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The progression of early intervention disability services in Ireland
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2013-01)The Republic of Ireland is an island situated in north-west Europe inhabited by 4.6 million people, with 2.8% between 0 and 4 years of age with a disability (Central Statistics Office, 2012). The Irish Government funds the ... -
A qualitative exploration of maternal perspectives on the impact of stuttering on the lives of six to ten year old children
(Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapists, 2014)Objective: Th e study aimed to explore maternal perspectives of the impact of stuttering on the lives of 6–10-year-old children’s relationships, self-identity, and academic development. Method: A qualitative design was ... -
The relationship between voice source parameters and the Maxima Dispsersion Quotient (MDQ)
(2015)This study examines the relationship between the Maxima Dispersion Quotient (MDQ), a recently proposed measure of the tense-lax dimension of voice quality, and voice source parameters manually measured from glottal flow ... -
Services for children with central auditory processing disorder in the Republic of Ireland: current and future service provision
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2011-06)Purpose: An interdisciplinary research group was established to investigate current and future service provision for children with central auditory processing disorder ([C]APD) in the Republic of Ireland. The aim of Phase ... -
Training socially responsive healthcare graduates: Is Service Learning an effective educational approach?
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-02-06)Health care educators strive to train graduates who are socially responsive and can act as “change agents” for communities they serve. Service learning (SL) is increasingly being used to teach the social aspects of health ... -
A trajectory of relationship development for early intervention practice for children with developmental disabilities
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2016-03-03)Collaboration, through multiple complex relationships between families and professionals, is integral to Early Intervention (EI) practice. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explain the processes involved in ... -
Well-being and resilience in children with speech and language disorders
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2018-01-25)Purpose Children with speech and language disorders are at risk in relation to psychological and social well-being. The aim of this study was to understand the experiences of these children from their own perspectives ... -
Where phonology meets morphology in the context of rapid language change and universal bilingualism: Irish initial mutations in child language
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-16)As one of the Celtic languages, Irish is among the few languages in the world that employ word initial mutations (IMs) in order to express grammatical functions. IMs express grammatical information by a way of systematic ... -
Who decides what criteria are important to consider in exploring the outcomes of Conversation Approaches? A Participatory Health Research Study.
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-02-06)Approximately 176,000 new individuals in the United Kingdom and Ireland are diagnosed with stroke annually with up to one third experiencing aphasia. Qualitative research methods are increasingly used to capture the ...