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Developmental Changes in Tongue Strength, Swallow Pressures, and Tongue Endurance
Maximum tongue strength, mean swallow pressures, and tongue endurance were measured in 324 children ages 6–12 years. The purpose of this study was to measure saliva swallow pressures in absolute terms (i.e., k...
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Open AccessInternational clinical guideline for the management of classical galactosemia: diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up
Classical galactosemia (CG) is an inborn error of galactose metabolism. Evidence-based guidelines for the treatment and follow-up of CG are currently lacking, and treatment and follow-up have been demonstrated...
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Developmental Outcomes of School-Age Children with Duarte Galactosemia: A Pilot Study
Duarte galactosemia (DG) is a mild allelic variant of classic galactosemia that results from partial impairment of galactose-1P uridylyltransferase (GALT). Although infants with DG are detected by newborn scre...
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Motor and Speech Disorders in Classic Galactosemia
Purpose To test the hypothesis that children with classic galactosemia and speech disorders are at risk for co-occurring strength and coordination disorders.
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The adult galactosemic phenotype
Classic galactosemia is an autosomal recessive disorder due to galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) deficiency. Newborn screening and early treatment do not completely prevent tremor, speech deficits...
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The Use of Simulation in Training Graduate Students to Perform Transnasal Endoscopy
A challenge facing the field of speech-language pathology is how to equip students at the university level with the transnasal endoscopy skills needed to perform fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing ...
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Voice disorders in children with classic galactosemia
Children with classic galactosemia are at risk for motor speech disorders resulting from disruptions in motor planning and programming (childhood apraxia of speech or CAS) or motor execution (dysarthria). In t...
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Maximal Tongue Strength in Typically Develo** Children and Adolescents
Evaluating tongue function is clinically important as the generation of adequate pressure by the anterior tongue against the hard palate is crucial for efficient oropharyngeal swallowing. Research in the evalu...
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Power and precision grip force control in three-to-five-year-old children: velocity control precedes amplitude control in development
The aim of this study was to examine the development of underlying motor control strategies in young children by characterizing the changes in performance of a visually guided force regulation task using two d...
