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Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

Kateřina Vitásková

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

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

2017-12-22



Journal: Logopedia Silesiana

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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