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Acquisition of Reading Skills of Sinhala Vowel Modifiers among Pre-School Leavers and Grade One Leavers in Gampaha District

Perera, B.M.R.K.; Williams, C.; Wijeratne, L. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Vowel modifiers are a very important feature in Sinhala written language, which are used with consonants to make different sound syllables. They always appear in word medial or final positions to represent the associated ...
Association between Mobile Phone Usage and Hearing Sensitivity among Third Year Students; (of) University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Sivaramalingam, V.; de Silva, D. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

With advancement of Global System for mobile (GSM) communication, mobile phones (MP) have become an essential communication tool. Mobile networks operate in frequencies which fall in the microwave range of electromagnetic ...
Audiovisual Segregation in Typically Developing Children

Jayasena, B.N.; Nanayakkara, S.; Illangasighe, C.; Jacob, J. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Learning in typical classrooms with high background noise is often difficult for children, where they may have to lipread the teacher to understand what is being said. In this scenario, it is assumed that a child should ...
Caregiver Adherence to Speech and Language Therapists’ Advice on Management of Dysphagia in Children with Neuro-disabilities

de Silva, G.; de Silva, H. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Majority of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) have feeding difficulties that affects not only their quality of life but also their caregivers and family. As caregivers carry out most feeding interventions, it is important ...
Challenges Faced by Parents of Children with Autism when Attending Social Functions: A Comparison between Colombo and Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

Weerarathne, L.R.N.C.; Wijerathne, L. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Autism is a much discussed topic in the world today. Children with Autism find social situations very challenging and may avoid interactions altogether (Cumine, et al, 2000). Matson et al (2012) have said, ‘Although the ...
Communication related quality of life in oral cancer patients after surgery

Jayasinghe, K.S.D.; Kalupahana, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Oral cancer patients undergone surgery, experience communication difficulties due to poor functioning of articulators. A study of communication related quality of life (CRQOL) of oral cancer patients was not found in Sri ...
A Comparison of errors in languages spoken by Sinhala-English bilinguals with post-stroke Aphasia

Dharmarathna, I.; Atapattu-Bakmeewewa, A.D.S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Bilinguals are defined as those who use two languages in daily communication. Aphasia as an acquired language disorder virtually affects all languages of the bilingual speaker, often in varying degrees. The Clinical picture ...
Current Clinical Practice on Dysphagia Management in Sri Lankan Context: Speech - Language Therapists’ Perspective

Priyadarshani, K.W.K.N.; Ratnayake, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

The field of speech language therapy is a relatively new, developing service in Sri Lanka. Since the establishment of the service, no researches have been conducted to identify Speech-Language Therapists’ (SLT) perception ...
A Descriptive Study on Profile of Clients with Dysphagia Referred to Speech Therapy Units in Two Government Hospital Settings

Weerasinghe, W.A.M.A.; Ratnayake, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

The study was aimed at identifying commonly presented initial symptoms and feeding method on the initial session of dysphagic clients. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used with a retrospective chart review. ...
Developing a word list to assess articulation skills in Sinhala speaking children with cleft lip and palate: age range between 3 Years to 3 ½ Years

Bandara, M.M.M.K.; Lokubalasuriya, T.; Udangamuwa, S.; Sell, D. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Cleft lip and palate (CLP) cause disordered articulation, which is defined as cleft type errors (CTC). Currently in Sri Lanka, speech and language therapists conduct informal assessments to assess cleft type errors. However, ...
Developing and validating a Sinhala phonology assessment for children aged between 3 to 6 years: trends observed and lessons learnt

Nonis, P.D.M.; Ranaweera, M.; Saleem, S.; Udugama, K.L.L.G.; Lokubalasuriya, T.; Hettiarachchi, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Clinical experience of speech and language therapists working in Sri Lanka has put into question the current reliance on norms for English (Grunwell, 1985) to determine a child’s speech skills and phonological acquisition ...
Effect of an Experiential Dysphagia Workshop on Caregivers’ Knowledge, Confidence, Anxiety and Behaviour during Mealtimes

Kitnasamy, G.; Bandara, M.M.M.K.; Subajini, A.A.N.; Hettiarachchi, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Children with cerebral palsy who have associated feeding difficulties are at risk of aspiration and poor nutrition. This study aimed to measure the changes in knowledge, confidence and anxiety among 21 Sri Lankan caregivers ...
Evaluating an AAC Training Program for Special Education Teachers Based in a Developing Country

Muttiah, N.; Drager, K.D.R. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

There is limited research conducted on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in developing countries (Srinivasan, Mathew, & Lloyd, 2011). We have only a limited understanding of how best to support the development ...
‘Giving Voice’: The Effectiveness of an experiential workshop to increase the knowledge and use of alternative augmentative communication (AAC) devices among teachers

Bandara, M.M.M.K.; Subajini, A.A.N.; Kitnasamy, G.; Udugama, K.L.L.G.; Dharmarathna, I.; Hettiarachchi, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Many children/ adults who use AAC need to develop the ability to socialize, answer yes/no questions, respond to a wide variety of questions, offer and request for assistance, and express views, feelings and attitudes ...
The Impact of Dysphagia and its Management Strategies on Clients’ Life Style; Clients’ Perspective

Panterlyon, N.; Ratnayake, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Dysphagia refers to difficulty with delivering food from the mouth to the stomach (Logemann, 1998). Clients’ perceptions and their level of awareness of the condition needs to be explored in Sri Lanka in order to understand ...
Intervention Procedures and Outcome Measures of Neurogenic Dysphagic Clients seen by Speech and Language Therapists in Two Hospital Settings

Perera, K.D.R.D.; Ratnayake, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Dysphagia is a common problem in clients with neurological impairments. In Sri Lanka, managing dysphagic clients by speech therapists is a new and emerging field in the healthcare sector. However, no in-depth analyses ...
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Noise Induced Hearing Loss among Factory Workers of Two Dairy Product Manufacturing Factories in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Hansajie, S.T.K.; Jayasena, B.N.; Chathurika, L.K.E. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

The main purpose of this study was to describe dairy product manufacturing factory workers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices on Noise Induced Hearing Loss. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 187 factory ...
Language Skills of 2-5 Year Old Children with Profound Hearing Loss Undergoing Auditory-Oral Education Compared to Typically-Developing Peers.

Waidyasekara, C.; Rajapaksha, N.; Herath, K.; Hettiarachchi, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Hearing impairment is the most frequent sensory defect that leads to communication difficulties and critical to speech and language development, communication, and learning. The objectives were to compare the language ...
Managing and Caring for Clients with Dysphagia: Caregivers’ Perspective

Kuruppu, K.A.S.S.; Jayawardana, K.A.S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Dysphagia has been identified as a life threatening problem in many health care settings. The management of dysphagia usually involves a multidisciplinary team approach where caregivers, clients and various professionals ...
Managing and Caring for Clients with Dysphagia: Caregivers’ Perspective

Dissanayake, D.M.S.K.; Ratnayake, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)

Dysphagia has been identified as a life threatening problem in many health care settings. The management of dysphagia usually involves a multidisciplinary team approach where caregivers, clients and various professionals ...

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