Image Descriptions for Visually Impaired Individuals to Locate Restroom Facilities by Cheng-Si He, Nan-Kai Lo, Yu-Huan Chien, Siao-Si Lin

“…The images were then converted into a model-compatible format for the bootstrapping language-image pre-training (BLIP) model to process and generate English descriptions (i.e., written captions). Then, Google Text-to-Speech (gTTS) was employed to convert these descriptions into speech, which was delivered audibly through a speaker. …”
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BRAIN DAMAGES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON SPEECH PRODUCTION by Jérôme SHAKO LOSEKE, KALONJI MUTEBA & Richard KAYEMBE MBOLELA

“…Abstract: This comprehensive review examines the various brain disorders and their impacts on speech production. By understanding the specific mechanisms underlying these speech disorders, clinicians and psycholinguists can develop more targeted interventions and strategies to address the communication difficulties faced by individuals with neurological conditions. …”
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CHALLENGES TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND SAFETY OF JOURNALISM IN UKRAINE by Galyna Piskorska

“…Practitioners and specialised international organisations have documented the safety of journalistic activities and freedom of speech. The study employs various research methods, including analysis, observation, description, comparative analysis, analytical and synthetic information processing, generalization, and systematization. …”
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SPEECH PRODUCTION IN ENGLISH BY STUDENTS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT: AN ACOUSTIC PHONETIC APPROACH by Diana Anggraeni, Donal Fernado Lubis

“…The observation results showed that students with hearing impairments (partial and total deafness) were the main concern as their abilities in perceiving and producing speech gave them opportunities to communicate in English despite the barriers, they had to face in pronouncing the words. …”
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Function of the Speech acts in an allegory from Mathnavi-e Ma’navi by Hamid Kamali Moqadam, Jalil Moshayedi, Hassan Haidary

“…Introduction A speech act is basically an action that is realized through uttering a statement. …”
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Facing death in the intensive care unit: the nurse’s awarenesses by Maria Edilene Nunes Fernandes, Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes, Ana Lúcia Pereira de Albuquerque, Maria Lurdemiller Sabóia Mota

“…It is still very difficult for nurses to face death and this fact has made them feel worried, due to their lack of ability to deal with this process. …”
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Hate speech’s double damage: A semi-automated approach toward direct and indirect targets by Mario Haim, Elisa Hoven

“… Democracies around the world have been facing increasing challenges with hate speech online as it contributes to a tense and thus less discursive public sphere. …”
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Pilot implementation of speech recognition technology in the endoscopic centers of Moscow Healthcare Department by A. V. Shabunin, V. V. Bedin, I. Yu. Korzheva, S. Yu. Orlov, E. K. Osmak, I. V. Vasiliev, D. V. Nesterov, A. A. Alepko

“…The endoscopic centers (EC) are faced with intensive overload due to the high patient flows, and the solution might be to implement into routine practice the speech-to-text software for inputting endoscopic examination descriptions. …”
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South African Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology students’ experiences of academic and clinical curriculum transformation by Farieda Abrahams, Katijah Khoza-Shangase

“…Background: South African Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology (SLH) programmes historically followed Western frameworks, often lacking in cultural and linguistic relevance to the local context. …”
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Mitigating Devices to Save Face in Sellers and Buyers Communication in Bukittinggi Traditional Market by Widya Widya, Erika Agustiana

“…Due to their content and ways of expression, several speech acts have the potential to threaten the participant's face during an interaction. …”
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Planning community-based intervention for speech for children with cleft lip and palate from rural South India: A needs assessment by Subramaniyan Balasubramaniyan, Vaidyanathan Raghunathan, B. Rajashekhar, B. W. C. Sathiyasekaran, Roopa Nagarajan

“…Descriptive analysis and profiling of speech samples were carried out and reported using universal protocol for reporting speech outcomes. …”
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The socio-pragmatic analysis of Amharic euphemisms of sexual organs and sexual acts by Bamlaku Endegena Zegeye, Samuel Handamo Godisso, Endalew Assefa Temesegen

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Linguoecology as a factor of information and communication security on the Internet by E.S. Palekha

“…The problem of speech deviation and language abuse prevention in the mass-media communication was discussed. …”
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Mobile health in communication disorders: willingness to use, attitude, advantages, and challenges from the perspective of patients by Taleb Khodaveisi, Hamid Bouraghi, Soheila Saeedi, Marjan Ghazisaeedi, Mohammad-Sadegh Seifpanahi, Shokofeh Ahsanifar, Sara Vafaeeyan

“…The results showed a statistically significant relationship between "Residence (rural or urban)", "Having trouble traveling to speech therapy centers", and "Delaying treatment due to lack of access to speech therapists" with treatment methods (face-to-face, mobile health, face to face and mobile health). …”
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Caregiver satisfaction survey results in a multidisciplinary cleft clinic by Zoe Berryman, Peter Fowler, Michelle Shand, Martin Lee, Kirk Williams (III)

“…**Method**: Parents/caregivers attending the Christchurch Cleft Clinic in New Zealand between 2016 and 2019 were asked to complete a survey covering eight items—hearing, look of face, look of teeth, speech, teeth issues, food or liquid coming out of the nose, social interactions, general happiness and a free-text comment section. …”
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Gesture profile of fluent and non-fluent people with aphasia by Gaëlle Ferré

“…Among other things, it sheds light on the links between speech and gestures in multimodal face-to-face interaction. …”
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Pain in critical patients from the perspective of intensive care nurses: assessment and interventions by Cleyton Cézar Souto Silva, Josilene de Melo Buriti Vasconcelos, Maria Miriam Lima da Nóbrega

“…To organize and analyze the data, we used the technique of the Collective Subject Discourse. The speech material provided, among others, the following ideas: the pain is a response to invasive procedures, assessment across the face of pain and anguish, through the intensity scales, administration of prescribed medications. …”
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Tinnitus Prevalence, Associated Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns among Adults in Saudi Arabia by Ahmad A. Alanazi

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Integrability of a Comprehensive Telerehabilitation Approach for Post-Stroke Patients and Therapists: A Feasibility Study by Lukas Wohofsky, Laura Nadine Kroll, Anna Drechslerová, Peter Schubert, Imre Cikajlo, Nataša Bizovičar, Daniela Krainer

“…The data were analyzed using descriptive methods. Three patients were treated by seven therapists (occupational, physio, speech). …”
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Outcomes of Using 3D-Printed Titanium Implants in Mandibular Reconstruction by Ban Ahmed Almudarris, Tanmay Rajput, Virendra Singh, Shaikh Mohammad Abdul Feroz, Ahtesham Ahmad Qurishi, Jitender Kumar, Husham E. Homeida

“…Follow-ups were conducted at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively to assess implant stability, functional outcomes (mastication and speech), and aesthetic satisfaction. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired t-tests for functional improvement. …”
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