SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPOther2024The historical demography of the Martha's Vineyard signing community.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationHistorical records suggest the Martha’s Vineyard signing community formed around 1785 in Chilmark, not earlier. Deaf islanders then connected quickly to Hartford’s school for the deaf, and ASL contact likely changed the local sign language.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Digital citizenship of children and youth with autism: Developing guidelines and strategies for caregivers and clinicians to support healthy use of screens.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceExperts and caregivers agreed on 64 strategies for managing screen time in autistic children, shifting focus from strict time limits to content quality and family values. They resolved conflicts by adding flexibility, such as using separate devices for learning only if financially feasible.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024An observational study of parental language during play and mealtime in toddlers at variable likelihood for autism.Journal of child languageParents spoke more and used more directives during play, while mealtime drew out more questions and descriptive adjectives. For toddlers at elevated likelihood for autism, parental language did not differ from lower-likelihood peers based on status alone, but varied with the child's specific skills.
• SLPCohort2024Maternal obesity and diabetes during pregnancy and early autism screening score at well-child visits in standard clinical practice.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceChildren of mothers with obesity or diabetes during pregnancy scored higher on autism screening at 18-24 months. These links held even for children who were not later diagnosed with autism, suggesting these prenatal exposures associate with broader social and behavioral differences.
• SLPSurvey2024Checklist of relevant ICF categories for speech and language development.CoDASParents and speech-language pathologists disagreed on which factors matter most for typical preschool language development. Pathologists rated mental functions and language acquisition higher. Parents rated environmental factors, like nuclear family and health services, as more relevant.
• OTSLPOther2024Enhancing stakeholder roles in autism early interventions in the United States: A stakeholder-driven research agenda.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults, parents, and providers set an autism early intervention research agenda. Communication, diagnosis, access, lifespan, and policy were shared priorities. It is a research direction list, not proof any treatment works.
• SLPSurvey2024Self-perception of voice, hearing, and general health in screening for voice changes in older women.CoDASAmong 95 older women, 44 screened positive for voice disorders. These women rated their voice, hearing, and general health worse than those who screened negative. They also reported more sore throats, sinusitis, and respiratory allergies. Age, education, smoking, and hydration were not linked to the screening result.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2024Perceptions and Bias of Small Business Leaders in Employing People with Different Types of Disabilities.Journal of occupational rehabilitationSmall business owners and managers said they were least likely to hire someone who is blind and most likely to hire someone with a physical disability. Their top concern was fear of legal trouble when disciplining staff, not accommodation costs or customer reactions.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Cerebral palsy pain instruments: Recommended tools for clinical research studies by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Cerebral Palsy Common Data Elements project.Developmental medicine and child neurologyFifteen pain assessment tools are recommended for children with cerebral palsy, but none are classified as core. Most tools target school-aged children who can self-report, leaving significant gaps for non-verbal patients and those with communication challenges.
• SLPOther2023Autistic adults benefit from and enjoy learning via social interaction as much as neurotypical adults do.Molecular autismAutistic adults learned more unfamiliar facts from live video calls with a teacher than from recorded videos, and they enjoyed live learning more. Their gains matched neurotypical adults, so live online learning may be better than pre-recorded videos.
• SLPQualitative2023Lockdown Experiences and Views on Future Research Participation of Autistic Adults in the UK During the First 6 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Autism in adulthoodAutistic adults found the UK lockdown both relieving and unsettling. Reduced social demands helped, but broken routines and unclear rules raised anxiety. They wanted flexible, chosen online or face-to-face ways to communicate, access services and take part in research.
• PTOTSLPOther2023A neuropsychological rehabilitation service delivery model for South African adults with acquired brain injury (RSDM-SA).Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesThis paper proposes a service model for South Africa that shifts neuropsychological rehabilitation from hospitals to homes and communities. It suggests training local facilitators to deliver low-cost strategies like using cellphones for memory aids and group support, rather than relying on expensive clinic-based equipment.
• SLPCohort2024Baseline Conceptual-Semantic Impairment Predicts Longitudinal Treatment Effects for Anomia in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Alzheimer's Disease.AphasiologyBaseline conceptual-semantic impairment, not diagnosis, predicts anomia treatment success. Patients with broad conceptual deficits benefited more from lexical treatment, while those with intact conceptual processing benefited more from semantic treatment. This pattern emerged over time, suggesting treatment selection should rely on specific cognitive profiles rather than PPA subtype.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Changes in physical activity level during hospitalization in patients with stroke and those with fracture: a prospective longitudinal study.Journal of physical therapy scienceDuring rehabilitation, both stroke and fracture patients spent less time sitting and more time moving. The biggest gain was in light activity during non-therapy hours. However, total activity remained far below WHO guidelines, suggesting the hospital environment itself limits movement regardless of diagnosis.
• SLPOther2024Electrophysiological Measures of Listening-in-Noise With and Without Remote Microphone System Use in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth.Ear and hearingNo differences were found between autistic and non-autistic youth. A remote microphone system improved syllable identification accuracy in babble noise to quiet levels, but response speed did not improve and brain responses remained delayed.
• SLPOther2024Quantifying the Impact of Auditory Deafferentation on Speech Perception.Trends in hearingSimulated hearing nerve damage showed that speech perception in noise worsens significantly only when 90% or more of the auditory nerve connections are lost. This explains why patients with normal hearing tests can struggle in noise without having obvious nerve damage from aging.
• SLPOther2024Fostering retention of word learning: The number of training sessions children retrieve words positively relates to post-training retention.Journal of child languageWords successfully retrieved by children across three or four training sessions showed better one-month retention than words retrieved in fewer sessions. Retrieval across five sessions did not improve retention beyond three or four. Continuing to test a word after initial success supports long-term memory.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Attention and motor profiles in children with developmental coordination disorder: A neuropsychological and neuroimaging investigation.Developmental medicine and child neurologyChildren with developmental coordination disorder showed impaired attention, processing speed, and executive functioning regardless of motor severity or ADHD status. MRI scans linked poorer gross motor skills to reduced surface area in the left posterior cingulate and altered left corticospinal tract structure.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2024Exoskeleton-based exercises for overground gait and balance rehabilitation in spinal cord injury: a systematic review of dose and dosage parameters.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationMost studies using exoskeletons for walking and balance in spinal cord injury reported improvements. Typical effective protocols involved 60-minute sessions, three times a week, for eight to twelve weeks. However, study designs varied widely, and many did not report training intensity or dropouts.
• OTSLPCohort2024Changes in the severity of autism symptom domains are related to mental health challenges during middle childhood.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceChildren whose social communication symptoms worsened had increasing anxiety and ADHD. Those whose repetitive behaviors decreased had higher anxiety at age 11. Worsening social symptoms and reducing repetitive behaviors were both linked to more mental health challenges.
• OTSLPCohort2023Habituation of auditory responses in young autistic and neurotypical children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchYoung autistic children showed less brain habituation to repeated sounds than neurotypical peers, but this neural difference did not match caregiver-reported sound sensitivity. Clinicians should not assume these lab findings explain a child's everyday noise distress.
• SLPOther2024Effect of inter-aural temporal envelope differences on inter-aural time difference thresholds for amplitude modulated noise.CoDASWhen the left ear's sound envelope is less detailed than the right, the brain needs a larger time gap to tell which side a sound came from. Therapists should ensure hearing devices match envelope details between ears to help patients localize sound.
• SLPOther2024Head and Eye Movements Reveal Compensatory Strategies for Acute Binaural Deficits During Sound Localization.Trends in hearingAcute right ear plugging significantly degraded sound localization accuracy for both stationary and moving sounds. Participants shifted from using eye movements to relying on head turns toward the unplugged left ear, yet this compensatory strategy failed to restore performance.
• SLPOther2024The Non-Speech Oral Movement Assessment for Children.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)Typically developing Dutch children aged 2 to 8 were assessed on 34 non-speech oral movements. Most items showed moderate-to-excellent reliability and clear age-related improvement. Reference values allow clinicians to judge if a child's oral motor skills are typical for their age.
• SLPOther2024The Right-Ear Advantage in Static and Dynamic Cocktail-Party Situations.Trends in hearingRight-ear advantage for speech is stronger when listening is hard. In noisy, switching conversations, people heard right-side talkers better than left-side ones. This asymmetry grew with cognitive load and signal distortion, suggesting the brain prioritizes right-side input when attention is strained.
• SLPSurvey2024Noise-induced hearing loss and hearing protection: Attitudes at a South African coal mine.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsCoal miners reported strong knowledge of hearing loss risks and high intention to wear protection. However, 86% found earmuffs uncomfortable, and self-reported compliance may overestimate actual use, as observed rates in similar studies are often lower than reported.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Introducing Mechanically Assisted Cough for Patients With Progressive Neurological Disease: Patient-Physical Therapist Interaction and Physical Therapist Perspective.Physical therapyIntroducing mechanically assisted cough works by building the patient's sense of security. Therapists should start with low pressure, match the patient's breathing, and involve family caregivers. The study describes how therapists approached this interaction, not whether it improved cough effectiveness or patient outcomes.
• PTSLPCohort2024Linking Oropharyngeal Swallowing Physiology and Functional Clinical Predictors in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsIn people with ALS, oral swallowing impairment worsened as respiratory function declined. However, the standard ALS functional rating scale did not predict swallowing severity, meaning global physical scores may miss specific oral and pharyngeal deficits.
• SLPOther2024A Comparison of Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scores among Individuals with Normal Hearing and Cochlear Implants.Ear and hearingAmong 75 cochlear implant users and 74 normal-hearing adults, hearing-adjusted scoring on a common cognitive screen raised average scores but did not erase the gap. The implant group still scored lower, and removing auditory items weakens the screen.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2024Application of the international classification of functioning, disability, and health to disability assessment for older people in China.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn 1,610 older Chinese adults, self-care and activity limits were the most severe disability dimensions overall. However, mild-to-moderate groups struggled most with emotion and spirit, while those with severe disability struggled most with self-care. Screening should adjust focus based on severity.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024'It wasn't the strategies on their own': Exploring caregivers' experiences of accessing services in the development of interventions for autistic people with intellectual disability.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceCaregivers of autistic children with severe intellectual disability described accessing support as a constant battle. They highlighted that effective help required individualised assessment, consistency, and collaboration, rather than generic strategies or medication alone. Families felt unsupported when services lacked connection and flexibility.
• SLPOther2023Quantifying the Occupational Voice Use of Teachers.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsFemale teachers used their voice 16.2% of monitored time during work and 8.2% off work. Teachers with voice disorders did not differ from healthy teachers in vocal dose measures.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Cognition, Academic Achievement, Adaptive Behavior, and Quality of Life in Child and Adolescent Boys with Klinefelter Syndrome.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPBoys with Klinefelter syndrome scored lower than matched peers on verbal skills, working memory, and daily adaptive behaviors. They also showed unique links between nonverbal reasoning and quality of life. Testosterone levels did not predict these outcomes in this peripubertal group.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Associations between early language, motor abilities, and later autism traits in infants with typical and elevated likelihood of autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn infants with a family history of autism, fine motor and expressive language skills influenced each other bidirectionally from 10 to 24 months. Lower receptive language at 24 months and lower gross motor at 36 months predicted higher autistic traits at age 3.
• SLPQualitative2024Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Challenge the Core Values of Traditional Audiology.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHROTC hearing aid regulations prioritize ease of use, accuracy, and safety, whereas traditional audiology prioritizes patient benefit. This shift means OTC devices may not be evaluated on the same clinical outcomes audiologists use, potentially leaving severe loss and children unserved.
• SLPOther2024Content validity of the Profiles of Early Expressive Phonological Skills-Brazilian Portuguese (PEEPS-BP) - Expanded List.CoDASThe PEEPS-BP Expanded List now contains 29 stimulus words for assessing vocabulary and phonology in Brazilian Portuguese children aged 24 to 36 months. Experts and mothers selected words familiar to this age group, and children confirmed the corresponding toys were recognizable.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Evidence-informed stakeholder consultations to promote rights-based approaches for children with disabilities.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesStakeholders agreed rights-based approaches matter but found academic language too broad to apply in daily practice. Youth reported their rights are limited by inaccessible transport and stigma. Clinicians should translate policy concepts into concrete, routine-focused supports rather than relying on high-level frameworks.
• OTSLPCohort2024Adaptive behaviour deficits in individuals with 3q29 deletion syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRAdaptive behaviour scores were substantially below typical in 32 individuals with 3q29del, especially daily living skills. Executive function tracked adaptive behaviour more closely than IQ, and more comorbid diagnoses were linked to lower scores.
• SLPCase Series2024Noun and Verb Impairment in Single-Word Naming and Discourse Production in Mandarin-English Bilingual Adults with Aphasia.AphasiologyMandarin-English bilingual adults with aphasia named nouns more accurately than verbs in both languages. In connected speech, they used more nouns than verbs overall, with the difference stronger in English. Naming scores related to discourse word choice.
• SLPSurvey2024Social self-efficacy and mental well-being in autistic adults: Exploring the role of social identity.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceIn 512 autistic adults, confidence socialising with groups they felt they belonged to was higher than with other groups and related to better mental well-being. The number of social identities did not explain this link.
• SLPOther2024Development of the Children's English and Spanish Speech Recognition Test: Psychometric Properties, Feasibility, Reliability, and Normative Data.Ear and hearingChildren could complete this English/Spanish picture-pointing speech recognition test, and scores were stable enough for initial norms. It does not yet show how children with hearing loss perform.
• SLPNarrative Review2024What's New in Ototoxicity Management?Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsThere are no original study findings here. This is a panel summary of ototoxicity care, not a report of methods or results.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Immersive VR for upper-extremity rehabilitation in patients with neurological disorders: a scoping review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationMost studies of immersive VR for arm rehabilitation reported improvements, but all were small, uncontrolled trials. Cybersickness was rarely measured. Treat this as evidence of feasibility, not proof that VR works better than standard therapy.
• SLPPilot2023The Selective Social Attention task in children with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT) feasibility study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchThe task was feasible in 23 of 25 children with autism and 25 of 26 controls. School-age children with autism looked less at scenes during direct speech and eye contact, and less at faces during direct speech and joint attention.
• OTSLPOther2023Characterizing subdomains of insistence on sameness in autistic youth.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchInsistence on sameness splits into three distinct types: arranging things 'just right', following routines for a goal, and imposing rituals on other people. Anxiety was the strongest predictor for all three types.
• SLPOther2023Auditory evoked potentials in adolescents with autism: An investigation of brain development, intellectual impairment, and neural encoding.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adolescents' early brain responses to repeated tones were smaller and less similar to same-age peers' average responses, especially with lower nonverbal intelligence. The pattern looked different, not simply younger.
• SLPCohort2023Frontal EEG alpha asymmetry in youth with autism: Sex differences and social-emotional correlates.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchYouth with autism showed no difference in frontal brain asymmetry compared to peers. However, specific brain activity patterns correlated with social difficulties in females and externalizing behaviors in males, suggesting sex-specific biological markers for behavioral challenges.
• SLPOther2024Speech-in-Noise Assessment in the Routine Audiologic Test Battery: Relationship to Perceived Auditory Disability.Ear and hearingWord recognition in quiet did not predict patients' perceived difficulty understanding speech in noise. Speech-in-noise testing and hearing thresholds did predict this disability, but many patients with normal test scores still reported significant trouble.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished.Trends in hearingOlder adults with hearing loss and impaired balance systems stood more steadily on foam when wearing hearing aids. The improvement was not linked to how long they had used the devices, suggesting the benefit comes from immediate access to environmental sound cues rather than long-term adaptation.
• SLPCohort2024Story Grammar Analyses Capture Discourse Improvement in the First 2 Years Following a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.American journal of speech-language pathologyAdults with severe TBI showed significant narrative improvements over the first 2 years. Story grammar analysis of a complex retell detected these gains early. Longer post-traumatic amnesia predicted poorer recovery, while higher education predicted better narrative structure.