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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• SLPOther2017Prosodic disambiguation of noun/verb homophones in child-directed speech.Journal of child languageMothers' speech to children made noun and verb uses of the same word sound different, but only when the word came in the middle of the utterance. At sentence ends, those acoustic clues disappeared.
• SLPCohort2017Do early noun and verb production predict later verb and noun production? Theoretical implications.Journal of child languageNoun production at 1;4 predicted verb production at 1;8; verb production at 1;8 predicted noun production at 2;0 in 30 Italian toddlers. Verb production at 1;4 did not predict noun production at 1;8.
• OTSLPRCT2017Effects of expiratory muscle strength training on swallowing function in acute stroke patients with dysphagia.Journal of physical therapy scienceAdding expiratory muscle strength training to traditional swallowing therapy showed greater improvement in functional dysphagia, vallecular residue, and penetration-aspiration scores than traditional therapy alone in acute stroke patients with dysphagia. Pyriform residue did not differ.
• SLPOther2017Using Rate of Divergence as an Objective Measure to Differentiate between Voice Signal Types Based on the Amount of Disorder in the Signal.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationRate of divergence separated four voice signal types, including type 4 from the other three. It may help SLPs objectively classify highly irregular voice, but voice types were labeled subjectively and no patient outcomes were tested.
• SLPOther2016Modeling of Breathy Voice Quality Using Pitch-strength Estimates.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationA computer estimate of how strongly a voice sounds pitched predicted how breathy listeners judged voice samples. It matched natural voices well; for synthetic voices it often underpredicted breathiness.
• SLPOther2017Effect of Training and Level of External Auditory Feedback on the Singing Voice: Pitch Inaccuracy.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationProfessional singers had better pitch accuracy than non-professionals. Fast tempo, staccato, and descending phrases increased pitch error in both groups. Unexpectedly, blocking external hearing with protectors improved non-professionals' accuracy, while professionals remained unaffected by the change.
• PTOTSLPCohort2017Disability Stages and Trouble Getting Needed Health Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationMedicare beneficiaries with greater activity limitations reported significantly more trouble accessing needed health care. Financial barriers were the most common reason overall, while transportation and home health care difficulties were especially cited by those with more severe physical limitations.
• SLPOther2017Evaluation of the ADHD Rating Scale in Youth with Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn 386 youth with ASD, ADHD-RS-IV ratings did not separate inattention from hyperactivity/impulsivity as intended. Elevated scores, especially social items such as not listening when spoken to directly, may reflect ASD difficulties, so use follow-up interview before treating as ADHD.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Episodic Laryngeal Breathing Disorders: Literature Review and Proposal of Preliminary Theoretical Framework.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationNo actionable findings. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for episodic laryngeal breathing disorders and reviews existing models. It does not test diagnosis or treatment in patients.
• SLPOther2017The encoding of word forms into memory may be challenging for college students with developmental language impairment.International journal of speech-language pathologyCollege students with developmental language impairment encoded fewer new word forms than peers. The gap did not widen over a week. They also showed word competition, though possibly weaker for the impairment group.
• SLPRCT2017Independent exercise for glottal incompetence to improve vocal problems and prevent aspiration pneumonia in the elderly: a randomized controlled trial.Clinical rehabilitationIn older adults with age-related vocal cord atrophy, adding a two-minute daily guided vocal exercise to a brochure lowered six-month pneumonia hospitalizations (2 of 199 vs 18 of 216) compared with a brochure alone.
• SLPSurvey2017Positive and Negative Thinking in Tinnitus: Factor Structure of the Tinnitus Cognitions Questionnaire.Ear and hearingThe Tinnitus Cognitions Questionnaire reliably measures both positive and negative thoughts in a UK survey of 342 adults. Negative thinking strongly tracked with distress, but positive thinking did not show a simple link to lower severity.
• SLPCohort2017Predictors of Six-month Change in the Voice Handicap Index in a Treatment-seeking Population.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationRecorded voice treatment, medication, or surgery after evaluation did not predict six-month change in patient-reported voice handicap. Higher initial voice handicap and higher education did predict greater improvement.
• SLPCohort2017Increased Risk for Substance Use-Related Problems in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPeople with autism were more likely to have substance use problems than matched controls, especially with ADHD. The study cannot prove cause, but clinicians should consider attention and prevention for substance use.
• SLPOther2016The Effect of Microphone Placement on Interaural Level Differences and Sound Localization Across the Horizontal Plane in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingAfter brief testing, 8 bilateral cochlear implant users had larger level differences between ears and slightly better sound localization with in-ear microphones than behind-ear or shoulder placement. The gain was small, and not every user improved.
• SLPOther2016Top-Down Processes in Simulated Electric-Acoustic Hearing: The Effect of Linguistic Context on Bimodal Benefit for Temporally Interrupted Speech.Ear and hearingWhen speech is chopped by silence, adding low-frequency sound to the other ear helps more if the sentences are predictable. This suggests clinical tests for bimodal hearing should use high-context sentences to avoid missing real-world benefits.
• SLPOther2017Characterization of Flow-resistant Tubes Used for Semi-occluded Vocal Tract Voice Training and Therapy.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationTube diameter, not length, mainly controls pressure behind the lips during semi-occluded voice training. Diameter 2.5 to 4.9 mm gave higher pressures at speech-like flows, and mouth shape changed pressure only slightly.
• SLPCohort2017Parent-Endorsed Sex Differences in Toddlers with and Without ASD: Utilizing the M-CHAT.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAt 18 months, parents reported fewer failed M-CHAT items for girls without ASD than boys, but more failed items for girls with ASD than boys. Item patterns changed after accounting for total failures.
• SLPOther2017The Effect of False Vocal Folds on Laryngeal Flow Resistance in a Tubular Three-dimensional Computational Laryngeal Model.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationFalse vocal folds lowered simulated airflow resistance by 3.05% and reduced simulated noise in a computer model of human voice production. This was not a patient trial, so it does not show a therapy works.
• SLPCohort2017Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Sotos Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn 78 people with Sotos syndrome, 65 had parent-reported autism symptom scores in a clinical range. Restricted interests and repetitive behaviour scores were higher than social communication scores. Gender did not affect severity.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2017Traumatic brain injury caregivers: A qualitative analysis of spouse and parent perspectives on quality of life.Neuropsychological rehabilitationParents describe returning to parenting a child and fear for the future, while partners report losing intimacy and the stress of making decisions alone. Both groups feel isolated and overwhelmed. These distinct burdens mean you should assess parents and spouses separately rather than treating all caregivers as one group.
• OTSLPCohort2017Predictors of Parent Responsiveness to 1-Year-Olds At-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents of 12-month-olds at risk for autism who were less responsive to sensory input and communicated less tended to talk less and play more physically. This shift may reduce verbal language input during a critical period for communication development.
• SLPOther2017Validation and Evaluation of the Effects of Semi-Occluded Face Mask Straw Phonation Therapy Methods on Aerodynamic Parameters in Comparison to Traditional Methods.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationAdding a face mask to a tube and airflow system did not change the pressure and flow needed to start vocal fold vibration in excised dog larynges. It may allow continuous speech, but that was not tested in people.
• SLPPilot2016Brief Report: Evaluation of an Intelligent Learning Environment for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersA gaze-based prompt system was tolerated by all 16 young children in a pilot. Toddlers with ASD turned toward their name on every trial, usually after one name call. It shows feasibility, not proven therapy.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2016Hearing Instruments for Unilateral Severe-to-Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Ear and hearingHearing devices for adults with one severely deaf ear can improve speech in some noisy setups and reduce self-reported listening difficulty, but they do not reliably restore sound location and can worsen speech when noise is on the deaf side.
• PTOTSLPPilot2016Global cognitive function and processing speed are associated with gait and balance dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn 14 people with Parkinson's, lower global cognitive scores correlated with slower walking and more sway. Processing speed specifically linked to turning difficulty. No control group and tiny sample mean these associations are hypotheses, not evidence of cause.
• SLPOther2016Changes in the Compressive Nonlinearity of the Cochlea During Early Aging: Estimates From Distortion OAE Input/Output Functions.Ear and hearingMiddle-aged ears showed less cochlear compression than young ears. The response grew over a wider range of sound levels before flattening. Hearing thresholds partly explained it, but age still accounted for changes at some frequencies.
• SLPSurvey2016Tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy in a UK National Health Service audiology department: Patients' evaluations of the effectiveness of treatments.International journal of audiologyPatients with tinnitus or hyperacusis rated counselling highest, then education and CBT. Sound generators and hearing aids were rated less positively, and their contribution could not be separated from the counselling and education given with them.
• SLPOther2016Test-Retest Reliability of the Binaural Interaction Component of the Auditory Brainstem Response.Ear and hearingIn guinea pigs, raw binaural auditory brainstem amplitudes varied across sessions. Dividing the binaural amplitude by the monaural response strength let 20% curve changes be detected; raw amplitudes needed more than 50% reduction or a two-fold increase.
• SLPOther2016A Group-Administered social Skills Training for 8- to 12- Year-Old, high-Functioning Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Evaluation of its Effectiveness in a Naturalistic Outpatient Treatment Setting.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn high-functioning children with ASD, group social skills training increased parent and teacher ratings versus waiting list, and gains remained at 3 months. Loneliness did not decrease more than waiting list.
• PTOTSLPCohort2017Effects of taekwondo intervention on cognitive function and academic self-efficacy in children.Journal of physical therapy scienceTaekwondo training improved Stroop Color-Word scores and self-confidence in children, but did not significantly change most other cognitive or self-efficacy measures. The study lacked an active exercise control, so benefits cannot be separated from general physical activity.
• SLPSurvey2017"Frank" presentations as a novel research construct and element of diagnostic decision-making in autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMost ASD diagnosticians recognise a rapid, clear 'frank' presentation in about 40% of their patients. Clinicians form these impressions quickly, often within 10 minutes, primarily through observed social and repetitive behaviors. This suggests experience shapes diagnostic intuition, though it requires careful checking against formal criteria.
• SLPOther2017Silence and Voicing Accumulations in Italian Primary School Teachers With and Without Voice Disorders.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationTeachers with organic voice disorders voiced more of their workday, especially in 0.17 to 3.15 second stretches, and had less silence in 3.16 to 10 second pauses. The study did not test whether changing these patterns improves voice.
• SLPOther2017Finding the experts in the crowd: Validity and reliability of crowdsourced measures of children's gradient speech contrasts.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsCrowdsourced listeners rating children's 'r' sounds on a visual scale agreed with acoustic measurements. However, individual raters varied widely in quality. Screening raters for consistency across repeated trials improved the reliability of results, especially when using small groups.
• SLPRCT2017Motor-based treatment with and without ultrasound feedback for residual speech-sound errors.International journal of language & communication disordersMotor-based therapy with or without ultrasound feedback produced similar average gains in /ɹ/ accuracy for 12 children. While group results showed no advantage for either method, individual responses varied: some children benefited from the visual feedback, while others did not.
• SLPCohort2017Longitudinal development of communication in children with cerebral palsy between 24 and 53 months: Predicting speech outcomes.Developmental neurorehabilitationChildren with cerebral palsy who were not yet talking at age 2 were highly likely to remain unable to speak at age 4. For those who did begin speaking, earlier onset predicted faster gains in intelligibility and sentence length. Later starters showed persistent speech difficulties through preschool.
• OTSLPOther2016Brief Report: Prevalence of Self-injurious Behaviors among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Population-Based Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders27.7% of 8-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder in selected areas of the United States had documented self-injury, and prevalence varied widely by site. Ask about head banging, hair pulling, arm biting, eye poking, and skin scratching, especially with cognitive or adaptive delays.
• SLPNarrative Review2016The Physiological Basis and Clinical Use of the Binaural Interaction Component of the Auditory Brainstem Response.Ear and hearingThe binaural interaction component may help identify binaural hearing problems behind difficulty understanding speech in noise, but it is not yet a ready-made clinical test.
• SLPOther2016Hearing thresholds, tinnitus, and headphone listening habits in nine-year-old children.International journal of audiologyMany children had hearing thresholds of 20 dB HL or more at one or more frequencies, especially at 6 and 8 kHz. Regular headphone use was associated with worse right-ear thresholds, and tinnitus was associated with poorer hearing in both ears.
• SLPOther2016Ratings of Broader Autism Phenotype and Personality Traits in Optimal Outcomes from Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren who no longer met autism criteria were rated by unfamiliar raters as more talkative and assertive than typically developing peers, yet more likely to get sidetracked in conversation, lose their point, and talk too much.
• SLPOther2016Comparing the Accuracy and Speed of Manual and Tracking Methods of Measuring Hearing Thresholds.Ear and hearingThe standard manual method and an automated tracking method produced similar hearing thresholds, but the manual method was faster. Two participants took very long with tracking.
• SLPSurvey2017Variables associated with communicative participation in Parkinson's disease and its relationship to measures of health-related quality-of-life.International journal of speech-language pathologyIn 378 people with Parkinson's disease, self-reported participation in daily communication was linked to perceived speech difficulty, speech use, cognition, emotion, fatigue, swallowing, age, sex and country. A communication-specific measure added information beyond quality-of-life scales.
• SLPOther2017Effects of insertion depth on spatial speech perception in noise for simulations of cochlear implants and single-sided deafness.International journal of audiologyIn simulated single-sided deafness, adding a cochlear implant side helped mainly when speech and noise came from different places. Deeper insertion improved that benefit, but it stayed far below normal hearing.
• PTOTSLPCohort2017Correlations between slow-rate repetitive nerve stimulation and characteristics associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Chinese patients.Journal of physical therapy scienceSlow repetitive nerve stimulation showed abnormal electrical drops in 54% of ALS patients, mostly in neck muscles. Those with these drops progressed faster. However, the test was less sensitive than in myasthenia gravis, limiting its standalone diagnostic value.
• SLPOther2017Dog or chien? Translation equivalents in the receptive and expressive vocabularies of young French-English bilinguals.Journal of child languageFrench-English bilingual toddlers' cross-language word pairs grew from 48.53% to 61.15% of known words by 2;6, and balanced word growth predicted more. Parents over-reported comprehension by 16%, so direct assessment matters.
• SLPOther2017Investigating the Receptive-Expressive Vocabulary Profile in Children with Idiopathic ASD and Comorbid ASD and Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersA meaningful relative weakness in understanding words was not more common in boys with idiopathic ASD than boys with fragile X and ASD, but boys with idiopathic ASD had larger average gaps between understanding and spoken words. Assess both.
• SLPSystematic Review2016A Review of Dysphagia Presentation and Intervention Following Traumatic Spinal Injury: An Understudied Population.DysphagiaTraumatic cervical spine injury cases showed aspiration, pharyngeal residue, reduced pharyngeal movement, and decreased hyolaryngeal elevation. Reported care used tube feeding, diet texture changes, swallowing strategies, and steroids or antibiotics. The evidence was mainly case reports, so it does not prove these treatments work.
• SLPOther2016Understanding the Viscosity of Liquids used in Infant Dysphagia Management.DysphagiaMost infant formulas and breastmilk remain thin after adding powdered barium, but Enfamil AR formulas and pre-mixed Liquid E-Z-Paque behave differently. Check the exact product and preparation before assuming a thin liquid.
• OTSLPRCT2016A randomized problem-solving trial for adolescent brain injury: Changes in social competence.Rehabilitation psychologyA web-based problem-solving program did not improve social competence overall. However, it helped specific subgroups: younger teens with moderate injuries and older teens with severe injuries showed gains on parent-rated social skills. These improvements did not extend to measures of actual social participation.
• SLPQualitative2016Experiences of hearing loss and views towards interventions to promote uptake of rehabilitation support among UK adults.International journal of audiologyMost participants delayed seeking hearing support because they did not recognize their symptoms or feared stigma, not because of service barriers. A national screening program and professional training were viewed as the most acceptable interventions.