SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• PTOTSLPOther2025Cognitive Impairment Highly Prevalent and Associated With Reduced Physical Function in Older Veteran Clinical Exercise Program.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationMost veterans entering this exercise program scored in the mild cognitive impairment range despite no dementia diagnosis. Lower leg strength and walking endurance were significantly associated with lower cognitive scores, while balance and arm strength were not.
• SLPSystematic Review2025Judging Offenders With Intellectual Disabilities: Systematic Review of Criminal Justice System Professionals' Expressed Views and Attitudes Towards Offenders With Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRCriminal justice professionals often confuse intellectual disability with autism or mental health issues, relying on stereotypes rather than formal screening to identify it. This leads to inconsistent support, where some offenders are diverted while others are treated as fully culpable. Specific, experiential training was the only factor reported to improve identification and confidence.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Health-Related Quality of Life in Survivors of Stroke Post Inpatient Rehabilitation Discharged to a Home Setting.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationFor stroke survivors returning home from rehab, quality of life was best predicted by how well they could move, think, and manage anxiety or depression. Age, income, and initial stroke severity did not significantly predict quality of life.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Age Is Not the Limit-Functional Outcomes and Discharge Predictors in a Neurorehabilitation Cohort of Mixed Ages.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAge alone did not predict home discharge or functional improvement in this neurorehabilitation cohort. Instead, outcomes depended on comorbidity burden, baseline function, and length of stay. Do not exclude older patients from inpatient rehabilitation based on age.
• OTSLPSurvey2025Caregiver concerns for autistic children differ between publicly funded educational and mental health settings: Findings from a community implementation-effectiveness trial.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceCaregivers named aggression, social communication problems and attention problems among their top concerns. Mental health caregivers reported more aggression; school caregivers reported more social problems and repetitive behaviors.
• PTOTSLPRCT2025Early detection of infants with neurodevelopmental concerns indicative of cerebral palsy in a lower middle-income country (India).Developmental medicine and child neurologyCommunity health workers in India reliably screened high-risk infants for cerebral palsy using video-based movement assessments. The General Movements Assessment was highly sensitive but prone to false positives. The Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination offered better overall accuracy. Early detection is feasible in low-resource settings.
• PTOTSLPPilot2025Impact of a 2-Month Program of Eccentric Training on Plantar Flexor Structure and Function in Hemiparesis After Stroke.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationEccentric training changed muscle structure and neural activation in stroke survivors but did not improve walking speed or strength. The intervention was feasible, yet functional outcomes remained null, so it should not be expected to enhance mobility on its own.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Prevalence and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRAdults with intellectual disabilities have very high rates of heart failure and stroke, but the numbers vary wildly across studies. Screening should not rely on medical records alone, as objective tests found far more cases. Treat these rates as a range, not a single number.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Understanding Cannabis Use After Spinal Cord Injury: A Canadian Survey Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationHalf of surveyed Canadians with spinal cord injury had used cannabis, with pain and sleep the top reasons after injury. Most perceived it moderately effective, but the study did not prove it works. Clinicians should discuss risks and benefits rather than assume therapeutic value.
• SLPQualitative2025'. . . there's so much within the work that we do where all we kind of need is the space and the safety': The experiences of Australian practitioners who support autistic survivors of sexual and domestic violence.Autism : the international journal of research and practicePractitioners supporting autistic survivors of violence emphasised that safety comes from adapting therapy to neurodivergent processing needs. They prioritised explicit communication, sensory accommodations, and validating experiences over standard trauma protocols, which often fail when clients struggle to identify internal states.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Functional Trajectory of Childhood Stroke in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationChildren with new stroke improved significantly in self-care, mobility, and cognition during inpatient rehab. However, those needing agitation medication started lower and gained less. Agitation management is a key predictor of functional recovery in this group.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Caregiver-reported meaningful change in functional domains for individuals with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy: A convergent mixed-methods design.Developmental medicine and child neurologyParents of children with severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathies prioritized small, functional steps like communicating pain or preferences and achieving independent sitting. These specific changes were valued for reducing frustration and improving daily care, offering a concrete framework for setting realistic therapy goals.
• SLPPilot2025Early Feasibility and Efficacy of a Novel Skill-Based Training Program for Poststroke Dysphagia.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationTwo poststroke patients with dysphagia showed improved swallowing ability, physiology, and self-reported symptoms after a novel skill-based training program using visual biofeedback. No adverse events occurred, but one patient did not finish the eight-session protocol.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Cognitive and Behavioural Associations of Visual and Hearing Impairments Across the Lifespan in People With Down Syndrome, a Scoping Review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRUncorrected hearing loss in children with Down syndrome is linked to language delays, while visual impairment in adults is linked to reduced daily living skills. However, evidence is mostly cross-sectional, so these are associations rather than proof that treating the senses improves cognition.
• SLPOther2026The Pediatric Screening-Priority Evaluation Dysphagia: Validation of a new tool for screening swallowing disorders in infants and children.Developmental medicine and child neurologyThe PS-PED screening tool accurately identifies dysphagia risk in children using medical records. A score of 5 or less rules out low risk with 98% sensitivity, while a score of 6 or more flags at-risk cases with 95% sensitivity. It does not require child cooperation.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Relationship between anxiety and executive functioning among youth with Down syndrome.Research in developmental disabilitiesExecutive function struggles and anxiety symptoms influence each other over time in youth with Down syndrome. Shifting and working memory difficulties predicted higher anxiety a year later, while anxiety predicted later problems with shifting and initiating tasks.
• OTSLPQualitative2025"There is nothing"-Exploring diagnostic and service access for autistic individuals in Uruguay: A qualitative study.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceUruguayan caregivers described autism care as delayed and fragmented: doctors avoided naming autism, rushed diagnoses, and families travelled long distances. Services were often the same psychomotor and speech therapy mix, not tailored to each child.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025E-Cigarette Use Among Older Adults with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Relationship With History of Cigarette Smoking.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAbout 16% of adults with chronic spinal cord injury have tried e-cigarettes, and 4.9% currently use them. History of cigarette smoking and younger age were strongly associated with this use. Injury severity was not related to vaping.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Comparing trajectories of sport participation for autistic- and non-autistic-youth: A group-based multi-trajectory modelling approach.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic children were far less likely to join team sports, with gaps widening as they aged. However, their rates of individual sport participation matched non-autistic peers. This suggests individual sports may be a more accessible entry point for autistic youth.
• SLPCase Report2025Impact of Percutaneous Intercostal Nerve Stimulation Combined With Diaphragm Pacing on Respiratory Function in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn one man with high cervical spinal cord injury, adding percutaneous intercostal nerve stimulation to his existing diaphragm pacemaker raised tidal volume from 124-138 mL to 241 mL. This allowed him to voluntarily assist inspiration when feeling oxygen-deprived, but it is a single case.
• SLPCohort2025Alexithymic and autistic traits differentially predict personality disorder dimensions.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic traits predicted schizoid and obsessive-compulsive personality dimensions, while alexithymia predicted schizoid and borderline dimensions. Avoidant traits were linked to depression and anxiety, not autism or alexithymia. These overlaps suggest diagnostic assessments should distinguish between core conditions and co-occurring emotional processing difficulties.
• PTOTSLPRCT2025Impact of the Akwenda Intervention Program for cerebral palsy on caregiver-perceived burden, stress, and psychosocial functioning: A cluster-randomized trial in Uganda.Developmental medicine and child neurologyCaregivers in a 12-month group program in Uganda reported less burden and better quality of life than those receiving usual care. The program combined training, therapy sessions, and peer support. It is unclear which specific component drove the improvements.
• SLPQualitative2025'You feel part of something bigger': Stakeholders' experiences of a long-term community-academic participatory research partnership.Autism : the international journal of research and practicePartnership members valued shared inclusion goals and mutual learning but reported growing distress from fidelity checks and power imbalances. Early educators felt excluded from decision-making and reduced to data collectors. Trust eroded over time due to poor communication and staff turnover, threatening long-term sustainability.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Engagement in Evidence-Based Practice Activities and Thinking by Rehabilitation Therapists: Predictive Factors.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationRehabilitation therapists rarely search databases or share evidence, but frequently reflect on clinical outcomes. Engagement in evidence-seeking activities was predicted by feeling job secure, being open to new methods, and holding specialty certifications, rather than by years of experience or facility size.
• OTSLPCohort2025Bulbar function in children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 treated with nusinersen.Developmental medicine and child neurologyBulbar function trajectories varied widely in children with SMA1 treated with nusinersen. Many declined over 2 years, especially in type 1b. Improvement on swallowing scores was mostly driven by normal developmental milestones rather than direct treatment effects.
• SLPQualitative2025'Sometimes I'm feeling baffled and they're probably feeling baffled': On the experiences of psychological therapists working with autistic people in a structured primary care service for anxiety disorders and depression.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceTherapists in standard anxiety services felt unprepared for autistic patients. They struggled to distinguish autism traits from symptoms and found time limits and rigid questionnaires obstructive. Adaptations like concrete language and environmental changes helped, but specific training was lacking.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Otolaryngologic Symptom Severity Post SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationFour hundred and seventy post-COVID patients reported that hospitalization was linked to worse breathing and cough symptoms, which often lingered or worsened over a year. Voice and swallowing problems remained mild and below clinical thresholds, regardless of how sick the patient was.
• PTOTSLPRCT2025Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Olfactory Training on Cognitive and Emotional Function in Individuals with Parkinson Disease.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationSix months of sniffing four scents twice daily improved memory, thinking, and mood in people with Parkinson disease. The group doing the training scored better than controls on all these tests, though motor symptoms did not change.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2025Consolidating a framework of autistic camouflaging strategies: An integrative systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults describe camouflaging as a conscious, learned skillset involving suppression, performance, and cognitive strategies like scripting. This effort causes significant strain and distress, often hidden from clinicians. Look for signs of exhaustion and inconsistency across settings rather than just social deficits.
• PTOTSLPRCT2026Personalized high-intensity temporal interference stimulation decouples cerebellar networks to enhance implicit learning.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationHigh-intensity stimulation of the deep brain improved implicit motor learning in healthy men. However, the improvement was not significantly better than the sham control. Brain scans showed activity changes in the striatum, but the clinical benefit remains unproven.
• SLPOther2025The Adaption to Online Synchronous Teaching and Voice Fatigue: Acoustic and Clinical Data.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationUniversity teachers showed more voice fatigue signs during online pandemic teaching, including higher pitch and creak. After partly returning to classroom or hybrid teaching, fatigue improved but did not fully return to prepandemic levels.
• SLPRCT2025A randomized controlled trial into the effectiveness of a mobile health application (SAM) to reduce stress and improve well-being in autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults using an unguided stress-tracking app for four weeks reported significantly lower perceived stress and higher mental well-being than those on a waitlist. However, 43% found the app itself stressful, and most users did not experience a clinically reliable change.
• SLPCohort2025What Is the Impact of Second Language Exposure and Intellectual Disability Status on Executive Function and Functional Communication Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchParents reported that children with autism who spoke a second language had better everyday executive function than those who did not. Functional communication scores showed no difference between language groups. The study found no evidence that bilingual exposure harms these outcomes.
• SLPQualitative2025Development of a Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) outcome measure for clinical interventional studies in paediatric autism.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceClinicians and families prioritized goals like independence and safety over symptom reduction. A new Goal Attainment Scale was developed to track these personalized outcomes in autism trials, though its clinical utility requires further validation.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Sleep in Infants with Down Syndrome or Familial Likelihood of Autism in the First Year of Life.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents of infants with Down syndrome reported fewer sleep concerns at 6 months despite objective data showing similar sleep patterns to controls. By 12 months, both Down syndrome and autism-likelihood groups showed less night sleep and more waking than controls, though concerns remained lower in Down syndrome.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2025A scoping review of current approaches to strengths-based transition practices for autistic adolescents.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceStrengths-based transition programmes for autistic teens generally fall into five types, like peer mentoring and career planning. A major gap is the lack of standardised tools to measure these strengths, meaning most studies rely on ad-hoc assessments rather than validated scales.
• SLPOther2025Voice Acoustic Instability During Spontaneous Speech in Parkinson's Disease.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn people with Parkinson's disease, average pitch and pitch variability fell over the course of both reading and picture description. The fall did not differ by cognitive impairment.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Evaluating Goal Attainment Scaling for Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia in Rehabilitation Settings.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationPeople with mild cognitive impairment or dementia could use Goal Attainment Scaling to rate their own progress, agreeing closely with therapists. However, goal attainment scores did not correlate with Functional Independence Measure scores, so the two tools measure different things.
• SLPCase Series2026Outcomes of Gender-Affirming Voice and Communication Modification Training for Non-binary Individuals: A Case Series.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationFour non-binary clients showed mixed results after 12 weeks of voice training. Pitch changes did not consistently match satisfaction scores. One client improved in both areas. The other three improved in some tasks but not others. This shows the need for goals based on client preference rather than standard acoustic targets.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Robotics and artificial intelligence applications in neurorehabilitation: a bibliometric analysis (2003-2025).Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThe literature on robotics and AI in neurorehabilitation has grown rapidly since 2010, but remains heavily focused on stroke and exoskeleton design. There is little published research on Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, or paediatric populations, and the field lacks clinical validation data.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Synchronous telehealth and face-to-face administration of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale.Developmental medicine and child neurologyTelehealth Alberta Infant Motor Scale scores matched face-to-face scores almost perfectly for 8- and 12-month-olds. Agreement dropped for 4-month-olds. Clinicians can use synchronous telehealth for older infants, saving significant travel time while maintaining accuracy.
• SLPRCT2026A randomized controlled trial of online mindfulness-based stress reduction in chronic stroke.Rehabilitation psychologyOnline mindfulness did not reduce anxiety or depression more than a matched brain health class. Both groups improved equally on mental health and life satisfaction, suggesting the benefit comes from social engagement and structure rather than mindfulness skills alone.
• SLPRCT2025The Effect of Maximum Phonation Time Goal on Efficacy of Vocal Function Exercises.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationKnowing your maximum phonation time goal did not significantly change improvement compared to not knowing it in healthy adults. All groups improved after six weeks of vocal exercises, regardless of whether the goal was given at the start, delayed, or withheld.
• SLPCase-Control2025Relationship Between Vocal Fatigue Index and Acoustic Voice Scales in Patients With Coronavirus Infection.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationPatients recovering from COVID-19 reported significantly higher vocal fatigue than healthy controls, with tiredness and physical discomfort correlating with acoustic voice measures like jitter and shimmer. This suggests voice therapy may be needed for post-COVID dysphonia.
• SLPCohort2025Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Risk Factors in Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: Results of the Healthy Ageing and Intellectual Disabilities Study.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRIn older adults with intellectual disabilities, hypertension, Down syndrome and antipsychotic use were strongly linked to new cardiovascular events. Heart failure and stroke occurred more often than in the general population, while heart attacks were less common.
• SLPOther2025Laying the Groundwork to Study the Heterogeneous Nature of Vocal Fatigue.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationThis paper proposes a research framework for studying vocal fatigue. It does not report clinical results or test any treatments, so it offers no evidence to change how you assess or treat patients with voice fatigue.
• SLPCohort2025Acoustic-Aerodynamic Voice Outcome Ratios Identify Changes in Vocal Function Following Vocal Fold Medialization for Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationVocal fold medialization significantly improved airflow and sound output in 149 patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis. The ratio of sound pressure level to airflow detected these changes most effectively and consistently, regardless of how loudly the patient tried to speak.
• OTSLPQualitative2025'We think differently, we learn differently, but at the end of the day we're not that different': Strengths-based approaches in high school from the perspectives of autistic adolescents.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceSixteen autistic teens described school as most engaging when teachers understood their specific interests, such as coding or writing. They valued clear rules and future-focused career guidance. Generic social programs felt forced, while shared interests helped them build genuine peer connections.
• SLPCase Report2025Increased Incidence of Ulcerative Laryngitis During Spring 2022 Omicron-Variant Wave of COVID19.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationFour vocal performers developed ulcerative laryngitis in spring 2022, a spike the authors link to the omicron wave. They recovered faster than a previous group, likely because they sought help sooner. This does not prove any specific treatment works.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Multicomponent exercise interventions for cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a summary of best evidence.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesMulticomponent exercise combining aerobic, strength, balance, and flexibility work improved overall cognition in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Moderate intensity, 30-60 minute sessions, and 3-4 times weekly are recommended. Evidence is graded low and relies on secondary sources.