SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPOther2022Separate scoring algorithms for specific identification priorities optimize the screening properties of the Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers (STAT).Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAdding examiner ratings of social engagement and atypical behavior to the STAT screening tool increased sensitivity for identifying autism risk in two-year-olds. This approach helps catch more at-risk children but lowers specificity, meaning more false positives.
• SLPCohort2022Replication study for ADOS-2 cut-offs to assist evaluation of autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchADOS-2 cut-offs rarely miss autism but wrongly flag many non-autistic children. Nearly one third of the non-ASD group were misclassified. Do not rely on ADOS-2 scores alone to diagnose. Combine them with clinical history and other assessments to avoid false positives.
• SLPQualitative2022Serving young children with communication disabilities from Latinx backgrounds and their families with equity: Provider perspectives.Journal of communication disordersProviders serving Latinx children struggle with standardized tests that misidentify language difference as disorder. They rely on family reports and clinical experience to bridge the gap, but face systemic barriers like lack of interpreters, insufficient training, and agency requirements that prioritize test scores over accurate diagnosis.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Dietary intake in children on the autism spectrum is altered and linked to differences in autistic traits and sensory processing styles.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchChildren with autism ate lower-quality diets than their siblings and unrelated peers, with less variety and more nutrient-poor foods. However, siblings shared some poor habits, and sensory hypersensitivity or seeking was linked to healthier eating, suggesting family and sensory factors drive diet more than diagnosis alone.
• SLPNarrative Review2022Research to Advance Health and Health Care Equity for People With Communication Disabilities: An Overview of Research Symposium Papers.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRThere is no clinical finding to act on. This overview introduces symposium papers on communication disability equity and reports no original methods, participants, or outcomes.
• SLPSurvey2022Associations between co-occurring conditions and age of autism diagnosis: Implications for mental health training and adult autism research.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults diagnosed at 21 or older reported more lifetime psychiatric diagnoses than those diagnosed in childhood. They also reported fewer language delays or speech articulation problems. Do not use absent language or speech problems to rule out autism.
• SLPOther2023The impact of developmental language disorder in a defendant's description on mock jurors' perceptions and judgements.International journal of language & communication disordersTelling mock jurors a defendant had developmental language disorder did not change guilty verdicts or sentence length. It did make jurors view him as more honest, likeable and less blameworthy, but also as having worse cognitive ability.
• SLPSurvey2023The impact of a positive autism identity and autistic community solidarity on social anxiety and mental health in autistic young people.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceFeeling positive about being autistic linked to better mental health, but did not significantly reduce social anxiety once autism traits were accounted for. Solidarity with other autistic people improved well-being but had no effect on social anxiety. Self-reported autism traits were the strongest predictor of social anxiety.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2023Perceived shared decision-making among patients undergoing lower-limb amputation and their care teams: A qualitative study.Prosthetics and orthotics internationalPatients with lower-limb amputation often felt excluded from decisions about whether to amputate or at what level. Providers recognized the value of shared decision-making but cited patient illness and emotional distress as barriers. Patients valued clear, sensitive communication.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Does gender moderate the association between socioeconomic status and health? Results from an observational study in persons with spinal cord injury living in Morocco.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesHow people with spinal cord injury in Morocco felt about their social standing and financial hardship strongly predicted their health outcomes. Traditional markers like education and income did not. Gender did not significantly change these links, except for one finding on general health.
• SLPCohort2023Early Subacute White Matter Hyperintensities and Recovery of Language After Stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairSevere white matter hyperintensities seen on early subacute MRI predicted worse spoken language comprehension at both early and chronic stages, but not production. These brain changes may explain why some stroke survivors struggle more with understanding speech than others.
• SLPNarrative Review2023Expanding Rehabilitation Options for Dysphagia: Skill-Based Swallowing Training.DysphagiaThis review argues that swallowing is a cortical skill, not just a muscle reflex. It suggests that training timing and coordination via biofeedback may help patients with motor planning deficits, rather than just weakness. No new patient data was generated.
• SLPCohort2023Risk Factors for Dysphagia in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19.DysphagiaAmong hospitalized adults with COVID-19 already referred for swallowing review, pneumonia, ARDS, prone positioning, ventilation, and intubation were linked to needing diet changes. Older age was linked to more severe swallowing problems.
• SLPOther2023Neural Correlates of Oral Stereognosis-An fMRI Study.DysphagiaOral stereognosis activates fronto-parietal networks and the cerebellum, distinct from but overlapping with manual stereognosis regions. This identifies the neural basis for recognizing objects in the mouth, providing a physiological baseline for understanding oral phase swallowing deficits.
• SLPOther2022The Influence of Communication Sample Length on Reliability and Convergent Validity of Vocal Measures Derived From the Communication Complexity Scale.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRFor children with autism who use few or no words, a 10-minute sample from the start of a standard play-based assessment provides reliable vocal data. Shorter samples work for consonant inventory, but counting total or communicative vocalizations requires the full 10 minutes.
• SLPRCT2022Oxytocin impacts top-down and bottom-up social perception in adolescents with ASD: a MEG study of neural connectivity.Molecular autismA single dose of oxytocin changed brain connectivity patterns in adolescents with autism, but did not improve face recognition speed or accuracy. The neural changes correlated with autism severity, yet the study was too small to recommend oxytocin for clinical use.
• SLPCohort2022Child language and autism diagnosis impact hierarchical temporal structure of parent-child vocal interactions in early childhood.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn typical development, parent-child vocal interactions became less rigidly structured as children's expressive language grew. Dyads of autistic toddlers showed more rigid interaction structure than matched typical dyads, even when language levels were similar, suggesting a difference in social reciprocity rather than language ability alone.
• SLPOther2022Auditory feedback control in adults who stutter during metronome-paced speech II. Formant Perturbation.Journal of fluency disordersMetronome pacing changed how adults who stutter and adults who do not stutter responded to shifted vowel feedback. Adults who stutter responded when paced, while adults who do not stutter did not. They also produced fewer disfluencies in paced speech.
• SLPCohort2022Exposure to family stressful life events in autistic children: Longitudinal associations with mental health and the moderating role of cognitive flexibility.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceOverall, family stressful events did not reliably predict later internalizing or externalizing symptoms in autistic children. In children with marked shifting problems, family events predicted internalizing symptoms, but the difference between groups was not reliable.
• OTSLPQualitative2023Parents' perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 and school transition on autistic children's friendships.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceParents reported that autistic children who moved to a new school with existing friends or to a setting with staggered starts and reduced crowds experienced smoother transitions. Children without these supports often struggled with isolation or peer difficulties during the pandemic.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2023Views of physiotherapists on factors that play a role in ethical decision-making: an international online survey study.Archives of physiotherapyPhysiotherapists agreed ethical decisions need more than rule-following and value workplace culture. Most disagreed that entry-level training was a solid foundation, while regional differences appeared in how much culture, religion and senior colleagues were seen to influence choices.
• SLPQualitative2023Speech, language and communication needs and mental health: the experiences of speech and language therapists and mental health professionals.International journal of language & communication disordersClinicians report that children with speech, language and communication needs are often missed in mental health services because their difficulties are not immediately visible. They describe traditional talking therapies as too language-heavy for these patients and call for adapted, visual and play-based approaches.
• PTOTSLPRCT2023Clitoral Therapy Device for Alleviating Sexual Dysfunction After Female Genital Mutilation: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesAdding a clitoral vacuum device to standard psychosexual education significantly improved all six domains of sexual function in women with FGM-related dysfunction compared to education alone. The device group showed greater gains in desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2023Pain coping tools for children and young adults with a neurodevelopmental disability: A systematic review of measurement properties.Developmental medicine and child neurologyNo pain coping questionnaire is fully validated for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. The CP QoL may flag pain issues, but clinicians should not rely on it alone. Use the FOPQ or BAPQ with caution, knowing they lack validation for this specific population.
• PTOTSLPPilot2023Effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on quadriceps weakness immediately after total knee arthroplasty: a pilot, randomized, open-label clinical trial.Journal of physical therapy sciencePatients taking omega-3 capsules for 30 days before knee replacement surgery showed significantly less quadriceps weakness on day 4 after surgery compared to those who took nothing. This pilot study suggests a potential benefit, but the small sample size means these results need confirmation.
• SLPOther2023Development of a Remote Examination of Deglutition Based on Consensus Surveys of Clinicians (Part II): Reliability and Validity in Healthy Elderly Individuals and Oral Cancer Patients.DysphagiaThe Remote Examination of Deglutition (RED) is a reliable 13-item screening tool for oral cancer patients. It matches face-to-face results when used remotely and takes 15 minutes. A score of 8 or less suggests swallowing disorders, while 3 or less indicates aspiration risk.
• SLPCase Series2023Word-final complexity in speech sound intervention: two case studies.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsTwo children with speech sound disorder learned a word-final [-ks] target during speech sound intervention. The child whose target was a third-person singular verb showed gains on untreated sounds and higher intelligibility; the other child improved intelligibility but not accuracy on untreated sounds.
• PTOTSLPOther2023After scaling to body size hip strength of the residual limb exceeds that of the intact limb among unilateral lower limb prosthesis users.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationWhen hip strength is adjusted for body size, prosthesis users have weaker hips on their intact side than on their prosthetic side. The prosthetic side matches healthy controls. Strengthening should target the intact limb.
• SLPSystematic Review2023Behavioral Interventions Targeting Base of Tongue to Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Approximation: A Scoping Review.DysphagiaEffortful swallowing and similar maneuvers can increase tongue base pressure in the moment. However, there is almost no evidence that these exercises improve long-term swallowing function in patients. Most studies used healthy volunteers, so results do not guarantee clinical benefit.
• PTOTSLPCase-Control2023Short-term efficacy of exercise therapy for temporomandibular disorders: a case control study.Journal of physical therapy sciencePatients with locked jaw who received manual therapy plus home exercises improved more in jaw opening and daily life function after two weeks than those who only received an explanation of their condition. Both groups improved, but the treatment group saw greater gains in pain and function.
• PTOTSLPOther2023The relationship between body sway patterns and motor and attentional functions in early childhood.Journal of physical therapy scienceSix-year-olds with back-and-forth body sway had lower attention scores than those with centered sway, but physical fitness tests showed no difference. Do not use standing sway patterns to screen for motor delays, though they may hint at attentional timing issues.
• SLPOther2022Aphasia severity is modulated by race and lesion size in chronic survivors: A retrospective study.Journal of communication disordersAverage aphasia severity did not differ significantly between Black and White stroke survivors, but larger lesions were associated with lower language scores in Black survivors more than White survivors.
• SLPOther2022Spectrotemporal Modulation Discrimination in Infants With Normal Hearing.Ear and hearingInfants aged 6 to 7 months discriminate sound patterns significantly worse than adults. The difference is not due to poor frequency resolution, which is adult-like, but to immature sensitivity to changes in sound intensity. This limits the use of current spectral tests for assessing hearing aid or implant efficacy in very young children.
• SLPOther2022Effortful Listening Despite Correct Responses: The Cost of Mental Repair in Sentence Recognition by Listeners With Cochlear Implants.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRAdults with cochlear implants showed increased pupil dilation, a sign of mental effort, when they had to mentally repair a misheard word. This effort happened even when their spoken response was correct. For implant users, this effort lasted longer than for people with normal hearing.
• PTOTSLPRCT2023Effects of cardiac rehabilitation with motion assistance from a wearable cyborg hybrid assistive limb on patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial with a one-year follow-up.Journal of physical therapy scienceAdding a wearable lumbar support device to sit-to-stand exercises did not reduce heart failure readmissions or deaths over one year compared to standard exercise. The device was safe, but the small sample size means it cannot prove whether the technology offers any long-term benefit.
• PTOTSLPNarrative Review2023Electrical stimulation methods and protocols for the treatment of traumatic brain injury: a critical review of preclinical research.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationPreclinical reviews of electrical stimulation in animal models of traumatic brain injury report improvements in motor, cognitive, and arousal outcomes across four methods. However, inconsistent protocols and a lack of long-term data in these animal studies prevent direct application to human clinical practice.
• SLPOther2023Validation of the Czech Version of the Dysphagia in Multiple Sclerosis Questionnaire (DYMUS).DysphagiaThe Czech DYMUS questionnaire reliably screens for swallowing difficulties in multiple sclerosis patients. Dropping the weight-loss item improved the scale, and electronic administration worked as well as paper. A score of 2 or more suggests dysphagia, though the sample had mostly mild disability.
• PTSLPCase Series2023Applicability of automated tractography during acute care stroke rehabilitation.Journal of physical therapy scienceAutomated tractography in three acute stroke cases showed disrupted or blurred motor and language pathways in cases with hemiparesis or aphasia, and intact pathways in one case without those symptoms. It did not test whether this changed recovery.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Development of social functioning in children with cerebral palsy: A longitudinal study.Developmental medicine and child neurologyChildren with cerebral palsy who communicate effectively with familiar partners (CFCS level I) developed social skills similar to typical peers by age 12. Those with communication difficulties at unfamiliar levels (CFCS II-V) had social function significantly below age expectations. Intellectual impairment also predicted poorer social function.
• SLPCohort2023Relating Physiologic Swallowing Impairment, Functional Swallowing Ability, and Swallow-Specific Quality of Life.DysphagiaQuestionnaire scores and diet status showed only weak links to measured swallowing physiology. In this outpatient cohort, patient-reported swallowing difficulty did not reliably stand in for a videofluoroscopic swallow assessment.
• SLPCohort2023Concomitant medication use in children with autism spectrum disorder: Data from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAlmost half of school-age children with autism in this research cohort took psychotropic medication. Polypharmacy was common, affecting half of those medicated. Irritability scores were significantly higher in the medicated group, suggesting these symptoms remain challenging despite treatment.
• PTOTSLPNarrative Review2023Evaluating the Therapeutic Application of Neuromodulation in the Human Swallowing System.DysphagiaNeuromodulation techniques like rTMS, tDCS, and PES show mixed results for neurogenic dysphagia. While PES has regulatory approval in Europe and aids extubation in tracheostomized patients, most other applications remain experimental, lack standardized protocols, and are not approved for dysphagia by the FDA.
• SLPOther2022Parasympathetic withdrawal indexes risk for emotion dysregulation in children with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn children with autism, greater parasympathetic withdrawal during a negative-emotion challenge task was linked to more observed emotion dysregulation, alongside higher ASD symptom levels. Baseline parasympathetic tone was not linked.
• SLPQualitative2022Speech-language therapy educator reflections on the planning and implementation of education and training during the COVID-19 pandemic.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSeven speech-language pathology educators described emergency online teaching as chaotic and isolating, with training that focused on theory rather than skills. They relied on low-tech tools like WhatsApp to reach students facing data costs and power cuts, noting that clinical training suffered most without direct site access.
• SLPSurvey2022Audiologists' presbycusis and associated tinnitus counselling practices within the KwaZulu-Natal province.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsMost audiologists combine hearing aids with counselling, but few offer group sessions. Many rely on informational advice rather than adjustment counselling, partly due to training gaps. Tools are used but often lack cultural fit, and patient satisfaction is judged by clinicians rather than patients.
• SLPNarrative Review2022The impact of COVID-19 on speech-language and hearing professions in low- and middle-income countries: Challenges and opportunities explored.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSpeech-language and hearing work in low- and middle-income countries was disrupted by masks, poor connectivity, telepractice gaps, workload and policy barriers. The special issue described challenges and proposed hybrid services, not evidence that these methods improve patient outcomes.
• SLPQualitative2022Patient's perceptions of presbycusis and associated tinnitus counselling practices within the KwaZulu-Natal province.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSeven adults with age-related hearing loss and tinnitus liked their audiologist's kindness and one-to-one counselling. They still could not explain their diagnosis or device, and five of seven reported no lifestyle adjustment counselling.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2023Stakeholder perspectives on navigating the pediatric concussion experience: Exploring the needs for improved communication across the care continuum.NeuroRehabilitationStakeholders reported that communication from healthcare providers to schools is often ineffective or absent. Parents who actively advocated secured more accommodations. Schools frequently lack a designated point person, and non-athlete students receive less coordinated support than athletes.
• SLPSurvey2023Using guided credible history interviews to establish special education eligibility for students with traumatic brain injury.NeuroRehabilitationOregon educators reported that requiring medical documentation blocks special education eligibility for students with traumatic brain injury. Most supported a guided interview with parents as an alternative, which later increased identified students by 20 percent.
• SLPOther2023Potential of Rice-Flour Jelly Made from High-Amylose Rice as a Dysphagia Diet: Evaluation of Pharyngeal Residue by FEES.DysphagiaRice-flour jelly left less residue in the throat than rice-porridge during swallowing tests. It matched mashed rice-porridge in residue levels. This suggests rice-flour jelly is a safe, easier-to-prepare alternative for patients needing soft rice-based foods.