The usefulness of cognitive potentials in diagnostic process of dyslexia

Dyslexia is a specific developmental impairment in the ability to read and spell despite adequate educational resources, an average intelligence quotient, no sensory deficits and appropriate social and cultural opportunity. A number of findings point to an organic etiology of the disorder. An atypical organization of the auditory cortex in dyslexic readers could be demonstrated. On a functional level the core deficit in dyslexia is assumed to reading decoding processes. Problems with auditory attention, concentration, analysis are observed. Phonological deficits are very common theory now. Auditory processing and reading disorders have been linked in a number of studies. One way to delineate the cognitive difficulties associated with developmental dyslexia is the use of event-related brain potentials (ERPs). Thanks to them it is possible to analyze information of processing reactions. The aim of the study were to observe ERPs in dyslectic children, to determine the presence of auditory processing disorders and to investigate the differences in dyslectic children taking into consideration age, sex, intensity of cognitive difficulties described by psychologists, and also duration of rehabilitation process. Subjects were aged 7-18, had no history of hearing problems with normal hearing threshold. Each child suffered from dyslexia. Electric evoked potentials were preformed. Event-related potentials (ERPs) particularly MMN and P300 were in the special interest. The results will be discussed

Stimmstörungen bei rheumatoider Arthritis

The report presents patients with coincidence of voice disorders and rheumatoid arthritis. Material consisted of 3 females aged 39, 48 and 74 years. Methods included phoniatric examination, videolaryngoscopy, stroboscopy and acoustic voice analysis (MDVP).Results: In two youngest patients the laryngoscopic changes were located on vocal folds, mostly as a yellow nodules. The appropriate mobility of both vocal folds was found. The MDVP analysis revealed particularly changes in parameters describing perturbation of amplitude in two cases. In the third case oedema in the region of the crico-arytenoid joints and vestibular folds were observed. MDVP analysis showed slight disturbances in the parameters describing frequency perturbation

Communication disorders associated with motor neuron disease (MND)

The aim of the paper was to present voice and speech disorders associated with motor neuron disease - MND. Two cases of MND were described. Communication problems - dysphonia and dysarthria were one of their early manifestations. It is supposed that sulcus vocalis, which is the result of the degeneration process of the vocal muscle, is the laryngeal presentation of MND

Communication disorders associated with motor neuron disease (MND)

The aim of the paper was to present voice and speech disorders associated with motor neuron disease - MND. Two cases of MND were described. Communication problems - dysphonia and dysarthria were one of their early manifestations. It is supposed that sulcus vocalis, which is the result of the degeneration process of the vocal muscle, is the laryngeal presentation of MND

Universelles Neugeborenenhörscreening - die Sicht der Eltern

The aim of the study was to determine the parents' view and attitude to the universal neonatal hearing screening. Parents of randomly selected 200 infants, who underwent hearing rescreening, were surveyed using the author's questionnaire. The universal neonatal hearing screening and the way it is conducted is accepted by the vast majority of the parents in the region of Wielkopolska. The parents with higher social and economic status express their negative emotions associated with the organisation of hearing screening more often, their expectations towards the system of medical care are rising

a study of people with good hearing from various age groups

Introduction: Evaluation of the objective results in the clinical examination of central auditory disorders requires the use of reliable language tests which provide the means for the estimation of patients' audio-verbal communicative skills. Materials and methods: The authors present a new set of more difficult language tests in Polish, including a filtered speech test, numeral and verbal dichotic tests and a Calearo test. The tests were evaluated on a group of people with good hearing from various age groups.Conclusions: The presented tests are the only existing ones created for the Polish language, which expand the diagnostic possibilities in the case of central auditory processing disorders.It was found out that there is a right ear predominance in dichotic tests, which grows together with the patient's age. This observation can be very beneficial in practice, allowing for hearing aids to be better fitted

Universelles Neugeborenenhörscreening - die Sicht der Eltern

The aim of the study was to determine the parents' view and attitude to the universal neonatal hearing screening. Parents of randomly selected 200 infants, who underwent hearing rescreening, were surveyed using the author's questionnaire. The universal neonatal hearing screening and the way it is conducted is accepted by the vast majority of the parents in the region of Wielkopolska. The parents with higher social and economic status express their negative emotions associated with the organisation of hearing screening more often, their expectations towards the system of medical care are rising