Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Faculty Members have conducted research related to the Distinguishing Behavioral Comorbidities in Autism: The Predominant Role of Attention and Thought Problems in Social Skills Difficulties
Zahra Soleymani
Zahra Soleymani

Associate Professor of Speech Therapy

Department Speech Therapy

School of Rehabilitation

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

All Documents
1. Phonological Processing and Word and Non-Word Reading Ability Among Farsi-Speaking Children With Cochlear Implants, Hearing Aids and Normal Hearing, Auditory and Vestibular Research (2025)
2. The Contribution of Orthographic Knowledge, Phonological Awareness, Rapid Automatized Naming and Phonological Working Memory to the Reading Skills of Typically Developing Children, Applied Neuropsychology: Child (2025)
3. The Effect of Narrative-Based Language Intervention (Nbli) on Narrative Performance of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Applied Neuropsychology: Child (2025)
4. Comparing the Effectiveness of Two Kinds of Reading Interventions on Reading Outcomes in Third to Fifth Grade Farsi Speaker Students With Dyslexia: An Exploratory Study, Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2024)
5. The Effect of Narrative Intervention on Spoken Narrative and Reading Comprehension Abilities in Farsi-Speaking Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2024)
6. Developing a Morphological Awareness Test and Determining Its Psychometric Properties for Persian-Speaking Students, Journal of Modern Rehabilitation (2023)
7. Development and Validation of the Autism Communicative Skills Questionnaire (Acsq): An Autism Screening Measure in Farsi, Applied Neuropsychology: Child (2023)
8. Fast Mapping in Word-Learning: A Case Study on the Humanoid Social Robots' Impacts on Children's Performance, International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (2023)
9. Investigating the Non-Verbal Communication in Iraqi Preschool Children With Normal Development and Autism Spectrum Disorder, Journal of Modern Rehabilitation (2023)
10. Narrative Microstructure and Macrostructure Skills of Persian-Speaking Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2023)
11. A Preliminary Study of Telepractice Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Journal of Iranian Medical Council (2022)
12. Characteristics of Fictional Stories in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence From the Farsi, Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (2022)
13. Neural Correlates of Enhancing Question Asking and Initiations in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Social Neuroscience (2022)
14. The Effect of Teaching Initiations on the Communication of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2022)
15. Developing a Programme for Training Phonological Awareness and Assessment of Its Effectiveness on Reading Skills of Elementary First Graders With Cochlear Implant, Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal (2021)
16. Development of Expressive Language and Social Skills in Children With Normal Hearing and Hearing Impairment, Auditory and Vestibular Research (2021)
17. Language Predictors of Theory of Mind in Cochlear Implant Children Compared to Normal-Hearing Peers, Auditory and Vestibular Research (2021)
18. Research Paper: Developing a List of Expressive Vocabulary for Farsi-Speaking Children Aged 24-48 Months:Comparison Between Down Syndrome and Typically Developing Children, Journal of Modern Rehabilitation (2021)
19. Research Paper: Exploring the Relationship Between Speech Motor Control and Phonological Processing in Children Who Stutter and Typically Developed Children, Journal of Modern Rehabilitation (2021)
20. The Development of a New Test for Consecutive Assessment of Narrative Skills in Iranian School-Age Children, Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences (2020)
21. The Effects of Phonological Short Term Memory on Lexical and Grammatical Production Skills in Persian Children With Developmental Language Disorder, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (2020)
22. The Effects of Phonological Short Term Memory on Lexical and Grammatical Production Skills in Persian Children With Developmental Language Disorder, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (2020)
23. Characteristics of Grammar in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Narrative Review of Evidence, Journal of Modern Rehabilitation (2019)
24. Comparative Assessment of Speech Perception, Phonological Information Processing, and Syntactic Skills in Normal and Dyslexic Children of Second and Third Grade, Journal of Modern Rehabilitation (2019)
25. Effect of Cochlear Implantation on Language Development and Assessment of the Quality of Studies in This Field: A Systematic Review, Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2019)
26. Lexical Diversity in Persian Late Talkers: A Pilot Study, Koomesh (2019)
27. Relationship Between Rapid Naming, Phonological Awareness and Spelling in Farsi Normally Developing Children, Koomesh (2019)
28. Assessment of Narrative Writing by Persian-Speaking Students With Hearing Impairments, Clinical Otolaryngology (2018)
29. Cognitive and Language Intervention in Primary Language Impairment: Studying the Effectiveness of Working Memory Training and Direct Language Intervention on Expansion of Grammar and Working Memory Capacities, Child Language Teaching and Therapy (2018)
30. Developing a Working Memory Scale and Assessment of Working Memory in Children With Cochlear Implant, Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (2018)
31. Relationship Between Working Memory and Comprehension and Expression of Grammar in Farsi-Speaking Children With Cochlear Implants, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (2018)
32. Spoken and Written Narrative in Persian-Speaking Students Who Received Cochlear Implant And/Or Hearing Aid, Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology (2018)
33. The Effects of Narrative-Based Language Intervention (Nbli) on Spoken Narrative Structures in Persian-Speaking Cochlear Implanted Children: A Prospective Randomized Control Trial, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (2018)
34. The Persian Version of Auditory Word Discrimination Test (P-Awdt) for Children: Development, Validity, and Reliability, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (2018)
35. The Vocal Fold Dysfunction Questionnaire: Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version, Journal of Voice (2018)
36. Effect of Gap Detection Threshold on Consistency of Speech in Children With Speech Sound Disorder, Research in Developmental Disabilities (2017)
37. Parallel Picture-Naming Tests: Development and Psychometric Properties for Farsi-Speaking Adults, Applied Neuropsychology:Adult (2017)
38. Surface Electromyographic Assessment of Swallowing Function, Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences (2017)
39. The Relationship Between Motor, Imitation, and Early Social Communication Skills in Children With Autism, Iranian Journal of Psychiatry (2017)
40. A Comparative Study of Acoustic Characteristics of the Voice Before and After Tonsillectomy, IIOAB Journal (2016)
41. A Systematic Review on Diagnostic Procedures for Specific Language Impairment: The Sensitivity and Specificity Issues, Journal of Research in Medical Sciences (2016)
42. Articulation Features, Phonological Awareness, and Language Skills in Children With Speech Sound Disorders, Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (2016)
43. Language Sample Analysis: Development of a Valid Language Assessment Tool and Determining the Reliability of Outcome Measures for Farsi-Speaking Children, European Journal of Developmental Psychology (2016)
44. Language Skills and Phonological Awareness in Children With Cochlear Implants and Normal Hearing, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (2016)
45. Relationship Between Phonemic Awareness and Naming Speed in Second and Third Grade Primary School Students, Koomesh (2016)
46. Speech Intelligibility in 8-12 Year Old Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy, Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (2016)
47. Factors Influencing Verbal Intelligence and Spoken Language in Children With Phenylketonuria, Indian Pediatrics (2015)
48. The Communication Function Classification System: Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Farsi Version for Patients With Cerebral Palsy, Pediatric Neurology (2015)