Speech News and Research

RSS

Free webinar to help people with written expression deficits

Two experts who specialize in empowering families and professionals with the knowledge of affordable technologies to maximize success are offering a free webinar about resources to support people who have written expression deficits.

22 Oct 2009

Opinion: Fighting world hunger; U.S. leadership on global issues

In a USA Today column, writer DeWayne Wickham examines the connection between hunger and global security. "Helping poor countries feed their hungry masses is not just a grand humanitarian gesture; it is good diplomacy — a refreshing change from the jingoism and dollar diplomacy of previous administrations," he writes.

22 Oct 2009

Lake Health opens TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Township

Lake Health, formerly Lake Hospital System, today is celebrating the grand opening of its $155 million TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Township. A state-of-the-art digital hospital, TriPoint Medical Center is redefining the health care experience for patients, families and the community.

22 Oct 2009

Researchers study reading and written comprehension skills of deaf youngsters

A group of researchers at Seville University, headed by Isabel de los Reyes Rodríguez Ortiz, is analysing the reading comprehension processes of deaf youngsters, a factor closely linked to their level of expression, both verbal and using sign language.

21 Oct 2009

Eclipsys' 2009 Circle of Excellence Award winners announced

Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, today announced the winners of its 2009 Circle of Excellence Award program.

21 Oct 2009

Persistence of sucking habits increases risk of speech disorders in preschool children

Pacifier, baby bottle or finger sucking may hamper a child's speech development if the habit goes on too long.

21 Oct 2009

Pfizer announces first recipient of its Ripples of Hope Trainee Award in Mental Health

Pfizer Canada is pleased to announce Valeria Uribe as the first recipient of the newly established Pfizer Ripples of Hope Trainee Award in Mental Health. Ms. Uribe is currently working towards a Masters in Science at the University of British Columbia in her pursuit of a career in neuroscience.

21 Oct 2009

Practical changes in school infrastructure can provide better environments for disabled students

NJIT Research Architect B. Lynn Hutchings believes that by making a few practical, effective and relatively inexpensive changes to school buildings, they can become better environments for students with severe physical, intellectual, and sensory disabilities.

21 Oct 2009

Research may facilitate improved understanding of music perception in human nervous system

Music serves as a natural and non-invasive intervention for patients with severe neurological disorders to promote long-term memory, social interaction and communication. However, there is currently no plausible explanation of its neural basis for why and how music affects physical and psychosocial responses.

21 Oct 2009

Health Discovery Corporation granted additional patents for Recursive Feature Elimination using Support Vector Machines

Health Discovery Corporation is pleased to announce numerous additional issued patents and Notices of Allowance since its last press release describing its intellectual property portfolio. The Company now has a total of 37 issued patents, 4 Notices of Allowance and 30 pending patent applications.

20 Oct 2009

Failure to correct hearing loss may lead brain to forget how to hear and understand speech

Most of the 28 million Americans living with untreated hearing loss may not be aware that failure to take corrective action could result in the brain actually "forgetting" how to hear and understand speech, warns HearUSA audiologist Cindy Beyer.

19 Oct 2009

World Food Day marked, Actionaid International releases hunger report

Today marks World Food Day, with the aim of bringing "awareness to the issue of hunger," as the world faces "more mouths to feed but fewer farmers to grow the needed crops," Deutsche Welle reports.

19 Oct 2009

Gates Foundation to announce grants to promote agriculture at world food prize symposium

During a "keynote speech" Thursday at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Gates, cofounder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is expected to announce $120 million in grants "to promote dynamic, home-grown, sustainable agriculture in Africa and India,"

19 Oct 2009

A study on development of deaf children fitted with a Cochlear Implant

A multidisciplinary group at Malaga University, headed by Ignacio Moreno-Torres, is collecting information on the milestones that mark the development of deaf children fitted with a Cochlear Implant (CI) and studying to what extent the social and family environment affects this development. This research is funded with 101,000 euro by the Andalusian Regional Ministry of Innovation.

15 Oct 2009

Much remains to be done for autism spectrum disorders, say experts

Scientific understanding and medical treatments for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have advanced significantly over the past several years, but much remains to be done, say experts from the Center for Autism Research at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who published a scientific review of the field today.

15 Oct 2009

Cochlear and NXP Semiconductors sign design and manufacturing agreement

Cochlear Limited, Australian based world leader in Implantable Hearing Solutions, and NXP Semiconductors announced today that they have signed an agreement for the design and manufacturing of IC devices for Cochlear’s future generation Implantable Hearing devices.

14 Oct 2009

Trauma care in the U.S. is fragmented, overwhelmed and underfunded: American College of Surgeons 2009 Clinical Congress

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 2009 Clinical Congress, October 11-15, 2009 -- Trauma care in the United States is so fragmented, overwhelmed and underfunded that the survival and recovery of those who suffer major trauma often depends on where they happen to be when they are injured. That was the conclusion voiced today during a signature speech at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in Chicago.

14 Oct 2009

Public option viable despite the Senate Finance Committee vote

Robert Weiner, former Chief of Staff of the House Committee on Aging and Health Subcommittee, said the public option remains viable despite the Senate Finance Committee vote today.

14 Oct 2009

Fraunhofer CSE opens new PV module laboratory

This afternoon, Fraunhofer USA, Inc.'s Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) officially opened its first laboratory, a PV module innovation facility at a high-profile ribbon-cutting ceremony headlined by German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth and Massachusetts Energy Secretary Bowles.

14 Oct 2009

Voice output AAC device to improve communication skills in autistic children

The new Center for AAC & Autism, based online at AACandAutism.com, is dedicated to helping children with autism learn to communicate through the power of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) devices.

14 Oct 2009

Speech News and Research

Free webinar to help people with written expression deficits

Opinion: Fighting world hunger; U.S. leadership on global issues

Lake Health opens TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Township

Researchers study reading and written comprehension skills of deaf youngsters

Eclipsys' 2009 Circle of Excellence Award winners announced

Persistence of sucking habits increases risk of speech disorders in preschool children

Pfizer announces first recipient of its Ripples of Hope Trainee Award in Mental Health

Practical changes in school infrastructure can provide better environments for disabled students

Research may facilitate improved understanding of music perception in human nervous system

Health Discovery Corporation granted additional patents for Recursive Feature Elimination using Support Vector Machines

Failure to correct hearing loss may lead brain to forget how to hear and understand speech

World Food Day marked, Actionaid International releases hunger report

Gates Foundation to announce grants to promote agriculture at world food prize symposium

A study on development of deaf children fitted with a Cochlear Implant

Much remains to be done for autism spectrum disorders, say experts

Cochlear and NXP Semiconductors sign design and manufacturing agreement

Trauma care in the U.S. is fragmented, overwhelmed and underfunded: American College of Surgeons 2009 Clinical Congress

Public option viable despite the Senate Finance Committee vote

Fraunhofer CSE opens new PV module laboratory

Voice output AAC device to improve communication skills in autistic children

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Latest News