Correlation between slow vital capacity and the maximum phonation time in healthy adults
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Source: Revista CEFAC - November 21, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
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Source: Revista CEFAC - November 21, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Main changes found in written narratives productions of children with reading/writing difficulties
Conclusion: the writing skills of children with reading/writing difficulties showed several flaws including: changes in handwriting, presence of misspellings and limitation in text construction, which was restricted to simple description of the stimulus, with little articulation of ideas and without creation of characters, time or place for their story. This set of flaws compromises the intelligibility of the text by the reader and demonstrates that the development of writing is a complex task for these children. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - September 9, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Cross-cultural adaptation of Communication Function Classification System for individuals with cerebral palsy
Conclusions: the translated versionof the CFCS adapted to Brazilian Portuguese permitted the c lassification of daily communication performance of individuals with cerebral palsy into one of five levels of communication. However, further research is needed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Brazilian version of the instrument, in addition to the validation of its psychometric properties before it can be extensively used in clinical and research settings. (Source: Revista CEFAC)
Source: Revista CEFAC - September 5, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
Analysis of the literacy practices of entering and graduating students from a higher education institution: case report
This study aims to characterize and analyze the quality of the practices and the level of literacy, as well as the possibilities of texts reading and comprehension, present in the daily academic and extra academic life of entering and graduating students from a Brazilian university. The sample consisted of 392 participants: 218 entering and 174 graduating students from Bachelor's and Licentiate's degree courses of a Brazilian university. Data collection was conducted through a questionnaire with open and objective questions, which was consisted of questions about personal information and school life of each student; data o...
Source: Revista CEFAC - September 5, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research
