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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• SLPCohort2018Semantic fluency in deaf children who use spoken and signed language in comparison with hearing peers.International journal of language & communication disordersDeaf children named fewer animals on average than hearing peers, but BSL, spoken English, and sign-supported English users performed alike. Animal naming tracks vocabulary and executive skills, not language mode.
• SLPOther2018Accents, Not Just Prosodic Boundaries, Influence Syntactic Attachment.Language and speechPlacing a strong pitch accent on a verb makes listeners more likely to attach an ambiguous time phrase to that verb. This happens regardless of pauses in the sentence. The effect is small but consistent across different sentence structures.
• SLPSurvey2018Brief Report: Self-Reported Academic, Social, and Mental Health Experiences of Post-Secondary Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMost college students with ASD reported lifetime suicidal behavior, and over 75% felt left out or isolated. The survey describes their self-reported distress, not whether support helps.
• SLPOther2018An analysis of topics and vocabulary in Chinese oral narratives by normal speakers and speakers with fluent aphasia.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsCantonese speakers with fluent aphasia and matched controls used many of the same important-event topics. The aphasia group produced fewer different words, but their word classes and concrete/abstract balance looked similar. The finding points to broader vocabulary targets beyond nouns and verbs.
• SLPCohort2018Spectral-Temporal Modulated Ripple Discrimination by Children With Cochlear Implants.Ear and hearingChildren with cochlear implants showed poorer spectral resolution than adults with implants, and their ability did not improve with age. Unlike adults, children performed better using both implants together than with their best ear alone. This suggests early implantation may help the brain fuse signals from two ears.
• SLPOther2018Deriving individualised /r/ targets from the acoustics of children's non-rhotic vowels.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsA formula meant to set individual acoustic targets for /r/ therapy predicted third formant values that were too high in children. An 80% threshold placed most correct and incorrect /r/ sounds on the expected sides in two remediated children.
• SLPOther2017Determining the minimum number of electrodes that need to be pitch matched to accurately estimate pitch matches across the array.International journal of audiologyPitch matching for bilateral cochlear implant users can be completed in seven minutes using just nine electrodes. This brief testing period accurately estimates matches across the entire array, making the procedure feasible for clinical appointments.
• SLPOther2017Zebrafish knockout of Down syndrome gene, DYRK1A, shows social impairments relevant to autism.Molecular autismZebrafish with a DYRK1A knockout had smaller brains, less social interaction, and stayed farther apart in groups. A single human with a DYRK1A deletion had microcephaly and autism. These are basic science findings, not evidence for changing therapy.
• SLPOther2017Comparing the broad socio-cognitive profile of youth with Williams syndrome and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRChildren with Williams syndrome labeled happy faces better than children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, but both groups were below typically developing controls on matching emotions, false belief, and inferring traits from motives.
• SLPOther2018Visual speech fills in both discrimination and identification of non-intact auditory speech in children.Journal of child languageSeeing the talker's mouth helped children fill in missing beginning sounds for easy-to-see /b/ items across ages four to fourteen, but not much for hard-to-see /g/ items.
• SLPOther2018Linguistic Context Versus Semantic Competition in Word Recognition by Younger and Older Adults With Cochlear Implants.Ear and hearingOlder cochlear implant users recognized sentence-final words more easily when the sentence strongly pointed to the word. Weak context and many possible endings slowed them more than younger users.
• SLPOther2018Lay Listener Classification and Evaluation of Typical and Atypical Children's Speech.Language and speechLay listeners rated children with autism as less likeable and more disordered based solely on short speech samples. This negative social evaluation was driven by perceived intelligibility issues, such as slow rate and unclear articulation, rather than by prosodic differences alone.
• SLPCohort2018Chirp-Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions and Middle Ear Absorbance for Monitoring Ototoxicity in Cystic Fibrosis Patients.Ear and hearingChirp-evoked otoacoustic emissions identified CF ears with high-frequency hearing loss, but they missed a confirmed shift near the top of the tested range in a case. They may help monitoring, not replace hearing tests.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2018Assessment of Rehabilitation Infrastructure in Peru.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation39% of rehabilitation specialists surveyed in Peru reported never seeing hospitalized patients. PTs were commonly reported to perform OT and SLP tasks when those staff were absent. One third said patients waited more than a week for inpatient therapy.
• SLPOther2017Linguistic camouflage in girls with autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autismGirls with autism used um in more of their filled pauses than boys did, by using less uh. More uh related to lower parent-reported socialization, so speech patterns may mask autism signs.
• SLPSurvey2017Why is it so hard to reach agreement on terminology? The case of developmental language disorder (DLD).International journal of language & communication disordersSpeech-language therapists may use developmental language disorder as a broad label for children with persistent language problems, not a sharp diagnosis. It should not depend on a gap between language and non-verbal ability, and functional impact must be shown.
• SLPRCT2017Intensive Communicative Therapy Reduces Symptoms of Depression in Chronic Nonfluent Aphasia.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairLanguage scores improved only after intensive language-action therapy, not after intensive naming therapy. Depression scores also improved after language-action therapy, not naming therapy. The study analysed 17 patients with chronic nonfluent aphasia.
• SLPPilot2017Development and evaluation of a speech-generating AAC mobile app for minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder in Mainland China.Molecular autismAll ten minimally verbal children with autism could make requests without prompts in at least three of five Yuudee app training phases, but no control group and they also received ABA, so app effect is uncertain.
• SLPOther2017Impact of Hearing Aid Technology on Outcomes in Daily Life III: Localization.Ear and hearingHearing aids helped people report better everyday localization than unaided. Premium features did not beat basic features in noise or everyday reports. In lab quiet with high-frequency sounds, premium aids gave a small error reduction.
• SLPQualitative2018Information, Advocacy and Signposting as a Low-Level Support for Adults with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Example from the UK.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdults with high-functioning autism described feeling less isolated and more able to manage daily life through free drop-in hubs, mentoring, information, signposting and advocacy. The paper reports perceptions, not tested outcomes.
• SLPOther2018Contralateral Interference Caused by Binaurally Presented Competing Speech in Adult Bilateral Cochlear-Implant Users.Ear and hearingIn nine adults with bilateral cochlear implants who had early deafness or asymmetric hearing histories, adding a competing talker to the other ear made speech understanding worse, not better. Test both ears together in noise before assuming benefit.
• SLPOther2018LVC Timing in Infant Pig Swallowing and the Effect of Safe Swallowing.DysphagiaIn infant pigs, unsafe swallows consistently showed delayed laryngeal vestibule closure and altered tongue and hyoid timing compared to safe swallows. However, nerve damage itself did not change these closure timings, suggesting the mechanism for post-surgical aspiration remains unclear.
• SLPRCT2018Transitioning Together: A Multi-family Group Psychoeducation Program for Adolescents with ASD and Their Parents.Journal of autism and developmental disordersCompared with waitlist, parents in the group had fewer depressive symptoms and better problem-solving, and their teens had more social interactions; general life stress, relationship quality, warmth, criticism and autism symptoms did not improve more than waitlist.
• SLPSystematic Review2018Same or Different: The Overlap Between Children With Auditory Processing Disorders and Children With Other Developmental Disorders: A Systematic Review.Ear and hearingChildren with APD or suspected APD and children with language, reading, attention, or learning disorders performed similarly on 85 of 102 tests. Current tests may flag listening difficulty but do not reliably separate diagnoses.
• SLPPilot2018Spatial Characteristics of Jaw Movements During Chewing in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study.DysphagiaChildren with cerebral palsy and no reported feeding problems used larger jaw movements when chewing, especially for mechanical soft and solid foods. Chewing speed was not clearly different between groups.
• SLPOther2018Third person singular -s in typical development and specific language impairment: Input and neighbourhood density.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsChildren with SLI used third person singular -s less often than peers, but verbs that appeared more often with -s in child-directed speech were more likely to be inflected in both groups. For children with SLI, sparse verbs were associated with more inflection.
• SLPOther2018Evaluation of the NAL Dynamic Conversations Test in older listeners with hearing loss.International journal of audiologyOlder listeners with poorer cognitive abilities did worse on a conversational comprehension test than on a sentence test. Hearing aid benefit also changed with noise level.
• PTOTSLPCohort2017Clinical phenotype of ASD-associated DYRK1A haploinsufficiency.Molecular autismDYRK1A disruptions were associated with microcephaly, speech delay, intellectual impairment, motor and feeding problems, vision abnormalities, and ASD features. This pattern can guide assessment of speech, motor, feeding, vision, and adaptive needs.
• SLPCohort2017Inferential language use by youth with Down syndrome during narration.Research in developmental disabilitiesYouth with Down syndrome used less inferential language in storytelling than peers with fragile X syndrome, even after accounting for sentence length. The gap with typically developing children disappeared once sentence length was considered, suggesting structural language limits their narrative complexity.
• SLPOther2018Maturation Modulates Pharyngeal-Stimulus Provoked Pharyngeal and Respiratory Rhythms in Human Infants.DysphagiaPharyngeal reflexes in preterm infants changed with age and water volume. As they matured toward full oral feeds, swallowing sequences had fewer peaks and shorter breathing pauses. Larger volumes produced more responses and peaks, without changing breathing rhythms.
• SLPCohort2018Grading Dysphagia as a Toxicity of Head and Neck Cancer: Differences in Severity Classification Based on MBS DIGEST and Clinical CTCAE Grades.DysphagiaClinical symptom ratings often mismatch swallowing scans. Early after treatment, feeding tubes may reflect other side effects rather than true pharyngeal dysphagia. Later on, patients can eat normally despite severe silent dysfunction. Relying on one method alone misses the full picture of swallowing safety.
• SLPCase-Control2018Discrimination of Voice Pitch and Vocal-Tract Length in Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingCochlear implant users need voice differences far larger than normal hearing listeners to tell speakers apart. While pitch changes are still detectable, vocal tract length differences are not, meaning implants fail to convey the subtle cues used to identify who is speaking.
• SLPPilot2018A Pilot Study of Perceived Mouth Dryness, Perceived Swallowing Effort, and Saliva Substitute Effects in Healthy Adults Across the Age Range.DysphagiaHealthy adults who rated their mouth drier rated swallowing effort higher. After Biotene gel, the middle effort rating dropped from 10 to 5 on the 10-centimeter line. Older age was linked to dryness, not effort.
• SLPOther2018Speech Perception in Noise and Listening Effort of Older Adults With Nonlinear Frequency Compression Hearing Aids.Ear and hearingOlder adults with hearing loss recognized sentence endings better when non-linear frequency compression was enabled. Recall was also higher. Benefit varied: 9 of 17 improved recognition, and younger participants showed more recall benefit.
• SLPOther2018Factors associated with vocal fry among college students.Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocologyThe proportion of students judged to use vocal fry did not differ across the nine acoustic conditions. Sporadic caffeine use and background noise were associated with lower likelihood. The study is small and not causal.
• OTSLPPilot2018Development of the Supported Employment, Comprehensive Cognitive Enhancement, and Social Skills program for adults on the autism spectrum: Results of initial study.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceEight adults with autism completed a 6-month cognitive and social skills program inside a vocational training setting. Participants reported improved executive functioning and social skills, and self-reported employment rose from 22% to 56%, though this was a small open trial with no control group.
• SLPOther2018The Impact of Glottal Configuration on Speech Breathing.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationWhen twelve healthy adults produced a voice similar to a breathy voice, they used larger speech breaths than in their typical voice, started at higher lung volumes, ended lower, and took more breaths.
• SLPOther2018Shank3-deficient rats exhibit degraded cortical responses to sound.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchShank3 heterozygous rats had weaker cortical responses to tones, rapid noise bursts, and speech onsets. The first response to speech sounds was slower overall. Ability to tell isolated speech sounds apart was unchanged. No therapy was tested.
• SLPRCT2018Efficacy of technology-based interventions to increase the use of hearing protections among adolescent farmworkers.International journal of audiologyComputer training and classroom plus app training did not show significantly larger gains than classroom training, although all three groups improved hearing-protection knowledge, attitude and self-reported use over six weeks.
• SLPCohort2018Correlations Between Patient-Reported Dysphagia Screening and Penetration-Aspiration Scores in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Post-oncological Treatment.DysphagiaHead and neck cancer survivors who reported trouble eating, swallowing and coughing often had severe swallowing findings, but patient reports and test scores were only weakly related overall. Trouble drinking was less commonly reported.
• SLPOther2017Early social communication in infants with fragile X syndrome and infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder.Research in developmental disabilitiesInfants with fragile X syndrome used less complex social communication than siblings of children with autism. Their communication was also lower than typically developing infants, but the difference was not clear. They communicated more during peek-a-boo than during other play tasks.
• SLPSurvey2018Experiences of Autism Acceptance and Mental Health in Autistic Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic adults who felt less accepted by society, family and friends, or themselves reported more depression. Less acceptance from society, family and friends also related to more stress. Anxiety was not related to acceptance.
• OTSLPQualitative2018Challenges and Successful Pedagogical Strategies: Experiences from Six Swedish Students with Blindness and Autism in Different School Settings.Journal of autism and developmental disordersStudents with blindness and autism described confusion from fast, visually based instructions and noise. Teachers and parents reported calm, small, highly structured settings and using students' interests as helpful. No tested intervention was shown to work.
• SLPOther2018Rethinking Residue: Determining the Perceptual Continuum of Residue on FEES to Enable Better Measurement.DysphagiaClinicians' 100-mm line ratings and none-to-severe category ratings of residue on swallowing endoscopy videos moved together, but unevenly. Category steps did not represent equal amounts of residue, so line ratings may better reflect severity.
• SLPCase Series2018Longitudinal Changes in Electrically Evoked Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Children With Auditory Brainstem Implants: Preliminary Results Recorded Over 3 Years.Ear and hearingIn five children with auditory brainstem implants, brain responses to implant stimulation changed over months to years. Some appeared later, some weakened or reversed. The study cannot show what the children actually heard.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2018Auditory brainstem response in infants and children with autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis of wave V.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAcross 25 studies, autism was linked to longer auditory brainstem response timing than controls. That timing difference shrank with age and reversed in adults. It does not yet support a clinical test.
• PTOTSLPCohort2018The impact of developmental coordination disorder on educational achievement in secondary school.Research in developmental disabilitiesTeenagers classified with DCD at 7-8 achieved fewer GCSE exams than peers: 39% reached 5 or more passes versus 70% controls. Once reading, social communication and hyperactivity/inattention were taken into account, DCD alone was not clearly linked to lower GCSE attainment.
• SLPOther2018Assessing the Relationship Between the Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential and Speech Recognition Abilities in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients.Ear and hearingIn bilateral cochlear implant users, the ear with a larger electrical response change when pulse spacing was lengthened generally had better sentence recognition, and consonant recognition showed a similar ear-to-ear relationship. It did not predict scores for different patients in a basic across-patient analysis.
• SLPCohort2018Programming characteristics of cochlear implants in children: effects of aetiology and age at implantation.International journal of audiologyChildren with auditory nerve deficiency had higher threshold and maximum current levels. Children with cochlear lesions had higher maximum current levels. Infants implanted at or before 12 months had a narrower dynamic range at 6 months, which widened by age 3.
• SLPOther2018Assessing Autism in Adults: An Evaluation of the Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview-Adult Version (3Di-Adult).Journal of autism and developmental disordersAn informant interview usually identified adults with autism correctly in 88 participants, including people with other mental health conditions. It took about 30 to 50 minutes and should support, not replace, clinical diagnosis.