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Disturbo specifico del linguaggio e apprendimento della lingua scritta: uno studio di follow-up in adolescenza
No full textReading and Spelling Disabilities in Children With and Without a History of Early Language Delay: A Neuropsychological and Linguistic Study
No full textNeurodevelopmental disorders in children with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss: a clinical study
No full textAIM: The effects of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) are often complicated by
additional disabilities, but the epidemiology of associated disorders is not
clearly defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and type of
additional neurodevelopmental disabilities in a sample of children with SNHL and
to investigate the relation between these additional disabilities and the
aetiology of deafness.
METHOD: One hundred children with severe/profound SNHL (60 males, 40 females;
mean age 5 y 7 mo, SD 3 y 6 mo, range 8 mo-16 y) were investigated using a
diagnostic protocol including neurodevelopmental, genetic, neurometabolic, and
brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment.
RESULTS: Forty-eight per cent of the sample exhibited one or more additional
disabilities, with cognitive, behavioural-emotional, and motor disorders being
the most frequent. The risk of additional disabilities varied according to the
type of aetiology. Thirty-seven out of 80 individuals with available MRIs showed
signal abnormalities, in particular brain malformations (46%) and white matter
abnormalities (54%). Frequency and type of disability were associated with
aetiology (p=0.015) and MRI data (p<0.001).
INTERPRETATION: A multidimensional evaluation, including aetiological,
neurodevelopmental, and MRI investigation, is needed for planning therapeutic
intervention, such as cochlear implantation in children with severe to profound
hearing impairment. The aetiology of deafness is a relevant risk indicator for
the presence of an associated disorder
Cochlear implantation in deaf children with associated disabilities: Challenges and outcomes
No full textThe issue of cochlear implantation in deaf children with associated disabilities is an emerging subject. Currently, there is no consensus on whether to implant children with multiple impairments; moreover, it may be difficult to evaluate these children with standard tests pre- or post-implantation. In addition, these children often have poor speech perception and language skills, making assessment more difficult. Despite these factors, these children often receive important benefits in daily life, with an overall improvement in quality of life. In the present study, post-implant outcomes of 23 profoundly deaf children with neuropsychiatric disorders were analysed, using objective measures of speech perception, and a questionnaire administered to the parents, aimed at evaluating the benefits in daily life after implantation. The results were quite variable, but overall positive, in terms of speech perception, communication abilities, and improvement in quality of life. The findings add an additional piece of evidence to support the effectiveness of cochlear implantation in these special cases
Etiological, clinical and neuroradiological investigation of deaf children with additional neuropsychiatric disabilities
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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