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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• SLPSurvey2026A Large-Scale Study on the Relation Between Multilingualism and Social Traits in Adults With and Without Autism Diagnoses.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchGreater diversity of language use was associated with lower social interaction difficulty in autistic adults, but no effect on communication skills. The link was stronger in the diagnosed group. This is one questionnaire study, not proof that multilingualism causes the difference.
• SLPCohort2026Reported symptoms and patterns of language impairment in bilingual speakers with primary progressive aphasia: a retrospective study.AphasiologyIn bilingual patients with PPA, the less dominant language is the one that declines first and is least preserved. In 93% of cases. Ask which language the patient uses less, not which one they learned first.
• SLPCohort2026Creak Derived from CAPE-V Sentences in Patients with AdLd and pMTD.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationCreak from the six short CAPE-V sentences did not separate adductor laryngeal dystonia from primary muscle tension dysphonia (9.85% vs 9.33%). The shorter sentences may give creak fewer chances to appear, so this does not rule it out on longer speech tasks.
• SLPCohort2026Montreal Cognitive Assessment Hearing Impairment (MoCA-H) in brazilian portuguese: performance analysis.CoDASThe MoCA-H in Brazilian Portuguese gave similar scores in 7 of 8 cognitive domains and the total score between 10 hearing-aid users and 10 normal-hearing elderly, but the hearing-aid group scored lower on the visuospatial/executive task (2.7 vs 3.9 out of 5).
• SLPSystematic Review2026Auracast and hearing devices: a scoping review on connectivity and accessibility for individuals with hearing loss in public environments.CoDASNo clinical trial has tested whether Auracast improves hearing or reduces listening effort. The 17 publications this review found are technical descriptions, manufacturer announcements, and early pilots. The technology is promising on paper but unproven in practice, and pediatric hearing aids don't support it yet.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Risk factors and assessment methods for screening childhood-onset fluency disorders: a scoping review.CoDASAcross 11 studies of preschoolers, parental complaint of stuttering was the most frequently identified predictor of persistence, followed by family history, age at onset, and duration. No screening studies for cluttering in preschoolers were found, and the review captured only two formal screening instruments, both Brazilian.
• SLPCohort2026Hearing Rehabilitation in Veterans With Severe Hearing Loss: Challenges and Opportunities.Ear and hearingAmong 213,285 Veterans with bilateral severe or worse hearing loss, only 2.9% received a cochlear implant over 10 years; 95.2% were managed with hearing aids. Aided speech scores were unavailable, so it is unknown how many hearing-aid users were getting adequate benefit.
• SLPOther2026Auditory Motion Perception by Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users With a Sound Coding Strategy that Synchronizes Peak-Picking Across the Ears.Trends in hearingSynchronized cochlear implant hardware improved how accurately users judged the range of a moving sound, but the new bilateral peak-picking strategy added nothing over standard processing on the same hardware. Motion discrimination and start-location accuracy were unchanged across all three conditions.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Designing an mHealth App for Stroke Rehabilitation in Indonesia: Mixed Methods Design Science Research Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesA stroke rehabilitation app prototype in Indonesia scored 'Good' on usability (SUS 71.83) and identified home-visit, activity-target, and progress-monitoring features as key gaps. No clinical outcomes were measured. This is a design study, not evidence the app improves recovery.
• SLPPilot2026Interaction Between Head Movement Behavior and Simulated Spatial Filtering: Comparing Free Conversation and Speech Tests in Virtual Reality.Trends in hearingFree conversation in virtual reality produced a 1.2 dB higher spatial-filtering benefit than a speech test, and head-turning behavior differed between the two tasks. The method is viable but the tasks are not interchangeable for hearing aid evaluation.
• PTSLPCase-Control2026The Association of Depression, Anxiety, and Quality of Life with Sexual Function in Young-to-Middle-Aged Stroke Patients: A Case-Control Study.NeuroRehabilitation72% of young-to-middle-aged stroke patients had sexual dysfunction, and it tracked more closely with perceived energy, thinking, and communication than with physical mobility. Depression was the strongest psychological correlate.
• SLPQualitative2026Emotional, Relational, and Identity Shifts in Aphasia Caregiving: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Care Partner Experiences.International journal of language & communication disordersCare partners of people with aphasia described conversations losing their depth, feeling pressured to stay relentlessly positive while hiding their own anger and sadness, and taking on roles (financial manager, informal therapist, social advocate) that reshaped who they are.
• SLPCohort2026Training for the Delivery of a Comprehensive High-Dose Aphasia Therapy Program via Telerehabilitation: Effectiveness and Satisfaction With the TeleCHAT Training Package.International journal of language & communication disordersFour SLPs who completed a 5-hour training package delivered their first telerehabilitation aphasia sessions independently, resolving five tech errors without help. All 14 trainees gave a median satisfaction of 5 out of 5, though confidence in troubleshooting was the weakest area.
• SLPOther2026Irony Comprehension in Monolingual and Bilingual Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchBilingual autistic children comprehended verbal irony at levels the authors report as comparable to typically developing peers, while monolingual autistic children scored lower. Both autistic groups still struggled to explain the speaker's ironic intention, with correct rates between 19.3% and 34.8%.
• SLPOther2026Interaural Time and Level Differences Contribute Differently to Source Segregation and Spatial Selection.Trends in hearingSmall interaural time differences caused listeners to fail at separating two overlapping speech streams, while natural interaural level differences let them hear both streams but not tell which was which. Stronger cues supported both. The prefrontal cortex worked hardest when segregation was the bottleneck.
• SLPOther2026Linking Attentional Modulation to Auditory Attention Decoding: Using Colocated Stimuli With a Fixed Temporal Structure.Trends in hearingAll four EEG attention decoders relied on the same neural marker, larger N1-P2 responses to the attended stream, and the CNN beat the three linear models by around 5 percentage points.
• SLPOther2026Impact of Presentation Order on Pitch Ranking Sensitivity in Cochlear Implant Users and Normal-Hearing Listeners and Its Mitigation.Trends in hearingThe order in which you present two electrodes changes which one a CI user calls 'higher', but only for adjacent electrodes. At wider spacings the order doesn't matter. Testing pairs in isolation reduces the bias, but don't show the full set first.
• SLPOther2026The accuracy of a smartphone-based hearing assessment compared to conventional audiometry in workers exposed to noise according to sociodemographic, occupational and pre-assessment conditions.CoDASThe hearTest smartphone hearing test was accurate for most noise-exposed workers, but fell below the 70% accuracy threshold for workers aged 40–49, white workers, and those with elementary education or less.
• SLPPilot2026Development and preliminary evaluation of a German version of the active communication education group aural rehabilitation training program.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesCommunication strategy use and acceptance of hearing loss improved significantly after a group training program, but perceived hearing difficulty and quality of life did not change, and anxiety scores rose slightly.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Home literacy practices for preschoolers: a scoping review.CoDASAcross 29 studies of preschoolers, reading books and shared reading were the most common home literacy activities. The included studies report associations between these informal practices and children's vocabulary and phonological awareness. Mothers carried out most of the activities.
• SLPRCT2026Who benefits most? A randomized controlled trial for Parent-implemented social communication intervention for chinese-speaking autistic preschoolers.Molecular autismNo significant difference was found between an SLT-led and a self-study format of a parent-implemented social communication program for autistic preschoolers, though both improved children's language and social skills. Exploratory analyses suggest lower-income families may benefit more from therapist-led delivery.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Mapping the characteristics of training for vocal conditioning of singers: a scoping review.CoDASEight small studies (1–34 singers) on vocal conditioning all reported positive results, mostly in self-reported measures. The most common strategies were respiratory muscle exercises and straw/tube phonation, but only one study had a control group, so the evidence base is thin.
• SLPCohort2026Longitudinal Examination of Wandering in Children and Adolescents With Autism.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceHalf of young children with autism wandered between ages 2 and 5; by adolescence that fell to 14%. Childhood attention and aggression problems were the only early factor linked to wandering at both ages. 22.2% of adolescents who wandered did not use words.
• SLPCohort2026Sensitivity, specificity, and cutoff points of the Cough Severity Index (CSI-Br) and the Newcastle Laryngeal Hypersensitivity Questionnaire (LHQ-Br) in individuals with chronic refractory cough.CoDASThe Cough Severity Index (cutoff 4.5, sensitivity 84.9%, specificity 83.0%) is a good screening tool for chronic refractory cough; the Laryngeal Hypersensitivity Questionnaire (cutoff 5.8, sensitivity 70.0%, specificity 73.4%) is moderate and should not confirm hypersensitivity alone. Both now have Brazilian cutoff points.
• SLPOther2026Challenges of Cochlear Implant Use for Spatial Hearing in Children and Adolescents With Asymmetric Hearing Including Single Sided Deafness.Trends in hearingChildren with a cochlear implant in one ear and hearing in the other still cannot reliably locate sounds or track their direction. The implant helps a little for stationary sounds on the implanted side but does not restore normal spatial hearing.
• OTSLPQualitative2026Parental insights about supports for children with disabilities who are restricted eaters.Australian occupational therapy journalParents of restricted-eating children with disabilities described structured programmes as rigid and distressing for their child, while valuing therapists who sat with them, acknowledged what they were already doing, and built strategies into the family's actual daily routine.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Extent and Rigor of Cultural Adaptations in Social Communication Interventions for Autistic Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceOnly 16 studies adapting social communication interventions for autistic young people were found, and on average researchers documented 66% of the quality steps for cultural adaptation. The same programme (PEERS) was adapted to very different degrees depending on the country.
• PTSLPSystematic Review2026Botulinum toxin in peripheral facial paralysis: systematic review and rehabilitation perspectives.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineAcross 13 studies of 1,821 patients, botulinum toxin injections consistently reduced facial synkinesis, eased muscle tightness, and improved symmetry and quality of life, with only mild, temporary side effects. Evidence is strongest for the chronic phase.
• SLPRCT2026Immediate effects of photobiomodulation with low-level laser followed by the voiced tongue trill technique in women with behavioral dysphonia.CoDASAdding infrared laser before a 5-minute tongue trill exercise did not improve voice quality, acoustics, or perceived effort more than the exercise alone in 30 women with behavioral dysphonia. The one between-group difference was laryngeal appearance on video (60% vs 13.3% improved).
• SLPOther2026Transmission of Binaural Cues by Bilateral Cochlear Implants: A Comparison of Spectral Peak-Picking and Interleaved Stimulation Strategies.Trends in hearingThe 'always-on' cochlear implant setting (CIS) kept spatial-hearing cues in the correct direction and more consistent than the 'peak-picking' setting (ACE) used by most Cochlear users, but this was measured on a manikin with no human listening tests.
• SLPOther2026Perceptual Adaptation to Noise-Vocoded Voice Clones.Trends in hearingAI voice clones stayed more intelligible than the original human voice even after degradation that strips harmonic detail. A 13% accuracy advantage that held. Listeners adapted to both at similar rates, but hearing human speech first slightly hurt later recognition of cloned speech.
• SLPQualitative2026Food Service Professionals' Experiences of Accommodating Dietary Requests and Texture Modification.International journal of language & communication disordersAustralian food service professionals report almost no training in dysphagia or texture modification, and only 3 of 13 had ever received such a request. All in healthcare settings. Most say they would accommodate if given the knowledge, equipment, and advance notice.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2026The Views of Autistic Adults on Early Autism Interventions: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Literature Review.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAcross 19 studies, autistic adults consistently said early support should respect the child's autonomy, be play-based and enjoyable, accept autism rather than target traits, and change the environment rather than the child. They also reported significant harm from compliance-focused behavioural interventions.
• SLPProtocol2026Building a Multi-Sensor Lab for Interactive Communication Research: Challenges, Workarounds, and Lessons Learned.Trends in hearingThis paper reports no patient outcomes or treatment effects. It is a detailed guide to building a multi-sensor lab for recording conversations in controlled noise. The actual findings from using this setup are in a separate paper. Nothing here changes what you do on Monday.
• SLPCohort2026Lifetime Noise Exposure and Its Interaction With Ageing: Effects on Audiometric Thresholds, Speech-In-Noise Perception, and Tinnitus for Palestinian Workers.Trends in hearingAge was the consistent driver of hearing thresholds, speech-in-noise performance, and tinnitus risk in 98 Palestinian workers; lifetime noise exposure showed no significant effect on any primary outcome, and the age × noise interaction did not remain significant after adjusting for multiple tests.
• SLPSurvey2026Participation of Children With Developmental Language Disorders in Educational Settings-Parents' Perspectives on Patterns, Environmental Influences and Support Strategies.Child: care, health and developmentChildren with DLD participated at similar levels in preschool and school, with high involvement across activities. The biggest gaps were in extracurricular clubs and special roles. Most parents saw the environment as neutral rather than a barrier.
• SLPNarrative Review2026Using the DIVA model to better understand speech motor disorders.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsThis is a theoretical paper explaining the DIVA computational model of speech motor control and how it maps to dysarthrias, apraxia of speech, and stuttering. It reports no patients, no intervention, and no empirical results, so there is nothing here to change your practice on.
• SLPSystematic Review2026The Influence of Liquid Consistency and Food Texture on Swallowing: A Systematic Review Update.DysphagiaThicker liquids and foods reduced penetration-aspiration in every one of 25 studies, but generally left more residue in the pharynx. At 5 ml volumes, thick liquids showed less residue than thin sips. The trade-off is volume-dependent.
• SLPOther2026Excess Vowel Fusion in Hearing-Impaired Listeners Across Fundamental Frequency and Spatial Separation in the Free Field: An Alternative Mechanism for Difficulties With Speech in Noise.Trends in hearingHearing-impaired listeners still fuse two simultaneous vowels into a single blended sound even when the speakers are on either side of the listener, and they benefit less from voice pitch differences than normal-hearing listeners. The effect is smaller than under headphones, and individual tone-fusion range did not predict it.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2026A Scoping Review of Therapy Provision Under the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Provider-Identified Barriers and Facilitators.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDNDIS administrative complexity is the most common barrier to therapy for children with cognitive disabilities, followed by family circumstances. Tailoring the intervention to the individual child is the most common facilitator. Across 55 studies, providers reported 171 barriers against 122 facilitators.
• OTSLPOther2026Assessing Intellectual Disability in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Adults: A United Kingdom Delphi Study.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDTwenty UK psychologists agreed that current cognitive and adaptive behaviour tests are culturally limited, that existing guidance is too vague for consistent practice, and that assessments need more time, interpreter continuity, and specific training. In practice, fewer than half used any alternative to the WAIS-IV.
• SLPQualitative2026Dysphagia Care Processes on Acute Stroke Wards: An Ethnographic Study of Barriers and Facilitators Relevant to Stroke-Associated Pneumonia.International journal of language & communication disordersOn acute stroke wards, swallowing recommendations were inconsistently implemented: wrong food or drink consistencies were served, oral care was skipped, and plans were not carried across units. Family members often stepped in to fill the gaps.
• SLPRCT2026Remote Matrix Sentence Test on Uncalibrated Consumer Devices: Test-Retest Reliability and Laboratory Agreement in Normal Hearing.Trends in hearingRemote German Matrix Sentence Test scores on uncalibrated consumer devices did not significantly differ from lab scores (mean gap 0.29 dB) and were stable across repeated sessions. All 20 participants had normal hearing and were mostly in their 20s–30s, so this does not extend to hearing-impaired patients.
• PTSLPSystematic Review2026Psychoacoustic characteristics of tinnitus in temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review.CoDASTinnitus in TMD patients is typically high-pitched, continuous, and matches the affected side. Half could change it with jaw or neck movements. Even with normal hearing, Fifty percent showed absent otoacoustic emissions, so audiological monitoring is warranted.
• SLPOther2026Comparison of the P300 between maintenance and manipulation conditions in the auditory N-back paradigm among early and late adolescents.CoDASP300 brain responses did not differ between early and late adolescents in an auditory N-back task, even though the older group was more accurate. The amplitude pattern across task difficulty (largest for maintenance, smallest for manipulation) was the same in both groups.
• SLPCohort2026Electrode deactivation in cochlear implant users: impact on speech perception and objective measures.CoDASDeactivating one or a few cochlear implant electrodes did not change speech recognition in quiet or in noise for 46 users. However, impedance readings worsened afterward, so check device function after any deactivation.
• SLPOther2026Pressure and Timing Differences Between Volitional and Non-Cued Saliva Swallows Measured with Pharyngeal High-Resolution Manometry.DysphagiaVolitional swallows produce significantly higher pressures than non-cued saliva swallows in the velopharynx, tongue base, and upper esophageal sphincter, but not in the hypopharynx. For SLPs reading pharyngeal manometry, the two swallow types are not interchangeable in those regions.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Examining Transitions From Early Intervention to Preschool Services: A Retrospective Review of Therapeutic Service Access in a Clinical Sample of Children With Developmental Disabilities.Infants and young children90% of 194 preschoolers with developmental disabilities had no clinic-based therapy at evaluation. Prior Early Intervention was the strongest predictor of school access, but children with intellectual disability or global developmental delay were less likely to receive school-based therapies than peers with other diagnoses.
• SLPOther2026Preliminary validation of the Brazilian version of SPRouT for screening reading difficulties.CoDASThe Brazilian SPRouT checklist tracked with phonological awareness, memory, and letter-naming scores in 27 children, but this is a one-time school check with no reliability data and no cut-off, not evidence it works as a clinical screening tool.
• PTOTSLPPilot2026Learning and Sharing Together to Work Better Together: Service Providers' and Parents' Perceptions of the ENVISAGE-Integrated Programme.Child: care, health and developmentParents and service providers reported positive experiences learning together in a 5-week online programme, describing it as levelling the playing field and helping them see each other as people. This is a pilot of perceptions, not evidence the programme changes practice.