Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences & Research

Development of Speech Therapy Application for Children with Stuttering (STACS)

Janith Raj Jayaraju; Amudhu Sankar

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 July 2024

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Background: There is growing need for online therapy in the recent past due to various reasons such as, the COVID 19 pandemic, longer travel distance and duration of speech therapy ... Read More Background: There is growing need for online therapy in the recent past due to various reasons such as, the COVID 19 pandemic, longer travel distance and duration of speech therapy sessions. The purpose of this study was to develop an application that will facilitate parents during speech therapy for children with stuttering. This app will provide a dynamic interaction between the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) and the families of children with stuttering.Methods: A cross sectional study design was carried out. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an app for parents of children with stuttering in the age range of 3 to 12 years. The app consisted of a brief description of analogies for stuttering with a video demonstration of the analogy. The contents of the app were evaluated by three speech and language pathologists who have minimum experience of 5 years in handling children with fluency disorders. 13 parents of children with stuttering participated in the study. The app was administered on children with stuttering along with their parents. Descriptive statistics and percentage analysis was calculated for background variables.Results: Findings revealed that almost all the parents found the instructions being provided in the app was easily understandable. 70% of the parents found it to be highly satisfying on the usefulness of the app. On assessment of the functionality of application, nearly 77% found it to be high satisfying. Nearly 85% of the parents found the app to very user friendly.Conclusion: Majority of the parents found this prototype app to be easy to use; efficient in training their children and the functionality of the app was highly accepted. This application assures to bring about a change in the child’s speech and facilitated effective communication. In future, this app can reach greatest number of clients to promote better fluency skills at a low-cost and effective way.

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Designing and studying the effectiveness of Nava game multimedia software in teaching the diagnosis of dysarthria symptoms in speech therapy students.

Parvaneh Rahimifar; Negin Moradi; Majid Soltani; Mohammad jafar Shaterzadeh Yazdi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 12 October 2024

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Background: Different studies found the use of educational games effective in improving the quality of students' learning and benefiting from the materials in clinical environments ... Read More

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Comparing the Applicability of Three Different Speech Therapy Service Delivery Models for Preschoolers with Intellectual Disability: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Monireh Aminian; Mahnaz Karbalaei Sadegh; Masoomeh Salmani; Hayat Ameri

Volume 11, Issue 2 , June 2024, , Pages 94-101

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Backgrounds: Many Speech and language pathologists (SLPs) are employed by Iran’s Ministry of Education, with services traditionally delivered through a pull-out model. However, ... Read More Backgrounds: Many Speech and language pathologists (SLPs) are employed by Iran’s Ministry of Education, with services traditionally delivered through a pull-out model. However, alternative service delivery models (SDMs), such as classroom-based and consultant approaches, are also available for SLPs working in schools. While the advantages of these approaches have been established in other countries, their effectiveness in the Iranian context remains unexplored. This study sought to determine which SDM is more effective in enhancing language skills among Persian-speaking children with intellectual disability (ID) in Iran.Methods: This study employed a single-blind, randomized, controlled trial design. Twenty-one preschoolers, with a mental age of approximately 4:6, were randomly assigned to one of three groups (pull-out, classroom-based, and consultant) to receive speech therapy services. Language skills of all students were assessed by an experienced speech therapist using the Persian version of Test of Language Development-Persian:3 (TOLD-P:3), which has demonstrated favorable content validity and acceptable reliability. The language age of students on core subtests and their compositions were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test.Results:Analyzing language areas and compositions revealed that speech therapy was effective across all delivery service models. However, notable changes were observed in students under the consultant model, particularly in their "Grammatical completion" score (p = 0.011). Additionally, significant improvements were noted in four other composition scores: 'spoken language' (p = 0.05), 'organizing' (p = 0.009), 'speaking' (p = 0.017), and 'syntax' (p = 0.055).Conclusion: The findings of this study demonstrate that speech therapy, irrespective of the service delivery models (SDMs), effectively improves language skills in children with ID. However, the consultant model emerged as the most effective among the three models (pull-out, classroom-based, and consultant) for children with ID.

Management of dysphagia by a speech language pathologist during the Covid-19 pandemic: A narrative review

Manijeh Zarei Mahmood Abadi; Talieh Zarifian; Lida Sharifi-Rad

Volume 9, Issue 3 , September 2022, , Pages 97-103

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Reasons for dysphagia in patients with at-risk respiratory systems duringthe COVID-19 pandemic include muscle weakness. During this time, therehabilitation program becomes a critical ... Read More

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Development of Speech Therapy Application for Children with Stuttering (STACS)

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Designing and studying the effectiveness of Nava game multimedia software in teaching the diagnosis of dysarthria symptoms in speech therapy students.

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Comparing the Applicability of Three Different Speech Therapy Service Delivery Models for Preschoolers with Intellectual Disability: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

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Management of dysphagia by a speech language pathologist during the Covid-19 pandemic: A narrative review

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