SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPQualitative2022Experienced hearing aid users' perspectives of assessment and communication within audiology: a qualitative study using digital methods.International journal of audiologyExperienced hearing aid users want audiologists to link test results to real-world sounds rather than just asking how devices sound. They value accessible waiting areas, deaf-aware staff communication, and personalised questioning about daily life impacts over technical verification alone.
• SLPOther2023Cross-Linguistic Trends in Speech Errors: An Analysis of Sub-Lexical Errors in Cantonese.Language and speechCantonese speech errors follow many patterns seen in English, like swapping single sounds. However, whole syllables slip far more often than in English, and consonants and vowels mix more freely. This suggests Cantonese speakers plan speech by syllable, not just by individual sound.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Prioritizing risk factors and identifying target areas to address with interventions to improve sustainable employment of persons with a brain injury or a spinal cord injury - A multi-stakeholder consensus process.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesStakeholders prioritized a lifelong contact person for work issues as the top intervention for brain and spinal cord injuries, with 73% agreement. However, they rated the feasibility of implementing this and other proposed changes very low.
• SLPOther2023Speech-in-speech recognition in preschoolers.International journal of audiologyPreschoolers needed a much louder voice to understand words in background chatter than adults did. Children with larger vocabularies understood harder words better, but vocabulary size did not help with very easy words. The test used here worked for most children aged three to four.
• SLPOther2023Transcribing toddler vocalizations: comparison of a modified naturalistic listening approach with phonetic transcription.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsReal-time listening counts matched phonetic transcription closely for total syllables and consonants in toddlers with cleft palate. However, it consistently missed emerging word-final sounds like fricatives and /l/. Use it for quick inventory screening, not for detecting subtle new consonants.
• SLPOther2023Interaction between Phrasal Structure and Vowel Tenseness in German: An Acoustic and Articulatory Study.Language and speechGerman speakers lengthened both tense and lax vowels before phrase boundaries. The study found no clinical application for therapists, as it is a basic phonetic analysis of native speakers without speech impairments.
• SLPOther2023Evaluation of hearing protection device effectiveness for musicians.International journal of audiologyAttenuation varied widely across participants, use of all three hearing protection devices fell over six months, and fit testing mattered because comfort, sound clarity, and correct size changed whether musicians wore them.
• PTOTSLPNarrative Review2023Physical training in adults with asthma: An integrative approach on strategies, mechanisms, and benefits.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPhysical training improves asthma control, quality of life, exercise capacity, and sleep while reducing anxiety, depression, and medication use. Breathing exercises offer similar benefits to aerobic training. Both are safe and effective non-pharmacological therapies, though exercise-induced bronchoconstriction does not consistently improve.
• SLPQualitative2023A longitudinal study of the mental health of autistic children and adolescents and their parents during COVID-19: Part 2, qualitative findings.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceParents reported that school closures reduced anxiety and distress for some autistic children, while increasing it for others. Worry peaked at the start of lockdown and again when schools reopened. Distress often showed as challenging behaviour rather than low mood.
• SLPOther2022Lexical Access Changes Based on Listener Needs: Real-Time Word Recognition in Continuous Speech in Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingCochlear implant users did not show catastrophic delays in word recognition when words were embedded in carrier phrases. However, their accuracy dropped in sentence contexts, and they maintained higher activation of incorrect word competitors, suggesting a strategy of withholding full commitment to allow error recovery.
• SLPOther2022Characteristics of the Adaptation Recovery Function of the Auditory Nerve and Its Association With Advanced Age in Postlingually Deafened Adult Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingAdvanced age was not associated with slower recovery from neural adaptation in the auditory nerve of cochlear implant users. The amount of recovery decreased at higher pulse rates, but the speed of recovery remained stable across rates up to 2400 pps.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Influence of Surveillance Methods in the Detection of Sports Injuries and Illnesses.International journal of sports physical therapyA weekly questionnaire asking about any complaint found 3.1 times more health problems than traditional time-loss tracking in university athletes. This gap was largest for overuse injuries, which often do not stop play but still cause symptoms.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Sports participation reduces the progression of idiopathic scoliosis and the need for bracing. An observational study of 511 adolescents with Risser 0-2 maturation stage.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineAdolescents with idiopathic scoliosis who played non-competitive sports regularly had a lower risk of curve progression and needing a brace. The risk decreased further as weekly sports frequency increased from one to four times. This observational data supports encouraging activity, not replacing specific exercises.
• SLPCohort2023A longitudinal study of the mental health of autistic children and adolescents and their parents during COVID-19: Part 1, quantitative findings.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceDuring the UK lockdown, anxiety stayed high for autistic young people but decreased for those with other special educational needs. Parents' distress remained stable throughout. This suggests autistic young people did not adapt to the new normal, while others recovered from the initial disruption.
• SLPCohort2023Examining associations between prenatal biomarkers of oxidative stress and ASD-related outcomes using quantile regression.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPrenatal oxidative stress markers showed no strong overall links to autism traits or early learning scores at 36 months. Greater antioxidant balance was modestly linked to higher autism traits in middle ranges, with no clear diagnosis link.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Needs of an uninsured equity-deserving minority patient cohort with physical disabilities during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesUninsured patients with physical disabilities reported unmet medical needs, broken equipment, and isolation most frequently. Rent and job worries peaked early in the pandemic, while equipment problems persisted longer. These findings highlight gaps in care for vulnerable populations during crises.
• SLPCohort2022Identifying Dysphagia and Demographic Associations in Older Adults Using Electronic Health Records: A National Longitudinal Observational Study in Wales (United Kingdom) 2008-2018.DysphagiaHealth records of older adults in Wales recorded swallowing difficulty more often in people who were older, frail, or living in more deprived areas.
• SLPPilot2022Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Drooling in Adults with Parkinson's Disease.DysphagiaSixteen adults with Parkinson's disease completed a single-group pilot of expiratory muscle strength training. Self-reported drooling, swallow function, and cough flow all improved significantly after training. No control group was used, so these changes cannot be separated from natural fluctuation or other factors.
• PTOTSLPCase-Control2022A Comparison of Factors Associated with Running-Related Injuries between Adult and Adolescent Runners.International journal of sports physical therapyBoth adult and adolescent runners with a history of injury reported intentional weight loss and scored lower on movement quality tests than uninjured runners. These factors appear relevant across age groups, though the cross-sectional design cannot prove they caused the injuries.
• SLPQualitative2022Translating Ultrasound into Clinical Practice for the Assessment of Swallowing and Laryngeal Function: A Speech and Language Pathology-Led Consensus Study.DysphagiaExperts ranked reliability and normative data as the top priorities before ultrasound can be used clinically for swallowing. Current evidence is insufficient for diagnosis. Clinicians should treat ultrasound as a research or biofeedback tool only until these standards are established.
• SLPOther2023Classification of accurate and misarticulated /ɑr/ for ultrasound biofeedback using tongue part displacement trajectories.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsA simple ultrasound parameter tracking just two tongue points classified accurate versus misarticulated /r/ sounds with 88.5% accuracy. This matches the performance of complex full-tongue tracking, suggesting a simplified visual feedback display could reduce the cognitive load currently hindering therapy outcomes.
• SLPOther2023Construct validity of the focus on the outcomes of communication under six (FOCUS) total and profile scores for multilingual preschoolers: Considering functional speech skills.International journal of speech-language pathologyIn Jamaican Creole-English preschoolers, parent-reported communication participation scores lined up moderately with how understood children's speech was, but weakly with direct speech accuracy. Some participation areas did not track speech skills, so they add separate information.
• SLPOther2023Early diagnostic indicators of childhood apraxia of speech in young children with 7q11.23 duplication syndrome: preliminary findings.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsToddlers with 7q11.23 duplication syndrome showed less mature babble, fewer vocalizations, and limited consonant and vocalization diversity than typical toddlers, more closely resembling children later diagnosed with apraxia. These patterns may flag risk, but they did not confirm a diagnosis.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Sociocultural variables have a major impact on participation in patients treated for paediatric posterior fossa tumours.Child: care, health and developmentChildren treated for posterior fossa tumours face high rates of school and social difficulties. These barriers were linked to a cumulative load of risk factors, including maternal education level, lack of regular physical activity, and treatment side effects like cerebellar mutism.
• SLPOther2023Comparing metrics for quantification of children's tongue shape complexity using ultrasound imaging.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsUltrasound measures of tongue shape complexity can distinguish simple vowels from complex liquids in both adults and children. However, individual sounds often overlap, so these metrics currently identify broad patterns rather than classifying specific speech errors.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2023Standardized tools for assessing balance and mobility in stroke clinical practice guidelines worldwide: A scoping review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesStroke guidelines worldwide rarely agree on which balance tests to use. When they do, they mostly list the Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go, and walk tests. These common tools miss reactive balance and cognitive challenges, and half the guidelines don't explain how they chose them.
• SLPSystematic Review2022Use of Pharyngeal High-Resolution Manometry to Evaluate Dysphagia in Adults with Motor Neurone Disease: A Scoping Review.DysphagiaPharyngeal manometry appears feasible in motor neurone disease, with no adverse events reported in five studies. However, inconsistent protocols and tiny samples prevent firm conclusions on its clinical value or specific physiological findings.
• SLPOther2022Food-Grade Activated Charcoal for Contrast-Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging of Aspiration: A Phantom Study.DysphagiaIn a neck phantom, photoacoustic imaging detected charcoal solution in a simulated trachea, including thickened liquids and a single drop, while ultrasound signal faded. This is not yet evidence it can detect aspiration in patients.
• SLPCohort2022Clinical Outcomes and Patient Safety of Nasogastric Tube in Acute Stroke Patients.DysphagiaNasogastric tubes in 250 acute stroke patients had common complications, including failed insertion, wrong placement, self-removal, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Older age, higher stroke severity, and pneumonia were linked to death; multiple tube insertions were linked to lower death in a subgroup analysis.
• OTSLPOther2022Proxy-report in individuals with intellectual disability: A scoping review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDProxy and self-report agreed in some studies but disagreed in others, and no study compared them in Down syndrome. Self-report was possible with interviewer administration, visuals, caregiver support, and pretests.
• SLPOther2022Impact of Limb Phenotype on Tongue Denervation Atrophy, Dysphagia Penetrance, and Survival Time in a Mouse Model of ALS.DysphagiaIn ALS mice, tongue muscle atrophy did not differ between hindlimb-only and forelimb-involving groups. Forelimb involvement was associated with more consistent swallowing deficits, but this is animal data.
• SLPOther2022Variability in Swallowing Biomechanics in Infants with Feeding Difficulties: A Videofluoroscopic Analysis.DysphagiaSwallow timing and displacement vary naturally in infants with feeding difficulties and do not predict aspiration risk. However, a suck-to-swallow ratio greater than 3:1 and high variability in that ratio are significantly associated with increased aspiration risk.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Exploring the association of staff characteristics with staff perceptions of quality of life of individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviours.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDHigher staff education and team self-efficacy linked to better resident well-being and self-determination. Unexpectedly, higher staff-to-resident ratios associated with lower self-determination and social inclusion. These are correlations from proxy reports, not proof that changing staff traits improves outcomes.
• PTOTSLPCohortIntersectionality of Systemic Disadvantage on Mortality and Care Following TBI.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationOlder adults with TBI had significantly lower survival and less access to inpatient rehabilitation than younger White English speakers. Racial disparities in survival and opioid prescribing narrowed or disappeared after adjusting for injury severity, suggesting these gaps were driven by more severe injuries rather than bias.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2023Clinicians' Experiences of Implementing a Telerehabilitation Toolkit During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Descriptive Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesClinicians reported that telerehabilitation success depended on organizational support, adequate equipment, and dedicated space. The toolkit helped validate rehabilitation as an essential service and fostered a community of practice, but participants requested more practical guidance on virtual assessments and liability.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Dynamics as a Bedside Test in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury to Assess Surgical Spinal Cord Decompression: Safety, Feasibility, and Proof-of-Concept.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairBedside cerebrospinal fluid pressure measurements were safe in 11 spinal cord injury patients. The test identified restricted fluid circulation in some cases, matching imaging findings. This small pilot suggests the method is feasible, but does not yet prove it improves clinical decisions or patient outcomes.
• SLPQualitative2023Parenting roles for young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder transitioning to adult services.Developmental medicine and child neurologyParents of young people with ADHD describe three roles: 'manager' handling appointments and meds, 'roadie' stepping back as the child matures, and 'superfan' offering unconditional support. Services often fail to recognize this ongoing parental burden during transition.
• SLPCohort2023Theory of mind in naturalistic conversations between autistic and typically developing children and adolescents.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic children showed more conversational norm violations than peers, but equal use of positive perspective-taking. Violations linked to poor emotion recognition. However, neither positive nor negative conversational traits predicted whether partners enjoyed the interaction.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Vision function in children 10 years after grade 3 or 4 intraventricular haemorrhage with ventricular dilation: A masked prospective study.Developmental medicine and child neurologyTen years later, every child tested had at least one visual impairment, averaging four per child. Parents reported normal vision for most, missing eye movement and processing deficits linked to lower cognitive scores and extra school support.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2023A scoping Review of Tools to Evaluate Existing Playgrounds for Inclusivity of Children with Disabilities.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesNo single tool captures playground inclusion well. Most check physical access but miss social play and user input. Australian government tools covered the most criteria. Use these to audit spaces, but remember they are not validated and often ignore the child's experience.
• SLPCohort2022Receptive Vocabulary of Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants From 3 to 16 Years of Age.Ear and hearingChildren with cochlear implants showed a U-shaped vocabulary gap compared to hearing peers. Scores were near normal at ages 3 and 16 but dropped significantly between 5 and 12 years. The deficit peaked at 8.7 years. Good early progress does not guarantee age-appropriate skills later.
• SLPOther2022Video-blogs and linguistic simplification for students with intellectual disability.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDVideo blogs and simplified wording did not improve comprehension over text blogs and original wording in 14 young adults with intellectual disability. Their reading comprehension skill predicted understanding, and they overestimated how much they learned.
• SLPCohort2022Utility of Diagnostic Classification for Children 0-5 to Assess Features of Autism: Comparing In-person and COVID-19 Telehealth Evaluations.Journal of autism and developmental disordersTelehealth evaluations during the pandemic saw a drop in full-criteria autism diagnoses and a rise in subthreshold diagnoses like early atypical autism. Higher scores on the CBCL Autism subscale predicted full diagnoses, while higher total CBCL scores predicted subthreshold ones.
• SLPSystematic Review2022Implementation of Pediatric Flexible-Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Future Research.DysphagiaPediatric FEES protocols lack standardization, with no validated scales used in 21 of 22 studies. While the procedure appears safe, inconsistent documentation prevents comparing results across studies, so clinicians cannot assume one hospital's protocol matches another's.
• SLPOther2022Estimation of Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Using Kurtosis-Adjusted Noise Exposure Levels.Ear and hearingWorkers exposed to the same average noise level had more high-frequency hearing loss when the noise was more impulsive. Adjusting for impulsiveness made standard hearing-loss estimates closer to measured thresholds.
• SLPOther2022A New Therapeutic Approach for Dystussia and Atussia in Neurogenic Dysphagia: Effect of Aerosolized Capsaicin on Peak Cough Flow.DysphagiaAerosolized capsaicin triggered effective cough in 24 of 28 patients with neurogenic dysphagia who had weak voluntary coughs. This suggests the ability to cough exists but is inaccessible due to sensory deficits, offering a potential therapeutic target for airway clearance.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2023Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Dysphagia Research Following Stroke: A Scoping Review and Qualitative Analysis.DysphagiaMost stroke dysphagia trials ignore patient experience. The two common tools miss environmental barriers like support and attitudes. Use them with caution, knowing they do not capture the social impact of swallowing problems.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Participation of children and young people with cerebral palsy in activities of daily living in rural Uganda.Developmental medicine and child neurologyChildren with cerebral palsy in rural Uganda attended fewer daily activities than peers and were less involved when present. Community activities showed the largest gaps. Severe motor limitations predicted lower participation, but age and sex did not.
• OTSLPQualitative2023The experiences of parents raising children with developmental disabilities in Ethiopia.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceEighteen Ethiopian parents described stigma, poverty, and missing services shaping daily care for children with developmental disabilities. They sought medical, traditional, and religious help, while faith and attention to children's strengths sustained hope.
• SLPCase Series2023Safety and Clinical Benefits of Laryngeal Closure in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.DysphagiaIn 26 people with ALS, laryngeal closure had no severe surgical complications. 25 kept swallowing function, and no severe aspiration pneumonia referrals were reported. This small retrospective series suggests possible benefit, not proof.