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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• SLPQualitative2025Exploring the Perceptions of Voice-Assisted Technology as a Tool for Speech and Voice Difficulties: Focus Group Study Among People With Parkinson Disease and Their Carers.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesPeople with Parkinson disease described using smart speakers as prompting them to speak louder and clearer to be understood. While this mimics speech therapy goals, participants reported frustration with device errors and distrust of privacy, suggesting technology alone is not a substitute for human therapy.
• SLPOther2025Automated Analysis of Relative Fundamental Frequency in Continuous Speech: Development and Comparison of Three Processing Pipelines.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationThree automated pipelines for measuring vocal effort in continuous speech matched manual analysis. The aRFF-B pipeline rejected the fewest samples and is recommended for large-scale use, though vocal fry in female voices remains a major cause of data loss.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Reproductive Education and Sexual Abuse Among Individuals With Spina Bifida: A Mixed Methods Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationMost adults with spina bifida are sexually active but lack specific health education. Many do not know they can have children, leading to low contraception use. High rates of abuse were reported, with patients urging providers to speak to them privately without caregivers present.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Item-Level Psychometrics for the Functional Gait Assessment in Persons With Stroke.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationThe Functional Gait Assessment measures one thing in chronic stroke: walking balance. A new scoring sheet lets therapists see exactly which tasks a patient can handle and which are just out of reach, guiding treatment targets without needing to calculate complex statistics.
• OTSLPQualitative2025Assessment of older adults' decision-making capacity for independent living: Findings from a nominal group technique meeting in Ireland.Australian occupational therapy journalExperienced occupational therapists recommended assessing function, cognition and home environment, exploring will and preference through interview, and using communication supports when judging older adults' capacity for independent living. These are expert recommendations, not tested interventions.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Characterisation of Challenging Behaviours and Associated Genetic and Neurological Features in Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRCaregivers of 61 children and adults with cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome reported high rates of challenging behaviour. Behaviours peaked in adolescence. Escape and physical discomfort were the most common functions. Pain, sleep problems, and sensory differences were linked to higher behaviour frequency.
• PTOTSLPPilot2025Evaluating self-assistance during functional reach with a passive hydrostatic exoskeleton under artificial impairment.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationHealthy adults with induced hand impairment improved grasp speed faster when using a passive exoskeleton to assist themselves. They retained this speed after removing the device, showing no dependency. This pilot supports self-assistance mechanisms but does not prove clinical efficacy.
• PTOTSLPCase Series2025Effect of Dual-Task Training on the Number of EEG Bands in Stroke Patients.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapyFive women with stroke showed reduced brain wave activity in all four EEG bands after 12 sessions of dual-task training. All improved on manual dexterity tests, but the authors state these clinical changes cannot yet be considered relevant or proven effective.
• SLPQualitative2025'To Know That You Are a Link in the Chain': A Realist Evaluation to Explore How Digital, Intensive, Parent-Implemented Interventions Work for Children With Speech Sound Disorder, Why, and for Whom.International journal of language & communication disordersParents and therapists described a three-stage journey for home-based speech therapy: building trust, tailoring practice to family life, and maintaining momentum. Digital tools were seen as helpful only when paired with active coaching and relationship-building, not as standalone replacements.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Child Care and Development in the Migration Context of Brazil: A Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Study at an International Border.Child: care, health and developmentImmigrant parents in Brazil maintain strong physical care and bonding but struggle to provide play and stimulation due to stress, language barriers, and isolation. Children with these risk factors often show developmental delays, requiring clinicians to actively screen for social determinants rather than assuming neglect.
• SLPPilot2025Treatment Fidelity in a Feasibility Trial of the Aphasia Intervention, Virtual Elaborated Semantic Feature Analysis.International journal of language & communication disordersThe virtual aphasia intervention was delivered with 81% adherence to the protocol. Rationale for activities and specific feedback were the least consistent components. Challenge tasks helped participants use practiced words in real life, with 14 of 15 reporting success.
• SLPCohort2025A Longitudinal Investigation Into the Relationship Between Working as a Speech and Language Therapist and Wellbeing.International journal of language & communication disordersHigh workload, low autonomy and poor support predict distress in speech and language therapists. Changing jobs improved satisfaction, but personal coping strategies did not. Employers must fix job design, not just encourage individual resilience.
• SLPOther2025Establishing Norm of Connected Speech Measures for Descriptive Discourses in Cantonese-Speaking Adults.International journal of language & communication disordersCantonese adults show varied speech patterns by age and education, not a simple decline. Older adults struggled most with sequential picture tasks, while middle-aged adults peaked in procedural descriptions. High-education speakers produced more content but appeared less lexically diverse due to longer samples.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Amantadine Continuation After Hospital Discharge for Acute Stroke Requiring Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Long-term Follow-up Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn 28 stroke patients continuing amantadine into rehab, dosing varied widely but appeared safe. Most patients improved in mobility and speech, yet confusion and agitation often emerged when doses were reduced, not increased. This offers no guidance on optimal dosing or timing.
• SLPSurvey2025Prevalence and associated factors of voice symptoms among Mexican prospective teachers: A cross-sectional study.Journal of communication disordersPrevalence of voice symptoms in prospective teachers varied widely by tool, from 9.13% to 54.60%. Perceived dust in placement classrooms was consistently linked to higher symptom reports. Third-year students and those in active placements reported more discomfort.
• SLPOther2025Methods of Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders in Multilingual Children.Language, speech, and hearing services in schoolsAssessing multilingual children's speech in both home and community languages changed diagnosis for several children, and combining evidence can reduce overdiagnosis compared with English-only norm-referenced assessment.
• SLPOther2025Binaural Speech Intelligibility in Noise and Reverberation: Prediction of Group Performance for Normal-hearing and Hearing-impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingA new computer model accurately predicts how hearing loss and reverberation affect speech understanding in noise. It combines two existing approaches to handle complex listening conditions that neither previous model could solve alone, offering a better tool for assessing real-world communication difficulties.
• SLPQualitative2025The impact of state policy on early autism diagnosis: A qualitative investigation.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceExperts identified state policy gaps as primary drivers of delayed autism diagnosis. Screening mandates are inconsistent, insurance requirements restrict diagnostic providers, and Medicaid reimbursement rates create significant access barriers. These systemic factors, rather than clinical practice alone, dictate how quickly families receive evaluations and services.
• SLPSurvey2025Communication and Psychosocial Functioning in Children With Tourette Syndrome: Parent-Reported Measures.International journal of language & communication disordersMost children with Tourette syndrome showed average communication skills, but those with low scores were rarely diagnosed. Co-occurring conditions did not predict communication ability. Lower communication scores correlated with higher psychosocial difficulties, suggesting a need for routine speech-language screening.
• SLPRCT2025Short-term effects of acoustically controlled auditory training in children with impaired school performance.CoDASChildren with central auditory processing disorder and impaired school performance had better auditory test scores after weekly training, and the scores remained better months later. Untreated children also changed on several tests, so the trial does not isolate the training effect.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025Unveiling the veil: Exploring experiences of patient-initiated workplace violence in long-term care and mental health and substance use settings.Work (Reading, Mass.)Staff and families in long-term care and mental health settings linked violence to rushed personal care, privacy violations, and poor communication about behavioral history. They identified specific early warning signs like pacing or sudden silence. The study highlights system gaps rather than testing interventions.
• SLPQualitative2025Perceived Barriers to Medication Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Adapting the Customized Adherence Enhancement Intervention.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAdolescents and young adults with ADHD reported medication barriers like stigma, side effects, and poor access, while facilitators included external prompts and strong support. A tailored intervention was adapted based on these themes, with participants requesting shorter sessions, more visuals, and interactive elements.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025A Systematic Scoping Review of Poststroke Engagement in Physical Activity.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationCommunity-dwelling stroke survivors typically walk about 4000 steps a day, falling short of guidelines. Objective measures show lower activity than self-reports. Interventions with coaching or education increased activity in the short term, but long-term adherence and support quality remain unclear.
• SLPOther2025Assessing Autism Co-Occurrence in Fragile X Syndrome: Proposing a Preliminary CARS-2 Cut-Off Score.Journal of autism and developmental disordersStandard autism rating scales classify far fewer people with Fragile X as autistic than observational assessments do. A lower cut-off score on the rating scale improved agreement with the observational tool, but these findings are preliminary and require validation in larger, more diverse samples before changing clinical practice.
• SLPOther2025Auditory Learning and Generalization in Older Adults: Evidence from Voice Discrimination Training.Trends in hearingThree sessions of voice training improved pitch-based voice discrimination in older adults as much as in young adults. Older adults did not improve on formant-based voice cues, and combined pitch and formant cues showed no training advantage.
• SLPCohort2025Changes in Early Aperiodic EEG Activity Are Linked to Autism Diagnosis and Language Development in Infants With Family History of Autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchInfants with a family history of autism showed reduced brain activity at 3 months. Greater increases in this activity by 12 months linked to later autism diagnosis and lower language scores at 18 months, independent of cognitive ability.
• SLPOther2025Reduced relationship-specific social touching and atypical association with emotional bonding in autistic adults.Molecular autismAdults with autism allowed smaller touchable body areas for most social network members and reported less pleasant touch from several members. Their emotional bonding was more strongly associated with how much of their body they allowed to be touched, especially legs, torso and crotch.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Impact of Hearing Impairment on Independent Travel in Individuals With Normal Vision, Low Vision, and Blindness.Trends in hearingBlind individuals with hearing impairment reported significantly more difficulty localizing dynamic sounds like traffic than those with low vision. Hearing aids helped with speech but were often rated unhelpful for sound localization, limiting independent travel safety.
• PTOTSLPRCT2025Cannabidiol (CBD) Treatment for Severe Problem Behaviors in Autistic Boys: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPurified CBD did not significantly reduce problem behaviors compared to placebo in boys with severe autism. Both groups improved, with a strong placebo effect observed. Safety was acceptable, but the study found no global benefit over placebo for the primary outcomes.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Lived Experiences of Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain and Implications on Their Daily Life: A Metasynthesis of Qualitative Research.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationOlder adults with chronic low back pain often hide their struggles to avoid burdening family, leading to isolation and despair. They actively seek explanations for their pain to gain credibility with clinicians. Therapists should validate invisible pain and involve families in care plans.
• SLPOther2025Bioenergetic Theory and Score Analyses: Preliminary Application to Four Soprano Solos.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationAnalysing four soprano scores through a sports-science lens showed that vocal demand varies widely and is not always obvious by ear. A slow song required anaerobic bursts, while a fast one needed mixed energy systems. This offers a framework for tailoring vocal conditioning, but has not been tested in singers.
• PTOTSLPRCT2025Improved Hip Flexibility and Gluteal Function Following a Daily Lunge-and-Reach Stretching Intervention.International journal of sports physical therapyA daily six-week lunge-and-reach stretch improved hip extension range of motion and single-leg jump distance in healthy young adults. It did not improve hip extension strength or gluteal endurance. The intervention was simple, requiring only two and a half minutes per limb per session.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Associations Between 24-h Movement Behaviours and Health in 3- and 4-Year-Old Children From a Low-Income Country: The SUNRISE Ethiopia Study.Child: care, health and developmentChildren who slept longer had lower body mass index scores. Those with more physical activity had stronger handgrip, while more sitting time linked to weaker grip. No links were found for balance, jumping, or thinking skills.
• SLPOther2025Mock Juror Perceptions of a Young Defendant With Developmental Language Disorder: A Mixed-Methods Study.International journal of language & communication disordersMock jurors who were told a young defendant had developmental language disorder rated him as more honest and likeable, and were less likely to convict him, compared to jurors who were not told. Awareness of the condition was low, and jurors often misidentified his distress as aggression.
• SLPOther2025Judging the Number and Gender of Talkers Present in an Auditory Scene Aided by Acoustic Beamforming.Trends in hearingListeners underestimated the number of talkers when more than three people spoke. Mixed male and female voices improved counting, and wide side beams produced better counts than a single beam, but this was a lab study in normal-hearing adults, not a patient trial.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Mothers' Ideas About Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Differences Over Time and by Household Experience with ASD.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMothers of children with autism were more likely to blame biological causes like genetics or vaccines, while those without autism blamed lifestyle or diet. Over 13 years, belief in vaccines causing autism decreased, while belief in genetics increased.
• SLPOther2025ABCD: A Simulation Method for Accelerating Conversational Agents With Applications in Aphasia Therapy.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRIn simulated aphasia therapy sessions, an AI agent using simple zero-shot prompts with topics achieved slightly better conversation flow than one using complex step-by-step prompts with pictures. The agent remained grammatically accurate and on-topic regardless of the type of speech errors it encountered.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Effects of work-related digital technology on occupational health in the public sector: A scoping review.Work (Reading, Mass.)Digital tools in public sector work bring both gains and harms, depending on implementation. Frontline care staff face ethical stress from curtailed discretion and poor integration, while office workers face job insecurity and isolation. User involvement and training are key to mitigating these risks.
• PTOTSLPCase Report2025Vibration-Enhanced Suspension Training for Glenohumeral Stability and Strength after Shoulder Subluxation: A Case Series.International journal of sports physical therapyTwo athletes with prior shoulder subluxations added vibration to suspension training. They showed large gains in internal rotation and isometric strength, but no improvement in dynamic bench press velocity or estimated one-rep max.
• OTSLPCohort2025Prospective Memory Performance of Autistic Adults in Everyday Life: The Role of Stress and Motivation.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults completed everyday memory tasks at the same rate as non-autistic adults, despite reporting higher daily stress. The tasks were self-selected or simple text-message cues, which may have made them easier than standard lab tests. This suggests everyday planning difficulties may stem from context, not core memory deficits.
• SLPOther2025Comparison of Deep Learning Models for Objective Auditory Brainstem Response Detection: A Multicenter Validation Study.Trends in hearingThe best model detected wave V correctly in 91.90% of held-out ABR waveforms. When converted to ear-level thresholds, 95.41% were within 10 dB of expert labels.
• SLPSurvey2025Caregiver perceptions and use of the Early Communication Indicator - Autism: Examining differences among demographic groups.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsCaregivers of young autistic children found the ECI-A easy to use and reported high fidelity, with no significant differences between Black and White or Latino and non-Latino families. However, researchers rated Black caregivers as less easy to use the tool than White caregivers, and Latino families had lower fidelity on general procedures.
• SLPSurvey2025South African Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology students' experiences of academic and clinical curriculum transformation.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSouth African speech-language therapy students said their curriculum minimally reflected African languages and cultures. Most felt only somewhat prepared for diverse clinical work, though students who were proficient in an indigenous language reported more confidence.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Investigating Developmental Status of Children Aged 0-5 Years and Its Association With Child Gender, Family Background and Geographic Locations in Australian Community-Based Early Learning Centres.Child: care, health and developmentChildren aged 2–3 and boys were more likely to have developmental concerns in language and self-help domains. Children from culturally and linguistically diverse families showed higher risks in language and social-emotional areas. Mid-level socio-economic communities had unexpected academic concerns, while remoteness and Indigenous status showed no significant associations.
• SLPCohort2025Grammaticality of Tag Questions as a Longitudinal Morphosyntactic Marker of Children With Specific Language Impairment Compared to Peers Ages 5-18 Years.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRChildren with SLI consistently struggled to judge the correctness of tag questions involving polarity errors, such as "She is looking for her mom, is she?" This difficulty persisted from age 5 to 18, unlike other grammar errors they learned to detect.
• OTSLPOther2025Underrepresentation of Participants From Marginalized Racial and Ethnic Groups: A Secondary Analysis of the Cognitive Rehabilitation Literature.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationMost influential brain injury rehabilitation studies either did not report participant race or showed White non-Hispanic patients were severely overrepresented. Eligibility rules like English fluency and high literacy likely excluded marginalized groups, meaning current practice standards may not apply equally to all patients.
• OTSLPCohort2025Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Youth with Autism and/or Intellectual Disabilities: Clinical Characteristics and Considerations.Journal of autism and developmental disordersYouth with autism or intellectual disability admitted to general psychiatric units were more likely to receive emergency injections for agitation, stay longer, and leave with more medications than peers without these diagnoses, suggesting care gaps in non-specialized settings.
• OTSLPOther2025Cognitive Flexibility Mediates the Associations Between Perceived Stress, Social Camouflaging and Mental Health Challenges in Autistic Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn 806 autistic adults, lower self-reported cognitive flexibility significantly mediated the link between perceived stress, social camouflaging, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. This suggests targeting flexible thinking may help buffer mental health risks, though the cross-sectional design cannot prove causation.
• SLPOther2025Acoustic Analysis of Blues, Country, Folk, Italian Opera, and Rock Singing.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationSinging samples across genres were less steady and more irregular than healthy sustained speech. Rock showed more irregular acoustic results than folk and Italian opera.
• SLPNarrative Review2025Multiparty Communication: A New Direction in Characterizing the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Social Communication.American journal of speech-language pathologyNo original findings are reported, so there is nothing here to change clinical practice.