-in syndrome cases and criteria for differentiating it from other syndromes have not yet been developed. There is an increasingly frequent need to rehabilitate patients with the locked-in syndrome, which has been caused by both improved standards of clinical treatment and the spread of knowledge about the syndrome itself and about the life situation of patients affected by it.

2014-01-01



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

Diagnoza i etapy rehabilitacji pacjenta po wszczepieniu implantatu ślimakowego

Barbara Kasica

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

Stages of diagnosis and patient rehabilitation after placing cochlear implant Cochlear implants (CI) are surgically implanted electronic devices that enable individuals who are profoundly deaf to hear. It should be pointed out that a surgically implanted device does not provide a sense of sound totally . It does allow the deaf to recognize sounds and help to understand speech. However, after placing a cochlear implant the quality of sound is different from natural hearing and takes time to learn and recognize the memory signs. The article consists of preliminary diagnosis and stages of patient rehabilitation before and after placing CI.

2012-01-01