Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder
affecting upper and lower motor neurons, with death resulting mainly from respiratory failure …

Improvement or maintenance of speech intelligibility is a central aim in a whole range of
conditions in speech–language therapy, both developmental and acquired. Best clinical …

Purpose Interventions focused on singing may provide additional benefits to established
voice and respiratory therapies, due to their greater emphasis on the respiratory muscle …

Objective To assess the extent of UK speech and language therapy engagement in
assessment and management of primary progressive aphasia, determine the factors …

Introduction The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning,
Disability and Health calls on speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to provide care that …

Human society is organised through communicative interactions between co-present
people. Speech pathology (SP) assessment and intervention strategies aim to access these …

Dementia is a devastating condition, with profound cognitive changes affecting every aspect
of an individual's functioning. The loss of communication is one symptom above others that …

Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) describes a heterogeneous group of
language‐led dementias. People with this type of dementia are increasingly being referred …

Background For many years research and practice have noted the impact of the
heterogeneous nature of Developmental Language Disorder (also known as language …

Purpose: We proposed and tested a causal instantiation of the World Health Organization's
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework, linking …