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INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to assess whether language affects patient time to surgery following hip fractures. METHODS: Patients >55 years who underwent operative hip fracture repair between 2014 and 2021 were reviewed for demographics, language, hospital quality measures, and outcomes. Patients were…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming language assessment, yet the psychological mechanisms through which it influences complex communicative skills remain underexplored. This study examines how AI-augmented online assessment (OA) relates to self-perceived English-speaking competency (ESC) among vocational Engli…

Assessing student translations in real classrooms still leans heavily on human judgment, which can vary across raters, is time-consuming, and scales poorly. With the rapid advancement of natural language processing (NLP), automatic assessment models have shown potential to enhance objectivity and consistency in transla…

PURPOSE: This study examines the effect of listener dialect on perception of the /l/ sound. In some varieties of English, word-final /l/ is more vocalized than in others. The current study follows up on our previous study, which investigated Southern White English (SWE)-speaking listeners' perception of word-final /l/…

Multiple-choice questions constitute a critical format for assessing language application proficiency in standardized English tests, such as BEC and TOEIC. Developing explanatory content for such materials traditionally relies heavily on manual labor in test item analysis, which is labor-intensive and time-consuming. C…

Bridging information facilitates comprehension in both textual and pictorial stories, but its effects when both types of information are present remain unclear. This study examines how bridging information and individual differences influence comprehension across texts and pictures. Participants read four-segment stori…

BACKGROUND: The level of perceived control in people with Parkinson's disease plays a significant role in affecting their quality of life. Simpson et al. developed a scale of perceived control specific to Parkinson's disease called the Parkinson's UK Scale of Perceived Control (PUKSoPC). In this work, we…

This study examined perceptions of and communication about mammography as drivers of gaps in screening among individuals with non-English language preference (NELP). A survey was fielded in fall 2021 in five languages (Cantonese, English, Russian, Spanish, or Vietnamese) to individuals identified using electronic medic…

Word reading fluency is crucial for early L2 development. Moreover, the practice of digital reading has become increasingly common for both children and adults. Therefore, the current study investigated factors that explain digital word reading fluency in English (L2) among Chinese children from Hong Kong. Eighty-six c…

Implicit knowledge acquired by L2 learners determines their language competence; however, it remains an issue to what extent advanced EFL learners can acquire implicit language knowledge. This study aims at finding out whether advanced EFL learners from two different L1s could acquire a level of implicit knowledge of E…

Reference in extended discourse is vulnerable to delayed acquisition in early childhood. Although recent research has increasingly focused on effects of linguistic, input, and cognitive factors on reference production, these studies are limited in number and the results are mixed. The present study provides insight int…

BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly being used throughout surgical disciplines, but their use is limited in multilingual patient populations. We aimed to investigate facilitators and barriers to PROMs collection for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). METHODS: Semi-struc…

BACKGROUND: Limited English proficiency (LEP) is associated with decreased access to healthcare. We hypothesized that LEP children with appendicitis would experience more delays in care than EP children. METHODS: Retrospective review of patients <18 y presenting to a tertiary pediatric hospital July 2014-July 2019 wit…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the social needs of families working with Health Leads (HL) at 18 pediatric practices in 9 US cities and how reported social needs and success addressing them varied according to parents' preferred health care language. METHODS: We evaluated the social needs of English and Spanish speakers who r…

BACKGROUND: Canine breed conformation may interfere with locomotion and may predispose to orthopedic disease. Bulldogs have a high incidence of orthopedic diseases such as hip dysplasia. Kinetic gait analysis provides an objective way to assess and analyze locomotion. The aim of this study was to study the vertical for…

BACKGROUND: Non-English speakers (NES) as a proportion of the United States population have steadily increased in recent years. There remains substantial risk of excluding NES from research. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the percentage of emergency medicine (EM) studies that exclude Non-English speakers from participat…

PURPOSE: To develop a cross-cultural Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) for the Brazilian population and analyze its validity and effectiveness. METHODS: Based on the guidelines of Guillemin et al., four English teachers, an ophthalmologist, a rheumatologist, two ophthalmology residents and a native American who does…

INTRODUCTION: The Qualiveen questionnaire is a urinary disorder-specific health-related quality of life (HRQL) instrument. Developed in French, the instrument's translation into English was the first step of a process leading to an HRQL questionnaire that can be used in a different culture. However, the cultural adapta…