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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• SLPRCT2025Efficacy of a Tesla Valve Straw in a Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercise in a Normal-Voiced Population.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationStraw phonation reduced phonation threshold pressure in healthy adults, making voice production easier. However, a novel Tesla valve straw was no more effective than a standard straw. The benefit came from the semi-occlusion itself, not the specific straw design or length.
• SLPQualitative2025'Accumulating harm and waiting for crisis': Parents' perspectives of accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for their autistic child experiencing mental health difficulties.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceParents described autistic children accumulating trauma and worsening mental health while waiting for CAMHS. Almost half of those who sought help were rejected for assessment, and only 9% felt their child improved after contact with CAMHS.
• SLPCohort2025Relationships Between Aerodynamics and Voice Symptoms in Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationPatients with muscle tension dysphonia reported significantly higher vocal effort, fatigue, and discomfort than controls, but their aerodynamic measures showed no significant differences. Self-perceived symptoms did not correlate with airflow or pressure data, suggesting these are separate aspects of the disorder.
• SLPCohort2025Rapid Increases in Children's Spontaneous and Responsive Speech Vocalizations Following Cochlear Implantation: Implications for Spoken Language Development.Ear and hearingChildren with cochlear implants made rapid jumps in speech and caregiver interaction after activation. More back-and-forth talking predicted better auditory comprehension. This supports prioritizing early device use and coaching families on responsive vocal turn-taking.
• SLPOther2025Effects of Food Type on Pharyngeal Residue, Penetration, and Aspiration: A Prospective Study of 50 Dysphagic Adults.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)In dysphagic adults undergoing FEES, saltine crackers left more residue in the oropharynx than other foods. Shortbread cookies with pudding left more residue in the hypopharynx and required fewer chews, though they were involved in most of the rare penetration events.
• PTSLPSystematic Review2026Examining Behavioral Interventions for Infancy and Early Toddlerhood: A Systematic Review of Intervention Effects, Parameters, and Participants.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAcross 69 infant studies, contingent caregiver responses to baby sounds increased vocalizations in first-year studies. Tummy-time studies increased head lifting. Evidence was heterogeneous, and some randomized trials showed no effect.
• SLPRCT2026Social Responsiveness as a Mediator in Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autistic Youth with Maladaptive and Interfering Anxiety.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdapted CBT reduced anxiety in autistic youth partly by improving their ability to connect socially. This suggests that teaching specific social skills, such as joining games or starting conversations, is a key active ingredient alongside standard exposure techniques.
• SLPPilot2026Evaluation of a Supervisor Toolkit to Support Autism Provider Use of Pivotal Response Training.Journal of autism and developmental disordersSupervisor training improved coaching for some staff but not others. Providers showed better use of difficult PRT components after feedback, though overall fidelity remained low and varied widely.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025Exploring Rehabilitation Patients' Perspectives on What Matters for the Adoption of Home-Based Rehabilitation Technology: Q-Methodology Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesPatients with brain injury hold three distinct views on home rehab tech. Some want fast recovery and simple setup. Others demand total independence and privacy. A third group relies heavily on therapist guidance and peer validation. One-size-fits-all designs fail.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Effective Autism Classification Through Grasping Kinematics.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchA machine learning model classified autistic from non-autistic young adults with 84% to 89% accuracy using only thumb and finger movement data. This suggests grasping kinematics could serve as an objective diagnostic marker, though it requires validation in children.
• SLPCohort2025Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Age-Related Hearing Loss: Results from a Longitudinal Twin Study.Trends in hearingGenetics explain about half the differences in hearing ability in men aged 56 to 68, but personal life factors explain most of the change over time. Shared environment plays a minimal role. This highlights the need for individualized monitoring rather than assuming family history dictates progression.
• SLPCohort2025Language, Communicative Participation, and Well-Being in Young Children with (Presumed) Developmental Language Disorder.International journal of language & communication disordersChildren with better expressive grammar tended to participate more in communication and have better reported well-being. Overall links were modest, and one subgroup had more problems. Assess communication participation, not grammar alone.
• SLPSystematic Review2025Social-Emotional Functioning and Quality of Life in Language Disorders: A Systematic Review of Development From Childhood to Adolescence.International journal of language & communication disordersChildren with language disorders face persistent social and emotional struggles that do not resolve with age. Peer problems and emotional difficulties often worsen through adolescence, while prosocial skills may improve. Quality of life declines in school-age children, indicating a need for long-term support.
• PTOTSLPCase Report2025A Novel Figure-Eight Taping Technique for Managing Anterior Shoulder Instability in a Recreational Pitcher: A Case Report.International journal of sports physical therapyA single figure-eight taping session plus home exercises reportedly allowed one pitcher with anterior shoulder instability to pitch pain-free four months later. This describes one person's experience and cannot show the tape caused the improvement.
• OTSLPCohort2026Co-occurring Conditions and Quality of Life in Autistic Children Attending General Education or Special Education Schools.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic children in special education had more co-occurring conditions than those in general education. School type alone did not predict quality of life. However, special education students with externalizing conditions had lower quality of life than expected, suggesting their specific needs may not be met there.
• OTSLPRCT2026Mixed Methods Findings from a Stepped Wedge Hybrid Implementation Trial of ATTAIN NAV: A Mental Health Family Navigation Intervention for Autistic Youth.Journal of autism and developmental disordersStandard family navigation for autistic youth without added messaging or dashboards gave caregivers higher satisfaction, faster first mental health appointments, and greater child behaviour improvements than technology-enhanced navigation. Technology-enhanced navigation produced more contacts and referrals.
• SLPCohort2025Orofacial myofunctional signs and symptoms in adults with sleep breathing disorder: is there a correlation?CoDASIn 15 adults with sleep breathing disorders, clinical signs of chewing dysfunction correlated moderately but negatively with patient-reported symptoms. This means patients with more observable chewing issues often reported fewer symptoms, highlighting a lack of self-awareness regarding oral motor deficits.
• SLPQualitative2025Adapting in interaction involving Mandarin speakers with aphasia: A conversation analysis of turn initial responses to healthcare professionals' questions.International journal of language & communication disordersMandarin speakers with non-fluent aphasia used iconic gestures to start answers, while those with fluent aphasia repeated words from the question. These strategies helped them begin responding quickly despite word-finding difficulties, rather than remaining silent.
• SLPOther2025Influence of Noise Reduction on Ocular Markers of Listening Effort in Hearing Aid Users in Darkness and Ambient Light.Trends in hearingDirectional microphones with noise reduction improved speech understanding by about 35 percentage points in both light and dark. But pupil dilation, an objective marker of listening effort, only decreased significantly in ambient light. This means lighting conditions must be controlled when using eye-tracking to assess effort.
• SLPOther2025How Switching Musical Instruments Affects Pitch Discrimination for Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingThe extra difficulty from switching between piano and saxophone was not greater for cochlear implant users than for people with no known hearing loss. Switching still made pitch comparisons harder for both, and CI users had poorer absolute pitch discrimination.
• SLPPilot2025Disease Control and Voice Outcomes Following Treatment With PRGN-2012 in Adults With Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn adults with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, patients who responded well to PRGN-2012 gene therapy saw significant drops in both visible papilloma disease and self-reported voice handicap. Fewer lifetime surgeries before treatment correlated with better voice outcomes, though the study was small.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Prevalence and risk factors of neck pain among middle-aged and older adults in China: a cross-sectional study from the CHARLS cohort.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineNearly one in five middle-aged and older adults in China reported neck pain. Women were affected far more often than men. Neck pain was strongly linked to headache, depression, poor sleep, and multiple chronic conditions.
• SLPOther2025Development and Real-Time Clinical Application of New Transcription-Less Discourse Assessment Approaches for Arabic Speakers With Aphasia.International journal of language & communication disordersA content-word checklist scored during sessions agreed with transcript scores, and content-word and main-concept scores separated people with aphasia from controls. This can make Arabic aphasia assessment quicker.
• SLPOther2025Effects of Sustained Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises in Non-Disordered Populations.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn healthy adults, straw phonation lowered the pressure needed to start voicing, regardless of straw length. The benefit did not last one week after stopping, and other airflow measures did not change.
• SLPCohort2025Estimated Nutrient Intake and Association With Psychiatric and Sleep Problems in Autistic Youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentSM Study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn autistic youth, after checking many tests at once, estimated nutrient intake showed no links to psychiatric or sleep scores. Exploratory results suggested low vitamin C and combined low vitamin B6, vitamin C, and iron intake may be linked to clinical-range symptoms.
• SLPPilot2025Preliminary Investigation of Four Voice Therapy Concepts in a Single-Subject Design with Four Professional Teachers.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn four teachers, both voice therapy models raised recorded pitch and lowered self-rated roughness and strain, but neither clearly beat the other. The full model trained voices for quiet, loud, and noisy teaching; the reduced model trained one voice.
• SLPOther2025Reliability and Diagnostic Accuracy of Semi-Automated and Automated Acoustic Quantification of Vocal Tremor Characteristics.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRSemi-automated acoustic analysis matched manual vocal tremor measurements closely, with correlations above .9 across all properties. Fully automated analysis varied widely, reaching only .5 for pitch rate. Diagnostic accuracy was acceptable for both automated and semi-automated extent measures, but thresholds require confirmation in larger samples.
• SLPQualitative2025'Am I gonna regret this?': The experiences of diagnostic disclosure in autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults diagnosed in adulthood described disclosure as a risky conversation. They shared it to access support, be themselves, or challenge stigma, but disbelief and stigma could leave them doubting their diagnosis and avoiding services.
• SLPCohort2025Comparison of Voice Stimulability Testing in Telehealth and In-Person Formats.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationTelehealth and in-person voice evaluations showed no significant difference in overall stimulability ratings. Age, not modality, was significant: younger patients rated higher stimulability than older patients. Semi-occluded tasks trended lower on telehealth but did not reach significance.
• SLPCohort2025The Causal Effect of Parent-Child Interactions on Child Language Development at 3 and 4 Years.International journal of language & communication disordersHigher daily back-and-forth parent-child talk was associated with higher child language scores at 36 and 48 months. The modelled differences were small.
• SLPOther2025How to crip your sign language linguistic theory.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationThis is a theoretical argument about sign language linguistics and deaf studies. It reports no patients, outcomes, or clinical methods, so there is nothing here to change practice.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Re-designing the experience of transition into nursing homes: A Singapore study.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTTen nursing home residents described four transition phases and four distinct personas, from 'Lone Rangers' to 'Working Retired'. Their experiences highlight that administrative admission processes often override emotional preparation and autonomy, leading to unmet needs.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2026"What My Son Needs Is Me. What I Need Is... Guidance": Caregiver Perspectives About Early Autism Supports Amid Changing Attitudes and Policies.Journal of autism and developmental disordersCaregivers valued supports that reduced their mental load and respected their child's identity over specific skill goals. They felt let down by rigid systems and unhelpful advice, preferring therapists who offered practical help and emotional validation.
• SLPOther2025Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom.International journal of language & communication disordersUK speech therapists agreed to use Dodd's classification for speech sound disorders, updating terms to include Childhood Apraxia of Speech. They designed a feasible diagnostic protocol prioritising the DEAP and Intelligibility in Context Scale to guide assessment within the NHS.
• SLPOther2025Acoustic Realism of Clinical Speech-in-Noise Testing: Parameter Ranges of Speech-Likeness, Interaural Coherence, and Interaural Differences.Trends in hearingStandard single-speaker speech-in-noise tests miss the asymmetry and spatial complexity of real life. Adding a second speaker to separate speech and noise better mimics daily environments, potentially revealing deficits that single-speaker tests hide.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Accessibility of Childcare Services for Children With Disabilities Aged 0 to 5 Years: A Scoping Review of Promising Solutions.Child: care, health and developmentChildcare accessibility research focuses almost entirely on social support and autism, leaving physical environment changes and other disabilities largely unexamined. Most solutions combine multiple interventions, so specific component effects remain unclear. Clinicians should advocate for broader research into environmental adaptations and non-autism populations.
• SLPPilot2025Estimating Cochlear Implant Users' Sound Localization Abilities With Two Loudspeakers.Trends in hearingCochlear implant and electric-acoustic stimulation users' localization scores with two-speaker virtual sounds closely tracked their scores with real sounds, but virtual scores were slightly less accurate and showed more side bias.
• PTOTSLPPilot2025Effects of short-term strength training based on hip flexion angle-torque characteristics using a prototype machine.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn young adults, a prototype machine that increases load during deep hip flexion improved strength at 105° more than a standard weight-stack machine. Both machines improved strength at all other angles. The prototype machine was made by a company that part-funded the study.
• SLPOther2025Working memory capacity and rumination in adults who stutter.Journal of fluency disordersAdults who stutter and adults who do not stutter took similar time to discard irrelevant negative words from working memory. In the stuttering group, this task was not related to rumination. Depressive symptoms were linked to rumination.
• SLPOther2025A cross-cultural examination of bi-directional mentalising in autistic and non-autistic adults.Molecular autismJapanese non-autistic adults showed no difficulty interpreting animations made by Japanese autistic adults. UK non-autistic adults did show lower accuracy for animations made by UK autistic adults, so the mismatch effect was not stable across cultures.
• SLPCohort2025Classification of central facial paralysis: an agreement analysis.CoDASFive speech-language pathologists rated 30 acute stroke patients with central facial paralysis. The Sunnybrook scale showed better agreement between raters than the House-Brackmann scale. Both scales were consistent when the same rater re-evaluated cases ten days later.
• SLPSystematic Review2025Assessing Functional Communication in Persons With Aphasia: A Scoping Review of Formal and Informal Measures.International journal of language & communication disordersNo standardized aphasia assessment fully captures real-world communication. Formal tools miss multimodal or interactive elements. Informal tools vary widely in definition. Clinicians must combine tests to see the whole picture of patient function.
• OTSLPQualitative2025Co-designing a novel service delivery pathway to increase access to autism identification and care within a non-profit community organization serving culturally and linguistically diverse families.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceCommunity providers and caregivers shaped a new autism care pathway through five priorities: respecting diversity, caregiver choice, accessibility, reducing stigma, and feasibility. These insights guided the creation of a culturally adapted workbook and training tutorial for non-specialist providers.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Sensitivity and Specificity of Developmental Surveillance and Autism Screening in an Australian Multicultural Cohort: The Watch Me Grow Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersNo single screening tool or combination accurately identified developmental concerns in this multicultural cohort. The most sensitive approach missed 9 children, while tiered systems missed up to 21. Specificity remained low, risking over-referral. Repeated surveillance with clinician input is necessary for reliable detection.
• SLPPilot2025Improved Speech Recognition in Adults With Conductive or Mixed Hearing Loss Using a Direct-to-Consumer Bone-Conduction Device: A Multiple Methods Intervention Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesAdults with conductive or mixed hearing loss improved word recognition by a median of 10 percentage points using a low-cost bone-conduction headset. Benefit was greatest for those with larger air-bone gaps and mild underlying sensorineural loss. Participants rated ease of use highly.
• SLPQualitative2025Time to Listen: Engaging Latino Autistic Adults and Parents as Partners in Advancing Autism Research.Journal of autism and developmental disordersLatino autistic adults and parents in a Texas border community said research participation felt more possible when materials used both English and Spanish, trusted people like teachers shared the invitation, and contact came by print as well as online.
• SLPOther2025Speech Recognition and Noise Adaptation in Realistic Noises.Trends in hearingNormal-hearing listeners adapted to realistic background noises, but the amount of adaptation did not depend on how much the noise fluctuated or how similar its spectrum was to speech. Vocoded words showed larger adaptation than natural words.
• SLPSystematic Review2025Communication Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Adults With Communication Disorders: A Systematic Review of Content Validity.International journal of language & communication disordersMost patient-reported communication measures for adults have little evidence that their items reflect what patients experience. NeuroQOL was the only scale that passed all criteria, and CPIB looked better developed.
• SLPOther2025Pupil Responses During Interactive Conversation.Trends in hearingPupil size changed around turn-taking, and a response peaked about 1 s after a partner began speaking. Noise altered the pattern, but this was a lab method study in normal-hearing older adults, not a clinical test.
• PTOTSLPOther2025A Further Characterisation of the Neuropsychological Profile, Social Perception, and Academic Skills in Sotos Syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRChildren with Sotos syndrome show a distinct cognitive profile: relative strength in facial memory but significant weakness in rapid speech, visuospatial construction, and mathematics. Social perception skills were not specifically impaired compared to other domains, despite high rates of autism comorbidity.