SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPOther2023Evaluation of Two Spectro-Temporal Ripple Tests and Their Relation to the Matrix Speech-in-Noise Sentence Test in Cochlear Implant Recipients.Ear and hearingTwo ripple tests both predicted speech-in-noise scores equally well, despite one being faster. However, many participants scored above the limit where the cochlear implant can accurately transmit these signals, meaning the tests may be measuring artifacts rather than true hearing resolution.
• SLPOther2024Predictability Associated With Reduction in Phonetic Signals Without Semantics-The Case of Glossolalia.Language and speechGlossolalia syllables are not random. Frequent and predictable syllables are spoken faster and shorter, mirroring natural speech patterns. This suggests motor programs for syllables are shaped by practice frequency, not meaning, offering a model for studying speech planning without semantics.
• SLPOther2024Perceptual Sensitivity to Tonal Alignment in Nuer.Language and speechNuer speakers distinguished tonal timing differences as small as 19 ms. This fine-grained sensitivity was highest for short vowels, where timing shifts altered the pitch contour over the vowel more dramatically than in long vowels.
• PTOTSLPMeta-Analysis2024Effects of physical exercise interventions on balance, postural stability and general mobility in Parkinson's disease: a network meta-analysis.Journal of rehabilitation medicineBalance exercises were the only intervention to improve all measured outcomes of mobility and stability. Dance, alternative exercises like Tai Chi, and resistance training also showed significant benefits. Combining these elements in a multimodal programme is likely more effective than any single exercise type alone.
• OTSLPOther2024Transitions Pop-ups: Co-designing client-centred support for disabled youth transitioning to adult life.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesDisabled youth, families and service providers wanted transition support to start early, connect with peers, and complete one task at a time. The resulting Transitions Pop-ups model offers targeted sessions with adult services, not proof that it improves transition outcomes.
• SLPCase Series2024Playing With Fire Compounds: The Tonal Accents of Compounds in (North) Norwegian Preschoolers' Role-Play Register.Language and speechNorth Norwegian preschoolers in role-play used the correct pitch contours of the Oslo dialect but applied the wrong tonal accents to compound words. They treated all compounds as having the same accent, mirroring their home dialect rather than the target variety.
• SLPOther2024Associations Among Sex, Cognitive Ability, and Autism Symptoms in Individuals with Down Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersNo clear difference in autism classification or symptom severity between males and females with Down syndrome. In females, verbal and nonverbal cognitive scores were related to autism severity; in males, they were not.
• SLPQualitative2023"They Were Saying That I Was a Typical Chinese Mum" : Chinese Parents' Experiences of Parent-Teacher Partnerships for Their Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChinese parents of autistic children in Australia described teachers as caring but hard to trust. They wanted frank updates, honest negative information, and ways to see how their child was doing at school.
• SLPOther2023Investigating the Influence of Autism Spectrum Traits on Face Processing Mechanisms in Developmental Prosopagnosia.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdults with developmental prosopagnosia and high autism traits show the same face recognition and perception deficits as those with low traits. The high-trait group had worse emotion recognition from eyes and different brain activity in social processing regions, but their core face blindness profile was not distinct.
• SLPCohort2023Associations Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Audiometric Hearing: Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Ear and hearingHigher blood pressure and overall cardiovascular risk were linked to faster hearing-test decline over follow-up in both sexes. Diabetes, current smoking, and more risk factors were linked to worse baseline hearing. These are associations, not proof that treating risk factors prevents hearing loss.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2023Telehealth Delivery in Part C Early Intervention: Provider and Caregiver Perspectives.Journal of autism and developmental disordersEarly intervention telehealth shifted sessions toward coaching caregivers and away from direct child work. Providers and caregivers reported lost session time, fewer goals, technology burdens, and child disengagement, alongside convenience and safety. These are experiences, not outcome evidence.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Social-Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Emotion Perception in Daily Life and in a Formal Assessment Context.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with ASD, ADHD, and DLD showed similar delays in emotion discrimination and high rates of behavioural problems. Poor voice tone discrimination was linked to having no friends, affecting 32% of the clinical group. These difficulties appeared regardless of specific diagnosis.
• SLPCase-Control2023Individual Differences in Multisensory Attention Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Predict Language and Symptom Severity: Evidence from the Multisensory Attention Assessment Protocol (MAAP).Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn 21 children with autism and 21 matched controls, shorter looking at faces and slower shifting from distractions were linked to poorer language and more severe symptoms. These are associations, not evidence that attention training helps.
• SLPCohort2023Aided Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in Infants With Frequency-Specific Synthetic Speech Stimuli: Sensitivity, Repeatability, and Feasibility.Ear and hearingAided cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) are feasible and acceptable for infants aged 3 to 7 months. A single test session misses many audible responses, but repeating the test significantly improves detection rates. Consistent non-detection across repeated tests indicates true lack of audibility.
• SLPCohort2023Race and Gender Influences the Presentation of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.DysphagiaAfrican American patients with eosinophilic esophagitis were diagnosed younger and had fewer esophageal furrows than White patients. Males were diagnosed earlier than females and showed more abnormal endoscopic findings. These differences persisted after adjusting for confounders.
• SLPNarrative Review2024Sources of Misinterpretation in the Input and Their Implications for Language Intervention With English-Speaking Children.American journal of speech-language pathologyPreschoolers with DLD may interpret subject plus nonfinite verb sequences and frequent bare verb stems as acceptable forms. The review suggests pairing statements with questions and using many different verbs, but these are not tested fixes.
• SLPSystematic Review2024Speech changes in old age: Methodological considerations for speech-based discrimination of healthy ageing and Alzheimer's disease.International journal of language & communication disordersSpeech timing and pausing distinguish Alzheimer's from healthy ageing better than other speech features. Tasks with higher cognitive load, like recalling memories, reveal these differences more clearly. Automated analysis shows promise for screening, but it cannot diagnose Alzheimer's on its own.
• SLPOther2024A Preliminary Study Characterizing Subcortical and Cortical Auditory Processing and Their Relation to Autistic Traits and Sensory Features.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBrainstem responses to repeated speech sounds did not differ between autistic and typically developing children matched on age and non-verbal reasoning. Autistic children had larger early brain responses to speech sounds and faster responses to a change between sounds.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2024Social support needs of caregivers rearing children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities at home in Japan.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesCaregivers of children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities most urgently need more places to leave their children for care. They also asked for help with medical tasks at home, support for siblings, and plans for when the caregivers themselves grow old.
• SLPCohort2024Dynamic suprahyoid muscle ultrasound in assessing oropharyngeal dysphagia in neurological disorders.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineDynamic ultrasound of the suprahyoid muscles distinguished patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia from healthy controls. Combining muscle displacement and total duration achieved 93.3% sensitivity and a 95.6% negative predictive value, suggesting potential as a bedside screening tool.
• OTSLPCohort2024Exploring the Symptom Profiles of Intolerance of Uncertainty in Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents reported that autistic children struggled more with the emotional distress of uncertainty than with the thoughts or behaviors. This pattern held even when anxiety was absent. Screening for feelings of stress, inability to relax, and sleep problems may identify children needing emotion regulation support.
• SLPCohort2024The association between longitudinal declines in speech sound accuracy and speech intelligibility in speakers with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsIn 21 speakers with ALS, intelligibility dropped sharply when phoneme accuracy fell below 75%. Consonant errors hurt intelligibility more than vowel errors, especially for fricatives and affricates. For those already below 75% accuracy, improving phoneme scores may not help intelligibility.
• SLPQualitative2024Exploring the valued outcomes of school-based speech-language therapy services: a sequential iterative design.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesFamilies valued coordinated care and access to services for all students, while therapists prioritized building teacher capacity and supporting literacy. Educators focused on practical strategies for individual students. These groups rarely agreed on which outcomes mattered most, highlighting a gap between clinical goals and family needs.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Surface Electromyography for Evaluating the Effect of Aging on the Coordination of Swallowing Muscles.DysphagiaIn healthy older adults, swallowing muscles coordinate less tightly as age increases, but only when swallowing a large 30 ml gulp. Small sips showed no age-related change. This suggests stress testing with larger volumes is needed to detect early aging effects on swallowing coordination.
• SLPOther2023The Influence of Caregiver Language on the Association Between Child Temperament and Spoken Language in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.Ear and hearingIn 59 deaf and hard-of-hearing children, caregiver word variety was linked to better comprehension. When caregivers used fewer different words, children with better self-control scored higher; when they used many different words, self-control mattered less.
• SLPCohort2023Impact of Quantitative Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Measures on Clinical Interpretation and Recommendations by Speech-Language Pathologists.DysphagiaMeasured timings and distances on swallowing videos helped speech-language pathologists identify more impairments and recommend more exercises than usual subjective viewing. Agreement between different ways of reading the videos remained low.
• SLPOther2023Postoperative Impedance-Based Estimation of Cochlear Implant Electrode Insertion Depth.Ear and hearingAn impedance-based model estimated cochlear implant electrode depth without CT, with an average error of 0.88 mm, about half the 2.1 mm electrode spacing, in 47 fully inserted cases. With one, two, or three electrodes outside the cochlea, average errors were 2.7 mm, 4.6 mm, and 5.2 mm.
• PTOTSLPRCT2023Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined with Conventional Swallowing Rehabilitation Training on Post-stroke Dysphagia.DysphagiaAdding 1 mA tDCS to standard swallowing therapy improved swallowing scores more than standard therapy alone at 3 months. However, both groups received extensive concurrent treatments, so the specific benefit of tDCS cannot be isolated from the rest of the care.
• SLPQualitative2023Capability of Children with Hearing Devices: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationIn interviews, 34 children with hearing devices described doing many of the same things as 30 typical hearing peers, but needed devices, family support, school settings, and acceptance to keep doing them.
• SLPCase-Control2023Typewriter Tinnitus: Value of ABR as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Indicator.Ear and hearingIn patients with typewriter tinnitus, auditory brainstem response tests showed delayed wave conduction. This pattern helped distinguish the condition from ordinary tinnitus. Patients with a specific delay over 2.4 milliseconds were more likely to have symptoms return after stopping medication.
• SLPCohort2023Neural Correlates of Individual Differences in Speech-in-Noise Performance in a Large Cohort of Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingIn cochlear implant users, a larger brain response to the target word predicted better single-word recognition in noise, even after accounting for age and residual hearing. However, this neural measure did not predict sentence recognition in noise, which was instead explained by device duration and hearing preservation.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Distinct Neurodevelopmental Trajectories in Groups of Very Preterm Children Screening Positively for Autism Spectrum Conditions.Journal of autism and developmental disordersVery preterm toddlers who failed two or more critical M-CHAT items had smaller brainstem and cerebellar volumes at term-equivalent age and more autism traits at age 4-7 than those who screened negative. The critical positive group also showed the most severe developmental delay.
• SLPRCT2024Stepped-Care Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Children on the Autism Spectrum with Co-occurring Anxiety.Journal of autism and developmental disordersStepped CBT helped autistic children with anxiety. Twenty-four percent improved after brief parent-led therapy. Among those who also needed therapist-led sessions, fifty-two percent improved. High dropout occurred, but families reported good satisfaction with the program.
• OTSLPRCT2024Effectiveness of a Robot-Assisted Psychological Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersRobot-assisted sessions did not clearly outperform therapist-only sessions. Both groups improved on autism symptoms, social cognition, inhibition and parent-reported problems, but the autism symptom change was too small to matter clinically.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Spatial Neglect: An Exploration of Clinical Assessment Behaviour in Stroke Rehabilitation.Clinical rehabilitationStroke clinicians rarely use standardised spatial neglect assessments because they view it as a visual problem rather than a multisensory one. They lack knowledge of functional tools and feel assessment is outside their scope. Barriers include time, cost, and equipment. Clinicians want short, flexible tests and online training with practical demos.
• SLPOther2024Rethinking the clinical utility of distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) signal-to-noise ratio.International journal of audiologyDPOAE SNR values stayed similar across four trials, but they varied more than DPOAE levels did. For monitoring cochlear change, DPOAE levels are less variable.
• SLPSurvey2024Sleep Problems Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, and Typical Development.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism spectrum disorder had more parent-reported sleep problems than children with Down syndrome or typical development. During the pandemic, children went to bed and woke later and had more night awakenings.
• SLPCohort2024Community-based Agency Delivery of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Comparing Outcomes for Children with and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Developmental Delays.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism or developmental delay did not differ from other children in parent-child interaction therapy length, graduation or parent-reported disruptive behavior change. Both groups improved after at least four sessions.
• SLPOther2024Adaptation at the Syntax-Semantics Interface: Evidence From a Vernacular Structure.Language and speechThe study found that native English speakers unfamiliar with a specific vernacular grammar structure rapidly learned its intended meaning after brief exposure. This was a laboratory experiment on language processing mechanisms, not a clinical trial.
• PTOTSLPMeta-Analysis2024Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation alone and in combination with rehabilitation therapies on gait and balance among individuals with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationtDCS improved walking rhythm and reduced freezing of gait, but did not significantly change walking speed or stride length. It also helped balance on the Timed Up and Go test. No single optimal protocol for dose or placement has been established.
• SLPSurvey2023Development and Validation of a Brief Version of the Vanderbilt Fatigue Scale for Adults: The VFS-A-10.Ear and hearingA 10-item scale showed stable listening-fatigue ratings over about a month and higher scores in adults with self-reported hearing loss than adults without. It does not prove treatment works.
• SLPPilot2023Effects of Device-Facilitated Lingual Strengthening Therapy on Dysphagia Related Outcomes in Patients Post-Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.DysphagiaDevice tongue exercise added to usual care did not improve the main tongue-pressure outcome more than usual care. Patients who added it did have better oral intake at 8 weeks, but this was a small pilot, and both groups improved over time.
• SLPCohort2023Prevalence of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska.Ear and hearingAmong rural Alaska Native children aged 3 to 21 years, hearing loss was 10.5% by the older WHO cutoff and 23.4% by the newer cutoff in children aged 7 and older. Middle ear disease was common in youngest, high-frequency loss increased with age.
• SLPOther2023The Relationship Between Cochlear Implant Speech Perception Outcomes and Electrophysiological Measures of the Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential.Ear and hearingIn 24 cochlear implant users, a nerve-response measure of how well the implant stimulates the hearing nerve best predicted speech scores, especially in noise. Faster nerve recovery also helped. These measures may guide expectations, not change programming.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Assessing Prevalence and Characteristics of Oro-bulbar Involvement in Children and Adults with SMA Type 2 and 3 Using a Multimodal Approach.DysphagiaOro-bulbar impairment is common in SMA types 2 and 3, particularly reduced mouth opening and tongue strength in children and non-ambulant adults. Objective tests often reveal problems that patients do not report, so clinicians should assess swallowing function directly rather than relying on patient complaints.
• SLPCohort2023The Influence of Bilingual Language Exposure on the Narrative, Social and Pragmatic Abilities of School-Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum.Journal of autism and developmental disordersNarrative story structure was similar in bilingual and monolingual children on the autism spectrum. Social skills also showed no group difference. More balanced language exposure was linked to higher nonliteral language scores.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Factors associated with acute care service use after epilepsy hospitalisation in people with intellectual disability.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRHospital readmission and emergency presentations after epilepsy admission were common in people with intellectual disability, especially those with self-harm history, mental or developmental disorders, asthma, longer stays, or incarceration history.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Examining the Outcomes of Project ECHO® as an Interprofessional Community of Practice for Pediatric Feeding Clinicians.DysphagiaClinicians working with pediatric feeding disorders reported significantly higher confidence after joining a virtual case-based learning network. The program was highly rated for its practical, interactive format, which participants preferred over traditional lectures. Fewer requests for external clinical advice were observed during the program period.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Collegiate student-athletes concussion knowledge and attitudes: what a difference a decade Makes.Brain injuryIncoming college athletes showed a small increase in concussion knowledge but a large, safer shift in attitudes over a decade. Clinicians should focus education on reporting behaviors and correcting myths about imaging, rather than basic symptom recognition.
• SLPPilot2024Preliminary feasibility and effectiveness of a novel community language intervention for preschool children in the United Kingdom.International journal of language & communication disordersThe main language outcomes did not show a clear group difference: expressive and receptive vocabulary did not improve more in the intervention group than controls. Joint attention improved more, but this was a secondary measure.