editorial

Zuzana Lebedová, Radka Horáková

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):3656  

Bone Conduction Implants

MUDr. Milan Urík, Ph.D., MUDr. Dagmar Hošnová Ph.D., MUDr. Soňa Šikolová, Ing. Jan Odstrčilík, Ph.D.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):4-6 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0211471  

Knowledge of bone conduction allows us to develop new, modern hearing aids. The best are bone conduction implants. There is an efficient sound transmission, improvement in the quality of life of patients, and implants are now available for children from 5 years of age. In addition to technical improvements to audio processors, there has been a significant reduction of complications.

Hearing and metabolic diseases in the image of galactosaemia - case report

PaedDr. et Bc. Eva Stryková

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):7-12 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0281180  

Metabolic processes are related by their functions to all life processes of the organism. In recent years, the spectrum of newly discovered types of metabolic defects has expanded. Their diagnosis is being refined and an increasing number of neonatal screenings reveals new patients. The importance of the wide and diverse problematics related to hereditary metabolic disorders (HMD) is now gradually becoming known to other health professionals. Due to emancipating patient groups, they are being brought to the awareness of at-risk groups and laymen. Manifestations of metabolic diseases are often associated with multisystem disorders (nerves, blood vessels,...

Indications for cochlear implants

MUDr. Libor Černý, Ph.D.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):13-15 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0313148  

Cochlear implants have gradually become a common and routinely indicated procedure since their inception in the Czech Republic in the 1990s. The gradual expansion of indication options has progressed to the current state, which we summarise in this paper. We describe the main indication criteria for prelingual and postlingual hearing loss and procedures for the examination of candidates for cochlear implantation.

Speech and language assessment in adult cochlear implant candidates and users

Mgr. Lucie Nohová, Mgr. Julie Čefelínová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):16-29 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0326003  

In the Czech literature there is a lack of information about speech and language assessment in adult cochlear implant (CI) candidates and users. The article presents the issue of adult cochlear implantation from a speech and language therapist perspective. The paper points out the current changes in the CI candidacy, which have opened the possibility to provide cochlear implantation to other types of patients, including bilateral implantation in adults. The aim of the article is to present an overview of diagnostic tools used abroad. Moreover, it provides the information about the current pre- and post-implantation possibilities in terms of speech...

Hearing examination with methods of evoked potentials and its limitations in the youngest children

doc. MUDr. Mojmír Lejska, CSc., MBA

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):30-36 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0411579  

Examination of the hearing of the youngest children is completely different from the examination of older children and adults. A toddler does not cooperate, has no auditory experience and cannot communicate. It is therefore necessary to use methods other than those based on collaboration between the examiner and the examined. The method of evoked potentials (BERA) is used, which is currently the best method that phoniatricians have and are able to use in this area. The thesis discusses in detail for which children it is necessary to repeatedly examine hearing with regard to possible hearing impairment. The sooner the hea-ring impairment is detected...

Bulbar symptoms after vestibular schwannoma surgery - case report

Mgr. Naděžda Lasotová, MUDr. Marcela Dubová, MUDr. Miloš Duba, MUDr. Nikola Mišurová, prof. MUDr. Martin Smrčka, Ph.D., MBA

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):37-43 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0391872  

Vestibular schwannoma is a posterior cranial fossa tumour, which is usually manifested by unilateral perceptual hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, facial tingling, etc. Therapy of vestibular schwannoma is chosen according to the size of tumour, its location and growth rate. Therapeutic procedures include microsurgical treatment and/or stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy. Unilateral hearing loss occurs postoperatively, but bulbar syndrome may also develop through perioperative functional impairment of the peripheral nerves near the tumour site. The paper presents the role of a Clinical Speech Therapist in the diagnosis and therapy in a patient...

Therapeutic specifics of children with severe hearing impairments and children with cochlear implants

Mgr. Naděžda Grznárová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):44-50 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0382709  

Hearing loss is one of the most common somatic-functional impairments (Horáková, 2012). Because hearing perception is key to the development of the spoken language, children with hearing impairments are in the care of clinicians - Speech-Language Pathologists or Special Educators - Speech Therapists/Deaf Educators. This article aims to offer insight into the specifics of the job of a Speech Therapist/Deaf Educator with children with severe hearing impairments. From this group, we then separate the category of children operated on with cochlear implants. This is dealt with in a specific chapter.

Inner ear malformation

MUDr. Dagmar Hošnová, Ph.D., MUDr. Milan Urík, Ph.D.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):51-55 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0441277  

Inner ear malformation comprises a broad group of disorders, the main symptom of which is hearing loss. The disorder occurs during the embryonic development of the auditory system. Only about 20 % of malformations can be diagnosed radiologically. Hearing impairment is sensorineural and can be of a mild degree, e.g. in the case of an enlarged vestibular aqueduct. However, more often, severe hearing loss is found. Hearing correction depends on the severity of the child's hearing impairment. Cochlear implantation in children with congenital profound hearing loss is optimal at the age of 12 to 24 months.

Evaluation of auditory perception in infants and toddlers with hearing impairment

Mgr. Katka Drahotská

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):56-60 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0341833  

The article is devoted to a current topic in the care for children with severe hearing impairment, the evaluation of hearing perception and mapping of the hearing and speech development in infants and toddlers. The aim has been to provide an overview of current diagnostic tools designed to evaluate auditory perception, especially in the youngest users of hearing aids and cochlear implants. All these tools are available in the Czech language for medical, school and social work experts. The article contains a description of each tool and also practical users' information. Finally, it presents the first Czech version of the foreign evaluation profile...

Lipreading and its role in individual speech therapy intervention and education of individuals with hearing impairment

PhDr. Lenka Doležalová, Ph.D.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):61-68 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0422165  

Lipreading is one of the communication systems of people with hearing impairment. We encounter it when communicating with individuals with hearing impairments from an early age to old age, regardless of the type of hearing impairment or compensatory aid that the individual uses. The difference is in the degree of usage and understanding that results from the individual needs and capabilities of each person. Lipreading is a very demanding mental activity. Not every individual with a hea-ring impairment can lip-read or is able to learn to lip-read. However, its successful acquisition can play a major role in speech comprehension, education and everyday life.

Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA): examination method of hearing in the youngest children

Mgr. Ing. Petra Šestáková, prim. MUDr. Radan Havlík, Ph.D.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):69-73 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0404175  

What does a child actually hear? At what intensities and at what frequencies? The answers to these questions are extremely difficult, because a child is not able to describe his/her auditory perception to us, as an adult would. Of the many available methods, VRA - Visual Reinforcement Audiometry - has proven to be the most viable method in recent years. This method is able to complement information about auditory perception with the child's subjective reaction to sound.

Visual Reinforcement Audiometry used in practice - case reports

Mgr. Marie Kaniová, Ph.D., Mgr. Mgr. Bc. Veronika Švédíková, Mgr. Anna Tomasová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):74-76 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0331488  

Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (hereinafter referred to as "VRA") is one of the behavioural methods of hearing examination. The case studies aim to provide information on the importance of the aforementioned test and are focused on patients on whom VRA tests are most often performed. The results of the VRA test are beneficial, both in cases of a discrepancy between the results of objective hearing measurements (evoked potentials test, test for the presence of evoked otoacoustic emissions) and the statements by the child's parents, as well as in determining the hearing threshold curve with a hearing aid.

Phoneme awareness, reading and early intervention in children with hearing impairments

Prof. PhDr. Marína Mikulajová, CSc.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):77-83 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0432477  

Although the possibilities of the correction of impaired hearing are growing and the age of the prescription of a hearing aid or a cochlear implantation is decreasing, we cannot conclude that these factors automatically optimise the development of communication skills and early literacy. Speech and language acquisition is a crucial indicator of school readiness. There are important research findings on the role of phonological skills in the reading of children with hearing loss. The possibilities of the stimulation of these skills are little known in our countries. This paper also provides information about the methods of phoneme awareness training...

Diagnostic process and subsequent care of children with early-age hearing impairment: parents' experience

PhDr. Radka Horáková, Ph.D., Mgr. Kristýna Gábová, prof. Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Peter Tavel, Ph.D.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):84-91 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0372682  

The article introduces the process of obtaining a diagnosis and hearing screening of young children in the Czech Republic. The subsequent care has been described as multidisciplinary, with its main goals being early intervention, initiation of functional communication with the child and providing the child with professional Speech Therapy training. The submitted text includes the qualitative research outcomes that analyse the experience of parents of children with hearing loss. These outcomes will be published on the website https://hovoryozdravi.cz/. The research has been carried out by the Olomouc University Social Health Institute and also forms...

Odkazy na zajímavé závěrečné práce s tematikou syndromových vad a sluchového postižení

redakce

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):92828  

Snažíme se o to, aby děti, jejichž mateřským jazykem je znakový jazyk, měly možnost se vzdělávat ve svém rodném jazyce

Mgr. Barbora Richtrová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):93-95927  

I sdílení problému s tinnitem přináší úlevu

Mgr. Barbora Richtrová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):96-98751  

Centrum pro dětský sluch Tamtam, o. p. s.: rodiny nás nejvíce potřebují v prvním roce

Mgr. Markéta Zatloukalová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):99-100846  

Pro lékařku jsem byla úzkostná matka a dcera prostě zaostalá…

Mgr. Helena Blažková

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):101-103825  

Implantáty mě více přiblížily k lidem…

Mgr. Helena Blažková

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):104-106826  

Narrative Discourse in Broca's and Anomic Aphasia

Mgr. Viktória Kevická, doc. PaedDr. Jana Marková, PhD., Mgr. Mária Gavalerová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):113-123 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0221868  

In patients with aphasia, there are various language deficits, which are also manifested at the level of discourse. The aim of the research was to describe the discourse of patients with Broca's aphasia and anomic aphasia and to compare their discourses with the discourses of the control groups of the same age, education and gender. The research sample consisted of 34 respondents: 7 patients with Broca's aphasia, 10 patients with anomic aphasia and 17 intact people in the control groups. Discourse samples were elicited, using the narration of the Cinderella story. Discourse analysis focused on three basic areas: productivity and fluency, errors and...

Diagnostics of narrative abilities and Czech adaptation of the MAIN tool

PhDr. Miroslava Nováková Schöffelová, Ph.D.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):124-135 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0273861  

Narrative skills are an important area of a child's language development. They divulge the overall level of language skills and are often affected in children with language impairment. They also indicate overall cognitive maturity and may signify the level of some cognitive abilities, such as memory or attention. Narrative skills are also largely related to future school success, especially reading and comprehension of the read text. Therefore it is necessary to deal with this area of language by diagnosis and intervention. The aim of the article is to explain in more detail the essence of narrative abi-lities and to place them in the context of other...

Case study of boy with submucosal cleft palate, developmental dysphasia and eating disorder

Mgr. Dana Zemčíková

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):136-140 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2020.0302223  

The case study examines the therapy, utilising interdisciplinary diagnostics, of a boy with submucosal cleft palate, combined with developmental dysphasia, an eating disorder and hypersensitivity of the orofacial area. The aim of the case study was to hi-ghlight the issue of submucosal clefts of the palate, which are often diagnosed in children at a later age. Importantly, early diagnosis and early initiation of therapy are essential for the child’s development. The case study describes the examination, the beginning of speech therapy and sub-sequent recommendations for a boy who was diagnosed with a submucosal cleft palate at the age of 4 years...

Recenze publikace: Assessing and Treating Dysphagia: A Lifespan Perspective

Mgr. Tomáš Kubík, Ph.D.

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):107-108764  

Recenze knihy: Když dítě vidí, co má slyšet

Mgr. Helena Podpěrová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):109-1101805  

Kdyby foniatrie neexistovala, musel bych si ji asi sám vymyslet

Mgr. Barbora Richtrová

Listy klinické logopedie 2020, 4(2):111-1121129