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Newswise: SLU Graduate Student Improving Barriers to Language Sample Analysis
Released: 22-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
SLU Graduate Student Improving Barriers to Language Sample Analysis
Saint Louis University

Lucy Heller believes language sample analysis difficulties can be measurably improved by automatic transcription or speech-to-text programs.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Lexical simplification via single-word generation
Higher Education Press

Lexical simplification (LS) aims to simplify a sentence by replacing complex words with simpler words without changing the meaning of the sentence,which can facilitate comprehension of the text for people with non-native speakers and children.

Released: 13-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
‘Tis the season to get vaccinated: How to stay healthy through the holidays
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

With virus cases rising and the holidays nigh, three expert from University of Michigan Health give their top 12 tips for avoiding or reducing the impact of COVID-19, flu, RSV, pneumonia and whooping cough in adults and kids.

Released: 12-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
You can always become a better reader
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

A number of factors affect how we learn to read for the first time. Some of these factors benefit girls more than boys

Released: 7-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
ChatGPT often won’t defend its answers – even when it is right
Ohio State University

ChatGPT may do an impressive job at correctly answering complex questions, but a new study suggests it may be absurdly easy to convince the AI chatbot that it’s in the wrong.

Released: 30-Nov-2023 11:00 AM EST
To safely deploy generative AI in health care, models must be open source
University Health Network (UHN)

Large-language models could soon become essential tools for diagnosing diseases. To protect people’s privacy, medical professionals must drive the development and deployment of such models.

   
Released: 29-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Workplace culture is very different these days. Find out how different by exploring the "In the Workplace" channel
Newswise

The latest articles on occupational medicine, workplace culture, and the labor market are in the "In the Workplace" channel on Newswise.

       
Released: 27-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
Aston University research shows extra tuition on blending letter sounds helps struggling readers
Aston University

The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in reception classes has improved attainment. Children who struggle with learning to read are often given extra help with learning letter sounds.

 
Released: 21-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
The bilingual brain may be better at ignoring irrelevant information
University of Florida

Results showed that bilinguals seem to be more efficient at ignoring information that's irrelevant, rather than suppressing — or inhibiting information

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Released: 21-Nov-2023 8:30 AM EST
AI for academia: Digital Science acquires Writefull to empower researchers and publishers
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Digital Science announces it has fully acquired the AI-based academic language service Writefull, which assists users worldwide with all aspects of their scholarly writing.

     
Released: 15-Nov-2023 2:05 PM EST
Columbia Nursing Study Demonstrates the Need for Verbal Communication Data in Home Health Care
Columbia University School of Nursing

A new Columbia Nursing study reveals the importance of integrating patient-nurse verbal communication data into patient risk identification models for home health care.

Newswise: When languages collide, which survives?
8-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
When languages collide, which survives?
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In Chaos, researchers in Spain incorporate language ideologies, along with the impact of interaction between individuals with opposing preferences, on the language shift process. The team chose a quantitative approach based on a society in which only one language with two varieties, the standard and the vernacular, existed. The resulting mathematical model can predict the conditions that allow for the coexistence of different languages, presenting a comprehensive view of how language varieties are distributed within societies.

Released: 9-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Speech Accessibility Project now recruiting adults with Down syndrome
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Speech Accessibility Project is now recruiting U.S. adults with Down syndrome. The project aims to make voice recognition technology more useful for people with diverse speech patterns and different disabilities.

   
Newswise: Language Barriers May Cause Some Children to be Underdiagnosed for Allergic Conditions
3-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Language Barriers May Cause Some Children to be Underdiagnosed for Allergic Conditions
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

A new study being presented at this year’s ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. shows that language difficulties may cause some children to be underdiagnosed for allergic conditions such as food allergy, asthma and eczema. In addition, a new medically challenging case illustrates it is possible for pharmacy translation software to mistakenly interfere with a prescription being filled.

Newswise: Las barreras lingüísticas pueden ser la causa por la que a algunos niños se les infradiagnostiquen afecciones alérgicas
3-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Las barreras lingüísticas pueden ser la causa por la que a algunos niños se les infradiagnostiquen afecciones alérgicas
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

Un nuevo estudio que se presentará en la Reunión Científica Anual ACAAI de este año en Anaheim (California) muestra que las dificultades lingüísticas pueden ser la causa de que a algunos niños se les infradiagnostiquen afecciones alérgicas, como las alergias alimentaria, el asma y el eccema. Además, un nuevo caso médicamente desafiante ilustra que es posible que un programa informático de traducción para farmacias interfiera por error en el surtido de una receta.

Released: 8-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
SLU, St. Louis Arc Hosts Adapted Toy Distribution Event
Saint Louis University

SLU students in the occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech, language and hearing sciences programs worked interprofessionally to adapt off-the-shelf toys and distribute them to children with disabilities and their families.

Released: 6-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Brain implant may enable communication from thoughts alone
Duke University

Prosthetic decodes signals from brain’s speech center to predict what sound someone is trying to say.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Zooming in on our brains on Zoom
Yale University

When Yale neuroscientist Joy Hirsch used sophisticated imaging tools to track in real time the brain activity of two people engaged in conversation, she discovered an intricate choreography of neural activity in areas of the brain that govern social interactions.

Released: 25-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Empowering Families in Kissimmee: Supermatt and LaundryCares Foundation Host Free Laundry and Literacy Day
LaundryCares Foundation

LaundryCares Foundation announce a collaborative initiative with Supermatt

 
Newswise: Brain-Computer Interface Restores Control of Home Devices for Johns Hopkins Patient with ALS
Released: 25-Oct-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Brain-Computer Interface Restores Control of Home Devices for Johns Hopkins Patient with ALS
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Tim Evans is participating in a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, that is looking at a series of studies using the device in patients with severe speech and movement difficulties to regain some of the abilities lost due to neurological diseases.



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