Sentences with phrase «human speech disorders»

«Genes in songbirds hold clues about human speech disorders.»

The sequencing of genomes of 48 bird species explains the evolutionary roots of vocalization and could offer insight into human speech disorders

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Like humans, songbirds such as zebra finches (above) can learn vocalizations, and this similarity suggests they could serve as models for research on Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders that affect speech and vocalization.

Brain Institute demonstrates in songbirds the necessity of this neural circuit to learn vocalizations at a young age, a finding that expands the scientific understanding of some contributing factors in speech disorders in humans.

The scientists say their study, published in Frontiers of Neuroscience, opens a pathway to studying bat brains in order to understand certain human language disorders and potentially even improving computer speech recognition.

In the future, a nurse could determine whether a baby is likely to develop a reading disorder simply by attaching a few electrodes to its scalp and watching its brain waves respond to human speech.

Those who advocate the idea that human language has genetic origins will take heart at a new discovery: University of Oxford researchers have pinpointed a genetic mutation that seems to be responsible for a rare speech and language disorder.

The study, reported 4 December in PLoS Biology, suggests that bird brains can help scientists understand speech and speech disorders in humans.

The scientists say their study, published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, opens a pathway to studying bat brains in order to understand certain human language disorders and potentially even improving computer speech recognition.

Passionate about working in the speech pathology / audiology field, familiar with human anatomy / human physiology, physiology of speech mechanisms, language disorders and development of signing and medical terminology.