Browsing School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences by Title
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Aspects of verbal valency in Irish Sign Language
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2002)The principle aim of this thesis is the identification of some aspects of verbal valency patterns for Irish Sign Language (ISL). The data drawn on for this study came from a variety of sources, including authentic data ... -
Assistive Technologies for Dyslexia: Punctuation and its Interfaces with Speech
Considering the well-documented issues of dyslexic students with the use of punctuation, the main purpose of this dissertation is to create a Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) tool that assists dyslexic learners ... -
"At the end of the day we're kind of motoring along on our own": Investigating the views of people with aphasia, their family, and SLTs on the need, value, and challenges of providing family therapy after stroke.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2024)Background Stroke significantly impacts the lives of both the person who sustained the stroke and their entire family unit, often profoundly changing the roles and dynamics within families. Aphasia, a communication disability ... -
Attuning : a theory of interaction of people with severe and profound intellectual and multiple disability and their carers
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An Audio-Visual Approach to Measuring Discourse Synchrony in Multimodal Conversation Data
(ISCA, 2009)This paper describes recent work on the automatic extraction of visual and audio parameters relating to the detection of synchrony in discourse, and to the modelling of active listening for advanced speech technology. ... -
Audiological Screening in a Primary Care paediatric LHO
(2013)Pragmatic disruption is associated with a range of acquired communication disorders of both neurogenic and psychiatric origin. This chapter provides an overview of the main themes in the research into pragmatic disruption ... -
Automatic parameterisation of the glottal waveform combining time and frequency domain measures
(2009)This paper describes a new technique for automatically parameterising the inverse filtered speech waveform by exploiting frequency domain measures and amplitude measures in the time domain. The technique is motivated by ... -
Balancing multimodality and relevance
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Barrier-free and interpreter-free. Deaf signers and hearing sign language interpreters' perspectives on an ideal world (Belgium, Flanders)
(2023)Globally, deaf associations and sign language interpreters’ organizations support the idea that interpreting services are equivalent to access and inclusion for deaf people. Researchers have challenged this assumption by ... -
The BCH message banking process, voice banking, and double dipping
(2021)Significant advances have been made in interventions to maintain communication and personhood for individuals with neurodegenerative conditions. One innovation is Message Banking, a clinical approach first developed at ... -
Becoming a teacher of Irish : the evolution of beliefs, attitudes and role of perceptions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2015)The aim of the present study is to explore the process of becoming a primary level teacher of Irish, the official yet minority language in Ireland. Since all primary level teachers must teach Irish, becoming a primary ... -
Biofeedback to improve swallowing function in persons wiht dysphagia and Parkinson Disease: an intervention study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2021)This thesis is concerned with a therapeutic approach aimed at improving swallow function in people with Idiopathic Parkinson?s disease (IPD) and swallowing disorders.The neural impairments in IPD manifest as reduced ability ... -
Botulinum toxin for upper oesophageal sphincter dysfunction in neurological swallowing disorders
(2012)Background: Adequate upper oesophageal sphincter (UOS) opening is critical to safe and efficient swallowing due to the close proximity of the UOS to the airway entrance. Many people with neurological conditions, progressive ...