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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>3</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>24</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Speech Rehabilitation in Wilson&#x2019;s Disease: A Case Study</title>
    <FirstPage>44</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>49</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Morteza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Farazi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Marzieh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Amrevani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ilkhani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Nasibeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Amirzargar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Rofeydeh Rehabilitation Hospital, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>04</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>26</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Wilson&#x2019;s disease is a rare hereditary disorder passed down in the autosomal recessive way. This disorder involves the speech parts of the brain leading to dysarthria, which impairs all of the five speech systems, i.e. the respiratory, phonation, articulation, resonance, and prosody. The patient studied in this research was a 28-year-old woman with Wilson&#x2019;s disease, who visited Rofaydeh Rehabilitation Hospital in Tehran City with complaints about severe speech disorders. Based on the clinical and paraclinical examinations the patient was diagnosed with a decrease in the maximum phonation time (MPT) of 2 to 3 seconds, reduced intelligibility and articulation impairment. The patient underwent medicinal, behavioral, and rehabilitation (include speech therapy) treatments. Following a continuous two-year follow-up rehabilitation, a considerable improvement in the speech was observed as an increase in intelligibility (up to 5% of the words), the consistency between respiration and speech and an increase in verbal and nonverbal communications.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/187</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/download/187/281</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
