SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPOther2025Pay Attention to Hypertension (PAtH): Findings from a cardiovascular health promotion intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities participating in Special Olympics programming.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRBlood pressure did not improve after this 6-month virtual health programme for adults with intellectual disabilities. However, participants gained confidence in monitoring their own blood pressure and speaking to their doctors about it. Most found the programme helpful.
• OTSLPCohort2025Cognitive and academic outcomes in children with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.Developmental medicine and child neurologyChildren with MOGAD showed a sharp rise in school support needs after onset. Nearly 40% required interventions like extra time or assistants, up from under 9% before. This occurred even in those with optic neuritis who had normal vision, suggesting the disease itself impacts learning.
• SLPSurvey2025'Just knowing it's there gives me comfort': Exploring the benefits and challenges of autism alert cards.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceMany participants described the autism alert card as helping them explain needs without speaking and as a safety net, while others faced disbelief, stigma or dismissal, especially from police and healthcare staff.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Neuroimaging and cognitive correlates of postural control in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationPoorer cognition, especially executive function, is linked to worse balance in Parkinson's. Brain scans show patients rely more on conscious cortical control for posture. However, protocols varied widely, so no single test or intervention is proven.
• PTOTSLPCase-Control2025Cerebellar haemorrhage and atrophy in infants born extremely preterm with intraventricular haemorrhage.Developmental medicine and child neurologyExtremely preterm infants with both intraventricular and cerebellar haemorrhage had significantly lower motor and cognitive scores at age two. Cerebellar atrophy predicted worse outcomes across all domains. These MRI findings help identify high-risk infants early for targeted therapy and counselling.
• SLPCohort2024Acoustic features of vocalizations in typically developing and autistic infants in the first year.Research in developmental disabilitiesInfants later diagnosed with autism produced cries, whimpers, and protophones that sounded acoustically identical to typically developing infants. However, unlike typically developing infants, those with autism did not adjust their vocal pitch or duration in response to caregiver speech.
• OTSLPCase-Control2024Prenatal exposure to hypoxic risk conditions in autistic and neurotypical youth: Associated ventricular differences, sleep disturbance, and sensory processing.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic youth with prenatal hypoxic risk conditions had significantly larger third ventricles than those without. This structural difference correlated with more sleep disturbances and sensory overresponsivity, suggesting a potential biological link between early oxygen deprivation and specific clinical symptoms.
• SLPOther2024Swallowing Characteristics and Water Swallow Capacity in Patients with Parkinsonism.DysphagiaThin water caused aspiration in 39% of patients, versus 12% for thickened liquid and 2% for solids. Silent aspiration occurred in 28% of the cohort, often without coughing. Swallowing worsened with disease severity, not diagnosis subtype.
• SLPCohort2024Dysphagia Is an Underrecognized Risk Factor for Viral Pneumonia Severity.DysphagiaIn adults aged 50 years or older with symptomatic COVID-19, prior dysphagia was linked to more severe disease within 30 days (65.0% vs 41.3%). The link remained when age, obesity, and other risk factors were taken into account.
• SLPSurvey2024Prevalence of Self-Reported Swallowing Difficulties and Swallowing-Related Quality of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in India.DysphagiaIn Indian community-dwelling older adults, 36.6% self-reported swallowing difficulties and 47.4% reported reduced quality of life. Females reported significantly more difficulties than males. Common complaints were effort with solids, coughing, and food sticking.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Social Determinants in COVID-19 Experiences of Children With Disabilities Receiving School-Based Services in Chicago: Mixed-Methods Study of Parent/Guardian Perspectives.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPParents of children with disabilities reported that remote learning and virtual therapy were less effective than in-person services. Key barriers included lack of hands-on interaction, insufficient accommodations, and family financial or housing constraints that limited access to private support.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2024A Comparison of Parent-Reported Severe Autism With Mild/Moderate Autism Among US Children.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPChildren with parent-reported severe autism had higher rates of intellectual disability, language delays, and emergency visits, but were no more likely to receive behavioral therapy or see specialists than those with mild/moderate autism. Caregivers faced significantly higher stress and financial burden.
• SLPOther2025Effects of Thickening Agents on the Mucociliary Transport Function: Comparison by the Type of Thickening Agents and the Viscosity of Thickened Water.DysphagiaThickened water slows down the body's natural airway clearance mechanism. Higher viscosity caused significantly longer delays in transporting fluid out of the airways compared to thin water. This suggests that while thickening prevents aspiration, it may make clearing aspirated fluid harder.
• SLPCohort2025Conversational topic maintenance and related cognitive abilities in autistic versus neurotypical children.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceVerbally fluent autistic children showed relative difficulties with conversation, but also striking similarities to neurotypical peers. Theory of mind and working memory predicted conversational skill in both groups, suggesting these cognitive abilities support conversation regardless of diagnosis.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025High Intensity Interval Training POst-STroke (HIIT-POST): Perspectives of People Living With Stroke and Health Professionals.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairPeople with stroke and clinicians view high-intensity interval training as beneficial but intimidating. The term 'high intensity' limits uptake. Focus education on personalization and relative effort rather than absolute speed. Safety screening and confidence in prescribing remain key barriers to routine use.
• SLPOther2025Accuracy of Dysphagia Screening by Non-clinical Research Staff in the Emergency Department.DysphagiaNon-clinical emergency research staff trained for 4 hours made swallow-screen pass/fail decisions similar to speech-language pathologists in 42 older adults. Agreement was slightly closer for the TOR-BSST than for the 3-ounce water test. This supports research screening, not clinical decisions.
• OTSLPQualitative2025Assistive Technology Uses and Barriers in the Home and Workplace for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDAdults with intellectual and developmental disabilities used phones, tablets and smart speakers at home for entertainment, communication and routines. At work, employer phone rules, limited training and job coaches' narrow view of assistive technology restricted use.
• SLPCohort2025SARS-CoV-2 and Dysphagia: A Retrospective Analysis of COVID-19 Patients with Swallowing Disorders.DysphagiaHospitalized COVID-19 patients with neurocognitive disorders or severe respiratory impairment were significantly more likely to develop dysphagia. All patients without respiratory support were negative for swallowing disorders. This identifies high-risk groups needing early speech therapy screening.
• SLPOther2025Differing relationships between parenting stress, parenting practices and externalising behaviours in autistic children.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceParenting stress was linked to child externalising behaviours, but specific parenting practices did not mediate this relationship. High stress levels were associated with lower mindful parenting and higher permissive parenting, yet these practices were not directly linked to child behaviour outcomes in this cross-sectional sample.
• SLPPilot2024Experienced Adult Cochlear Implant Users Show Improved Speech Recognition When Target Fitting Parameters Are Applied.Ear and hearingAdjusting cochlear implant settings to widen the dynamic range improved speech recognition in quiet by 4.9% on average for 18 experienced users. However, understanding speech in noise did not improve. All participants eventually accepted the louder settings after a four-week acclimatization period.
• SLPSystematic Review2024Conversation and pragmatics in children who are hard-of-hearing: a scoping review.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationChildren who are hard-of-hearing often struggle with conversation and pragmatics even when their spoken language skills appear age-appropriate. This scoping review found that these difficulties persist into adulthood without targeted intervention, affecting social and educational outcomes.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Advice-giving skills in pre-registration physiotherapy training.Physiotherapy theory and practicePhysiotherapy students feel underprepared to give self-management advice, relying heavily on clinical placements rather than academic theory. They struggle with confidence due to assessment pressure and lack of life experience, often tailoring advice to supervisors rather than patients.
• SLPOther2024Coalition for Global Hearing Health Hearing Care Pathways Working Group: Guidelines for Clinical Guidance for Readiness and Development of Evidence-Based Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs.Ear and hearingThis guideline provides a roadmap for building early hearing detection programs in low-resource settings. It lists steps for screening, diagnosis, and family support but reports no patient outcomes or clinical trial results to guide individual treatment decisions.
• SLPOther2024Reliable Long-Term Serial Evaluation of Cochlear Function Using Pulsed Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emissions: Analyzing Levels and Pressure Time Courses.Ear and hearingPulsed cochlear emission tests were repeatable in healthy ears, but reliability varied by frequency and emission strength. This does not yet show they diagnose cochlear damage or guide treatment.
• SLPRCT2024Predicting Individual Hearing-Aid Preference From Self-Reported Listening Experiences in Daily Life.Ear and hearingHearing-aid preference could be predicted from daily listening ratings, especially when the app also recorded what the person was listening to and the surrounding sound. Retrospective questionnaire and in-the-moment reports each helped, and together they predicted most choices.
• SLPCohort2024Childhood Listening and Associated Cognitive Difficulties Persist Into Adolescence.Ear and hearingChildren with listening difficulties and normal hearing tests showed persistent gaps in caregiver-reported listening, speech-in-noise skills, and cognition compared to typically developing peers through early adolescence. Maternal education independently predicted listening difficulty severity, even after accounting for cognitive and auditory test scores.
• SLPOther2024Toward Automating Diagnosis of Middle- and Inner-ear Mechanical Pathologies With a Wideband Absorbance Regression Model.Ear and hearingCombining wideband absorbance with air-bone gap data allowed a model to correctly classify 97% of ears with stapes fixation versus superior canal dehiscence. However, the study excluded early-stage cases and those with small gaps, so these high accuracy figures do not yet reflect real-world diagnostic difficulty.
• SLPCohort2025Association between Swallowing Outcomes and Dose to Critical Swallow Structures in Patients Undergoing Transoral Robotic Surgery and Post-Operative Radiation Therapy.DysphagiaIn patients undergoing surgery and radiation for throat cancer, radiation to the neck alone resulted in better swallowing quality of life at 12 months than radiation to the primary site and neck. Higher radiation doses to specific swallowing muscles were associated with worse outcomes.
• SLPOther2025English Speakers' Perception of Non-native Vowel Contrasts in Adverse Listening Conditions: A Discrimination Study on the German Front Rounded Vowels /y/ and /ø/.Language and speechNative English speakers struggle to distinguish German front rounded vowels from back vowels in quiet, treating them as the same sound. In heavy white noise, this confusion shifts: both English and German listeners fail to tell front unrounded and front rounded vowels apart, with accuracy dropping to 14% for English speakers.
• SLPPilot2025A Modified Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing Evaluating Esophageal Dysphagia by a Capsule: A Pilot Study.DysphagiaSwallowing an empty capsule during a standard FEES exam allowed clinicians to spot esophageal problems in patients whose initial scan looked normal. The test was well-tolerated and matched later gastroenterology findings, suggesting it could help screen for esophageal dysphagia in the clinic.
• SLPCohort2024Demographic and Audiological Characteristics of Candidates for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids in the United States.Ear and hearingAbout 49.5 million US adults self-report mild-to-moderate hearing trouble, the group targeted for over-the-counter aids. Most are 50 to 69 years old, non-Hispanic White, and have not had a hearing test in over five years. Their hearing loss is often symmetrical and high-frequency, but many have normal audiograms.
• SLPOther2024A Multi-Sample Comparison and Rasch Analysis of the Evaluation of Children's Listening and Processing Skills Questionnaire.Ear and hearingCaregivers generally agree on children's listening difficulties, but scores differ between boys and girls. Social listening scores vary significantly across countries. The questionnaire works, but clinicians must use gender-specific norms and be cautious when comparing international results.
• SLPQualitative2024"Close to My Community": A Qualitative Study of Community Health Worker-Supported Teleaudiology Hearing Aid Services.Ear and hearingOlder Latino adults with hearing loss described cost, transportation, stigma, and provider barriers. They reported positive experiences with hearing aids and teleaudiology. Community health worker facilitators were described as offering patient-centered support beyond practical help.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Experiences of families of children with spinal muscular atrophy and the healthcare professionals supporting them during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineFamilies of children with SMA faced increased isolation and responsibility for home-based therapy. Healthcare professionals reported ethical stress from prioritising performance assessments over care. While physical health remained stable, the burden shifted heavily to parents and altered the therapeutic relationship.
• SLPQualitative2024Barriers Experienced by First Nations Deaf People in the Justice System.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationAdvocates and lawyers described First Nations Deaf people facing indefinite detention without trial because courts deem them unfit to plead. They identified a total lack of qualified Aboriginal sign language interpreters and training for judges. This leaves defendants unable to communicate or understand proceedings.
• SLPNarrative Review2024Operationalizing Clinical Speech Analytics: Moving From Features to Measures for Real-World Clinical Impact.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRAn objective smartphone measure of articulatory precision in ALS matched clinician ratings and tracked speech decline. It may help SLPs plan communication support.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Policy and practice recommendations for services for disabled children during emergencies: Learning from COVID-19.Developmental medicine and child neurologyStakeholders agreed on 19 recommendations for disabled children's services in emergencies. Key priorities include keeping education settings open, maintaining designated in-person assessment spaces, and ensuring clear, joined-up guidance from national bodies to local commissioners.
• SLPOther2025Development and evaluation of the Trauma Screener-Intellectual Disability: a post-traumatic stress disorder screening tool for adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRA self-report trauma screener for adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning flagged possible PTSD accurately. A proxy version did not, and many participants needed help completing the adult version.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025'It's designed for someone who is not me': A reflexive thematic analysis of the unmet healthcare support needs in UK autistic adults aged 65 years and over.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic older adults describe healthcare as 'designed for someone who is not me.' They report high anxiety, sensory overload, and a lack of trust due to past misunderstandings. Key needs include continuity of care, text/email contact options, and staff who offer explicit reassurance and extra processing time.
• SLPOther2025The Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals: Validation in Cognitive Impairment and in Severe Mental Illness.DysphagiaCaregiver-completed ODS-PP scores were higher in institutionalized older adults with previously diagnosed dysphagia than in those without, across cognitive impairment and severe mental illness groups. It may help SLPs flag swallowing risk without a food trial.
• SLPSystematic Review2025The use of Language ENvironment Analysis in autism research: A systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceLENA daylong recordings provide child vocalization counts, but they do not provide all information needed to judge language ability or communication intent in autism research. Use them with human transcription and formal language tests, especially outside ages 2 to 48 months.
• SLPOther2025Audiovisual Perception of Lexical Stress: Beat Gestures and Articulatory Cues.Language and speechSmall hand gestures aligned to syllables shifted listeners’ perception of lexical stress in Dutch words, even when the speaker’s face was visible. Facial articulatory cues alone did not influence perception when clear audio was present, despite being visible in silent video.
• SLPOther2025Can Voice Parameters Provide Cutoff Values to Predict Dysphagia in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis?DysphagiaShimmer values above 1.69 before swallowing and 1.57 after predict dysphagia risk in multiple sclerosis, with moderate accuracy. These acoustic measures offer a low-cost screening aid, but cannot replace instrumental assessment for confirming aspiration.
• SLPQualitative2025Priorities for post-stroke aphasia service development: Prioritisation phase of an experience-based co-design study.Clinical rehabilitationPeople with aphasia and clinicians prioritised a hospital chart alert system to flag aphasia and guide staff communication. They also sought accessible mental health services and consistent care providers to reduce safety risks and emotional distress during inpatient stays.
• SLPOther2025Seeing it in others versus doing it yourself: Social desirability judgements and conversation production data from autistic and non-autistic children.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic and non-autistic children did not differ in how much they disliked off-topic or delayed speakers. Both groups rated them less favourably. Autistic children produced fewer topic-relevant replies, but not longer pauses.
• SLPRCT2024Auditory N1 event-related potential amplitude is predictive of serum concentration of BPN14770 in fragile X syndrome.Molecular autismHigher blood levels of BPN14770 correlated with reduced auditory brain responses in 12 men with fragile X syndrome. This supports the drug's biological action on neural hyperexcitability but does not prove clinical efficacy. The effect was not seen when measuring change from baseline.
• PTSLPOther2024Visuospatial Skills Explain Differences in the Ability to Use Propulsion Biofeedback Post-stroke.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPTPost-stroke people with better visuospatial skills used treadmill propulsion biofeedback more accurately. Better attention was linked to more consistent propulsion output, and better language was linked to keeping the new walking pattern right after feedback stopped.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Impact of a stroke care pathway on self-perceived health 3 months after stroke.Journal of rehabilitation medicineMeeting stroke care time targets did not improve how patients rated their own health three months later. The study included mostly mild strokes, so it does not tell you whether these pathways help patients with severe deficits feel better.
• SLPCohort2025Quality of Life in Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Patients after Vocal Fold Surgery: An In-Depth Exploration.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)Among 100 adults with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis after vocal fold surgery, older age was linked to less voice-related handicap and distress. More surgeries were linked to more distress. Gender, HPV type, vaccination, surgery site, and recovery time were not linked to these scores.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Accuracy of the Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers and Young Children in the primary care setting.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceIn a statewide primary care model, the STAT screening tool agreed with expert diagnosis in 78% of cases. It missed autism in children with higher developmental skills and lower symptom severity, so a low score does not rule out autism in these children.