Dyslexia may involve both vision and hearing
...a visual processing problem or a problem involving language areas of the brain," said Wallace. "But our study suggests that it's actually a problem combining visual information with auditory information." For the study, 36 people with dyslexia and 29 people without the disorder were tested on their ability to...New studies show factors responsible for enhanced response to music
... left hemisphere of the brain may be important for language and the right for music, singing and speaking shar...s some musical components and vocal music has some language components," explains Yoko Saito, lead author of the study. "They share a common network in the brai...Better brain imaging helps surgeons avoid damage to language functions
...isely guide operations so that damage to sensitive language areas is avoided. The breakthrough holds the prom...es (fMRI) of the brain as patients performs simple language functions, has the potential to replace or improve upon two much more invasive and dangerous brain m...UCF clinic diagnoses rare Foreign Accent Syndrome
...o found a New York Times article about research on language problems conducted by Jennifer Gurd, a professor a...alls, an expert on neurologically based speech and language disorders who had previously studied the syndrome. Ryalls invited Roberts to UCF and conducted seve...Helping teachers use keys to vocabulary building
...cts research on how children acquire and expand on language skills. Research dating from the 1940s through tod...es that vocabulary constitutes about 80 percent of language comprehension and 65 percent of fluency " the ability to read, speak and write confidently. "Some su...UCLA teams with Drew to provide cancer care
...ess to health care, while others are attributed to language and cultural barriers that thwart proven ways to detect and prevent cancer when it is most treatable. For example, cervical cancer has been preventable since the introduction of the Pap smear in 1941. However, a recent study of 312,858 low-income wom...Brain activity abnormal in children with delayed speech
...nt of neuroimaging, we saw a new way of looking at language disorders," said Nolan R. Altman, M.D., co-author ...that speech-delayed children are less receptive to language as they age. Children typically say their first words by age 1 and advance to simple sentences by ag...Faulty wiring in the brain may cause early-onset schizophrenia
...enia are likely to exhibit developmental delay and language and emotional problems before the onset of psychotic symptoms. DTI can identify white matter abnormalities before major symptoms are apparent. "Our goal is to detect and treat this disease early, so we can stop the progression before full-fledged s...fMRI depicts multisensory dysfunction in people with dyslexia
... areas of the brain that control auditory, visual, language and memory processing. "Reading is fundamentally a multisensory task, where the association between sounds and letters is a critical step," Dr. Burdette said. Dr. Burdette and colleagues administered fMRI exams to 30 dyslexic readers and 30 normal r...Study reviews discussion of medical errors at hospital conferences
...r both groups missed opportunities to use explicit language in error discussion, according to the researchers. The study appears in the December 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "The findings of the study point to a culture that has difficulty acknowledging and dealin...Stevens' Cattabiani helps link doctors, hospitals worldwide
...nstallation and support of a computer LAN; Serbian language software to support a hospital database; and security protocols for Internet transfer of sensitive medical data. Cattabiani and Grasso recently initiated a new phase in the life of the Serbian hospital, in which instead of traveling to Serbia in ...Using fMRI technology to understand hyperlexia
...n are able to map sound onto print without a solid language basis." Eden and her colleagues use fMRI technology to study how brains develop and function as children learn to read. Most children acquire reading skills through explicit instruction received over several years of schooling. In this study, the r...UF professor: Living choices need new terms for aging baby boomers
...reasing share of older Americans. "We need a new language to describe where older people live that reflects the much more positive image older people have of themselves even those with chronic health problems and physical impairments," he said. He gives the name PERCs to planned elder residential complexe...MCOs shortchange minority Medicaid patients
...caid managed care plans. The analysis showed that language was the major barrier to overcome. Asian adults with limited English proficiency had the lowest reports of care of all racial/ethnic groups. However, Asian adults who spoke English did not differ significantly from White English speakers in their r...Ethical review of research in developing countries needed
...funding source. Questions about the need for local language consent forms and letters of approval and confiden...ral appropriateness of the studies, need for local language consent forms, relevance of research questions to the country where research was being conducted and...Standardizing disaster models to help first responders
...and simulation tools. It also proposes simplifying language in emergency response software to enable emergency personnel, at every level, to use the tools. In addition, NIST advocates industry-government efforts to develop interoperability standards for all modeling, simulation and visualization tools. Finall...Depressed moms want pediatricians to hear them
...nfident about having a discussion with a mother in language that is comforting, to be aware of worrisome signs and symptoms of depression in mothers, and of the consequences of untreated maternal depression."...A new hypothesis about Alzheimer's disease
...egenerative disease marked by memory loss, loss of language ability, loss of the ability to mentally manipulate visual information, poor judgment, confusion, restlessness, and mood swings. According to the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, a service of the National Institute on Aging, Alzheim...MGH study details brain changes in autism, language disorder
...ly large in children with autism and developmental language disorder (DLD). The findings confirm that the pre...racterized by a lack of normal social interaction, language abnormalities and repetitive, ritualistic behavior. Many earlier studies have shown that autistic c...New guidelines for cerebral palsy recommend early neuroimaging tests
...dation, vision and hearing impairments, speech and language disorders and chewing and swallowing disorders, the initial assessment should include screening for these associated conditions," according to Ashwal. Cerebral palsy, a disorder affecting posture and movement due to a lesion in the developing brain, ...