Routine overnight EEG monitoring not warranted in autistic children
...ndau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), the deterioration of language ability associated with clinical or electrical sei...hose with significant regression or fluctuation in language functioning, explains Pearl....Multimillion-dollar grant to fund more research into speech disorder
...e examined and individuals heading the studies are language function, Ruth Watkins, UI; epidemiology, Nicoline Ambrose, UI; motor/physiological functions, Patricia Zebrowski, Iowa; and psychological factors, Ellen Kelly, Purdue. In many respects, stuttering is a disorder of early childhood, Yairi said, noting...American Stroke Association kicks off American Stroke Month
...he public. It should not be hard to put stroke in language patients can understand," he says. May has been designated American Stroke Month in an effort to encourage Americans to become more aware of their risks and how to prevent stroke. Consumers can learn how to reduce their stroke risk by taking the str...Hearing infants show preference for sign language over pantomime
... "Infants seem to be set up to pay attention to language at birth and we've seen they have a remarkable sen...use it broadens this bias to include an unfamiliar language in a completely unique modality," said Ursula Hildebrandt, a UW doctoral student in psychology, who ...Innovative 'soap opera' project aimed at teaching Spanish to health professionals
...ed after "Destinos," the highly successful Spanish language story-based program, and combines language development and cultural awareness with health content focusing on Spanish-speaking immigrants. Usin...Infant mortality rate drops, children more likely to have working parent, be read to
...t least one foreign-born parent. "As a result of language and cultural barriers confronting children and their parents, children with foreign-born parents may need additional resources both at school and at home to successfully progress in school and transition to adulthood," the report stated....New book is road map to help parents 'find' their child who has autism
... These children have initial difficulty acquiring language but eventually are able to speak at a level approp...mptoms and have little or no difficulty developing language at the appropriate age. Dawson and Ozonoff estimate that autism spectrum disorders affect up to 0.6...Diabetes patients with low literacy more likely to have poorly controlled disease
...are obvious. But even if a patient speaks the same language as the health care provider, literacy is often a hidden barrier. We're just opening our eyes to this and discovering that we need to partner with patients to figure out how to communicate more effectively to lower systemic barriers." The researchers ...Mechanism behind stuttering revealed
...ality probably develops during the period of early language and speech acquisition in which many children experience a transient phase of stuttering. Our methods could be used to ascertain why certain children develop persistent stuttering whereas others become fluent speakers"....Vision loss and driving performance, stroke and physical impairment
...a neurologic disorder that impacts an individual's language expression and comprehension. Three subjects with stable, chronic nonfluent aphasia were trained by a therapist to perform a complex nonsymbolic movement sequence with their nondominant hand prior to naming. Study results demonstrate that nonfluent a...Right side of brain learns language skills after stroke
...Louis, Sept. 25, 2002 -- When a stroke affects the language areas in the left side of the brain, the right side takes over and learns how to perform language tasks, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study fou...Clot-busting stroke therapy appears safe for menstruating women
...n having a stroke. The woman had lost part of her language abilities and was paralyzed on her right side. "We explained the risks of tPA, as well as the possibility that if bleeding did occur the worst-case scenario would be that she may need an emergency hysterectomy," says Wein. "She did have increased m...Memory training may help some Alzheimer's patients in the early stages of the disease
...he brain's neocortex, surface areas that deal with language and problem-solving, and are less damaged early in AD than areas known to be the most involved in forming new memories, such as the hippocampus. "This suggests that learning or relearning can take place without involving the hippocampus," says Clare...UNC forms Conte Center for multidisciplinary schizophrenia research
...until age two with standardized tests of motor and language development and memory and attention. Findings from this study may allow early identification of high-risk children, making it possible to provide early intervention and prevent or mitigate the risk of developing schizophrenia or other neurodevelopme...Schizophrenia has different sub-types linked to problems in different parts of the brain
... rates were lower in temporal lobe areas linked to language and memory. This indicates that, in this group, focal temporal lobe pathology may underlie the cognitive impairment. The subcortical subtype, found in 31 percent of the patient sample, showed a different clinical profile, with symptoms suggesting di...Womens stroke symptoms differ from mens, often arent 'traditional' signs, study finds
...luding paralysis of one side of the body), speech, language abilities, facial muscles, vision and dizziness. But the researchers also included nontraditional symptoms like headache, face pain and limb pain; disorientation and change in consciousness; various neurologic symptoms like hiccups, nausea and gener...Study finds more satisfaction in same-race doctor-patient relationships
...hysician and those for whom English is a secondary language (Hispanic and Asian American respondents) were significantly more likely to have a doctor of their same race. The data examined by researchers does not allow for a fuller exploration of why patients choose to be race concordant with their physician. ...Seeing into the Alzheimers brain
...isn't the first symptom it could be behavioral or language changes, or difficulty with everyday activities," Foster notes. "All of these can be caused by different conditions that require different kinds of treatments and may or may not respond to the same medications." As big as the problem is now, experts ...The eyes have it: Study shows infants more tuned into wider world than previously believed
...rson's line of sight is crucial for learning about language and understanding the emotions of other people," said Meltzoff, co-director of the center and a UW psychology professor. Brooks and Meltzoff refer to the behavior of a person looking where another has just looked as "gaze following," and psychologis...Aging lowers activity in brain's language areas; performance unaffected
...hat naturally occurs in aging, particularly in the language areas of the left frontal lobe, some types of language processing may be performed more efficiently in older individuals. Results of these experiments, p...