Predictors for a positive outcome of adapted clinical dry bed training in adolescents and adults with enuresis

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 1006-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilse Hofmeester ◽  
Boudewijn J. Kollen ◽  
Martijn G. Steffens ◽  
Jan Willem van Capelle ◽  
Zwaan Mulder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
Dry Bed Training

Cognitive recovery after severe traumatic brain injury in children/adolescents and adults: Similar positive outcome but different underlying pathways?

Brain Injury ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 900-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Tavano ◽  
Susanna Galbiati ◽  
Monica Recla ◽  
Alessandra Bardoni ◽  
Chiara Dominici ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Cognitive Recovery ◽  
Adolescents And Adults

Clinical Success Using the Audio-Visual Feedback Training for Cluttering

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1589-1594
Author(s):  
Yvonne van Zaalen ◽  
Isabella Reichel
Keyword(s):  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Clinical Success ◽  
Pause Duration ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Feedback Training ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Speech Monitoring ◽  
Adolescents And Adults

Purpose Among the best strategies to address inadequate speech monitoring skills and other parameters of communication in people with cluttering (PWC) is the relatively new but very promising auditory–visual feedback (AVF) training ( van Zaalen & Reichel, 2015 ). This study examines the effects of AVF training on articulatory accuracy, pause duration, frequency, and type of disfluencies of PWC, as well as on the emotional and cognitive aspects that may be present in clients with this communication disorder ( Reichel, 2010 ; van Zaalen & Reichel, 2015 ). Methods In this study, 12 male adolescents and adults—6 with phonological and 6 with syntactic cluttering—were provided with weekly AVF training for 12 weeks, with a 3-month follow-up. Data was gathered on baseline (T0), Week 6 (T1), Week 12 (T2), and after follow-up (T3). Spontaneous speech was recorded and analyzed by using digital audio-recording and speech analysis software known as Praat ( Boersma & Weenink, 2017 ). Results The results of this study indicated that PWC demonstrated significant improvements in articulatory rate measurements and in pause duration following the AVF training. In addition, the PWC in the study reported positive effects on their ability to retell a story and to speak in more complete sentences. PWC felt better about formulating their ideas and were more satisfied with their interactions with people around them. Conclusions The AVF training was found to be an effective approach for improving monitoring skills of PWC with both quantitative and qualitative benefits in the behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and social domains of communication.

Intensive Stuttering Therapy With Telepractice Follow-up: A Case Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzan Irani ◽  
Rodney Gabel
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Therapeutic Intervention ◽  
Intensive Therapy ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Eclectic Approach

This case report describes the positive outcome of a therapeutic intervention that integrated an intensive, residential component with follow-up telepractice for a 21 year old male who stutters. This therapy utilized an eclectic approach to intensive therapy in conjunction with a 12-month follow-up via video telepractice. The results indicated that the client benefited from the program as demonstrated by a reduction in percent stuttered syllables, a reduction in stuttering severity, and a change in attitudes and feelings related to stuttering and speaking.

Allergic Reactions to Food Proteins

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (23) ◽  
pp. 173-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara K. Ballmer-Weber
Keyword(s):  
Food Allergies ◽  
Allergic Reactions ◽  
Allergenic Food ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Pollen Allergens ◽  
Curative Therapy ◽  
Novel Foods ◽  
Allergenic Proteins ◽  
Adolescents And Adults

Four to eight percent of the population are estimated to be food-allergic. Most food allergies in adolescents and adults are acquired on the basis of cross-reaction to pollen allergens. Theses allergens are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. Therefore pollen-allergic patients might acquire a multitude of different plant food allergies, and even react to novel foods to which they have never previously been exposed. A curative therapy for food allergy does not yet exist. Food-allergic patients have to rely on strict avoidance diets, The widespread use of industrially processed foods poses a general problem for food-allergic patients. Although the most frequent allergens must be declared openly in the list of ingredients, involuntary contamination with allergy-provoking compounds can occur. The precautionary labelling “may contain” is sometimes applied even if the chance of contamination is very low; on the other hand, foods not declared to contain possible traces of allergenic components may actually contain relevant amounts of allergenic proteins. Switzerland is the only country in Europe with legal regulations on contamination by allergenic food; however, the allowance of 1 g/kg is too high to protect a relevant proportion of food-allergic individuals.

Validated Treatments for Adolescents and Adults

1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1163-1164
Author(s):  
Gary B. Mesibov
Keyword(s):  
Adolescents And Adults

Expected Risks and Returns in Children's, Adolescents', and Adults' Dynamic Risky Choice: Behavioral Effects and Neural Correlates

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elke U. Weber ◽  
Anna C. van Duijvenvoorde ◽  
Leah H. Somerville ◽  
Alisa Powers ◽  
Wouter D. Weeda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Risky Choice ◽  
Behavioral Effects ◽  
Adolescents And Adults
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