Essays about: "Language Impairment"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 17 essays containing the words Language Impairment.

1. 11. Discursive (dis)orders of Disability Research : A Critical Discourse Analysis of ’participation in research’ in Swedish Disability Research articles and overviews

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

   Author : Maria Larsdotter; [2018]
   Keywords : disability research; participants; participatory; Sweden; critical discourse analysis; ideational grammar; Funktionshinderforskning; deltagare; deltagarbaserad forskning; Sverige; kritisk diskursanalys; ideationell grammatik;

   Abstract : In this thesis my aim is to analyse and discuss discourses of Swedish disability research, with focus on participation in research by disabled people. My research question is based on an observation that research overviews and evaluations repeatedly argue for the importance of participation of disabled people. READ MORE

3. 12. Swedish Sign Language Skills Training and Assessment

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : Dani Potrus; [2017]
   Keywords : Sign language; Sign language recognition; Video game; Efficiency; Sign language assessment; Experimental design; Statistical testing; Statistical evaluation; Teckenspråk; Igenkänning av Svenskt teckenspråk; Teckenspråks tv spel; Effektivitet; Teckenspråklig bedömning; Experimentell design; Statistisk testning; Statistisk utvärdering;

   Abstract : Sign language is used widely around the world as a first language for those that are unable to use spoken language and by groups of people that have a disability which precludes them from using spoken language (such as a hearing impairment). The importance of effective learning of sign language and its applications in modern computer science has grown widely in the modern aged society and research around sign language recognition has sprouted in many different directions, some examples using hidden markov models (HMMs) to train models to recognize different sign language patterns (Swedish sign language, American sign language, Korean sign language, German sign language and so on). READ MORE

4. 13. Product development of a system for people with visual impairment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovation

   Author : Anna Fransson; [2015]
   Keywords : Assistive products; visual impairment; picture quality; product development; design.; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Detta examensarbete utfördes i samarbete med LVI, Low Vision International AB för att utveckla ett nytt arbetsplatsanpassat system för personer med nedsatt syn. Företaget är specialiserat på att utveckla, producera och sälja olika typer av tekniska synhjälpmedel i Sverige, Europa och USA. READ MORE

5. 14. Exploring the nature of the P300 in normal hearing adults in response to filtered words

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Logopedi, foniatri och audiologi

   Author : Sebastian Waechter; [2013]
   Keywords : P300; LPFS test; CAPD; ERP; Filtered words; Language Impairment; Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : The present study explored the nature of the auditory P300 in response to filtered words in ten normal hearing adults. P300 waveforms were elicited by a classic oddball paradigm, and recorded using a net of 128 electrodes (HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net 128 1.0.). READ MORE

6. 15. SIV-Speech clarity, Intelligibility & Voice : Development of a speech assessment tool for use by healthprofessionals who work with patients treated with DeepBrain Stimulation

   University essay from Logopedi

   Author : Annie Ahlinder; Julia Labba; [2013]
   Keywords : Deep Brain Stimulation; perceptual assessment; speech voice impairment; Deep Brain Stimulation; perceptuell bedömning; tal röstnedsättning;

   Abstract : Background: Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Essential tremor (ET) who havebeen treated with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) generally experience a positive effect,particularly regarding the motor symptoms. However, the patients’ communication skillsare often negatively affected and the assessment instrument currently used withinneurological clinical care is not sufficiently sensitive to assess these patients’ speechclarity, voice and intelligibility satisfactorily. READ MORE