Speech is a powerful, natural mode of communication that facilitates effective interactions in
human societies. However, when fluency or flow of speech is affected or interrupted, it leads …

The production of dopaminergic (DA) neurons from stem cells holds a great promise for
future clinical treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Abstract Purpose The Persian language is a member of the Western Iranian branch of the
Indo-Iranian family within the Indo-European language family. Here, we aimed to study …

Purpose There has not been any valid method for the clinical diagnosis of Childhood
Apraxia of Speech (CAS) up to now, and the golden standard for diagnosis is the expert's …

Background and Aims The intelligibility context scale (ICS) is the first screening tool for the
intelligibility of speech. The ICS assesses parents' perceptions of their child's speech clarity …

Due to the lack of appropriate tests for the assessment of speech sounds of Azeri Turkish
speaking children, the present study aimed to develop and validate a single word test. A …

Background given the lack of sufficient information and research about phonological
acquisition in the Kurdish language, the aim of this study was to examine phonological …

Objectives Single word tests are used frequently to determine clients' speech sound errors.
These tools are user-friendly and popular for speech and language pathologists. The aim of …

Background: Speech and language pathologists should include connected speech
assessment as part of their evaluation for children with speech sound disorders. The …

Objectives Speech disorder in children is the most common disorder reported by speech
and language pathologists in all languages and its evaluation and diagnosis requires valid …