BackgroundTo date, very little research has been carried out on the knowledge and awareness of stuttering in an Arab population. Parents' attitudes toward stuttering play a critical role in helping the child develop healthy communication attitudes.
Patients and methodsThis study included 100 parents of preschool-aged and school-aged stutterers. They were attendants to the Phoniatric Unit at Kasr Al Aini Hospital; of these, 56 (56%) were women and 44 (44%) were men, age range 26.8-44.3 years, mean 34.7 years. A questionnaire was designed to determine the knowledge and attitudes of parents toward stuttering.
ResultsMost parents were familiar with stuttering, but their general knowledge of the disorder was limited. Negative beliefs and attitudes toward stuttering and people who stutter were also held by some parents. The results showed a significant association between the education level and to a lesser extent sex and parental knowledge of and attitudes toward stuttering.
ConclusionThe importance of increasing public awareness of stuttering is evident.
Introduction: Young children who experience severe-to-profound sensory-neural hearing loss (SNHL) face challenges in developing spoken language since they are unable to detect acoustic-phonetic cues which are essential for speech recognition. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of age at implantation on children's language development to detect whether early intervention with cochlear implantation in children with severe to profound SNHL results in better linguistic outcomes. Subjects and Methods: 60 children from the cochlear implant unit from the Kasr El Ainy hospital were recruited to participate in this cross sectional study. They suffered from congenital bilateral severe to profound sensori-neural hearing loss since birth. They all had unilateral cochlear implant. Their ages ranged from 2-7 years old, 30 of them received cochlear implant prior to 5 years of age and the other 30 children received cochlear implant after 5 years of age. They all underwent formal language assessments. Results: Comparison between group I & group II in receptive, expressive and total language ages obtained by the Arabic Language Test with & without visual cues showed a significant difference between group I (early) and group II(late).
Objectives: To compare the use of autologous fat versus hyaluronic acid in injection laryngoplasty for unilateral vocal fold paralysis. The efficacy of the materials regarding voice outcomes (voice handicap index, computerized speech lab) and duration will be statistically analyzed. Patients and Methods: A prospective study conducted on 38 randomly selected patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis presented to ORL outpatient clinic at faculty of medicine -Cairo University randomized to receive either hyaluronic acid (HA) perfecta deep ® group A and autologus fat for group B. Postoperative evaluations were made based on Auditory Perceptual Assessment of Voice (APA), Computerized Speech Lab (CSL), jitter, shimmer, noise to harmonic ratio, patient satisfaction, phonatory gap and the need for another injection. Results: One month postoperatively, both groups showed significant improvement in CSL, APA and phonatory gap while six months postoperatively there was significant improvement in favor of group B. No serious adverse events were observed. 18 patients had been re-injected in group A while only 5 had been re-injected in group B due to insufficient voice.
Conclusion:No side-effects were found for either hyaluronic acid or fat groups after injection. Both treatments after one month resulted in significantly improved voice as rated by the patients and significantly improved glottal closure. Resorption was noted for both substances, but mainly for hyaluronic acid/treatment.
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