Clinical Treatment

• Evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of communication barriers
  • Communication barriers include
    • speech sound abnormality-unsound pronunciation when speaking, such as unclear articulation.
    • voice abnormality-volume, tone, or unpleasant quality, such as hoarse voice.
    • fluent abnormality-speech is not smooth, such as stuttering.
    • language ability abnormality-difficulty in understanding and expressing language, such as language development delay, aphasia.
• Evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of oral function and swallowing difficulties
• Assessment, design, and training of assistive communication systems Hearing rehabilitation and rehabilitation
• Provide medical and social resources related to communication barriers and swallowing difficulties

Clinical Teaching

• Responsible for the clinical internship teaching of the hearing and language group of students in Sun Yat-sen Medical University
• Assist pre-service training of language therapists in public and private hospitals and clinics

Research

• Revision of the Boston Aphasia Examination (Li Shu'e)
• Revision of Taipei Victory Aphasia Examination (Zhong Yumei)
• Design and application of assistive communication systems (Li Shu'e)
• Speech therapy for hearing-impaired children (Zhong Yumei)
• Evaluation of language communication problems in children with developmental delay (Li Shu'e)
• 1995 Taiwan regional hearing and language professional work status survey (Zhong Yumei, Yang Yuxiu)