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Listeners identify talkers more accurately when listening to their native language compared to an unfamiliar, foreign language. This language-familiarity effect in talker identification has been shown to arise from familiarity with both the sound patterns (phonetics and phonology) and the linguistic content (words) of…

BACKGROUND: Stuttering and word-finding difficulty (WFD) are two types of communication difficulty that occur frequently in children who learn English as an additional language (EAL), as well as those who only speak English. The two disorders require different, specific forms of intervention. Prior research has describ…

BACKGROUND: The IPSS form has been found useful for assessing symptom severity, which assists in treatment choice and in monitoring patients on therapy. The form should be self-administered and requires some level of literacy. We assessed the problems associated with its administration in a developing community. MATER…

OBJECTIVE: To develop an oral health literacy instrument for Spanish-speaking adults, evaluate its psychometric properties, and determine its comparability to an English version. METHODS: The Oral Health Literacy Assessment in Spanish (OHLA-S) and English (OHLA-E) are designed with a word recognition section and a com…

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the extent to which ulna length could be used to predict height and body mass index (BMI) in various groups of English and Portuguese hospitalised patients, and tidal volumes in critically ill patients at risk of requiring ventilatory support. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Bedside measure…

BACKGROUND: There is strong evidence that bilinguals have a deficit in speech perception for their second language compared with monolingual speakers under unfavourable listening conditions (e.g., noise or reverberation), despite performing similarly to monolingual speakers under quiet conditions. This deficit persists…

OBJECTIVES: The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma is five times higher in the UK than in Sweden. We examined the prevalence of established risk factors for esophageal adenocarcinoma in both populations. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study comparing the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms,…

Proficient, nonnative English-speaking neurosurgery candidates are assessed for language function in English. In order to understand whether it is necessary to also assess native-language function, we examined the influence of native language on the bilingual language network of early, proficient bilinguals using funct…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to share what we have learned from a series of 4 scientific studies about preventing reading failure through early intervention with native Spanish-speaking students who are struggling readers. The goal is to provide guidance to practitioners about effective practices for working…

AIM: To test whether the original factor structure of the Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) can be replicated in Nordic patients and English speaking patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Clinical trial patients with heartburn without esophagitis completed the Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish versions (…

Cerebral organization during sentence processing in English and in American Sign Language (ASL) was characterized by employing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 4 T. Effects of deafness, age of language acquisition, and bilingualism were assessed by comparing results from (i) normally hearing, monolingual…

BACKGROUND: Effective verbal medication counselling is crucial for patients' understanding, medication adherence, and treatment outcomes. In linguistically diverse populations, language barriers can pose a significant challenge, when older patients prefer to receive information in languages other than English. OBJECTI…

English learners (ELs) are a rapidly growing population in schools in the United States with limited experience and proficiency in English. To better understand the path for EL's academic success in school, it is important to understand how EL's brain systems are used for academic learning in English. We studied, in a…

To avoid excluding individuals with limited English proficiency from participating in research, the consent form and other documents should be presented to them in their primary language and in a format that is understandable. However, evidence suggests that, when documents are translated for prospective and actual res…

PURPOSE: The Postural Awareness Scale (PAS) was developed among a sample of German speakers to measure self-reported awareness of body posture. The first aim of this study was to conduct an English translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the PAS. The second aim was to assess psychometric properties of the English…

BACKGROUND: Many US patients who undergo total joint arthroplasty have low English proficiency, yet no study has investigated how the need for a translator impacts postoperative outcomes for these patients. We hypothesized that need for an interpreter after total joint arthroplasty would impact discharge disposition an…

OBJECTIVE: To compare blood pressure and the prevalence of hypertension in white Dutch and Dutch of Suriname-hindustani and Suriname-creole ethnic derivation with corresponding ethnic minority groups in England and to assess the quality of hypertension treatment in these groups. DESIGN: Retrospective; comparison of cr…

BACKGROUND: In the information era, patients can easily be misled by inaccurate internet content, thus making not well-informed decisions about medical issues. Adenoid hypertrophy, one of the most common causes of chronic upper airway obstruction in children and adolescents, may lead to serious complications, including…

Narrative production requires coordinating lexical, grammatical, and discourse skills. For bilingual children, these abilities develop across two languages, influencing how resources are used during storytelling. This study compared Japanese-English bilingual and English monolingual children's narrative microstructure…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a translation and cultural adaptation into Spanish of the IKDC-Subjective Knee Form and Tegner Activity Score (TAS). They are very relevant and widely used subjective scales, but their Spanish version is not available. METHODS: The ISPOR guide methodology was followed. It is structured in ten sta…