SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPSurvey2025Psychometric Evaluation of Two Adult Autism Screening Tools in Brazil.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchTwo Brazilian adult autism questionnaires, including a women-specific version, tracked AQ-10 scores and self-reported autism, but they are not yet diagnostic tools.
• SLPSurvey2025Anxiety, Depression, and Other Factors Associated With Voice Handicaps in Active Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationAmong 91 active older adults surveyed during the pandemic, those with high trait anxiety were more likely to report voice handicaps than those with low anxiety. Older age was also linked to greater voice handicap. Most participants reported low anxiety and no voice handicap.
• SLPCase-Control2025Sleep Spindle Abnormalities in Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disability: Insights From Nap Polysomnography.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchPreschoolers with autism showed higher sleep spindle amplitude and activity in frontal brain regions during naps compared to typically developing peers. These EEG differences were most pronounced in children with co-occurring developmental delay, suggesting naps can reveal neurobiological markers.
• SLPOther2026Child Consonant Harmony Revisited: The Role of Lexical Memory Constraints and Segment Repetition.Language and speechChildren producing words with different consonants often repeat the same consonant rather than just matching place. This suggests child consonant harmony is driven by memory constraints during word learning, not just articulatory simplification.
• SLPOther2026How Templatic Is Arabic Input to Children? The Role of Child-Directed-Speech in the Acquisition of Semitic Morpho-Phonology.Language and speechLebanese Arabic input to toddlers is less 'Semitic' than adult speech, with only 27% of frequent words having stable triliteral roots. This suggests children may not develop early sensitivity to word patterns, challenging assumptions from Hebrew.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Neurological diagnoses in children potentially fulfilling the criteria for developmental coordination disorder.Developmental medicine and child neurologyIn children suspected of developmental coordination disorder, neurological exam alone was unreliable for ruling out other conditions. Thirty-eight percent received an alternative diagnosis, with genetic disorders identified in over half of these cases. Clinicians should consider referring for further investigation when motor signs are atypical or progressive.
• SLPOther2026Argument ordering in simple sentences is affected by age of first language acquisition: Evidence from late first language signers of ASL.Journal of child languageDeaf adults who learned ASL after age nine produced inconsistent word order when describing events with two people. Native signers followed strict grammatical rules. This suggests a critical period for learning basic sentence structure ends in early childhood, affecting how we set expectations for language acquisition in late-exposed deaf individuals.
• OTSLPOther2026Measuring autistic burnout: A psychometric validation of the AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure in autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceIn 379 autistic adults, the 27-item Autistic Burnout Measure worked best as one total score. It identified people who said they were burnt out better than a depression questionnaire.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Benign External Hydrocephalus in a Subgroup of Autistic Children Prior to Autism Diagnosis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchA subgroup of autistic children under two years old had benign external hydrocephalus and enlarged extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid. This pattern was rare in controls and resolved by age four. These findings suggest a specific early brain development issue in some autistic children.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Swallowing Evaluation in Post-COVID-19 Patients with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia.DysphagiaPost-COVID patients who failed swallowing screening early after discharge had high rates of aspiration and silent aspiration. Those screened weeks later had far fewer abnormalities. Higher EAT-10 scores and respiratory rates predicted aspiration risk.
• SLPOther2025Predictors of sentence recall performance in children with and without DLD: Complexity matters.Journal of child languageIn children with DLD, exact sentence repetition depended on working memory, morphology and phonological short-term memory, and harder sentences taxed these resources earlier than in typical peers. Morphology predicted ungrammatical recalls and tense errors in both groups.
• SLPCohort2025Consonant articulation accuracy in paediatric cochlear implant recipients.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsChildren with cochlear implants show variable speech accuracy. While most sounds improved over historical norms, the nasal /m/ was unexpectedly inaccurate, often substituted with an alveolar /n/. This specific error pattern suggests clinicians should not assume all early-acquired sounds are mastered in this population.
• SLPOther2025The complexity of opportunities to respond used by mothers and fathers of children with Down syndrome: A preliminary investigation.Journal of child languageChildren with Down syndrome received fewer opportunities to respond during naturalistic family routines than during structured one-on-one play. This drop occurred regardless of whether the mother or father was interacting, suggesting the setting matters more than the parent's gender for language exposure.
• OTSLPCohort2025Characterizing the Relationship Among the Social Competence Elements in Autistic Adolescents.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn 243 autistic adolescents, face memory processing linked to social behavior and functioning primarily through theory of mind skills. This suggests that social difficulties may stem less from basic perceptual deficits and more from a lack of active cognitive engagement with social cues.
• SLPSurvey2025Feeding Problems Among Typically Developing Children From India Aged 1 to 5: A Cross-sectional Study.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPNearly one-third of typically developing Indian children aged 1 to 5 showed clinically significant feeding difficulties on parent report. However, most parents did not view these behaviors as problematic. Only 18% considered their child's mealtime behaviors a concern, despite 29% scoring above the clinical threshold.
• SLPOther2025Prosodic Cues for Broad, Narrow, and Corrective Focus in Persian.Language and speechTypical Persian speakers lengthened the first syllable from broad to narrow to corrective focus. The second syllable showed a wider pitch range in narrow and corrective focus than in broad focus. The study tested typical speakers, not patients.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Cross-modal synchronization of EEG and ECG reveals hidden signatures of recovery in traumatic brain injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn 11 comatose patients, heart-brain signal synchronization differed between outcomes. A new metric separated good from poor recovery with high statistical significance. This is a proof-of-concept algorithm, not a validated clinical tool, and cannot yet guide patient care.
• PTOTSLPRCT2026Novel lower limb robot-assisted gait phase stimulation enhances walking and balance in stroke patients: a pilot trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationStroke patients walking with assistance who received robot gait training with electrical stimulation timed to each gait phase walked faster and balanced better than those with conventional or sham stimulation. Improvements persisted five weeks after the three-week course ended.
• SLPPilot2026Assessing the Role of Medical Caption Technology to Support Physician-Patient Communication for Patients With Hearing Loss: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesTen adults with hearing loss rated live captions during masked mock doctor visits as easy, trustworthy and satisfying, and said they felt less stressed; accuracy for complex medical terms was not proven.
• SLPOther2026Reimagining AAC designs for children during dynamic social situations by leveraging smart device design.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)This is a design forum about future AAC play features, not a study. It does not show that any approach works.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Online Health Literacy Resources for People With Intellectual Disability: A Grey Literature Scoping Review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDROnline health resources for people with intellectual disability mostly cover tests and physical health but lack content for young people's mental health, sexual health, and men's health. While most use accessible language, very few help users evaluate or apply the information.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Comparing inpatient stroke rehabilitation care and outcomes for people with and without aphasia in Australia.Clinical rehabilitationPatients with aphasia were more likely to have goals and care plans made without them, less likely to be assessed by a psychologist despite more mood impairment when assessed, and less likely to be independent or discharged home.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Brain lesion extent, growth, and body composition in children with cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurologyGreater brain lesion extent in children with cerebral palsy predicted shorter stature and lower weight, but not differences in body composition. Gross motor function level, not lesion size, drove fat and muscle changes. Children with high GMFCS levels gained excessive fat mass despite similar weight to peers.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Effectiveness and safety of abobotulinumtoxinA in pediatric lower limb spasticity: A phase IV, prospective, observational, multicenter study.Developmental medicine and child neurologyIn children with lower limb spasticity, abobotulinumtoxinA helped most patients reach their specific functional goals. Goal achievement remained high through eight injection cycles, with ambulatory patients doing better than non-ambulatory ones.
• SLPOther2025What Makes Iconic Pitch Associations "Natural": The Effect of Age on Affective Meanings of Uptalk and Creak.Language and speechListeners rated young women using uptalk as less confident and competent than those using creak or neutral speech. However, older listeners judged creaky speech as more annoying and less educated than neutral speech, while younger listeners did not.
• SLPOther2025Performance-Based Executive Functions Predict Internalising but Not Externalising Maladaptive Behaviour in Students With ID.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRIn students with intellectual disability, better working memory predicted more internalising symptoms like anxiety and depression, but executive functions did not predict externalising behaviours such as aggression or hyperactivity.
• SLPOther2025Towards improved measurements of bone conduction auditory brainstem responses in infants and adults: mitigation of stimulus artefact.International journal of audiologyAdding electromagnetic shielding and a foam pad to bone conduction transducers reduced stimulus artefact by approximately 50% in adults and 33–78% in infants. This allows clearer recording of early brainstem responses without altering the hearing threshold estimates.
• SLPCohort2025Early Intervention Influences 9-Year Speech, Language, Cognitive, and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Children.Ear and hearingAt age 9, children who received cochlear implants earlier showed stronger verbal short-term memory, which linked to better language and quality of life. Hearing aid fitting age had little effect. This supports fast-tracking cochlear implant referrals for children who need them.
• SLPCohort2025Electrocochleography Latency: Correlation With Electrode Position During Cochlear Implantation.Ear and hearingCochlear microphonic latency reliably tracks electrode depth during implantation, rising as the array moves toward the apex. However, it does not correlate with a patient's residual hearing. This makes latency a useful positional marker, but not a direct indicator of preserved hearing sensitivity.
• SLPSurvey2025Psychometric Properties of Dysphagia Handicap Index Scale for Older Adults with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in China.DysphagiaThe Chinese swallowing handicap questionnaire produced consistent scores and was rated relevant by experts, so it can help SLPs capture older adults' own physical, functional, and emotional problems with eating and drinking.
• SLPPilot2025Effect of Elevation Training Mask on Swallowing Function in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease.DysphagiaFour weeks of wearing an elevation training mask reduced vallecular residue for solid and semi-solid foods in men with Parkinson's disease. Peak expiratory flow, aspiration scores, and patient-reported swallowing difficulty did not change significantly.
• PTOTSLPPilot2025Motor Imagery Practice to Improve Respiratory and Cough Function.DysphagiaFive weeks of imagining cough or expiratory exercises improved peak cough flow in healthy adults, but did not change expiratory pressure. High adherence suggests this mental practice is feasible, though evidence of effectiveness is preliminary.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Establishing levels of arm-hand activities in stroke patients: the arm-hand-activities-scale (AHAS).Journal of rehabilitation medicineThe Arm-Hand-Activities-Scale (AHAS) is a quick, 5-category observational tool that reliably classifies arm function in stroke patients. It correlates strongly with standard measures, is easy for clinicians and patients to understand, and captures what patients actually do in daily life rather than just their maximum capacity.
• SLPPilot2026miR-26b-5p responds to aerobic exercise intervention for concussion recovery in adolescent athletes: a pilot trial.Brain injurySaliva tests for four specific microRNAs distinguished concussed teens from healthy ones. A fifth marker, miR-26b-5p, rose with exercise volume in concussed teens, potentially confirming adherence to rehab. These are exploratory biomarkers, not clinical tools yet.
• SLPPilot2026Form-Meaning Relations in Russian Confirmative and Surprise Declarative Questions.Language and speechRussian speakers used distinct pitch patterns and longer durations to separate confirmative questions from surprise questions. Surprise questions were the longest and had a unique pitch peak on the subject, distinguishing them from all other utterance types.
• OTSLPCohort2025Parental Education Predicts Longitudinal IQ Trajectories in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Three-Cohort European Study.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRIQ scores in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome declined over time. Parental education predicted this decline, but sleep, stress, and substance use did not. This is an association, not proof that education causes the change, as genetic factors likely overlap with family background.
• SLPRCT2025Efficacy of Game-Based EMG-Biofeedback Therapy in Post-Stroke Dysphagia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.DysphagiaAdding game-based EMG biofeedback to standard swallowing exercises improved aspiration scores and quality of life more than exercises alone. However, the primary measure of oral intake showed no difference between groups, so the technique did not clearly help patients eat better.
• OTSLPOther2025Bayesian prevalence of autism and unmet special education needs in Chile in a sample of three million school-age children.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceSchool records in Chile identified 0.46% of children with autism, but linking these to health records revealed a true prevalence of 1.31%. This suggests a large unmet need, with an estimated 25,903 autistic children not accessing school-based support services.
• SLPOther2025Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Preliminary Validation of the Italian Version of the Feeding-Swallowing Impact Survey for both Members of Parental Dyads.DysphagiaThe Italian Feeding-Swallowing Impact Survey reliably measures caregiver burden for both mothers and fathers. It accurately distinguishes parents of children with feeding disorders from those without, using specific cut-off scores. Mothers and fathers report similar levels of impact, despite mothers doing more mealtime work.
• SLPOther2025Dimensionality Reduction in Lingual Articulation of Vowels: Evidence From Lax Vowels in Northern Anglo-English.Language and speechStandard two-point measures of tongue position in ultrasound studies are too reductive and generate systematic errors. The study recommends measuring three specific points: the tongue root and the anterior and posterior tongue dorsum to accurately capture vowel contrasts.
• SLPOther2025Relationships Between Subjective and Objective Measures of Listening Accuracy and Effort in an Online Speech-in-Noise Study.Ear and hearingListening effort ratings distinguish people with hearing loss from those with normal hearing across most noise levels, whereas speech accuracy scores only separate them in very noisy conditions. Effort measures capture everyday listening difficulty better than accuracy alone.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025What are we targeting when we support inclusive education for autistic students? A systematic review of 233 empirical studies and call for community partnerships.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceResearch on inclusive education for autistic students overwhelmingly targets child skills, not environment. Social skills interventions were most common, while physical and sensory adaptations were rare. This gap limits true inclusion, as schools often fail to adjust the setting to support participation.
• SLPCase-Control2025Concurrent Compensation for Auditory and Visual Processing in Individuals With Single-Sided Deafness.Ear and hearingAdults with congenital single-sided deafness showed stronger and faster early visual brain responses than normal-hearing controls. Their auditory responses to the hearing ear were also stronger, matching the amplitude seen in controls when both ears were stimulated, suggesting a shift in cortical resource allocation.
• OTSLPCohort2025Executive Function and Social Cognition Performance Predicts Social Difficulty for Autistic Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchExecutive function and social cognition both predict social difficulty in autistic adults, but independently. Neither mediates the other, so assessing and targeting these two domains separately is more useful than assuming they are linked.
• OTSLPRCT2025Effectiveness of a Parent Empowerment Program for Parents of Children with Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Child: care, health and developmentParents of children with autism who received training plus motivational interviews reported higher self-efficacy and lower stress than those who did not. However, their perceived care burden did not significantly decrease. The intervention improved parents' confidence and stress levels but did not reduce the weight of daily caregiving duties.
• SLPCohort2025Comparison of Available Tools to Screen for Autism at 12 and 15 Months.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAt 12 months, the FYI-L identified more children later diagnosed with autism than the ITC. At 15 months, the FYI-L and M-CHAT-R/F identified similar numbers. Screening mostly avoided false alarms, but many autism cases were missed and many who screened positive did not have autism.
• SLPOther2025Auditory and Semantic Processing of Speech-in-Noise in Autism: A Behavioral and EEG Study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults judged sentences as accurately as non-autistic adults in quiet and noise, but their brains showed weaker early speech tracking and delayed semantic processing. They also did not flexibly adjust brain responses to different background noises.
• SLPQualitative2026Identifying P300 brain-computer interface training strategies for AAC in children: a focus group study.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)Experts recommend adapting P300-BCI-AAC training to each child's development. Strategies include pre-teaching with real objects, using manual controls to boost confidence, simplifying visual arrays, and ensuring stable seating to protect signal quality.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Predictive associations between brain functional connectivity, motor abilities, and executive function development in early childhood: a longitudinal machine learning study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationBrain connectivity patterns in healthy 3 to 6 year olds predicted their motor and cognitive development over 12 months. Sensorimotor network maturation was the strongest predictor for motor skills, while attention and default mode networks best predicted executive function.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026The Accuracy of the PREP2 Prediction Tool for Upper Limb Outcomes After Stroke as Part of Routine Clinical Care.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairPREP2 predictions by clinicians missed the 70% accuracy target overall. It worked well for patients with a SAFE score of 5 or higher and those with no motor response to stimulation. Accuracy was poor for those needing stimulation who showed a motor response.