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Analysis of speech fluency in Williams syndrome
(Pergamon-Elsevier B.V. Ltd, 2011-11-01)
Williams syndrome (WS) is a neurodevelopmental genetic disorder, often referred as being characterized by dissociation between verbal and non-verbal abilities, although the number of studies disputing this proposal is ...
Identification of struggling readers or at risk of reading difficulties with one-minute fluency measures
(2021-12-01)
Background: To identify readers who are struggling or at risk of reading difficulties, reference standards in oral reading fluency (ORF) are used to conduct an assessment that is based on a widely reported method known as ...
Indicators of speech fluency in stuttering and in phonological disorder
(2020-01-01)
Purpose: To identify the indicators of speech fluency that differs subjects with stuttering, with phonological disorder, and with the two disorders in comorbidity. Methods: Thirty subjects aged 4-11 years old were divided ...
The significance of english language development for future Asian tourism and hotel management professionals.
(2019)
The present study is a systematic review that explores existent research on the significance of developing English at schools and universities, and the impact of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses to acquire ...
Verbal fluency in the detection of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer`s disease among Brazilian Portuguese speakers: the influence of education
(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2009)
Background: Verbal fluency (VF) tasks are simple and efficient clinical tools to detect executive dysfunction and lexico-semantic impairment. VF tasks are widely used in patients with suspected dementia, but their accuracy ...
Hesitation phenomena: a dynamical perspective
(Springer HeidelbergHeidelbergAlemanha, 2010)
Verbal Fluency in Spanish-Speaking Children: Analysis Model According to Task Type, Clustering, and Switching Strategies and Performance Over Time
(Taylor, 2011-04)
Verbal fluency (VF) tasks are extensively used to measure strategic retrieval and executive functioning. Results for total production of words, clustering and switching strategies, and performance over time for Spanish-speaking ...
Phonological and semantic verbal fluency: a comparative study in hearing-impaired and normal-hearing people
(Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia, 2014-12-01)
PURPOSE:To compare the performance of hearing-impaired and normal-hearing people on phonologic and semantic verbal fluency tests. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 48 hearing-impaired adults and 42 ...
Mini-Mental State Examination sentence writing among community-dwelling elderly adults in Brazil: text fluency and grammar complexity
(Cambridge University PressNew York, 2012)
Background: In normal aging, the decrease in the syntactic complexity of written production is usually associated with cognitive deficits. This study was aimed to analyze the quality of older adults' textual production ...