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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• SLPOther2016Core vocabulary in written personal narratives of school-age children.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)In written narratives by 211 children, a 191-word core made up 70% of the total written sample. Fourth-grade samples had a larger proportion of function words and abstract nouns than first-grade samples.
• SLPCohort2017Academic Achievement in Adults with a History of Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Population-Based Prospective Study.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAdults with a history of childhood ADHD scored lower on reading and arithmetic than peers, even after age, sex, maternal education, and learning disability were considered. Stimulant treatment was not linked to better adult scores.
• SLPCohort2017Predictors of developmental surveillance completion at six months of age in south western Sydney.Child: care, health and development85% attended 6-month developmental checks, but only 51% had parent screening forms completed. Being told about checks, higher income, English at home, term birth and nurse-led visits were linked to completion.
• SLPRCT2017The impact of caregiver-mediated JASPER on child restricted and repetitive behaviors and caregiver responses.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchChild restricted and repetitive behaviors did not change overall after caregiver-mediated JASPER added to a 30-hour early intervention program. Caregivers in JASPER responded more often and more successfully than caregivers in the education group immediately after treatment.
• SLPOther2016Are Experienced Hearing Aid Users Faster at Grasping the Meaning of a Sentence Than Inexperienced Users? An Eye-Tracking Study.Trends in hearingExperienced hearing aid users took less time to identify the picture matching a spoken sentence than inexperienced users. Button-press time did not show this. The study does not prove hearing aids cause faster comprehension.
• SLPOther2016A Detection-Theoretic Analysis of Auditory Streaming and Its Relation to Auditory Masking.Trends in hearingIn normal-hearing listeners, hearing tone sequences as separate streams and detecting small level changes both depended on how far apart the tones were and how much their frequencies varied randomly. The same pattern appeared in streaming and masking tasks.
• SLPOther2016Preferred Compression Speed for Speech and Music and Its Relationship to Sensitivity to Temporal Fine Structure.Trends in hearingPreferred compression speed varied. Slow was slightly preferred overall, but five of 22 clearly preferred fast for speech. Slow may be a safe default for music. For speech, test preferences or intelligibility individually.
• SLPOther2016Temporal Fine-Structure Coding and Lateralized Speech Perception in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingLow-frequency timing cues did not explain hearing-impaired listeners' difficulty understanding speech when talkers were spatially separated. Hearing-impaired older adults still needed louder speech than normal-hearing listeners, especially in fluctuating noise. Separating talkers helped all groups.
• SLPOther2016The Influence of Cochlear Mechanical Dysfunction, Temporal Processing Deficits, and Age on the Intelligibility of Audible Speech in Noise for Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingHearing-impaired adults did not struggle in speech-in-noise for one reason. Steady-noise difficulty tracked residual cochlear compression. Two-talker difficulty tracked temporal processing. Age affected both, beyond thresholds and ear mechanics.
• SLPOther2016Investigating Differences in Preferred Noise Reduction Strength Among Hearing Aid Users.Trends in hearingTests of noise tolerance, distortion detection, questionnaire responses about sound preferences, and reading span did not predict hearing aid users' preferred noise reduction strength, though preference was stable over time and stronger when noise was less severe.
• SLPOther2016Complex-Tone Pitch Discrimination in Listeners With Sensorineural Hearing Loss.Trends in hearingListeners with hearing loss discriminate pitch better when sound waves have a peaky envelope rather than a flat one. This advantage is linked to reduced cochlear compression. It suggests hearing loss may enhance sensitivity to temporal envelope cues.
• SLPOther2016Sentence Recognition Prediction for Hearing-impaired Listeners in Stationary and Fluctuation Noise With FADE: Empowering the Attenuation and Distortion Concept by Plomp With a Quantitative Processing Model.Trends in hearingA hearing model predicted speech recognition thresholds in noise better than the standard SII method, especially in fluctuating noise and when a second noise test was used to correct each person’s distortion. This is a modelling result, not a clinical decision tool.
• SLPCohort2017Predictors of Long-Term Victimization After Early Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPParents reported more peer victimization nearly 7 years after severe early childhood TBI than after orthopedic injury. Children's own reports did not differ. Ask both parent and child.
• SLPCohort2017Predictors of Treatment Effectiveness for Youth with ASD and Comorbid Anxiety Disorders: It all Depends on the Family?Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with ASD and anxiety improved after CBT. Child age and gender did not predict improvement. Children of anxious fathers started with less severe anxiety disorders but showed smaller later reductions, and family type affected symptom scores inconsistently.
• SLPCase-Control2017Auditory processing in noise is associated with complex patterns of disrupted functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchBoys with autism did not show a right frontal brain response to unexpected sounds in background noise, while typically developing boys did. Their frontal-temporal connectivity also differed. The response difference appeared in noise, not quiet.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2017The experience of patients with ABI and their families during the hospital stay: A systematic review of qualitative literature.Brain injuryPatients described inpatient rehab as prison-like due to lack of privacy and boredom. Families wanted to help with care but felt ignored or feared intruding. Both groups needed specific, consistent information at distinct times during the stay to feel prepared for discharge.
• SLPCohort2017Potential Risk Factors for the Development of Self-Injurious Behavior among Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersSelf-injury at 12 months and lower cognitive scores were the strongest signs of self-injury at 24 months in infants at high familial risk for autism. 48% of those who self-injured at 12 months still did so at 24 months.
• SLPOther2016Perceptual Spaces Induced by Cochlear Implant All-Polar Stimulation Mode.Trends in hearingCochlear implant users judged sounds from a new stimulation mode as slightly different in quality, but no clearer than standard sounds. This mode did not help listeners tell two stimulation sites apart, so it may not improve hearing in noise.
• SLPOther2016Forward-Masked Frequency Selectivity Improvements in Simulated and Actual Cochlear Implant Users Using a Preprocessing Algorithm.Trends in hearingA preprocessing algorithm improved frequency selectivity in cochlear implant users in a lab test. The benefit was seen in psychophysical measures, not in speech understanding. This change does not yet improve how patients hear conversation in noise.
• SLPOther2016A comparison of an audiometric screening survey with an in-depth research questionnaire for hearing loss and hearing loss risk factors.International journal of audiologyWorkers reported more hearing loss risk factors on a confidential research questionnaire than on their employer's screening tool. The screening tool showed poor agreement with clinical audiometry for self-reported hearing difficulty, suggesting employees may underreport issues to their employer.
• SLPNarrative Review2016Toward a Diagnostic Test for Hidden Hearing Loss.Trends in hearingNo diagnostic test for hidden hearing loss is currently validated for clinical use. Researchers are exploring auditory brainstem responses and behavioral measures, but variability and lack of gold-standard validation in humans remain major obstacles.
• PTOTSLPCohort2016Dyspraxia and autistic traits in adults with and without autism spectrum conditions.Molecular autismAdults with dyspraxia but no autism reported significantly more autistic traits and lower empathy than controls. In adults already diagnosed with autism, having dyspraxia did not increase these social difficulties. Dyspraxia is 8.69 times more common in autistic adults than in the general population.
• SLPOther2016Perception of Interaural Phase Differences With Envelope and Fine Structure Coding Strategies in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users.Trends in hearingFS4 did not produce a larger binaural speech-in-noise benefit than HDCIS: 0.6 dB with FS4 and 0.5 dB with HDCIS, versus 7.5 dB in normal-hearing listeners.
• PTOTSLPCohort2017Characterization of Cancer Patients in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationCancer patients in inpatient rehabilitation gained an average of 23.5 points on an 18 to 126 functional independence scale, and 72% went to community rather than acute care. It did not compare them with cancer patients who did not receive inpatient rehabilitation.
• SLPRCT2017Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Audioverbal Memory in Stroke Patients.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationIn 12 stroke patients with verbal memory trouble, anodal tDCS over the left temporal parietal area increased word recall on the fifth learning trial compared with sham. It did not improve delayed recall or recognition.
• SLPOther2017An Excised Canine Model of Anterior Glottic Web and Its Acoustic, Aerodynamic, and High-speed Measurements.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn an excised dog larynx model, adding a suture bridge to mimic a glottic web raised the pressure needed for phonation and increased pitch and signal chaos as the web covered more of the airway. The web itself vibrated, creating a complex movement system unlike normal voice production.
• SLPCase-Control2017Gaze Following in Children with Autism: Do High Interest Objects Boost Performance?Journal of autism and developmental disordersHigh-interest objects did not improve first look duration in children with autism. Gaze-following accuracy was similar in both groups. Children with autism showed no advantage for the object another person looked at.
• SLPRCT2017Kinematic Visual Biofeedback Improves Accuracy of Learning a Swallowing Maneuver and Accuracy of Clinician Cues During Training.DysphagiaHealthy adults learning a swallowing hold were more accurate with x-ray video feedback and x-ray-based cues than with muscle-signal feedback and cues based on it. X-ray first then muscle-signal training did not maintain accuracy.
• SLPCase-Control2016Basic and complex emotion recognition in children with autism: cross-cultural findings.Molecular autismAcross Israel, Britain and Sweden, children aged 5 to 9 with autism scored lower than same-age controls in recognising emotions from faces, voices, bodies and whole scenes without words. The gap appeared for basic and complex emotions.
• SLPOther2016Time-Varying Distortions of Binaural Information by Bilateral Hearing Aids: Effects of Nonlinear Frequency Compression.Trends in hearingHearing aid programs using wide dynamic range compression, with nonlinear frequency compression and bilateral beam-forming in some programs, distorted high-frequency timing and level cues in noise and speech. This was measured in a manikin, not tested in patients.
• SLPOther2016Self-perceived competence and social acceptance of young children who stutter: Initial findings.Journal of communication disordersFour- and five-year-olds who stutter did not rate their general competence or social acceptance lower than fluent peers. However, children who stuttered more often reported feeling less socially accepted, and girls rated competence higher than boys.
• SLPOther2016Clinically Paired Electrodes Are Often Not Perceived as Pitch Matched.Trends in hearingBilateral cochlear implant users often did not hear clinically paired electrodes as the same pitch. Mismatches appeared in new and long-term users. Do not assume standard electrode pairings give matched pitch.
• SLPOther2016Modeling the Effects of Sensorineural Hearing Loss on Sound Localization in the Median Plane.Trends in hearingOuter hair cell damage in a model of hearing predicted poorer up-down and front-back sound localization. Errors increased as damage became more severe, and complete damage predicted near chance accuracy.
• OTSLPCohort2017The Longitudinal Effects of Parenting on Adaptive Behavior in Children with Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn children with fragile X syndrome, more responsive mothers were linked to better growth in communication, socialization, and daily living, and to less decline among children who lost skills. Behavior management showed little benefit. This is an association, not proof that parent training causes change.
• SLPPilot2017Brief Report: Using a Point-of-View Camera to Measure Eye Gaze in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During Naturalistic Social Interactions: A Pilot Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersA camera in an examiner's glasses let coders identify young children's eye gaze more consistently than room cameras. Children with autism looked less at the examiner's eyes and face only when coded from the glasses.
• SLPOther2017Visual Temporal Acuity Is Related to Auditory Speech Perception Abilities in Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingIn ten adults with cochlear implants, those who identified which of two flashing lights appeared first at very short intervals also scored higher on auditory-only word and sentence recognition. This links visual timing skill to speech perception, but does not show that one causes the other.
• SLPCohort2017"Didn't I just say that?" Comparing parent report and spontaneous speech as indicators of grammatical development.Research in developmental disabilitiesParents often missed grammar their children actually used, especially pronouns and past tense. This was most marked for less verbal children with autism, so a speech sample is needed before assuming a grammar is absent.
• SLPOther2017Mapping Common Aphasia Assessments to Underlying Cognitive Processes and Their Neural Substrates.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairCommon aphasia tests often measure several language and cognitive processes at once. In 38 people after left hemisphere stroke, naming tasks tracked word finding, but some WAB subtests relied on more than one process, so single scores need broader interpretation.
• SLPOther2017Developmental Markers of Genetic Liability to Autism in Parents: A Longitudinal, Multigenerational Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents of children with ASD had lower childhood language scores and slower math growth than controls. Their early language profiles were linked to adult social communication traits and to symptom severity in their children.
• SLPOther2016Rapid Release From Listening Effort Resulting From Semantic Context, and Effects of Spectral Degradation and Cochlear Implants.Trends in hearingSemantic context can reduce listening effort while hearing a sentence, but degraded speech delays that relief. People using cochlear implants showed some benefit, though it arrived later than in normal hearing.
• SLPOther2016Aging and Spectro-Temporal Integration of Speech.Trends in hearingOlder adults with normal hearing integrated fragmented speech as well as younger adults in this lab test. Age did not reduce performance across most conditions. Only the mid-age group had an unexplained drop when bands were split between ears.
• SLPOther2016A Binaural Grouping Model for Predicting Speech Intelligibility in Multitalker Environments.Trends in hearingA model using binaural cues predicted how spatial separation helps hearing speech in noise. It matched the measured pattern, but predicted 3 to 4 dB more benefit than measured.
• SLPOther2016Subjective Listening Effort and Electrodermal Activity in Listening Situations with Reverberation and Noise.Trends in hearingBoth groups rated more effort in hard reverberation than hard noise. Skin conductance did not reliably separate conditions, so EDA alone is not a ready measure of listening effort.
• SLPOther2016The Prediction of Speech Recognition in Noise With a Semi-Implantable Bone Conduction Hearing System by External Bone Conduction Stimulation With Headband: A Prospective Study.Trends in hearingExternal bone conduction stimulation with a headband predicted speech-in-noise results for an implanted device in eight patients. While objective hearing scores did not differ significantly between the two, patients reported much higher satisfaction and quality of life with the implant.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Speech and nonspeech: What are we talking about?International journal of speech-language pathologyNo new evidence for practice. This theoretical review debates whether speech uses a special motor system or shared oral-motor systems, without participants or outcomes.
• SLPOther2017Income, Family Context, and Self-Regulation in 5-Year-Old Children.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPIncome was not linked to emotional regulation, but household instability was, especially in low-income families, and maternal depressive symptoms were linked to worse cognitive regulation.
• SLPOther2017Bias in the perception of phonetic detail in children's speech: A comparison of categorical and continuous rating scales.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsContinuous ratings of children's /s/ and /θ/ productions did not shift when listeners also judged vowels or gender. Binary judgments changed how listeners used some sound features. In this lab study, continuous ratings were less biased by these tasks.
• PTOTSLPRCT2017Improving Prospective Memory in Persons With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairTeaching people with Parkinson's to visualize specific 'when and what' cues improved memory for one-off tasks more than simple repetition. Both strategies helped, but the visualization method showed a stronger effect on difficult, non-repeated tasks.
• SLPOther2017Language Skills of Males with Fragile X Syndrome or Nonsyndromic Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBoys with fragile X syndrome had stronger vocabulary than boys with autism after age, nonverbal IQ, and autism severity were considered. Grammar did not separate the groups. Assess vocabulary and grammar separately, not as one language score.
• SLPCohort2017Executive Functioning Mediates the Effect of Behavioral Problems on Depression in Mothers of Children With Developmental Disabilities.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesMothers whose children had more behavioral problems showed greater executive functioning limitations, which in turn predicted higher depression scores. This link was stronger in mothers of children with fragile X syndrome than those with autism.