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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 September 2011
15 Resources Found
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| Title: | Speech and language therapy for speech problems in Parkinson's disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Many people with Parkinson's disease suffer from disorders of speech. The most frequently reported speech problems are weak, hoarse, nasal or monotonous voice, imprecise articulation, slow or fast speech, difficulty starting speech, impaired stress or r... |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Speech and language therapy for speech problems in Parkinson's disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Many people with Parkinson's disease suffer from disorders of speech. The most frequently reported speech problems are weak, hoarse, nasal or monotonous voice, imprecise articulation, slow or fast speech, difficulty starting speech, impaired stress or r... |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Speech and language therapy for children with cerebral palsy might improve their communication skills, but more research is needed. |
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| 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 also gestures usually used in communicat... |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Language problems following a stroke are called aphasia (or dysphasia). About one-third of all people who experience stroke develop aphasia, which can affect one or more areas of communication (speaking, understanding spoken words, reading and writing).... |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of spasmodic dysphonia |
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| 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 randomized controlled ... |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Speech therapy for children with early acquired dysarthria |
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| 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: | Systematic Reviews of Rehabilitation |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Topic Page |
| Description: | Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of types of rehabilitation. |
| Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Title: | Electropalatography for articulation disorders associated with cleft palate |
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| 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 su... |
| Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Title: | Interventions for treating functional dysphonia in adults |
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| 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: | Controlled studies for treatment of dysarthia associated with acquired brain injury in childhood urgently required |
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| 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 i... |
| Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Title: | Urgent need for well-designed studies of childhood apraxia of speech |
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| 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. At present, there is a la... |
| Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Title: | Speech and language therapy for dysarthria due to non-progressive brain damage |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: | Dysphagia occurs frequently in Parkinson's disease although patients themselves may be unaware of swallowing difficulties. Speech and language therapists in conjunction with nurses and dietiticians use techniques that aim to improve swallowing and reduce |
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| 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 |
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