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BACKGROUND: Although relationships among non-word repetition, real-word repetition and grammatical ability have been documented, it is important to study whether the specific nature of these relationships is tied to the characteristics of a given language. AIMS: The aim of this study is to explore the potential cross-…

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Outcome measures for clinical trials in dyspepsia require an assessment of symptom response. There is a lack of validated instruments assessing dyspepsia symptoms in the Asian region. We aimed to translate and validate the Leeds Dyspepsia Questionnaire (LDQ) in a multi-ethnic Asian population. METH…

BACKGROUND: Many speech and language therapists work in a multilingual environment, making cross-linguistic studies of speech disorders clinically and theoretically important. AIMS: To investigate the effect of listeners' linguistic background on their perceptual ratings of hypernasality and the reliability of the rat…

PURPOSE: Verb processing in early sequential Spanish-English bilinguals was investigated. Primary study goals were to identify potential patterns of development in relative levels of verb processing efficiency in a 1st (L1) and 2nd (L2) language and to investigate factors influencing cognitive control of the dual-langu…

OBJECTIVES: Walking impairment is a common manifestation of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). In this study we present evidence for the validity of our Spanish translation of the Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ). METHODS: The WIQ was translated into Spanish by our team of researchers. Spanish-speaking patients…

Learning to read a relatively irregular orthography, such as English, is harder and takes longer than learning to read a relatively regular orthography, such as German. At the end of grade 1, the difference in reading performance on a simple set of words and nonwords is quite dramatic. Whereas children using regular or…

Reading in a second language (L2) is a complex task that entails an interaction between L2 and the native language (L1). To study the underlying mechanisms, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to visualize Chinese-English bilinguals' brain activity in phonological processing of logographic Chinese and…

INTRODUCTION: Each year emergency departments see millions of patients' many with moderate to severe pain. The use of valid, language-sensitive pain assessment methods is a critical prerequisite to selection and evaluation of pain treatment interventions. However, scant research has been conducted on the validity of pa…

A basic question about bilingual development is how the acquisition of one language affects the acquisition of the other. Previous findings are few and mixed. The present study addressed this question with longitudinal data on the dual-language vocabulary growth of 149 US-born children from Spanish-speaking immigrant f…

Research on gender-fair language aims to identify language inclusive to a multitude of individuals, for example, increasing the visibility of women by using paired pronouns (he/she) instead of generic masculine forms (he). However, binary presentations like he/she might come with unwanted side effects and evoke what we…

PURPOSE: A study was conducted to evaluate the current practices of pharmacists in ambulatory care clinics in communicating with and providing pharmaceutical care to patients who have limited English proficiency. METHODS: Semistructured surveys were used to gather data from 16 pharmacists and 8 physicians from 15 ambu…

PURPOSE: This study investigated the effect of language on Spanish-English bilingual children's production of narrative samples elicited in two ways. METHOD: Twelve bilingual (Spanish-English-speaking) children ranging in age from 4;0 (years;months) to 6;11 who were fluent speakers of English as a second language prod…

In interpreting a sentence, listeners rely on a variety of linguistic cues to assign grammatical roles such as agent and patient. The present study considered the relative ranking of three cues to agenthood (word order, noun animacy, and subject-verb agreement) in normal and aphasic speakers of Hindi. Because animacy p…

INTRODUCTION: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is the primary tool for the assessment of cardiac structure and function in dogs but is challenging in English bulldogs due to dorsoventral compression of the thorax, obesity, and narrow intercostal spaces. Multi-detector computed tomography angiography (CTA) may overc…

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BACKGROUND: Orthopaedic patient education materials (PEMs) within Epic's Elsevier library often exceed the recommended sixth-grade reading level, with a mean grade of 8.6 in English and 5.8 in Spanish, risking poor patient comprehension and adherence. The present study evaluated whether artificial intelligence (AI)-bas…

BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a major psychiatric disorder with increasing research intensity. However, papers written in languages other than English are less accessible to international readers. This study examined the bibliometric features of English and Chinese language research papers about major…