Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) is a novel and increasingly popular optical imaging technique that has revolutionarized brain research in the youngest developmental populations. After nearly a decade of technological ...

The advent of behavior-independent measures of cognition and major progress in experimental designs have led to substantial advances in the investigation of infant language learning mechanisms. Research in the last two ...

This book addresses state-of-the-art systems and achievements in various topics in the research field of speech and language technologies. Book chapters are organized in different sections covering diverse problems, which ...

Introdução: A presença de perdas auditivas de origem neural no adulto que já desenvolveu linguagem pode acarretar alteração de compreensão da fala com dificuldade na discriminação auditiva dos sons e entendimento completo ...

OBJETIVO: Identificar a freqüência do uso de AASI contralateral ao implante coclear (IC), determinar as razões de alguns pacientes não usarem AASI contralateral e verificar o efeito do resíduo de audição na opção de uso ...

Speech and language development is a useful initial indicator of a child's overall development and cognitive ability. Identification of children at risk for delay may lead to interventions, increasing chances for improvement. ...

This book is based on contributions to the Seventh European Summer School on Language and Speech Communication that was held at KTH in Stockholm, Sweden, in July of 1999 under the auspices of the European Language and ...

The stimulus for writing this book arose from the author's perception of a lack of available texts which adequately integrate the subjects of neuroanatomy and functional neurology with the practice of speech­ language ...