In the United States, the incidence rate of new or recurrent stroke is approximately 795 000
per year, and stroke prevalence for individuals over the age of 20 years is estimated at 6.5 …

Report of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Injury-Interdisciplinary
Special Interest Group, Disorders of Consciousness Task Force: Seel RT, Task Force Chair …

Objective Thyroidectomy may be performed for clinical indications that include malignancy,
benign nodules or cysts, suspicious findings on fine needle aspiration biopsy, dysphagia …

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to elucidate the normative values for the Voice
Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10) questionnaire. METHODS: VHI questionnaires were completed …

Many rating scales have been applied to the evaluation of dystonia, but only few have been
assessed for clinimetric properties. The Movement Disorders Society commissioned this task …

The Third Edition of the highly acclaimed Encyclopedia of Special Education has been
thoroughly updated to include the latest information about new legislation and guidelines. In …

The objective of this study was to compare the psychometric properties of voice disordered
quality of life (VQOL) instruments. Nine VQOL instruments were identified through a …

Aphasia, a language disturbance, frequently occurs following acquired brain impairment in
adults. Because management of aphasia is often long-term, provision of ongoing and …

A review of the literature has been undertaken to examine health-related quality-of-life
(HRQoL) of children and adolescents with speech and language difficulties (SaLD), with a …

PURPOSE: This study evaluates the effectiveness of two different programs of voice-
treatment on a heterogeneous group of dysphonic speakers and the stability of therapeutic …