SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPSystematic Review2025A Scoping Review of the Observed and Perceived Functional Impacts Associated With Language and Learning Disorders in School-Aged Children.International journal of language & communication disordersCurrent terminology for functional impacts in children with language disorders is inconsistent and poorly defined. This review proposes a new model distinguishing between observable performance issues and the child's subjective experience to guide more holistic assessment.
• SLPOther2025Adaptation of the "Language Use Inventory" to Brazilian Portuguese.CoDASThe Brazilian Portuguese version of the Language Use Inventory showed strong internal reliability and tracked expected developmental changes in young children. It is a promising tool for assessing pragmatic language, but normative scores are still under construction and not yet available for clinical use.
• SLPQualitative2025Neonatal Nurses' Understanding of the Factors That Enhance and Hinder Early Communication Between Preterm Infants and Their Parents: A Narrative Inquiry Study.International journal of language & communication disordersNine neonatal nurses viewed bonding activities like skin-to-skin as 'communication' but lacked knowledge of specific linguistic strategies. They identified masks and parental absence as major barriers to interaction, highlighting a need for speech and language therapy-led education on early language scaffolding.
• SLPOther2025Distinct Empathy Profiles in Autism and Social Anxiety: A Comparative Study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchEmotion recognition from eye pictures did not separate autistic students, students with social anxiety, and controls. Self-reported empathy did: autistic students reported lower perspective-taking and concern for others than controls, and higher personal distress relative to concern for others than both other groups.
• SLPCase Series2025Meaning-Making and Co-Creation: Re-Defining Effective Communication with Black, Disabled AAE-Speaking Children.Seminars in speech and languageTwo Black, disabled, AAE-speaking preschoolers used argument, humor, and indirect prompts to maintain connection during play. Their communication was effective without conforming to standard clinical expectations of directness or error-free speech.
• SLPOther2025Delineating Effects of Stress-Analogous, Low-Dose Cortisol Exposure on Human Vocal Fold Fibroblasts.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn lab-grown human vocal fold cells, stress-level cortisol exposure for one week altered gene activity, increasing fibrosis markers and glucocorticoid signaling while reducing inflammation. When combined with bacterial toxins, inflammation increased. These are cellular mechanisms, not clinical patient outcomes.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025The influence of HIV on return to work in stroke survivors amongst a population of the eThekwini district, Kwazulu Natal: A qualitative study.Work (Reading, Mass.)Stroke survivors living with HIV described fear of workplace discrimination and job loss as major barriers to returning to work. They emphasized that employer accommodation for medication appointments and a collaborative return-to-work process were essential for maintaining employment and health.
• PTOTSLPRCT2025Shoulder Muscle Activity Through Surface Electromyography and Estimation of Physiological Fatigue Using the T-Fast Test in Patients With Glenohumeral Instability: A Cross-Sectional Study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapyWearable sensors tracking arm movement speed and acceleration during a 2-minute lifting test correlated with shoulder muscle fatigue in patients with instability. The test is a practical alternative to expensive electromyography, but the link is based on a small group and needs confirmation.
• SLPCase-Control2025The Role of the Brain's Pragmatic Language Network in Reading Comprehension in Autistic Children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic children had higher overall brain activity than neurotypical children in areas for meaning and social context while reading, but the strict brain-map analysis found no group differences. Reading comprehension scores did not explain the activity.
• SLPPilot2025Visual Analog of Temporal Envelope Benefits Speech Processing in Cochlear Implant Users: A Pilot Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study on the Associations Between Audiovisual Benefit, Listening Environment, and Peripheral Neural Health.Ear and hearingFor cochlear implant users, a pulsing visual sphere improved sentence scores in lower noise, from 27% to 50%, but not in quiet or louder noise. Brain measures did not show a clear effect.
• SLPOther2025Validation of a Python-Based Graphical User Interface for Calculation of Relative Fundamental Frequency.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationA new free software tool calculates voice tension measures just as accurately as the expensive, complex version it replaces. It requires no coding skills and runs on standard computers, making objective voice assessment easier to access for clinics and research labs.
• SLPOther2025Some Considerations for the Use of the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) as a Hearing-Aid Outcome Measure.Trends in hearingHearing aid benefit scores depend heavily on how much trouble a person had before fitting. A single pass-fail score misses this. Clinicians should judge improvement relative to the patient's own baseline difficulty, not against a fixed group average.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Ukrainian war trauma patients abroad: the rehabilitation process in light of language barriers, cultural differences, war, and infection isolation.Journal of rehabilitation medicineUkrainian war trauma patients rated this rehabilitation 30 out of 32 for satisfaction. Professional interpreters worked best, but multilingual staff who acted as cultural mediators were highly valued. Patients reported isolation hurt their mood, though staff worried it also hindered recovery.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Transitions of 24-H Movement Behaviour Profiles From Schooldays to Weekends and Their Associations With Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being in Czech Adolescents.Child: care, health and developmentAdolescents who kept an active, low-sitting, good-sleep routine from school days to weekends reported higher quality of life. Those who shifted to poorer habits had significantly lower scores. Weekend drop-offs in activity were common, but not linked to worse outcomes.
• SLPOther2025Cochlear Tuning in Early Aging Estimated with Three Methods.Trends in hearingAmong adults with normal hearing, estimates of how sharply the cochlea separates sounds became slightly broader with age when the measures were combined, but each measure varied widely and did not consistently show age decline. The method used changed estimates considerably.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Plea for routine endoscopic tracheostomy tube adjustment.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesRoutine endoscopy found two-thirds of tracheostomy tubes in neurorehab patients were malpositioned, causing visible tracheal injury in 19%. No patient factors predicted misplacement. Check tube position endoscopically upon admission or at first change.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Different approaches and their consequences for addressing the occupational health and safety of young workers: A systematic narrative literature review.Work (Reading, Mass.)Most research on young workers' safety focuses on individual biology, ignoring workplace organisation. Social support and employment status strongly influence injury and mental health. Therapists should assess working conditions and job type, not just age or risk-taking, when treating young apprentices.
• SLPNarrative Review2025The Role of Reproductive Injustice in the Access of Motherhood for Women With Intellectual Disabilities: A Narrative Literature Review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDWomen with intellectual disabilities face systemic barriers to parenthood, often justified by ableist or eugenic discourses. Sterilisation and long-term contraception are frequently imposed by third parties for menstrual management or perceived 'best interests,' rather than through informed consent.
• SLPOther2025Normative Thresholds for Acoustic Estimates of Relative Fundamental Frequency.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn typical adults, offset RFF was lower with age, and onset RFF differed by sex. OFF10 cutoffs are -2.73, -3.33, and -3.58 semitones for ages 18-39, 40-64, and 65+; ON1 cutoffs are 0.89 for males and -0.03 for females.
• SLPOther2025Beyond Socioeconomic Status: A Strengths-Focused Structural Equation Modeling Study of Collaboration-Focused Parenting Beliefs, Interaction Quality, and Language Outcomes.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRMothers who held collaboration-focused parenting beliefs when their infants were one month old engaged in higher-quality interactions at two years, which predicted stronger receptive and expressive language skills at three years. Stress and locus-of-control showed no such association.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025Living Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of People With Profound and Multiple Intellectual Disabilities Through a Family Carer Lens.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDFamily carers described the pandemic as a traumatic event that deepened exclusion and left relatives with profound disabilities without essential therapies. They reported lasting health deterioration, lost skills, and anxiety about future care, with no recovery in services eighteen months after restrictions ended.
• SLPOther2025Improving Outcomes of Single-Sided Deaf Cochlear Implant Users by Reducing Interaural Frequency and Loudness Mismatches through Device Programming.Trends in hearingFor experienced single-sided deaf cochlear implant users, a modified frequency table and balanced loudness program improved speech recognition in noisy restaurant-like settings. Newly implanted users showed no performance difference between programs, though most preferred the modified settings.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025The role of place types on social relationships and satisfaction as influenced by COVID and disabilities.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPeople with disabilities rated outdoor recreation and healthcare as less important for social relationships during the pandemic. Online activities became the most important place type overall. This reflects access barriers and risk avoidance, not a change in social need.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Hospital to Home Transitions for Children With Medical Complexity: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Professionals Experiences.Child: care, health and developmentHealthcare professionals managing hospital-to-home transitions for medically complex children report lacking specific training, clear role definitions, and reliable community support. They describe heavy emotional burdens and frustration with fragmented communication, noting that when coordination fails, families become default case managers.
• SLPSystematic Review2025A scoping review of episodes of lucidity in people living with dementia near the end of life: the potential role of speech-language pathology in research and practice.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsEpisodes of lucidity in dementia are defined by unexpected, meaningful communication. Speech-language pathologists have the skills to study these events and support caregivers, but only one of ten reviewed studies included an SLP researcher. The evidence base is sparse and mostly relies on retrospective caregiver reports.
• SLPOther2025Exploring Objective Correlates to Perceived Severity in the Covarying Breathy, Rough, and Strained Voice Qualities of Dysphonic Voices.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationNo single objective measure captures all voice qualities. Pitch strength best tracked breathiness and strain, while temporal envelope measures and cepstral peak prominence were needed to accurately rank roughness.
• SLPOther2025Response time, amplitude, and neural auditory maintenance in individuals with tinnitus: a comparative study.CoDASPeople with tinnitus disorder had slower brain responses to speech sounds than those without tinnitus. Other measures of how strongly the brain reacted were not significantly different, though they trended lower in the tinnitus group.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025The relationships between metacognitive aspects of daily activity performance and participation patterns: Older adults' perspectives.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTCommunity-dwelling older adults reported the most difficulty with complex tasks and executive functions. These self-reported cognitive struggles correlated with participating in fewer activities, needing more assistance, and leaving the home less often, but not with how much they enjoyed those activities.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Male and Female Healthcare Trajectories in Autism: Are There Any Differences Considering Age at Diagnosis and Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Status?Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic females were diagnosed later than males, averaging 22.2 versus 13.9 years. Adults relied heavily on hospital and emergency care, while children used outpatient clinics. Sex differences in healthcare use varied significantly depending on age at diagnosis and intellectual disability status.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025How AI-Based Digital Rehabilitation Improves End-User Adherence: Rapid Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesAI tools like wearables and apps may boost rehab adherence through reminders, feedback, and personalization. However, the evidence comes from only six small studies with high bias risk, so clinicians should view these benefits as promising but unproven.
• SLPPilot2025Early speech therapy intervention in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.CoDASChildren with autism who completed 24 weeks of DIR/Floortime speech therapy showed significant gains in communicative acts and socio-emotional skills. However, all participants remained in the deficient range for emotional and functional development, meaning the intervention improved scores but did not resolve the underlying deficits.
• SLPQualitative2025Paternal Role of Fathers in Families of Parents With Intellectual Disabilities: Views, Barriers and Facilitators in Fulfilling This Role.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDFathers in families with intellectual disabilities want to be involved and recognized as parents, but face barriers like maternal gatekeeping, service focus on mothers, and stigma. Facilitators include direct contact, flexible hours, male professionals, and co-parenting support.
• SLPOther2025Toward an Extended Classification of Noise-Distortion Preferences by Modeling Longitudinal Dynamics of Listening Choices.Trends in hearingListening preferences for noise reduction fluctuate daily, not just between people. A mobile app can track these shifts. Most patients prefer a middle ground rather than being strict 'noise' or 'distortion' haters. Single-point assessments may miss this variability.
• SLPCohort2025Maternal Mediterranean-Style Diet During Pregnancy and Child Social Impairment as Measured by the Social Responsiveness Scale.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMothers with higher Mediterranean-style diet scores during pregnancy had children with lower social impairment scores. The association held for social communication and cognition subdomains after adjusting for demographics. No single food group drove the effect, suggesting overall diet quality matters more than specific items.
• SLPOther2025Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the Boston Residue and Clearance Scale (BR-BRACS).CoDASThe Boston Residue and Clearance Scale is now available in Brazilian Portuguese with validated images for FEES. Judges agreed almost perfectly on the selected images, though static views of the postcricoid region remained difficult to classify.
• SLPOther2025Speech profile in patients with Huntington's Disease: cognitive, clinical, and sociodemographic correlations.CoDASEvery patient with Huntington's disease in this small study had impaired speech. Compared with matched controls, they had worse articulation, phonation and respiration, and speech problems related to motor severity. Use this for assessment awareness, not diagnostic certainty.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Profile and management of patients from low-middle socioeconomic status with thoracic trauma.The South African journal of physiotherapyMost patients with thoracic trauma in these South African hospitals were young men injured by assault. Physiotherapists used breathing exercises and early walking, but rarely trunk exercises. Only two patients were referred for outpatient follow-up. This describes current practice, not whether it works.
• SLPOther2025Don't put words in my mouth: speech perception can falsely activate a brain-computer interface.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA speech brain-computer interface trained to decode attempted speech falsely triggered during speech perception. On average, 36.57% of perception epochs were misclassified as produced speech, creating a high risk of unwanted output during conversation.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Developmental outcomes of small infants at a high-risk clinic: A short-term longitudinal study.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsAt 6 months corrected age, 8 of 28 small infants had a screening referral for developmental concerns, especially communication and motor skills. At 12 months, all 17 who attended scored above the developmental test average. This does not prove catch-up.
• SLPOther2025Speech-Language Pathologists' Language Practices during Speech-Language Therapy for Bilingual Children.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsMost Massachusetts speech therapists reported serving bilingual children in English only. Clinicians with professional proficiency in a client's home language provided services in both languages far more often. Barriers included lack of bilingual staff, limited interpreters, and school policies prioritizing English.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Automated planning and scheduling in robot-aided rehabilitation: a review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAutomated planning lets robots adapt therapy in real time, but most evidence is short-term or simulated. Clinical trials are rare. Therapists should view these tools as emerging aids for engagement and workload management, not proven treatments that replace clinical judgment.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Socio-Emotional Development in Young Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review.Child: care, health and developmentSocio-emotional difficulties are common in young children with cerebral palsy. Severity of motor disability, communication delays and parenting difficulties were consistently linked to poorer outcomes. Most evidence relies on parent reports and cross-sectional designs, limiting causal conclusions.
• SLPOther2025Acoustic-prosodic measures discriminate the emotions of Brazilian portuguese speakers.CoDASAcoustic measures of duration, pitch, and intensity reliably distinguish six basic emotions in Brazilian Portuguese. Disgust showed the longest duration and slowest speech rate, while joy had the shortest duration and highest intensity. Fear had the greatest pitch variability, and sadness had the lowest pitch and intensity.
• SLPCase Report2025Speech Therapy in an Adult With Cleft Lip and Palate: A Clinical Case Study.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsA 33-year-old woman with cleft palate underwent combined speech therapy and surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency. Her consonant accuracy improved from 75% to 100% for targeted sounds. The case shows adult speech therapy can be effective, but cannot separate the impact of therapy from surgery.
• SLPOther2025Validation of a freely distributable software for the analysis of electrophysiological signals: Smart Tools for Evoked Potentials (STEP).CoDASA new free software for analyzing auditory evoked potentials matched the accuracy of the clinical gold standard. It calculated wave timings and sizes exactly as expected in tests and showed no significant differences from the standard system when analyzing 15 real patient exams.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Motor and cognitive changes across 2 years: a longitudinal study in early Multiple Sclerosis.Archives of physiotherapyEarly MS patients stayed functionally stable over two years. Cognition and fatigue did not worsen, and some walking measures even improved. Wearable sensors gave conflicting results. This suggests two years is too short to see decline, so do not assume rapid deterioration in stable patients.
• SLPOther2025Caregiver Peer Support for Families of Autistic Children in France.Child: care, health and developmentOnly 16 caregiver peer support programs for autistic children were found in France, mostly local and informal. Most lack clear details on training or payment. Families often cannot find out what kind of support they are getting before joining.
• SLPPilot2025Reliability of nurse-administered infant hearing screening using otoacoustic emissions.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsAfter training, two nurses' infant hearing screening results matched an audiologist almost perfectly. But 26% of infants failed screening. Nine had middle ear infections, two had normal hearing, one had bilateral moderate-to-severe hearing loss, and one had unilateral severe hearing loss.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Primary care rehabilitation after Knee Replacement - a cross sectional study.Archives of physiotherapySwedish physiotherapists report knee range of motion and managing swelling are the hardest post-surgery challenges. They prioritize early active movement and strength. Many patients are unprepared for the long recovery and severe initial pain, highlighting the need for pre-operative education.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Validity & Reliability of Using Musculoskeletal Ultrasound to Measure Cervical Disc Height.International journal of sports physical therapyMusculoskeletal ultrasound measured cervical disc height with good to excellent reliability and validity compared to MRI in healthy young adults. Ultrasound readings averaged slightly lower than MRI, but the difference fell within expected measurement error. This supports ultrasound as a safe, accessible tool for research and clinical assessment.