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The PD COMM Process Evaluation: Describing Interventions and Implementation in a UK Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of Speech and Language Therapy for People with Parkinson's-Related Dysarthria
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Avril Nicoll; Marian C. Brady; Patricia Masterson-Algar; Christopher Burton; Gillian Beaton; Sylvia Dickson; Maria Caulfield; Christina H. Smith; Carl E. Clarke; Natalie Ives; Sue Jowett; Caroline Rick; Rebecca Woolley; Catherine M. Sackley – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: As people with Parkinson's experience progressive communication changes, effective, implementable speech and language therapy (SLT) interventions are needed. Process evaluations alongside pragmatic randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are of clinical value if they describe, compare and understand the implementation of trial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments, Intervention, Program Implementation
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of High-Intensity versus Low-Intensity Speech Intervention in Children with a Cleft Palate: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Fien Allemeersch; Kristiane Van Lierde; Nick Verhaeghe; Kim Bettens; Tara Mouton; Greet Hens; Cassandra Alighieri – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: In children with a cleft palate with or without a cleft lip (CP±L), some evidence exists for superior results of high-intensity speech intervention (HISI) compared with low-intensity speech intervention (LISI) on speech and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, the existing research often involves small sample sizes.…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Speech Impairments, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Pre-School Language Interventions--Building Early Sentences Therapy and an Adapted Derbyshire Language Scheme
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Cristina McKean; Christine Jack; Sean Pert; Carolyn Letts; Helen Stringer; Mark Masidlover; Anastasia Trebacz; Robert Rush; Emily Armstrong; Kate Conn; Jenny Sandham; Elaine Ashton; Naomi Rose – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Children's language abilities set the stage for their education, psychosocial development and life chances across the life course. Aims: To compare the efficacy of two preschool language interventions delivered with low dosages in early years settings (EYS): Building Early Sentences Therapy (BEST) and an Adapted Derbyshire Language…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Program Effectiveness, Preschool Children, Child Language