SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

Papers a speech-language pathologist can act on — aphasia, dysphagia, developmental language, fluency, voice and augmentative communication — read in full and summarised plainly.

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• SLPOther2023Capturing Visual Attention With Perturbed Auditory Spatial Cues.Trends in hearingLateral sounds helped normal-hearing, bilateral implant, and unilateral hearing-loss adults respond faster to visual targets. Unilateral implant users and normal-hearing adults with one ear plugged showed little or no same-side benefit.
• SLPQualitative2023Why do people who stutter attend stuttering support groups?The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsPeople who stutter attended support groups to find acceptance, reduce isolation, and learn coping strategies from peers. They valued a safe environment where they were not judged and appreciated speech-language therapists who collaborated with them rather than just observing.
• OTSLPCohort2023Relationship between quantitative digital behavioral features and clinical profiles in young autistic children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn 485 toddlers, tablet-recorded gaze and movement patterns lined up with parent and clinician measures of autism-related behavior, language, and fine motor skills. The authors call this an initial validity check.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Characterizing the autism spectrum phenotype in DYRK1A-related syndrome.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchChildren with DYRK1A syndrome showed social communication deficits similar to other children with autism and intellectual disability, but parents reported more severe nonverbal issues. They displayed fewer rigid routine behaviors and more repetitive sensory motor movements than children with idiopathic autism.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023The prevalence and developmental course of auditory processing differences in autistic children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAuditory filtering difficulties are common in autistic children and remain stable from age 3 to 9. Children with more reported auditory difficulties at age 3 showed more agitation, hyperactivity, and lower adaptive skills at age 9, independent of their cognitive ability.
• SLPCohort2023Trajectories of internalizing symptoms among autistic and nonautistic youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic youth reported lower anxiety and depression from June to December 2020, while nonautistic youth showed no change. Parents did not report these decreases in their autistic children. Baseline symptom levels were similar between groups.
• SLPCase Report2023Eye movement as a simple, cost-effective tool for people who stutter: A case study.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsIn a young man who stuttered, five weeks of online eye-movement training, daily text messages, and continued use of earlier self-help techniques were followed by lower stuttering severity and better self-rated experience at 24 months. This describes a single person, not proof the method works.
• OTSLPSurvey2023Current Practice in Occupational Therapy for COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 Conditions.Occupational therapy internationalOccupational therapists reported providing interventions often or very often for people with COVID-19 or post-COVID-19 condition in all assessed areas except assistive technology, service coordination, and swallowing, while access, wait time, staff time, and funding were common negative factors.
• SLPOther2023Toward a Unified Theory of the Reference Frame of the Ventriloquism Aftereffect.Trends in hearing
• SLPOther2023Enhanced Place Specificity of the Parallel Auditory Brainstem Response: A Modeling Study.Trends in hearingComputer models predict the parallel ABR method gives clearer hearing responses than standard tests at high volumes. This improvement is strongest for low frequencies and when using faster stimulus rates, potentially helping to distinguish hearing loss types more accurately.
• SLPRCT2023Effectiveness of Auditory Training in Experienced Hearing-Aid Users, and an Exploration of Their Health-Related Quality of Life and Coping Strategies.Trends in hearingExperienced hearing-aid users reported that their quality of life depends on speech understanding in noise, not on how loud sounds are. Twelve weeks of home training produced small improvements in speech-in-noise for the training group, but did not improve quality of life or thinking skills.
• SLPOther2023The Effect of Breathy Vocal Quality on Speech Intelligibility and Listening Effort in Background Noise.Trends in hearingSevere breathiness lowered speech intelligibility in noise, while even mild breathiness increased listening effort. The two factors did not interact, so breathiness and noise added to the difficulty separately rather than multiplying it.
• SLPCohort2023No Link Between Speech-in-Noise Perception and Auditory Sensory Memory - Evidence From a Large Cohort of Older and Younger Listeners.Trends in hearingAuditory sensory memory ability did not predict how well people understood speech in noise. This held true for both older and younger listeners. Poorer speech-in-noise scores were linked only to age and signs of binaural processing difficulties, not to memory capacity.
• SLPOther2023Performance in an Audiovisual Selective Attention Task Using Speech-Like Stimuli Depends on the Talker Identities, But Not Temporal Coherence.Trends in hearingSeeing the talker's face helped listeners ignore background noise better than matching lip movements did. The benefit came from recognizing who was speaking, which reduced errors in identifying the wrong voice. This suggests face identity aids attention more than visual timing.
• OTSLPQualitative2023Exploring the Experiences of Autistic Transgender and Non-Binary Adults in Seeking Gender Identity Health Care.Autism in adulthoodAutistic transgender and non-binary adults reported being denied or delayed gender healthcare due to providers misinterpreting autism as mental illness or incompetence. Participants described hiding their autistic identity to avoid gatekeeping and highlighted the need for sensory-friendly environments and clear, written communication.
• SLPCohort2023Prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms among autistic individuals, with and without co-occurring intellectual disability.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchParents of autistic children with intellectual disability were less certain about internal symptoms like pain or nausea, but not observable ones like constipation. Symptom frequency did not differ significantly between groups, except for vague 'other' tummy complaints.
• SLPOther2023Assessment of Vestigial Auriculomotor Activity to Acoustic Stimuli Using Electrodes In and Around the Ear.Trends in hearingDry-contact ear electrodes detected muscle responses indicating sound direction, but signals were weaker than those from electrodes placed directly on the postauricular muscle. This confirms the technical feasibility of in-ear auditory attention decoding, though direct muscle recording remains superior.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Anxiety, depression, and well-being in autistic adults and adults with other developmental disabilities: A longitudinal cross-lagged analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn adults with autism or developmental disabilities, caregiver-reported anxiety predicted later depression, but depression did not predict later anxiety. Depression linked to lower purpose and growth, while both anxiety and depression linked to lower self-acceptance.
• PTOTSLPCase Series2023Causes of death among people with myelomeningocele: A multi-institutional 47-year retrospective study.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineIn 293 deaths among people with myelomeningocele, shunted patients most often died of neurological causes while unshunted patients died of pulmonary causes. Infection was the leading mechanism overall, but a quarter of deaths had unknown causes, limiting clear prevention targets.
• SLPCohort2023Core lexicon in aphasia: A longitudinal study.AphasiologyConfrontation naming tests failed to predict discourse recovery in chronic aphasia. While naming scores plateaued, CoreLex discourse scores improved significantly, showing that relying only on picture naming misses real gains in functional communication.
• SLPOther2023Rapid Assessment of Subjective Hearing Complaints With a Modified Version of the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey.Trends in hearingA modified four-item hearing survey takes about 20 seconds to complete. It separates subjective hearing complaints by hearing profile, with a score of 27 or higher on the 40-point scale flagging difficulty beyond the normal range.
• SLPOther2023Improving Auditory Filter Estimation by Incorporating Absolute Threshold and a Level-dependent Internal Noise.Trends in hearingA new hearing model uses absolute threshold and level-dependent noise to estimate auditory filters with fewer parameters and lower error than older methods. It works for normal-hearing listeners. It does not test patient outcomes or hearing aids.
• SLPOther2023Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in-Noise Task.Trends in hearingAfter 30 minutes of hard listening, baseline pupil size shrank, suggesting lower arousal. However, the actual effort spent on subsequent sentences did not change, regardless of whether participants were offered money or faced difficult noise. Fatigue lowered readiness but did not reduce the work done.
• SLPOther2023Implementing a scientifically based educational intervention in mainstream primary schools before and during COVID-19 era: Evidence from Greek-speaking children.Research in developmental disabilitiesGreek third- and fourth-graders who received teacher-led morphological sessions improved their spelling and word-meaning scores; classmates who received usual teaching did not.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Cecostomy tubes improve bowel continence for pediatric patients with spina bifida: A retrospective analysis of outcomes from a single clinic.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineChildren with spina bifida who had cecostomy tubes reported bowel continence one step better on a five-point scale. This means moving from daily to weekly accidents, or weekly to monthly. The tubes were used alongside other management strategies, so the exact contribution of the tube alone is unclear.
• PTOTSLPRCT2023Effect of myofascial cupping vs integrated neuromuscular inhibition techniques on pain and neck movement in individuals with latent trigger point in trapezius.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liaoMyofascial cupping reduced pain more than integrated neuromuscular inhibition techniques after two weeks. Both treatments improved pressure pain threshold and neck movement equally. Cupping is a viable option for trapezius trigger points, especially when pain is the primary concern.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Visuospatial perspective taking in people with Down syndrome.Research in developmental disabilitiesPeople with Down syndrome matched typically developing children on visuospatial perspective taking when tested with a verbal task, but both groups struggled with a picture-choice task. Assessment methods significantly alter observed ability, so choose tasks that reduce cognitive conflict.
• SLPNarrative Review2023Linking Affective and Hearing Sciences-Affective Audiology.Trends in hearingHearing loss, tinnitus, and listening effort may be linked to mood, stress, motivation, and stigma. Clinicians could ask about emotional states and adjust hearing assessments or hearing aid settings when mood or stress affects listening performance.
• SLPOther2023Metabolic and Sensory Components of Age-Related Hearing Loss: Associations With Distortion- and Reflection-Based Otoacoustic Emissions.Trends in hearingDistortion-based otoacoustic emissions closely tracked both metabolic and sensory components of age-related hearing loss. Reflection-based measures tracked only the metabolic component. Clinicians should prioritise distortion-based tests to distinguish these subtypes.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2023Feasibility and Acceptability of a Codesigned Health Care Transition Intervention for Young People With Spinal Cord Injuries.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationYoung people with spinal cord injury and clinicians found a new transition website easy to use and helpful for preparing for adult care. They said it works best when a therapist introduces it in clinic, rather than expecting families to find it alone.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Muscle contraction exercise for low back pain.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liaoBoth isometric and isotonic core exercises, given alongside TENS and infrared heat, significantly reduced pain and disability in adults with non-specific low back pain. The two exercise types were equally effective, so choice can depend on patient preference or tolerance.
• SLPOther2023Psychometric evaluation of a working memory assessment measure in young children with Down syndrome.Research in developmental disabilitiesThe Garage Game is a feasible working memory task for children with Down syndrome aged 2.5 to 8.67 years. It successfully measured performance differences linked to chronological age, with minimal practice effects. It is recommended for future intervention studies.
• SLPOther2023Strategic Pauses Relieve Listeners from the Effort of Listening to Fast Speech: Data Limited and Resource Limited Processes in Narrative Recall by Adult Users of Cochlear Implants.Trends in hearingPauses placed at clause and sentence boundaries in fast speech helped adult cochlear implant users recall more of stories and reduced listening effort. Recovery was incomplete, and benefit varied with implant performance and working memory.
• PTOTSLPNarrative Review2023A narrative review of the use of a cutting-edge virtual reality rehabilitation technology in neurological and neuropsychological rehabilitation.NeuroRehabilitationEvidence for the Khymeia VR system is mixed. Face-to-face VR training often improved motor and cognitive function compared to standard care. However, home-based VR via telerehabilitation mostly matched conventional treatment, failing to show superiority in many cases.
• SLPOther2023Preferred Strength of Noise Reduction for Normally Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingListeners with more severe hearing loss tended to prefer stronger hearing-aid noise reduction, but preferences varied widely. Three preset levels may be enough, and about 15 listening choices could identify most people's preference.
• SLPCohort2023Classification of Acoustic Hearing Preservation After Cochlear Implantation Using Electrocochleography.Trends in hearingIntraoperative electrocochleography failed to predict which cochlear implant patients would lose residual hearing. Neither the drop in the difference response nor machine learning classifiers trained on these signals could distinguish between patients who preserved hearing and those who lost it.
• SLPOther2023The Relative Contribution of Cochlear Synaptopathy and Reduced Inhibition to Age-Related Hearing Impairment for People With Normal Audiograms.Trends in hearingFor adults with normal hearing tests, difficulty understanding speech in noise and detecting gaps in sound linked to weaker ability to ignore distractions, not to hidden cochlear nerve damage. This suggests listening struggles in this group stem from central processing rather than peripheral hearing loss.
• SLPNarrative Review2023The Involvement of Listening Effort in Explaining Bilingual Listening Under Adverse Listening Conditions.Trends in hearingBilingual listeners often showed greater effort in their less dominant language, even when accuracy was similar, but reaction-time and self-report results were less consistent.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2023In-between duty and hope for recognition, the experience of physiotherapists working in a university hospital during the COVID-19 first wave in Switzerland: a qualitative study based on focus groups.Archives of physiotherapyPhysiotherapists felt proud of their adaptability but feared it made them look interchangeable. Solidarity with colleagues helped manage stress, while poor communication and lack of protective equipment caused anxiety. They want recognition of specific clinical skills, not just generic flexibility.
• SLPOther2023Agrammatic output in non-fluent, including Broca's, aphasia as a rational behavior.AphasiologyAgrammatic speech may be a rational adaptation to production costs rather than lost grammar. Patients omit redundant words to communicate efficiently. Therapy should leverage these strengths by focusing on high-information words instead of forcing complex structures.
• SLPOther2023Sixty Years of Frequency-Domain Monaural Speech Enhancement: From Traditional to Deep Learning Methods.Trends in hearingSpeech noise-reduction methods using deep learning and hybrid approaches usually scored better than traditional methods for simulated normal-hearing listeners, but showed smaller and mixed benefits for simulated hearing-impaired listeners.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Prediction of emergence from prolonged disorders of consciousness from measures within the UK rehabilitation outcomes collaborative database: a multicentre analysis using machine learning.Disability and rehabilitationRoutine rehab scores identified patients likely to stay unconscious better than patients likely to regain consciousness. Models predicted staying unconscious more reliably than regaining consciousness. When tested on unseen patients, accuracy fell, so these scores are not yet dependable prognosis.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Shank3 deletion in PV neurons is associated with abnormal behaviors and neuronal functions that are rescued by increasing GABAergic signaling.Molecular autismDeleting Shank3 in parvalbumin neurons caused repetitive grooming and memory issues in mice. Ganaxolone, which boosts GABA signaling, reversed these deficits. This suggests GABAergic modulation may help Shank3-related symptoms, but human trials are needed.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Examining the latent structure and correlates of sensory reactivity in autism: a multi-site integrative data analysis by the autism sensory research consortium.Molecular autismCaregiver questionnaires often combine sensory behaviors across different senses into single scores. This study found that while overall hyperreactivity scores are valid, hyporeactivity and seeking scores are not. Clinicians should assess sensory issues by specific sense rather than relying on broad totals.
• PTOTSLPOther20232023 updates to the spina bifida transition to adult care guidelines.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineUpdated guidelines recommend starting transition planning at birth and formally at age 14. They urge using the TRAQ-SB tool to track self-management skills, ensuring bowel and bladder independence, and creating detailed hand-off packets for adult providers.
• SLPOther2023Personalized estimates of brain cortical structural variability in individuals with Autism spectrum disorder: the predictor of brain age and neurobiology relevance.Molecular autismChildren and adolescents with autism showed greater variability in brain structure than typical peers, and this variability decreased as they aged. Those whose brains appeared to mature faster than their actual age had more severe communication difficulties.
• SLPOther2023Human Auditory Ecology: Extending Hearing Research to the Perception of Natural Soundscapes by Humans in Rapidly Changing Environments.Trends in hearingNo original study or outcome data are reported; this perspective paper proposes future hearing-research directions for natural soundscapes.
• SLPCohort2023Verb Frequency and Density Drive Naming Performance in Primary Progressive Aphasia.AphasiologyVerb naming accuracy in PPA is driven largely by word frequency and semantic density. Patients with semantic and logopenic variants struggled significantly more with low-density verbs than those with non-fluent variants, while concreteness and valency had less distinct impact.
• OTSLPQualitative2024Ethical issues raised by incorporating personalized language models into brain-computer interface communication technologies: a qualitative study of individuals with neurological disease.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technologyPeople with neurodegenerative diseases generally support storing personal vocabulary in brain-computer interface devices to maintain identity and relationships. They want control over privacy, the ability to switch communication styles for different partners, and family involvement in building the language model.
• SLPSystematic Review2024A qualitative evidence synthesis of the experiences and perspectives of communicating using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technologyPeople who use AAC devices value them for more than just sending messages. They see the tools as key to maintaining their identity and independence. However, frustration arises when synthetic voices lack personality, privacy is limited, or devices fail in noisy environments.