Cartilage exposure following autologous microtia reconstruction: An algorithmic treatment approach✰

The approach to managing acne scars is unique to every dermatologist. This depends on the skin type of his/her clientele, the tools, techniques and devices available and/or used, and the protocols developed based on his/her experience with treating acne scars, developed over a period of time. Herein, we share our algorithmic treatment approach to acne scars, which allows for a consultative decision-making together with the patient, while offering adequate flexibility to modify the plan based on treatment response. Eventually, a customized and comprehensive system works best, and a partnership approach signified by a robust self-care home plan, helps accelerate the scar revision process.

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Productivity of Emerging Word Combinations in Toddlers With Specific Expressive Language Impairment

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ◽

10.1044/1058-0360.0604.34 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 34-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Steven H. Long ◽

Lesley B. Olswang ◽

Julianne Brian ◽

Philip S. Dale

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Young Children ◽

Language Impairment ◽

Treatment Approach ◽

Expressive Language ◽

Semantic Consistency ◽

Session Analysis

This study investigated whether young children with specific expressive language impairment (SELI) learn to combine words according to general positional rules or specific, grammatic relation rules. The language of 20 children with SELI (4 females, 16 males, mean age of 33 months, mean MLU of 1.34) was sampled weekly for 9 weeks. Sixteen of these children also received treatment for two-word combinations (agent+action or possessor+possession). Two different metrics were used to determine the productivity of combinatorial utterances. One metric assessed productivity based on positional consistency alone; another assessed productivity based on positional and semantic consistency. Data were analyzed session-by-session as well as cumulatively. The results suggest that these children learned to combine words according to grammatic relation rules. Results of the session-by-session analysis were less informative than those of the cumulative analysis. For children with SELI ready to make the transition to multiword utterances, these findings support a cumulative method of data collection and a treatment approach that targets specific grammatic relation rules rather than general word combinations.

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