Editorial

Zuzana Lebedová

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):3489  

Discourse Informativeness in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Viktória Čiernik Kevická, Petra Brandoburová, Jana Marková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):4-10 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.0011026  

In recent years, the assessment of the language abilities of persons with cognitive deficits has focused on discourse assessment. Specifically, the assessment of informativeness proves to be an effective diagnostic tool. This is an evaluation that combines a structuralist and functionalist approach to discourse analysis. The aim of this study is to evaluate discourse informativeness of persons with Alzheimer's dementia (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The research sample consists of 25 persons with AD, 25 persons with MCI and 25 healthy controls. Discourse samples are elicited using picture description. Main concept analysis is used to evaluate...

Severe Oropharyngeal Dysphagia due to Laryngeal Neuropathy: Case Report

Ema Číčelová, Lukáš Varga, Žofia Frajková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):11-17 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.003727  

Unilateral laryngeal paresis can lead to dysphonia as well as respiratory and swallowing deficits. The pathomechanism of swallowing dysfunction in unilateral laryngeal paresis is decreased sensitivity of supraglottic structures, impaired protective function of reflexive cough and weakening of the upper oesophageal sphincter muscles. The subject of this case report is an 85-year-old man with unilateral laryngeal paresis, developed after gastrofibroscopy, with signs of severe oropharyngeal dysphagia leading to aspiration pneumonia. The patient was managed by a dysphagiology team leading the diagnostic and therapeutic process. This case study describes...

Voice re-education in patient with unilateral vocal fold palsy - case report

Tereza Školníková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):18-22 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.0061168  

The case report is about a patient with left vocal cord palsy. This condition occurred after parathyroid adenoma surgery. The case study focuses on the description of the course of vocal re-education and the extent of its effect on the quality of the patient's voice.

When PPA is not only about PPA - a case report of a female patient with primary progressive aphasia and functional speech disorder

Bianka Hrnčiarová

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):23-27 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.008912  

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical syndrome caused by a neurodegenerative process. PPA is characterised by a progressive disruption of the language system, which limits the patient in activities of daily living. The symptoms of this disease mostly manifest around 50 years of age, but are often seen in a much younger population. Acquaintance with this kind of diagnosis represents a certain psychological burden to the patient. Coping with it depends on the patient's personality traits (Nash, Hutner and Caligor, 2014). Inadequate stress processing can lead to development of a functional movement disorder (Thenganatt and Jankovic, 2015). Here...

DIAGNOSIS OF SOCIAL PRAGMATIC COMMUNICATION DISORDER THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES, RATING SCALES AND TEST METHODS

Michaela Plšková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):28-32 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.0091131  

The present article deals with the possibilities of diagnosing social pragmatic communication disorder (SPCD), focusing on questionnaire methods, test methods and assessment scales. Abroad, diagnosis of this disorder is often done through a combination of interviews, questionnaires, rating scales, observations and other methods. The aim of this paper was to create an integrative overview, i.e. to summarise questionnaire methods, rating scales and test methods that are aimed at diagnosing pragmatic language. For this purpose, seven methods were selected that deal with the recognition of deficits in pragmatic language, developed between 1989 and 2023....

Tethered Oral Tissues in a Multidisciplinary Perspective

Jana Mironova Tabachová, Pavla Hladíková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):33-40 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.0151059  

Tethered oral tissues can be considered as an issue that belongs under the scope of many specialists, such as paediatricians, lactation consultants, dentists, speech therapists, orthodontists, physiotherapists, ENT doctors and others. It is necessary to look at tethered oral tissues comprehensively in a broader timeframe. The article summarises the impact of tethered oral tissues on the patient throughout their development and highlights areas that could provide diagnostic clues to detect tethered oral tissues and their management from a multidisciplinary team perspective. The older the patient, the more specialists will be involved in their treatment....

INTERNATIONAL DYSPHAGIA DIET STANDARDISATION INITIATIVE (IDDSI) - SLOVAK TRANSLATION AND ADAPTATION OF THE IDDSI FRAMEWORK

Silvia Adzimová, Adriana Kumorová, Lenka Lešková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):41-52 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.0101263  

Introduction: The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework is the first and currently the only professionally recognised standardised system for people with swallowing disorders. It is aimed at evaluating and describing foods with different levels of texture modification and differently thickened beverages, as well as testing them. The system is relatively unknown in Slovakia.

Exercise-induced Laryngeal Obstruction

Barbora Kalendová, Jiří Dostal

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):53-59 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.0141013  

Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is a common cause of exertional dyspnoea occurring at maximal exertion in individuals with normal laryngeal morphology and function at rest. It is most frequent in adolescent females and in sports with high ventilation demands. The obstruction results from the adduction of laryngeal structures during inhalation, occurring either at the level of the glottis with paradoxical vocal fold movement, or more commonly with supraglottic adduction and inward prolapse of aryepiglottic folds and surrounding structures. It is often mistaken for asthma-related dyspnoea.

Application of the InterACT Programme in Speech Therapy Prevention

Hana Laciková, Joanna Szymczakowska

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):60-67 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.012763  

In this paper we discuss the InterACT - Attitude Change & Tolerance programme (Weidner, 2015) for preschool and younger school-age children, as well as the process of its adaptation into Polish (2019) and Slovak (2019-2023) languages. The programme builds on several research studies that have investigated children's attitudes towards stuttering and the possibilities of early exposure to relevant information about stuttering. Research has confirmed the need to address changing attitudes towards stuttering already at pre-school age. Statistically, the InterACT programme has been shown to be effective in improving children's attitudes toward stuttering...

Coexistence of motor and functional language deficits based on ICD-11 criteria in children with autism spectrum disorder - An exploratory study

Tereza Možná, Hana Válková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):68-76 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.013904  

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neuro-developmental disorder that is characterised by considerable heterogeneity and the occurrence of secondary symptoms, including motor function disorders and disturbances in motor development. The study's main objective was to assess the coexistence of motor and functional language deficits (FL), scaled according to ICD-11 criteria, and standardised evaluation using the motor test for children: The Movement Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd edition (MABC-2). In the research sample (n = 47; 39 boys, 8 girls; age 7-10 years, average age = 8.49; SD = 1.12), the results revealed that 74.5% of the participants...

Zajímavé závěrečné práce z první poloviny roku 2024

redakce

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):77798  

Recenze knihy „Vývoj pozornosti a exekutivních funkcí“

Simona Hlaváčová

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):78612  

Recenze pracovních sešitů Není slůvko jako slůvko a Fufi a její kamarádi

Markéta Trtílková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):79742  

Recenze českého překladu screeningového nástroje CCCABI*

Tereza Lištvanová, Bořek Jankovský, Barbora Srpová

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):80-81494  

“There is clear disconnect between what speech therapists think families want and what families actually want” – an interview with professor Sean M Redmond from the University of Utah

Mgr. Zuzana Lebedová

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):82-85567