Systematic Reviews of Speech Therapies

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of therapies for speech problems.
Reviewed June 2009

Printer friendly page

15 Resources Found
Results 1 to 15 displayed.
Title:   Speech therapy for children with dysarthria acquired before three years of age
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dysarthria is a disorder which reduces the control of movements for speech. Children with dysarthria often have shallow, irregular breathing and speak on small, residual pockets of air. They have low pitched, harsh voices, nasalised speech and very poor...
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Intervention for dysarthria associated with acquired brain injury in children and adolescents
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dysarthria is a disorder of speech production that can make it harder for people to be understood by others. Dysarthria is a common and often chronic outcome associated with brain injury suffered in childhood (also known as paediatric acquired brain in...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Intervention for childhood apraxia of speech
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children who have childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) find it very difficult to make sounds in the right order, which makes it hard for others to understand them. Communication can thus break down between speaker and listener. ...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Systematic Reviews of Rehabilitation
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of types of rehabilitation.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Electropalatography for articulation disorders associated with cleft palate
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A cleft palate means that during the early stages of pregnancy, the baby's roof of the mouth does not join in the normal way. The lip is sometimes cleft as well as the palate. Children who are born with a cleft lip or palate usually have corrective surg...
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Interventions for treating functional dysphonia in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Functional dysphonia is characterised by an abnormal quality of voice in the absence of an identifiable lesion. People in occupations where voice use is central, like teachers, are more at risk of developing functional dysphonia. The causes of voice dis...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of spasmodic dysphonia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Botulinum toxin is currently the gold standard of treatment for patients with spasmodic dysphonia. It has been used over the past two decades to treat both adductor and abductor forms of the disorder. The results of this review of randomised controlled ...
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Speech and language therapy for dysarthria due to non-progressive brain damage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Speech and language therapy treatments for people with dysarthria have not been tested in large clinical trials. Dysarthria is a speech problem which can be caused by a number of brain disorders including conditions such as stroke and head injury. Typic...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Interventions for apraxia of speech following stroke
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence was found for the treatment of apraxia of speech, a communication disorder that can affect stroke patients. Patients with apraxia of speech know what they want to say, but are unable to carry out the speech movements due to their inability t...
Date:   Dec 2004
Title:   Speech and language therapy interventions for children with primary speech and language delay or disorder
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Primary speech and language delay/disorder is a common developmental difficulty which, if unresolved, can cause difficulties of both learning and socialisation lasting into adolescence and beyond. This review examines the effectiveness of speech and lan...
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Speech and language therapy to improve the communication skills of children with cerebral palsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cerebral palsy (CP) is a movement disorder caused by damage to the brain before, during or soon after birth. The ability for people with CP to communicate effectively is often impaired by problems with speech and gestures usually used in communication. ...
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Speech and language therapy for dysarthria in Parkinson's disease: a comparison of techniques
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review will compare the benefits of one form of speech and language therapy versus another for individuals with Parkinson's disease. Relevant trials were identified by electronic searches of 21 biomedical literature databases, various registers of ...
Date:   Apr 2001
Title:   Speech and language therapy versus placebo or no intervention for dysarthria in Parkinson's disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review will compare the benefits of speech and language therapy versus placebo (sham therapy) or no treatment for speech disorders in Parkinson's disease. Relevant trials were identified by electronic searches of 21 medical literature databases, va...
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Non-pharmacological therapies for dysphagia in Parkinson's disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review compared the benefits of swallowing therapy versus placebo (sham therapy) or no therapy for swallowing disorders in Parkinson's disease. Relevant trials were identified by electronic searches of 21 medical literature databases, various regis...
Date:   Nov 2000
Title:   Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Language impairment (aphasia) is apparent in the first week in about one quarter of survivors of a stroke. About half of all spontaneous recovery from disability occurs over the first month and can continue for six months. About 12% of survivors of are ...
Date:   Jun 1999
Results 1 to 15 displayed.