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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• PTOTSLPCohort2026Prevalence and biopsychosocial predictors of post-stroke fatigue in patients with minor strokes.Journal of rehabilitation medicineAbout one in five minor stroke survivors had clinically significant fatigue at one year. Fatigue was linked to psychological distress, balance problems, and self-reported cognitive symptoms, but not to cognitive test scores or pain.
• SLPCohort2026Emotion regulation in families of autistic children and adolescents: A longitudinal study.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceParents who struggled to regulate their own emotions were more likely to express negativity at home one year later. Two years after that, their autistic children showed more emotion regulation difficulties, along with higher levels of anxiety, depression, and behavioral outbursts.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Patients Who Do Not Achieve 90% of the Nonoperative Side on the Anterior Reach Y-Balance Test at 3 Months After ACL Reconstruction Are More Likely to Have Persistent Knee Extension Strength Asymmetry at 6 Months Postoperatively.International journal of sports physical therapyPatients with an anterior reach Y-Balance test symmetry index below 90% at three months after ACL reconstruction were significantly more likely to have knee extensor strength asymmetry at six months. However, a symmetry index above 90% at three months did not guarantee normal strength at six months.
• SLPOther2026Cortical and subcortical auditory evoked potentials with verbal stimulus: correlation and association in adults.CoDASLatencies of specific brainstem and cortical responses to speech sounds correlate, but the tests do not predict each other's normal or abnormal results. A single component delay does not confirm a clinical deficit, so both tests remain necessary for a complete picture.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Long-Term Effects of a Web-Based Exercise Programme for People With Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRA 12-week web-based exercise programme did not maintain physical activity or body composition gains at 12 months in adults with intellectual disabilities. Waist circumference improved immediately after the intervention but returned to baseline. Support staff engagement and social factors were key to continued participation.
• SLPOther2026Visual reinforcement audiometry and its association with neonatal hearing screening and the offer of speech therapists, services and equipment.CoDASMore neonatal hearing screenings do not lead to more visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA) for infants. VRA rates fell sharply after 2009, and states with more speech therapists or equipment did not perform the test more often.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Speech speed in audiovisual resources in the learning process of university students: a scoping review.CoDASEvidence on video playback speed for university students is mixed. Five studies found learning improved up to 2x speed, five found no difference, and two found worsening. Speeds above 2x generally reduced comprehension, while 1.25x to 1.5x appeared optimal for most.
• SLPOther2026Enhancing Description and Interpretation of Qualitative Interviews With People With Intellectual Disabilities Through Nonverbal and Paraverbal Data Collection and Analysis.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDVideo recorded interviews with adults with intellectual disabilities captured gestures, pauses and tone alongside speech. This can add detail to what participants said, but the paper does not test whether it improves care.
• SLPOther2026Translation and cultural adaptation of the hyperacusis handicap questionnaire to Brazilian Portuguese.CoDASThe Hyperacusis Handicap Questionnaire is now available in Brazilian Portuguese. After two rounds of testing with 60 adults, all 21 items were understood by every participant. This tool helps clinicians assess how sound sensitivity impacts daily life, but it has not yet been validated for reliability or accuracy.
• SLPNarrative Review2026Auditory processing from the perspective of auditory electrophysiological assessment.CoDASThis paper is a theoretical review of auditory evoked potentials. It describes how different tests map stages of sound processing from the cochlea to the cortex. It presents no clinical trial data, patient outcomes, or evidence for intervention efficacy.
• SLPCohort2026Mismatching Expressions: Spatiotemporal and Kinematic Differences in Autistic and Non-Autistic Facial Expressions.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults posed facial expressions differently than non-autistic peers, relying more on mouth movements and less on eyebrows. Alexithymia, not autism, predicted poor differentiation between angry and happy expressions. For non-autistic people, consistent self-expression aided emotion recognition; for autistic people, IQ did.
• SLPOther2026Preliminary study of a Digital Brazilian Portuguese Speech Assessment Instrument: validity and reliability of imitation and naming tasks.CoDASA new digital tool for assessing Brazilian Portuguese speech sound disorders showed strong agreement with an established test and reliably distinguished children with disorders from those with typical development. It is currently validated only for naming and imitation tasks in children aged 4 to 9.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Real-World Experiences of Therapy Staff Implementing an Intensive Rehabilitation Protocol in Canadian Stroke Inpatient Rehabilitation Settings: A Multi-Site Survey Study.Physical therapyMost therapy staff found intensive walking protocols helpful but struggled to meet step targets within standard 30-minute sessions. Time constraints and discharge planning competed with therapy goals. Wearable devices were valued for feedback, though staff doubted their accuracy for patients with slower or atypical gaits.
• SLPOther2026Parental Attitudes and Digital Parenting in the Early Years: Development and Validation of the PADTS Scale.Child: care, health and developmentA short questionnaire separates parents' worries about digital technology, beliefs about learning benefits, confidence in guiding use, and anxiety. Worry was weakly linked to parenting actions, so clinicians may focus on confidence and benefit beliefs.
• SLPOther2026Adherence To Prophylactic Swallowing Exercises in Head and Neck Cancer Patients (PRESTO-TRIAL) - the ROLE of Personality Characteristics.DysphagiaPersonality testing does not help predict which head and neck cancer patients will stick to swallowing exercises. Only openness showed a tiny statistical link, but it is too small to be useful. Do not use personality profiles to decide who needs extra support.
• SLPOther2026Thermographic analysis of infants faces during breastfeeding before and after lingual frenotomy.CoDASThermal imaging showed no significant temperature changes in infant facial muscles after frenotomy, despite improved breastfeeding scores. The authors claim increased heat indicates better muscle engagement, but the quantitative data showed no statistical difference, making the thermographic finding unsupported.
• SLPCohort2026Screening for Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness in Large Cohorts of Hearing Impaired and Diabetic Patients.Ear and hearingTesting for maternally inherited diabetes and deafness found the m.3243A>G variant in 0.79% of people with hereditary hearing loss and 1.68% of people with suspected monogenic diabetes, including people with only one symptom.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Modeling and validation of crutch-supported exoskeleton gait using a double-inverted pendulum approach.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA biomechanical model validated on one paraplegic user shows that exoskeletons generate excess forward energy via a small center-of-mass shift. The user must actively dissipate this surplus with crutches to avoid falling, highlighting the high metabolic cost of this gait.
• SLPQualitative2026An Insidious Interstice: Understanding Cognition and Language Behaviour Through the Eyes of Juvenile Justice Professionals.International journal of language & communication disordersJuvenile justice staff described youth behaviours such as poor understanding, following directions and problem solving, yet said few youth have language or thinking problems. They attributed these behaviours to defiance, mental health, trauma, school failure, or weak support.
• SLPOther2026Assessing the psychometric properties of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule - Generic (ADOS-G) in a clinical setting in the Chinese mainland.Molecular autismADOS-G autism spectrum thresholds in a Chinese mainland clinic identified many autistic children but also many children without an autism diagnosis. Communication scores were less reliable than social interaction scores, and agreement with ADI-R was slight.
• PTOTSLPPilot2026Improving Care for People With Aphasia: Communication Training for Healthcare Providers.International journal of language & communication disordersA two-hour workshop improved healthcare providers' self-reported knowledge and confidence in communicating with people with aphasia. However, it did not change their actual daily practice habits or perceived workplace support. The training helps providers understand the disorder but does not automatically fix communication routines.
• SLPOther2026Enhancing preclinical speech-language pathology students' self-perceived clinical competence using simulated patients.CoDASPreclinical speech-language pathology students rated themselves as more clinically skilled and confident, and less anxious about future real-patient work, after simulated caregiver sessions. The gains were self-reported and had no control group.
• SLPCohort2026Interpeak intervals of cortical components (P1-N1-P2): a comparative study between typical individuals and those with tinnitus disorder.CoDASAdults with bothersome tinnitus showed longer response times between cortical auditory potentials than controls, especially in the right ear. These delays suggest altered neural processing in the central auditory system, but the small sample size limits certainty.
• SLPPilot2026Precision Teaching to Develop Key Word Sign Skills in Practitioners in Intellectual Disability Services: A Proof-of-Concept Study.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDFour support workers with no prior sign training used Precision Teaching to learn 60 Key Word Signs. They achieved high accuracy and fluency in practice and used signs more frequently than five trained controls in real work settings, though usage was inconsistent over time.
• SLPNarrative Review2026An AI Tutorial for Speech and Language Therapists: Translating Concepts From the AI Literature Into Accessible Knowledge and Clinically Relevant Applications.International journal of language & communication disordersNo clinical finding is reported. This tutorial explains AI concepts for speech and language therapists, with no patient data, tested outcomes, or evidence that AI tools improve practice.
• SLPOther2026Influence of Bolus Location and Age on Timing Measures of Swallowing in Healthy Older Adults.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsIn healthy older adults, bolus location varied across swallows. When the bolus was lower at swallow onset, reaction time was longer. Age was linked to slower onset and shorter swallowing intervals on some trials. Do not rely on one swallow.
• SLPCohort2026Association of the Observer-Reported Communication Ability (ORCA) Measure with Established Communication Measures: Insights From the Angelman Syndrome Natural History Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThe Observer-Reported Communication Ability (ORCA) measure scores align strongly with established tools like the Vineland-3 and Communication Matrix in Angelman syndrome. It captures non-verbal and AAC communication that performance-based tests miss, making it a valid tool for assessing daily communication skills.
• SLPOther2026Integrative Modeling of Individual Differences Recognizing Speech in Noise by Hearing-Impaired Adults.Trends in hearingAdults who struggle hearing in noise may have a stable personal difficulty separating talkers, not a problem explained by the audiogram. In lab tasks, shifting cues toward each hearing-impaired person's preferred cue helped most of the hearing-impaired participants with separation.
• PTOTSLPRCT2026Effects of photobiomodulation associated with vestibular rehabilitation in the treatment of patients with vestibular symptoms and tinnitus: a triple-blind randomized clinical trial.CoDASAdding infrared light therapy to vestibular rehab reduced tinnitus discomfort and improved some balance measures more than rehab alone. However, both groups improved similarly on dizziness handicap and stability limits, so the added benefit was specific to certain outcomes.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Exploring How People With Intellectual Disabilities Experience the Therapeutic Alliance: A 'Best Fit' Framework Analysis Using Bordin's Model.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDAdults with intellectual disabilities described therapy as working when it felt like a distinct, safe, and trusting relationship. They valued confidentiality and a non-judgmental stance, often needing therapists to coordinate with their wider support networks. Goals frequently emerged during therapy rather than being set at the start.
• SLPOther2026Variable Speech Cueing Effects in Talkers With Parkinson's Disease.American journal of speech-language pathologyMost talkers with Parkinson's did not improve their perceived speech severity with loud, clear, or slow cues, and many got worse. Baseline severity predicts response: those with moderate impairment benefit most, while those with strained voices often fail to improve.
• SLPSurvey2026Treatment of Challenging Behaviour in Children and Youth With an Intellectual Disability With or Without Autism.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDMost children with intellectual disabilities who self-injured or acted aggressively relied on informal strategies rather than formal behavioural programs. Youth with autism were significantly more likely to receive formal programs and medication than those with intellectual disability alone.
• OTSLPOther2026Optimizing Measurement of Communication in Autistic Children and Their Caregivers: Dependability of the Caregiver-Child Interaction.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchObserving autistic children during just one daily activity gives unreliable scores for their communication and their caregiver's support. To get dependable estimates, you need to watch them across multiple different activities or on several separate occasions.
• SLPCohort2026Perception of pragmatic skills by speech therapists and parents of children with autism spectrum disorder.CoDASParents and speech therapists agreed on many pragmatic behaviors of children with ASD, but differed on some, including emotional expression, tantrums, repetitive play, and answering complex questions.
• SLPOther2026Identification of autistic Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: A national cross-sectional study.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic Māori young people were more likely to have intellectual disability and education funding support than autistic non-Māori, while autism identification rates were lower for Māori overall.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Ophthalmological outcomes, visual perception, fine motor precision, and visual-motor integration in children born very preterm.Developmental medicine and child neurologyChildren born very preterm showed poorer visual-motor integration, visual perception, and fine motor precision at age 12 compared to term-born peers. These deficits persisted despite best-corrected vision, linking early ophthalmological issues to long-term functional outcomes.
• SLPCohort2026Hearing training with mobile application for tinnitus: usability and clinical results of the Zumit app.CoDASAdults with tinnitus and normal hearing reported less distress and discomfort after six weeks of app-based auditory training. The app was rated usable by most users, but half recommended it while a quarter did not. This is a small pre-post study with no control group.
• SLPOther2026Enabling equitable and inclusive travel experiences for dysphagia patients: a call to action for the aviation industry.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesMajor US airlines lack texture-modified meals for dysphagia patients. Menus are heavily concentrated on thin liquids and regular solid foods, leaving those requiring IDDSI levels 2 through 6 with almost no safe options.
• SLPOther2026The Conceptualization, Experience, and Recognition of Emotion in Autism: Differences in the Psychological Mechanisms Involved in Autistic and Non-Autistic Emotion Recognition.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic and non-autistic adults did not differ in recognizing emotions, understanding emotion words, or differentiating their own feelings. However, the mental route to recognition differed. Non-autistic people relied on telling apart their own internal emotional states. Autistic people relied on their knowledge of what emotion words mean.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2026Community views on the assessment and diagnosis of autism: Principles to guide clinical practice.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceCommunity members identified three principles for autism assessment: placing the person at the centre, understanding the whole person beyond just diagnosis, and improving quality and access. Practitioners are urged to address cultural bias, recognise masking, and ensure transparent communication about costs and waitlists.
• SLPOther2026Benefits of Enhanced Phase-Locking for Binaural Coding of Amplitude-Modulated Sounds.Trends in hearingNo clinical finding to act on. This is a computational model of animal auditory pathways.
• PTOTSLPOther2026What Matters Most? Developing a Core Patient Reported Outcome Set for Individuals With Genetic Intellectual Disabilities: An International Delphi Study.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRA Delphi consensus with 61 people identified 19 patient-reported outcomes that matter most in genetic intellectual disabilities. These cover fatigue, sleep, pain, mental health, and communication, providing a standard framework for clinicians and researchers to track what actually affects patients' lives.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2026Rehabilitation approaches used for children with spinal muscular atrophy: A scoping review based on the F-words framework.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineSMA rehabilitation heavily focuses on physical fitness and mobility, often ignoring self-care, communication, and social participation. The assumption that strengthening muscles automatically improves daily function is unproven. Therapists should explicitly target functional activities and child-chosen goals rather than relying solely on impairment-based exercises.
• SLPOther2026Speech Perception in Noise: Do Children Hear Their Peers Differently Than Adults?Ear and hearingChildren understood digits in noise better when spoken by a child talker than an adult. This advantage was strongest in children under 10. Standard tests using only adult voices may misjudge how well young children hear their peers in noisy classrooms.
• SLPOther2026Content validation of the Adapted Cycles Intervention Program (PROCICLOS-A) for children with Speech Sound Disorder - Activities.CoDASExpert judges rated PROCICLOS-A activities appropriate for children with speech sound disorder. This checks content only; it does not show the activities improve speech.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Sub-groups of spoken language and broader communication skills in a large heterogenous cohort of minimally verbal school-age children: evidence of discrepant profiles.Molecular autismA cluster analysis of 181 minimally verbal school-age children identified two groups with strong comprehension but weak speech production. These children use AAC more often. Their profile suggests a speech-motor barrier rather than a lack of understanding, so therapy should target speech sounds and support alternative communication.
• SLPOther2026Do Adolescent Hearing Aid Users Prefer Digital Noise Reduction to Be Activated? Findings From the Laboratory and Home Environments.Ear and hearingAdolescents preferred digital noise reduction active in the lab but not in daily life. It did not improve speech recognition. They liked the smartphone control but rarely used it. Default activation is reasonable, but real-world benefit remains unproven.
• SLPCohort2026Parental Stress and Caregiver Role Modulate Child-Caregiver Prosodic Synchrony in Autism: A Computational Analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAmong 26 autistic preschoolers, higher parent stress and father-child interactions were linked to less steady, more fluctuating vocal coordination during play. This was an association, not evidence that changing either improves outcomes.
• SLPOther2026Psychometric Evaluation of the Attune & Stimulate-Checklist for Assessing the Emotional State of People With Severe to Profound Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDThe Attune & Stimulate checklist reliably recorded observed behaviour in people with severe to profound intellectual disabilities, especially positive, activated states. It did not match skin conductance, and support for negative states was weak.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Validation of heart rate measured by the consumer-level wearable device Fitbit: a cross-sectional observational study.Journal of physical therapy scienceThe Fitbit Inspire 3 generally underestimated heart rate by 2.60 beats/min. Accuracy was high for most tasks, but error exceeded 10% during slow walking. Clinicians should account for this systematic underestimation when prescribing low-intensity exercises.