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Longitudinal Data on Speech Outcomes in Internationally Adopted Children Compared with Non-Adopted Children with Cleft Lip and Palate
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Okhiria, Åsa; Persson, Christina; Johansson, Monica Blom; Hakelius, Malin; Nowinski, Daniel – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: At the beginning of the 21st century, international adoptions of children with cleft lip and/or palate increased dramatically in Sweden. Many children arrived partially or totally unoperated, despite being at an age when palatoplasty has usually been performed. To date, the speech development of internationally adopted (IA) children…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Adoption, Children, Congenital Impairments
The Development of a Parent Report Instrument of Early Communication and Language Skills of Infants and Toddlers in Mainland China
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Liu, Xueman Lucy; Lee, Wendy; Rolfhus, Eric; Hutchings, Teresa; Yao, Liqun; Xie, Jingqiu; Xu, Yaqing; Peng, Yongmei; Villiers, Jill de – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Objective: This study was designed to produce a new parent-report measure, the Diagnostic Receptive Expressive Assessment of Mandarin-Infant Toddler Assessment of Communication and Language (DREAM-IT) in order to provide norms for the developmental skills of children aged 0-36 months in four areas: expressive language, receptive language,…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Infants, Toddlers, Expressive Language
Feasibility and Self-Perceived Effectiveness of an Online Training Program on Dysphagia in Residential Aged Care Homes in Mainland China
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Law, Thomas; Wei, Yifeng; Wong, Kay H. Y.; Hu, Yunyi; Tong, Michael C. F.; Lee, Kathy Y. S. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: With a rapidly aging population in mainland China, dysphagia has become one of the common geriatric disorders which creates a huge demand on speech and language therapists (SLTs). The major challenge is the shortage of SLTs in China. In addition, frontline practitioners in mainland China may not be well equipped with the knowledge and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy
The Characteristics of Spontaneous Language in Young Children Identified as Language Delayed in Mandarin
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Liu, Xueman Lucy; Ning, Chunyan; de Villiers, Jill; Lee, Wendy; Rolfhus, Eric; Hutchings, Teresa; Jiang, Fan; Zhang, Yiwen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Little is known about the spontaneous speech characteristics of young children with language delay in Mandarin, relative to their peers. Until the recent development of standardized language assessments normed in China on Mandarin-speaking children, it was difficult to independently identify atypically developing children to study…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Mandarin Chinese, Speech Communication
Cultural Difference in Attitudes towards Stuttering among British, Arab and Chinese Students: Considering Home and Host Cultures
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Üstün-Yavuz, Meryem S.; Warmington, Meesha; Gerlach, Hope; St. Louis, Kenneth O. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Geographical and cultural differences have been shown to affect public attitudes towards stuttering. However, increasingly for many individuals in the world one's birthplace culture (or home culture) and culture in their local geographical environment (or host culture) are not the same. Aims: The effects of home culture and host…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Context, Context Effect, Geographic Regions
Speech Production in 3-Year-Old Internationally Adopted Children with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate
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Larsson, AnnaKarin; Schölin, Johnna; Mark, Hans; Jönsson, Radi; Persson, Christina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: In the last decade, a large number of children with cleft lip and palate have been adopted to Sweden. A majority of the children were born in China and they usually arrive in Sweden with an unoperated palate. There is currently a lack of knowledge regarding speech and articulation development in this group of children, who also have to…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Adoption, Articulation Impairments, Articulation (Speech)