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Byline: Lily Garcia I've been the manager of a small team for about four years, and they are usually low-maintenance, so I haven't yet had to deal with many issues [...]

New investigation results, 'Importance of perioperative monitoring of cerebral tissue saturation in elderly patients: an interesting case,' are detailed in a study published in Minerva Anestesiologica. According to recent research [...]

According to recent research published in the journal Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 'We describe a case of late onset neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) presenting as frontotemporal dementia [...]

'Chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a common late complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Polymyositis is a rare manifestation of chronic GVHD after donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI),' scientists [...]

'This is an 11-year-old girl with newly diagnosed Sydenham chorea. The patient presented with mood change for 6 months, hearing voices for a few weeks, and dysarthria and abnormal movements [...]

New investigation results, 'Acute ischaemic pontine stroke revealing lyme neuroborreliosis in a young adult,' are detailed in a study published in Acta Neurologica Belgica. According to recent research published in [...]

The article discusses ultrasound technology as a tool for correcting speech errors in children such as mispronouncing the sound of the letter "R." Dr. Tara McAllister Byun is one of several researchers who will examine how ultrasound can be best used in a clinical setting. The method involves determining the shape and position of a child's tongue while speaking with the aid of an ultrasound probe placed beneath the chin.

Data detailed in 'SCA8 mRNA expression suggests an antisense regulation of KLHL1 and correlates to SCA8 pathology' have been presented. 'An increasing number of inherited neurodegenerative diseases are known to [...]

'Primary central nervous system (CNS) marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZBL) is very rare and shows an indolent disease course with potential of being cured. It seems to originate from meningothelial [...]

'A most important index of functional impairment in dysarthria is intelligibility. The Munich Intelligibility Profile (MVP) is a computer-based method for the assessment of the intelligibility of dysarthric patients,' investigators [...]

'Alexander disease (AD) in its typical form is an infantile lethal leucodystrophy, characterized pathologically by Rosenthal fibre accumulation. Following the identification of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) gene as the [...]

'This study compared speed of information processing in patients with relapsing-remitting or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and healthy controls using the Stroop Test and I Picture Naming Test (PINT),' [...]

New investigation results, 'Clinical picture of EPM1-Unverricht-Lundborg disease,' are detailed in a study published in Epilepsia. 'Unverricht-Lundborg disease (ULD), progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 1 (EPM1, OMIM254800), is an autosomal recessively [...]

According to recent research from Saitama, Japan, 'The symptoms and signs in patients with very small (border zone) cerebellar infarcts (VSCIs) may mimic those in benign peripheral vestibular disorders, except [...]

Data detailed in 'Bilateral basal ganglia lesions in patients with end-stage diabetic nephropathy' have been presented (see also Diabetic Nephropathy). According to a study from Adelaide, Australia, 'Acute movement disorder [...]

According to a study from the United States, 'We present 3 sporadic cases of a subacute to chronic, progressive motor (i.e (see also Atrophy). weakness, ataxia, spasticity, dysarthria, and dysphagia) [...]

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Clinical and genetic features in a MELAS child with a 3271T>C mutation.' 'A mitochondrial DNA 3271T >C point mutation was reported to be [...]

'Progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by motor speech impairment and agrammatism, with relative sparing of single word comprehension and semantic memory (see also Alzheimer Disease). PNFA [...]

'The concurrence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis ( MS) is extremely rare (see also Multiple Sclerosis). We report on a 55-year-old female patient presenting with a progressive [...]

Speech deficits were indicated as sequelae of transient cerebellar mutism (TCM) after cerebellar tumor resection for astrocytoma. 'Following cerebellar tumor resection, some patients develop TCM. Although the mutism resolves, it [...]

Speech deficits were indicated as sequelae of transient cerebellar mutism (TCM) after cerebellar tumor resection for astrocytoma. 'Following cerebellar tumor resection, some patients develop TCM. Although the mutism resolves, it [...]

Speech deficits were indicated as sequelae of transient cerebellar mutism (TCM) after cerebellar tumor resection for astrocytoma. 'Following cerebellar tumor resection, some patients develop TCM. Although the mutism resolves, it [...]

Changes induced by levodopa and subthalamic nucleus stimulation on Parkinsonian speech. 'Levodopa (L-dopa) and subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation treatments have been associated with both improvement and exacerbation of dysarthria in [...]

Changes induced by levodopa and subthalamic nucleus stimulation on Parkinsonian speech. 'Levodopa (L-dopa) and subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation treatments have been associated with both improvement and exacerbation of dysarthria in [...]

Changes induced by levodopa and subthalamic nucleus stimulation on Parkinsonian speech. 'Levodopa (L-dopa) and subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation treatments have been associated with both improvement and exacerbation of dysarthria in [...]

In this article, the author offers information on a multi-disciplinary pediatric therapy centre, Creative Speech Solutions LLC owned by Cynthia Marrapodi. The centre has sixteen speech pathologists along with five speech therapy rooms, an occupational therapy gym and kitchen that treat children with speech disorders from lisps, articulation delays to apraxia and auditory processing disorder. Marrapodi helps children and parents to communicate and she counts her blessings for that.

The class assignment for the eighth graders deep in rural Appalachia was to stand up guilt-free about extolling the dialect spoken in their local mountain ''hollers.'' Sound forth; never mind the ''hillbilly'' stigma that can especially haunt teenagers. On a visit a decade ago to Ellenboro, W.Va., I delighted to hear Kyre Bartz tell a ''handed down'' story from her family that flowed with ''crick'' and ''young uns'' and ''tomorry at sunrise.'' It was a lyrical Appalachian aria. Kyre even noted ''that ole woman stumblin' up that there hill with a poke and a pig walkin' right beside her.'' No one heard the performance better than West Virginia University's resident linguist, Dr. Kirk Hazen, who has spent years roaming Appalachia to track its richly divergent dialects. ''People's spoken language should go unmolested,'' Dr. Hazen told the grateful students that day, while also urging them to embrace change. ''All living language is change.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When marshals have to make a federal courthouse safe (maybe Bernie Madoff is on the docket), they check that they have their body armor, their tear gas, their handcuffs, weapons -- and a copy of Form 531B. Developed in March 2003, the red, white and blue card contains pertinent questions to ask if a bomb threat is phoned in, along with suggestions for how to pick up other potential clues about the pending danger. There was no such warning on Monday, when a Starbucks on the Upper East Side was damaged by a bomb, or May 20, when the authorities accused four men with planting what they took to be explosives near two synagogues in the Bronx. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

My in-laws are lovely people, without a passive-aggressive bone in their bodies. But they have mispronounced my first name for several years now. It's an unusual name, but most people figure it out after a few gentle corrections. When I first met them, they eagerly asked me to correct their pronunciation, and they got it right about half the time. Then, a third of the time. Now they're in the habit of saying my name incorrectly, and I'm too embarrassed to say anything. When we're with them for a few days, it really starts to grate. Is there a gracious way to handle this? Roshanne E. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Discusses the mispronunciation of educated speakers in the United States. Cause of the problem; Importance of pronunciation; Description of a cultivated speaker.

Focuses on spelling bees and problems on word pronunciation. Criticism on spelling bees; Suggestion on spelling bee; Details on `The Sponsor Bee Guide Book.'