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Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

Monika Knychalska-Zbierańska

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

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

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

Olga Przybyla , Justyna Wons

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

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

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

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

Disorders of oral narrative connectivity in adults diagnosed with schizophrenia: a scoping review

Urszula Adrianna Malina , Robert Dębski

Published: 30-06-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-25

Deficits in discourse production are a characteristic feature of the language of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. A large body of research concerns the connectivity of oral narratives produced by such individuals. With the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) (WHO 2001) becoming a pivotal framework in speech-language pathology clinical practice and research, continuing systematic research of this area seems to be of prime importance. Using the PRISMA-ScR methodology, a scoping review was conducted to examine the current state of knowledge on the cohesion and coherence of oral narratives in schizophrenia and to determine the main themes present in the international literature. The direct motivation for the present scoping review was to determine the dominant themes in the subject literature to plan further research using Polish language data. A thematic content analysis of the information extracted from the literature identified three themes described in the report: 1) description and classification of oral narrative connectivity deficits, 2) sources of oral narrative connectivity deficits, and 3) comparison of oral narrative connectivity disorders in schizophrenia and other diseases.

2023-06-30



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

Rafał Młyński

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jacek Jarosław Błeszyński

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

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

Małgorzata Waryszak

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

Characteristics of speech development in people with Down’s syndrome

Katarzyna Kaczorowska-Bray

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

Pacjent z uszkodzeniem prawej półkuli w pracy logopedy

Maja Patalong-Ogiewa

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

The impact of bilingualism on psychomotor development in preschool children in Poland: unlocking unique patterns of growth and interaction

Magdalena Tkaczuk , Alicja Ziarniak , Martyna A. Czylok , Zofia Bełdzińska , Anna Marczak , Marta Zawadzka , Przemysław M. Waszak , Maria Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska

Published: 30-06-2024 | Abstract | pp. 1-18

This study examines bilingualism’s impact on preschoolers’ psychomotor development, considering parents’ age, upbringing, and environment. A total of 183 surveys were administered to 183 children (95 boys and 87 girls), including 101 bilinguals and 82 monolingual Polish speakers. The data were analyzed via STATISTICA 10.0. The results indicate that monolinguals achieve speech milestones faster. Both groups vocalize before saying the first sentence. The time when children say their first word and sentence is significantly affected by the week of pregnancy when the baby is born. This correlation was found only in bilingual children.

2024-06-30



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

Magdalena Knapek , Paulina Wójcik-Topór

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

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

Elżbieta Maria Minczakiewicz

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

Warunki anatomiczno-czynnościowe narządów mowy studentów wyższych szkół teatralnych

Barbara Sambor

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

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

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

The issue of prematurity from a neurologopedist’s perspective

Halina Agata Pawłowska-Jaroń , Zdzisława Orłowska-Popek

Published: 31-12-2024 | Abstract | pp. 1-14

The article presents a neurologist’s perspective on prematurity, which is associated with various consequences that manifest themselves in later development. Preterm birth is not only a shorter pregnancy, a smaller newborn, but most importantly, it is a tremendous consequence in the child’s development and challenges for the infant’s family. It involves the child’s illnesses, more frequent visits to various specialists, difficulties in caring for such a tiny baby, but also the need to monitor the development of primitive functions and language and cognitive skills. The authors point out that, depending on the measures taken to minimize certain primordial disorders and the timing of their application, it is possible to meet children from premature births who need only stimulation of their development, but there are also those who, without systemic therapy, cannot find their way into the educational process.

2024-12-31



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Dyslexia in bilingual environment – initial research review

Rafał Młyński , Sofia Kamińska

Published: 29-12-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-47

Dyslexia is currently considered to be a specific learning disorder that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties in adequate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor decoding (reading) and writing skills. These difficulties are usually the result of a deficit in the phonological aspect of language (Bogdanowicz 2017). The aim of the article is to present Polish and foreign scientific analyses that show the interaction between dyslexia and bilingualism. A reconnaissance of Polish scientific literature has shown that the connection between multilingualism and dyslexia is insufficiently described. Foreign publications were selected based on a subjective assessment of their application value for the diagnostic and therapeutic process. The analyses cited are grouped thematically according to the causal-symptom criterion so as to show the characteristics of the linguistic functioning of bilinguals with dyslexia. The authors would like to draw the attention of practicing speech therapists and theoreticians to the need to undertake research on dyslexia in the conditions of Polish-foreign bilingualism, which would enable the implementation of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

2023-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zaburzenia językowe w chorobach neurodegeneracyjnych – aspekty diagnostyczne i terapeutyczne

Tatiana Lewicka

Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

Linguistic disorders in neuro-degenerative diseases – diagnostic and therapeutic aspects Authors of the article undertook the subject of discussion dealing with complex problems of the speach disorders occurrence at older people. Changes taking place regarding speech of older people relate mostly to people at very advanced age and they usually have influence on the efficiency of communicating with the society. Linguistic disorders are connected with the physiological process of aging of the organism and they can come into being on the basis of various types of diseases, in the result of which it comes to

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

Olga Przybyla

Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

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

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Wstępne podsumowanie badań zaburzeń mowy u dzieci w wieku przedszkolnym z dysfunkcją fazy połykania i oddychania

Izabela Malicka

Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

Preliminary summary of researches dealing with disorders of speech regarding children of pre-school age with the dysfunction of swallowing and breathing In the article the author presents the results of initial research of disorders of the oral phase of swallowing and breathing in children of preschool age. She points out the relationship between breathing, swallowing and the development of child’s phonetic and phonological system. The aim is to identify the existing difficulties of the patient to plan speech-therapy with the focus on achieving proper articulation.

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

When Words Fall Silent – A Case Study of a Boy with Suspected Selective Mutism

Monika Kij , Agnieszka Leśniak-Stępień

Published: 30-06-2025 | Abstract | pp. 1-10

Communication forms the foundation of social relationships and largely determines how a person functions within a group. This article focuses on mutism, understood as a specific form of communication disorder. It presents basic information about this phenomenon. The theoretical section is complemented by an analysis of a case study of a five-year-old boy with suspected selective mutism. The conclusions drawn from the case description serve as a basis for considering possible determinants and factors that may contribute to the development of mutism.

2025-06-30



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Facilitated Communication in Autism. A Case Study

Olga Przybyla

Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 351-362

The article presents the case study of a sixteen-year-old girl with autism, who communicates by means of one of alternative and augmentative communication methods: Facilitated Communication, and the analysis of the results of working with the child. The theoretical part (two sections) presents the essence of interpersonal communication and focuses on the role of word in familiarizing oneself with the world. The paper also discusses relationships between disorders of cognitive functions and the development of communication skills in order to introduce Facilitated Communication as an alternative method of communication used among others by autistic persons.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Linguistic Disorders in Alcohol Dependence: Representation and Dynamics

Urszula Ciszewska-Psujek

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

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

2018-12-23



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Wczesna stymulacja dzieci z podejrzeniem atypowego rozwoju mózgu. Studium przypadku

Olga Przybyla

Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

The early stimulation of children suspected of atypical brain development. Case study The article presents and emphasises any early actions and planned activities taken to support the development of children who are in the early stages of development visible symptoms of atypical brain development (ABD). The methods and forms of early therapeutic intervention and its impact on children’s development are discussed on the selected case studies. It should be pointed out that the need for multidisciplinary diagnosis of children and then the consequences of the lack of specialised holistic therapy, which should be implemented are also indicated in the article. What is more, the article presents a proposal for “Therapeutic work program for children with ABD”, containing physical development, visual perception and spatial orientation, speech and thinking development and improvement of reading skills. The above-mentioned program is a good example of supporting the early development of children from infancy period till a primary school period.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Atypowy rozwój mózgu jako zaburzenie wpływające dysfunkcyjnie na rozwój psychomotoryczny i społeczny dziecka – ujęcie interdyscyplinarne

Olga Przybyla

Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

Atypical brain development as the psychomotor and social disorder of affecting dysfunctional in a child development – an interdisciplinary approach Atypical brain development is a term that can be used to address the full range of developmental disorders that are found to be overlapping much of the time in any sample of children. The authors present ideas that are, in part, a response to the neurodevelopmental disorders and psychomotor, social and speech disorder in children.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

„Sprawozdanie z Logopedycznych Dni Uniwersytetu Śląskiego (2009–2011)

Agnieszka Rożek

Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

The report summarizing The Speech Therapy Days at the University of Silesia (2009–2011) ...

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

Ewa Hrycyna

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

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

2023-01-20



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zaburzenia dyskursu w schizofrenii na podstawie badań własnych metodą indywidualnych przypadków

Renata Tomaszuk-Wieczorek

Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

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

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zadania logopedy wobec edukacji inkluzyjnej

Grażyna Gunia

Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present multidimensional problems of inclusive education of impaired hearing. Selected components of inclusive education that are of particular interest in this paper are as follows: legislative regulations, inclusive education principles and their application for a speech therapist, organising the education of deaf and hard of hearing students, and prospects of the development of surdologopaedics in view of the challenges of inclusive pedagogy.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Assessment of the functioning of patients with dysphagia after total laryngectomy

Katarzyna Godlewska , Barbara Jamróz , Joanna Chmielewska-Walczak , Magdalena Milewska

Published: 27-10-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-21

The aim of the study was to evaluate the functioning of patients with swallowing disorders after total laryngectomy. The study initially included 20 patients who were more than 6 months after total laryngectomy, requiring videofluoroscopy (VFSS) due to reported dysphagia. The final group consisted of 10 people (8 men and 2 women). The examination procedure included conducting an interview, performing a full VFSS examination and completing the MDADI questionnaire by the patient. The most common problems found in the group were the lack of contact of the base of tongue with the posterior wall of the throat, disturbances in bolus formation and pumping movements of the tongue. The patients assessed their quality of life as low. The presence or absence of nasal food regurgitation significantly influenced the functioning of patients. Patients’ reports of swallowing disorders and problems with the production of voice and substitute speech are indications for further diagnosis (e.g. VFSS). The choice of an effective therapeutic method may improve the quality of life of these people.

2020-10-27



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Raport Projektu NetQues for Speech and Language Therapy Education in Europe

Olga Przybyla

Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

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

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Ankieta oceniająca kompetencje potrzebne początkującym logopedom

Tomasz Woźniak

Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

The evaluating survey questionnaire on required competences for the early-stage speech therapists

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

Anna Żywot

Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

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

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Techniki relaksacyjne w terapii jąkania

Justyna Toronczak

Published: 01-01-2012 | Abstract

Types of relaxation techniques in therapy of stammering The article describes types of relaxation techniques witch are used In therapy of stammering people conducted on the base of Modified Psychohysiological Therapy of Stammering People Program by dr M. Chęciek. As a matter of fact the article presents the work of therapists who used the method during the specialist periods for stammering people organized by the Specialist Center for Speech Disfluencies in Wodzisław Śląski. It presents who to perform those techniques, shows their application and benefits.

2012-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zaburzenia czynności językowych w przypadku uszkodzeń prawopółkulowych na przykładzie pacjentów po udarach niedokrwiennych

Agnieszka Rożek

Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

Disorder of linguistic actions in the case of right cerebral hemisphere damages on the examples of patients after ischaemia apoplexy This article presents the results of researches related to linguistic actions at patients after ischaemia apoplexy having various linguistic disorders of various degree in case of right cerebral hemisphere damages. The aim of the researches was checking what information on speech pragmacy and prosody can be delivered by tests. Effords were made to establish if others, coexisting disorders, have influence on its linguistic and communication functioning.

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Dyslalia słuchowa a zaburzenia artykulacji o innej etiologii u dzieci z uszkodzeniem słuchu

Katarzyna Ita Bieńkowska , Agnieszka Jedlińska , Dorota Lipiec , Izabela Więcek-Poborczyk

Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 176-205

This article presents the results of research carried out to assess the potential non-auditory causes of articulation defects in deaf children. Who was tested were twenty people with hearing impairment between the ages of eleven and seventeen, whose functional hearing is 40 dB on average, as assessed on the basis of tonal audiometry in a free sound field. The study involved a questionnaire assessing the structure of the articulation apparatus, a questionnaire assessing the fitness and muscle tone of the articulation apparatus, and a questionnaire assessing functions (physiological functions) within the articulation apparatus. The obtained results point to the need for an in-depth diagnosis of articulation and its condition among deaf patients, the determination of pathomechanisms of sound disturbances in the assessed speech, and the inclusion of broadly understood preventive mechanisms derived from logopaedics in the therapeutic process.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Impaired Communication in a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study

Anna Gagat-Matuła , Natalia Malik

Published: 23-12-2018 | Abstract | pp. 202-214

The article presents the tasks of psychological therapy, speech therapy, sensory integration, and the planned activities undertaken to support the development of communication in children with the autism spectrum disorder. This attempt to describe communication disorders and their relationship with therapy is based on the selected case study. It should be emphasised that the theoretical part of the article discusses social and emotional deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders, and describes their communication disorders. Moreover, two classifications used in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders are presented.

2018-12-23



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zaburzenia neurologopedyczne i neurorozwojowe w dyskraniach syndromicznych na przykładzie zespołu Aperta. Przegląd literatury i opis trzech przypadków

Agnieszka Hankus

Published: 01-01-2014 | Abstract

Neurologopedical and neurodevelopmental disorders in syndromic dyscranias on the In this article the authors present one of the most frequent clinical syndroms connected with complex dyscranias – the acroce phalosyndactylia of A type, i.e. Apert syndrom. Authors present cases of three children touched by this illness and they will show the disorders of cognitive and communicative functions that aresignificant as regards the work of speech neurotherapist. possibility to communicate.

2014-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Ocena rozumienia tekstu w praktyce logopedycznej

Justyna Wojciechowska

Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

PIssues related to the comprehension of the text have been undertaken by philosophy, psychology and linguistics. Each of these disciplines has its own set of conceptual instruments, methods of text analysis and proposals for the evaluation of their understanding. So far in logopaedics more issues connected to text comprehension have not been addressed, and thus its method of testing has not been developed. The article contains the description of the first logopaedic proposal of evaluation of text comprehension, and practical benefits of its use for examining people with speech disorders.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Księdza Stanisława Wilczewskiego troska o jakość słowa (kaznodziejskiego)

Leszek Szewczyk

Published: 01-01-2013 | Abstract

Attention for the quality of the word (of preaching) by Stanisław Wilczewski, a Preacher Father Stanisław Wilczewski Ph.D. became famous as a splendid speech therapist, working theoretically and practically for the sake of the culture of the living word and as an esteemed preacher. This paper aims at presentation of his activities that give testimony to his attention to the quality of the preached words and preaching in general. Wilczewski taught future priests a hygiene of voice, which should be communicative with an internal involvement and the experience of the preaching the Word of God and the preaching action. He was one of the most outstanding preachers in the history of the diocese of Katowice.

2013-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Ways of transforming the course of the oral phase of swallowing in children

Dorota Lipiec , Izabela Więcek-Poborczyk

Published: 30-06-2024 | Abstract | pp. 1-24

The article explores the transformation of the oral phase of swallowing in children, with a focus on its timing and the different patterns involved. It outlines the characteristics of four distinct types of the oral swallowing phase – infantile, atypical-1, atypical-2, and mature. The article also examines the timing of changes in the swallowing pattern based on recent research findings and compares different transformation pathways, including their respective timeframes. The novelty of this approach lies in distinguishing four types of the oral swallowing phase, whereas the existing literature primarily identifies only two: infantile and mature. As a result, previous studies have described only a single pathway for the transformation of the oral phase. The overview of the modes and timing of transformation presented in this article is intended to support speech therapists in diagnosing the oral phase of swallowing as a foundational function that significantly influences the development of articulation in children.

2024-06-30



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Linguistic communication of older people in the light of gerontologopaedic measures

Halina Pawłowska-Jaroń , Anna Siudak

Published: 30-06-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-10

Drastic demographic changes worsening in societies of developed countries necessitate the search for systemic solutions for the functioning in the elderly – economic, sociological, medical, and therapeutic solutions. In addition to the standard diagnosis of somatic lesions, it is necessary to take into account the psychological, cognitive and language disorders in patients. For years, in fact it escalates pathological aging phenomenon caused by the rising neurological incidents and neurodegenerative diseases. The authors of this study are recognising the growing problem and the reasons for this they see in the following factors: 1) low public awareness of psychophysical capabilities of the elderly results in numerous therapeutic negligence 2) the lack of standards for prophylactic, diagnostic, and therapeutic proceedings and, consequently, the minimal competence that causes aversion to helping the sick seniors.

2023-06-30



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Functioning of phonematic hearing in children with fetal alcohol syndrome

Marta Krakowiak

Published: 21-10-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-37

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause a child to develop a number of developmental disorders, known as the fetal alcohol syndrome, which affect the physical, emotional, social and cognitive spheres. Among these deficits, phonemic hearing disorders, which negatively affect the mastery of linguistic and communicative competence, play an important role. The collected research material shows phonemic hearing disorders in almost 50% of 6-year-olds with FAS (control group: 12%) and 21% of 10-year-olds with FAS (control group: 5%). The type of difficulty in both groups is the same, because there was a similar system of disturbed phonological categories (fluency: vibration the degree of closeness of speech organs, voicing: voicelessness). In children with FAS, attentional concentration and auditory memory deficits are also noticeable, manifested by problems with remembering and comparing pseudo-words.

2020-10-21



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Problems with the lingual frenulum diagnosis – a narrative review

Agnieszka Jarzyńska , Barbara Sambor

Published: 29-12-2023 | Abstract | pp. 1-32

The article is an attempt to systematize contemporary scientific knowledge regarding tongue-tie diagnosis problems. The authors made a broad review of the literature, trying to find answers to questions that concern speech therapy practitioners in their everyday work. Case studies and publications with a low level of scientific evidence were excluded from the review. The analysis of the literature showed how many extremely important questions remain unanswered and how little reliable information can be used to follow evidence-based practice.

2023-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

A Grammar Parser and Its Cognitive Strategies. Some Comments on Syntax and Perception

Tomasz Nowak

Published: 22-12-2019 | Abstract | pp. 94-123

The author of the article focuses on the problem of the grammar parser from the point of view of psycholinguistics. Perceptual-syntactic strategies are the subject of this work. The author tries to prove that the theory of perceptual speech comprehension strategies does not describe the processing of more difficult sentences. This theory is insufficient as a model of a grammar parser.

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Dynamika ustępowania zaburzeń afatycznych a społeczne i poznawcze funkcjonowanie pacjenta.

Sylwia Filipczak

Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The aim of this article is to describe the dynamics of recovery from aphasia of a patient after a neurosurgery. The surgery involved a removal of a haematoma, which was a result of cranio-cerebral injury on the left fronto-temporo-parietal region of the brain. The patient was diagnosed with global aphasia in the first stage of recovery, after the clinical stage had been stabilised. During the rehabilitation period of two years, certain stages of the aphasic disorders occurred. Symptoms of deep receptive and expressive aphasia, with considerable difficulties in understanding and creating verbal expressions, evolved into acoustic-gnostic aphasia with difficulties in identifying the audio form of expression. Phonemic awareness disorders passed soon and acoustic-mnestic aphasia with deficits in auditory-verbal memory followed. Eventually, linguistic disorders transformed into semantic aphasia, including disorders of simultaneous synthesis which caused difficulties in understanding logically and grammatically complex forms of expression, reading and writing. Along with overcoming the aphasic difficulties and the evolution of the linguistic disorders mechanisms, the patient’s level of functioning in social and cognitive sphere was changing. During the process of therapy, which was activating and stimulating the mechanisms of neuroplasticity and neural compensation, the patient additionally acquired a particular aesthetic sensitivity, which resulted in artistic talent and rich artistic output. The speech therapy also inspired the patient to try literary forms of expression. The woman overcame her limitations in reading and writing in order to write her own book. At present, the patient lives a successful life, being involved in its various aspects, such as familial, social and professional ones.

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

Aneta Syta

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

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

2019-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zastosowanie nowych technik w diagnostyce, terapii i rehabilitacji osób z wadą słuchu

Irena Urban

Published: 01-01-2015 | Abstract

The article presents a review of objective methods of hearing diagnostics. Methods of hearing loss and partial deafness treatment (PDT) by means of hearing implants are also discussed in the study. Due to the surgical treatment, the results of hearing preservation in patients undergoing partial deafness treatment (PDT) enable the efficient use of acoustic components. The results of speech comprehension achieve 100% in silence and about 68% in noise at a level of 65 dB SPL. The paper outlines the post-operative care and rehabilitation of patients with a cochlear implant (the care of multiple specialists, auditory-verbal therapy, telerehabilitation). National teleaudiology network connecting numerous centres is one of the elements improving the effectiveness of the therapy. It allows patients to get necessary care close to their homes and – what is more important – to be less tired (which is especially important in the case of children) during the rehabilitation. The article also underlines the influence of technological progress, which with proper surgical technique allows patients that were treated early enough (prelingual deafness) to attend general, not special, schools. One of the important results of the therapy with cochlear implants is that many users of cochlear implants graduate from universities

2015-01-01



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Storytelling superstructure in the utterances of hearing impaired people

Ewa Dzięcioł-Chlibiuk

Published: 29-12-2020 | Abstract | pp. 1-35

Storytelling, the most common form of shaping both linguistic and cultural texts, is the most frequently repeated pattern in interpersonal communication. The article dwells on the characteristics of this narrative expression, paying particular attention to its specific structure. Further on, the author provides a short description on how the narrative competence has been developing. The article includes the author’s own research designed and performed to elicit challenges hearingimpaired people face when creating a written narrative text (story) based on a picture story, and to find an answer to the question on whether, in the mind of a hearing-impaired person, the storytelling structure exists. Finally, the author deduces that it seems reasonable, on the basis of the collected material, to assume that the integrated education as well as speech therapy of hearing-impaired people should include exercises shaping the ability to create stories as mastering this skill is connected with the level of linguistic and communicative competence.

2020-12-29



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

Zespół zamknięcia w diagnozie i terapii logopedycznej

Jolanta Panasiuk

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

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

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