Given that 2/3 of the sample with dysarthria had no clinically defined language impairment, we have little evidence to support that chronic speech motor difficulties per se systematically affect language development.
Changes in these chronic patients' language-related brain activation over treatment can provide unique clues about cortical reorganisation processes related to language, which are not available from studies of patients during stages of spontaneous recovery.
In a study of stroke patients with chronic aphasia, intensive language action therapy was applied for 2 weeks, yielding a significant improvement of language performance as assessed by clinical tests (Pulvermüller et al., 2005b).
This study sought to investigate capsaicin cough reflex sensitivity and automated cough frequency monitoring in patients with refractory chronic cough undergoing speech language pathology intervention.
But Paul turns out to be oddly likable, thanks not only to his funny, self-deprecating thoughts but also to his chronic struggle with language.
The chronic shortage of language experts is N.S.A.'s Achilles' heel -- so much so that one of the most sensitive bits of intelligence revealed about Sept. 11 was that the N.S.A. had intercepted a Qaeda message on Sept. 10 saying, "Tomorrow is zero hour".
After adjustment for sociodemographics and chronic health conditions, language spoken at home and birthplace were statistically significantly associated with their reported satisfaction, compliance and perceptions of physicians.
Alternatively, it is also possible that the combination of one or more serious conditions (chronic diseases) and language barriers reinforced each other.
Chronic disorders of language or apraxia are associated with left parietal damage whereas long-term visuospatial attention impairments (e.g., neglect) tend to follow from right parietal lesions (Mesulam 1999 ).
