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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• PTOTSLPCohort2024Pulmonary rehabilitation in follow-up and inpatient rehabilitation for Long COVID: twelve months of follow-up.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineLong COVID patients improved during 21-day pulmonary rehabilitation, but fatigue and mental health problems worsened again by follow-up. Among those employed at baseline, 86.9% of inpatient rehabilitation and 88.6% of follow-up rehabilitation patients had returned to work at 12 months.
• SLPSystematic Review2024Studies assessing domains pertaining to structural language in autism vary in reporting practices and approaches to assessment: A systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceResearch on language in autism is too inconsistent to guide practice. Studies use different definitions and tests, so findings cannot be compared. Clinicians should not assume a single assessment result reflects a patient's full language profile.
• SLPPilot2024Breathing mode assessment with thermography: a pilot study.CoDASInfrared thermography distinguished nasal from mouth breathing in four adults. Mouth temperatures were consistently higher than nose temperatures. The study suggests this non-contact method could objectively assess breathing mode, but the tiny sample means it is not yet a clinical tool.
• SLPCohort2024Assessment of verb and sentence processing deficits in stroke-induced aphasia: the Italian version of the Northwestern Assessment of Verbs and Sentences (NAVS-I).AphasiologyThe Italian NAVS-I accurately detects verb and sentence deficits in aphasia. The Verb Naming Test is the only subtest that distinguishes agrammatic from fluent aphasia, with agrammatic speakers struggling more with complex verbs. Non-canonical sentences were difficult for all groups.
• SLPCohort2024Increased anticholinergic medication use in middle-aged and older autistic adults and its associations with self-reported memory difficulties and cognitive decline.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMany middle-aged and older autistic adults took medications that block acetylcholine, and those taking more reported more everyday memory failures. Higher medication load was also associated with self-reported decline over follow-up, but not consistently.
• SLPSurvey2024Evaluating measures to assess loneliness in autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults said widely used loneliness questionnaires were not fully suitable. Items assumed non-autistic norms, missed online, pet or professional relationships, and unclear wording made absolute scores potentially misleading.
• SLPProtocol2024Towards a better diagnosis of mouth breathing: validity and reliability of a protocol for assessing the awake breathing pattern in preschool children.CoDASThe adapted awake breathing grid sorted children similarly to a mouth air sensor and was consistent between raters. It can confirm a preschool child's breathing pattern, but it is weaker for screening every mouth breather.
• SLPRCT2024Focusing on Positive Listening Experiences Improves Speech Intelligibility in Experienced Hearing Aid Users.Trends in hearingExperienced hearing aid users who texted a daily summary of positive listening experiences for two weeks improved their speech-in-noise scores significantly more than controls. The intervention asks users to actively notice and report good sounds, shifting focus away from difficulties.
• SLPNarrative Review2024Impaired oral health: a required companion of bacterial aspiration pneumonia.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPoor oral health and plaque biofilms are a required pillar of bacterial aspiration pneumonia in at-risk patients. Daily toothbrushing and organized professional oral care may reduce pneumonia, febrile days, and death.
• SLPCase Series2024Central auditory processing and self-perception questionnaire after acoustically controlled auditory training in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury.CoDASIn 10 people with mild TBI, some hearing-test scores and self-reported listening were better after 10 sound-booth training sessions. Self-reported gains matched some test gains, but not all. There was no control group, so training cannot be shown to have caused the changes.
• SLPOther2023Self-Report Measurement of Well-Being in Autistic Adults: Psychometric Properties of the PERMA Profiler.Autism in adulthoodThe PERMA Profiler reliably measures overall well-being in autistic adults, but its five separate subscales are not distinct. Clinicians should use the total score rather than individual domain scores. The measure works well for this group, though the Engagement subscale is weaker.
• SLPOther2023The biosocial correlates and predictors of emotion dysregulation in autistic adults compared to borderline personality disorder and nonclinical controls.Molecular autismAutistic adults reported higher emotion dysregulation than nonclinical controls, but lower than those with borderline personality disorder. Across all groups, borderline traits, emotional vulnerability and difficulty identifying feelings were the strongest predictors of dysregulation, not autism-specific traits.
• OTSLPCohort2024Impact of the Great Recession on Adults With Autism and Their Mothers.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesThe Great Recession caused an immediate spike in problem behaviors for autistic adults and depressive symptoms for their mothers. While employment and physical health remained stable, the recession halted the gradual improvement in behavior that had been occurring prior to 2007.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Co-design of a walking activity intervention for stroke survivors.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesStroke survivors rarely walk just for exercise. They need walking linked to valued social goals, supported by objective step feedback and carer involvement. A new co-design toolbox provides these elements, but efficacy is untested.
• SLPOther2024Agreement Between Two Behavioral Rating Scales in Preschoolers Born Very Preterm.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPIn preschoolers born very preterm, parent ratings on BASC and CBCL matched best for attention, hyperactivity, and overall behavior. They matched less for anxiety, depression, and physical complaints. Use clinical judgment rather than one scale alone.
• SLPOther2024Implications of Using the BRIEF-Preschool With School-Age Children With Down Syndrome.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesFor school-age children with Down syndrome, preschool executive-function scores based on cognitive or language age agreed with the school-age questionnaire on some parts, but not all, so use caution.
• SLPOther2024The Value of a Virtual Assistant to Improve Engagement in Computerized Cognitive Training at Home: Exploratory Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesHealthy older adults rated a Wizard-of-Oz virtual assistant during cognitive training more favorably than young adults, reporting better comprehension and less fatigue. This pilot confirms user interest in the interface but proves no cognitive benefit.
• SLPOther2024Language Skills Influence Transition Planning in Adolescents With Fragile X Syndrome.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesHigher language scores were linked to mothers reporting future work or education plans. Autism traits were not linked to these plans. 38.3% of mothers did not discuss work or education plans.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Relationship between bite force, occlusal contact area, and three-dimensional facial soft tissue in dentofacial deformities.CoDASPatients with Class II or Class III dentofacial deformities had significantly lower bite force and occlusal contact area than healthy controls. Increased chin height was associated with weaker bite force. These morphological deficits exist before surgery and may inform myofunctional therapy planning.
• SLPSurvey2024Parental perspectives on the impact of screen time on the language skills of typically developing Indian children.CoDASParents of Indian children aged 6 to 10 reported mixed effects of screen time on language. Most children used devices for 1 to 2 hours daily, often without limits. Supervised viewing and sharing experiences with parents were associated with better vocabulary and social communication.
• SLPOther2024On the Feasibility of Using Behavioral Listening Effort Test Methods to Evaluate Auditory Performance in Cochlear Implant Users.Trends in hearingListening effort tests detected group differences but failed to distinguish individual changes from normal test variability. Standard speech intelligibility tests were more reliable for identifying the best cochlear implant setting for a specific patient.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Experiences of chain of care and rehabilitation after stroke: a qualitative study of persons discharged to skilled nursing facilities before returning home.Journal of rehabilitation medicineStroke survivors discharged to skilled nursing facilities reported lacking information on fatigue and prevention, and felt excluded from rehabilitation planning. They valued immediate provision of aids upon returning home, but faced delays in mobility services and inconsistent training support.
• SLPNarrative Review2024Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans.Trends in hearingWhen standard hearing tests are normal, weaker measures of cochlear nerve input were sometimes linked to tinnitus and speech-in-noise difficulty, especially in older adults or people with noise exposure. This does not prove cause or a tested treatment.
• SLPCohort2024Does Intraoperative Extracochlear Electrocochleography Correlate With Postoperative Audiometric Hearing Thresholds in Cochlear Implant Surgery? A Retrospective Analysis of Cochlear Monitoring.Trends in hearingIntraoperative electrocochleography failed to predict postoperative hearing preservation. Threshold changes were minimal and unrelated to final hearing loss, while amplitude patterns showed no significant correlation. Clinicians should not rely on these signals to anticipate residual hearing outcomes.
• SLPPilot2024An Exploration of the Memory Performance in Older Adult Hearing Aid Users on the Integrated Digit-in-Noise Test.Trends in hearingA new hearing-in-noise test distinguishes older adults who fail cognitive screening from those who pass. It takes about five minutes, works on tablets, and does not require special training, offering a potential quick screen for memory issues in hearing aid users.
• SLPQualitative2024Muddles and puzzles: Metaphor use associated with disease progression in Primary Progressive Aphasia.AphasiologyPeople with Primary Progressive Aphasia and their families use specific metaphors that shift with disease progression and variant. For example, logopenic variant speakers moved from describing 'jumbles' to 'ghosts' as the condition advanced. Therapists should listen for these terms to gauge severity.
• SLPCohort2024Rapid Assessment of Tinnitus Complaints with a Modified Version of the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey.Trends in hearingThe THS-T 40 tinnitus subscale can effectively identify military service members who need clinical referral. Scores of 9 or higher suggest possible tinnitus problems, while scores of 15 or higher indicate definite need for evaluation. These cutoffs align with the longer TFI questionnaire.
• SLPCase Series2024Intracochlear Recording of Electrocochleography During and After Cochlear Implant Insertion Dependent on the Location in the Cochlea.Trends in hearingIn six cochlear implant patients, ongoing inner-ear responses were measurable during insertion. Shorter or medium depths showed responses that rose. Deeper insertions showed a rise then drop. Amplitude change alone cannot separate trauma from a contact that moved past the 500 Hz response site.
• SLPOther2024Transcription Decisions of Conjoined Independent Clauses Are Equitable Across Dialects but Impact Measurement Outcomes.Language, speech, and hearing services in schoolsSeparating conjoined clauses into single utterances reduces MLU scores, hiding grammar differences between children with and without DLD. This practice affects all dialects equally, so it is not inequitable, but it makes clinical status and age effects harder to detect.
• PTOTSLPRCT2024Effect of oculomotor exercises in patients with non-specific chronic neck pain and associated visual complaints.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liaoAdding oculomotor exercises to conventional physiotherapy for chronic neck pain improved gaze stability and reduced visual complaints. Pain and disability improved in both groups, but adding eye exercises did not provide extra benefit for these primary outcomes.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Utilization and features of rehabilitation and health services for persons with spinal cord injury.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineIn Swiss spinal cord injury rehab, nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy take the most time. Patients with higher cervical injuries and lower function receive far more services per day, while those with better function receive fewer.
• SLPOther2023Hearing Loss in Children: Critical Medical Education Delivered as Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsA free pediatric hearing loss course reached 6,556 learners in three years, with 1,540 completing it. Medical students said the shorter version improved their understanding of hearing loss, speech and language impact, and team care. It reports learner experience, not patient outcomes.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Receptive language and receptive-expressive discrepancy in minimally verbal autistic children and adolescents.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMost minimally verbal autistic children understood more than they could say. Social skills predicted comprehension, while better motor skills linked to a wider gap between understanding and speech. Assess receptive language with parent report, as direct tests often fail to capture ability.
• OTSLPCohort2024A longitudinal study of loneliness in autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities: Coping with loneliness from childhood through adulthood.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceLoneliness in autistic people and those with other neurodevelopmental disabilities increased significantly from adolescence into early adulthood. Participants who felt lonely as children were likely to remain lonely. Coping strategies shifted toward distraction and seeking social contact as people aged.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2024Success or Failure? Are We Meeting the Needs of Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder?Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapieParents of children with DCD in British Columbia report the current system is failing them. Only two in five children receive therapy, and school-based support is rare. Families face high out-of-pocket costs and long waits, while emotional and social struggles are widespread and largely unaddressed.
• OTSLPCohort2024Is parent education a factor in identifying autism/takiwātanga in an ethnic cohort of Pacific children in Aotearoa, New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study using linked administrative data.Autism : the international journal of research and practicePacific children whose parents had more years of formal education were more likely to be diagnosed with autism. Each additional year of parental education increased the odds of diagnosis by 10%. This suggests barriers to accessing the health system, not just biology, shape who gets identified.
• SLPOther2024Development and validation of a novel Context-Based Prospective Memory Task among neurotypical adults.CoDASThe novel Context-Based Prospective Memory Task, a virtual shopping mall assessment for young adults, showed strong reliability and validity against the MIST. It accurately measures event and time-based memory with error analysis, offering a culturally relevant tool for Indian clinical populations.
• SLPOther2024Measuring autism-associated traits in the general population: Factor structure and measurement invariance across sex and diagnosis status of the Social Communication Questionnaire.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceThe Social Communication Questionnaire measures five distinct traits in the general population, not just two or three. Total scores mix these traits and should not be used as a single measure of autism-associated traits, as they lack coherent meaning.
• SLPOther2024Scene construction ability in neurotypical and autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults generated less coherent imagined scenes than neurotypical adults, but they used sensory details and self-reference just as often. The difference in scene quality was linked more to difficulty identifying emotions and understanding others' minds than to autism diagnosis itself.
• SLPOther2024Non-autistic observers both detect and demonstrate the double empathy problem when evaluating interactions between autistic and non-autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceNon-autistic observers rated mixed conversations less smooth and enjoyable than non-autistic conversations, but not autistic conversations. They still judged autistic participants more negatively. The pattern points to a relational mismatch rather than a one-sided deficit.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2024The impact for DCD - USA study: The current state of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) in the United States of America.Research in developmental disabilitiesMost families in the USA have sought therapy for their child's coordination difficulties, but only about one in three were currently receiving it. Parents reported significant challenges in obtaining diagnoses and accessing consistent support for school and daily activities.
• SLPOther2024Extending Subcortical EEG Responses to Continuous Speech to the Sound-Field.Trends in hearingBrainstem responses to continuous speech can be reliably detected in a sound-field setting, not just through earphones. The responses required 16 minutes of recording to be clear for all participants, compared to 12 minutes for earphones. This method works in normal-hearing adults.
• SLPOther2024Validity of Acoustic Measures Obtained Using Various Recording Methods Including Smartphones With and Without Headset Microphones.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRSmartphone recordings produced voice measures that closely tracked a research microphone across 24 samples. Direct phone recording did not differ from the standard for CPP and L/H ratio. Still, microphone and room noise changed some values, so do not mix devices when tracking progress.
• SLPCohort2024The Growth of Complex Syntax in School-Age African American Children Who Speak African American English.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRSchool-age African American children who speak African American English showed slow growth in sentence combining by raw items, but not when compared with age norms. Higher dialect density was linked to lower starting scores, but it did not slow growth.
• SLPNarrative Review2024Hypotussic cough in persons with dysphagia: biobehavioral interventions and pathways to clinical implementation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesCough training and assisted clearance can improve cough measures in people with dysphagia who cough too little. Skill-based cough practice and expiratory strength training helped in some groups, especially Parkinson's disease, but benefits varied by condition.
• OTSLPSurvey2024Inclusion of autistic students in schools: Knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitude of teachers in Germany.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceGerman teachers have moderate autism knowledge but low self-efficacy, especially in understanding behavior causes. Attitudes are positive. Experience with autistic students slightly improves knowledge and confidence, but gaps remain in practical intervention skills.
• SLPCohort2024The Effectiveness of Slightly Thick Liquids for Improving Swallowing in Bottle-Fed Children With Aerodigestive Concerns.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsSlightly thick liquids did not significantly reduce penetration frequency in bottle-fed children with swallowing concerns. While they lowered the amount of penetration seen, they increased sucking effort and pharyngeal residue, suggesting a trade-off between safety and efficiency.
• SLPPilot2024First things first: An exploration of the effects of psychoeducation for older autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceOlder autistic adults reported increased knowledge and coping after psychoeducation, but self-esteem dropped significantly. Proxies noted better social motivation, though overall psychological distress did not change. This suggests the program helps with understanding the diagnosis but may trigger negative life reviews.
• SLPCohort2024Impact of Hearing Aids on Language Outcomes in Preschool Children With Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss.Trends in hearingPreschoolers with mild bilateral hearing loss who used hearing aids had better language scores than those who did not. However, hearing aid users also received speech therapy, so the specific benefit of the devices alone cannot be separated from the therapy.
• SLPOther2024Cepstral Peak Prominence Smoothed - CPPS and Acoustic Voice Quality Index - AVQI in healthy and altered children's voices: comparation, relationship with auditory-perceptual judgment and cut-off points.CoDASAcoustic measures CPPS and AVQI successfully distinguish healthy from deviated voices in children. Children with voice disorders had lower CPPS and higher AVQI scores. The study provides specific cut-off values for these tests to help clinicians identify vocal issues in pediatric patients.