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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• SLPCohort2017Critical region within 22q11.2 linked to higher rate of autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autism5 of 12 participants with deletions including LCR-A to B had autism, versus 0 of 8 with deletions not including that region, but the study did not confirm this difference. This small genetic study does not show a treatment or screening change.
• SLPCase-Control2017Using the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) in individuals with traumatic brain injury.Rehabilitation psychologyNIH Toolbox tests of memory, attention, processing speed and problem solving separated adults with severe and mild/moderate TBI from controls. Vocabulary and reading scores did not reliably differ.
• OTSLPCase-Control2017Uncorrected versus demographically-corrected scores on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in persons with traumatic brain injury and stroke.Rehabilitation psychologyFor therapists interpreting NIH Toolbox cognition scores after TBI or stroke, corrected scores make acquired cognitive problems easier to see. They reduce the influence of age, education, sex and race, and better separate severe TBI from milder TBI.
• SLPOther2017The effect of phonetic complexity on the speed of single-word productions in adults who do and do not stutter.Journal of communication disordersPhonetic complexity did not slow single-word naming overall. Adults who stutter were slower than adults who do not stutter, and complex words were named more slowly only when word frequency and neighborhood properties were high.
• SLPCase-Control2018Sequential processing deficit as a shared persisting biomarker in dyslexia and childhood apraxia of speech.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsAdults with dyslexia and adults with probable childhood apraxia made more errors in the order of sounds and letters than controls on speech and reading tasks. The errors also tracked with multisyllabic motor speech difficulty.
• SLPPilot2018First Steps Towards Development of an Instrument for the Reproducible Quantification of Oropharyngeal Swallow Physiology in Bottle-Fed Children.DysphagiaSeven speech-language pathologists reached 80% agreement with expert scores on all 24 swallowing components after three training sessions, using bottle-fed children's swallow videos. This shows the scoring method can be taught, not that it improves care.
• SLPPilot2018Initial consonant deletion in bilingual Spanish-English-speaking children with speech sound disorders.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsBilingual children with speech sound disorders deleted initial consonants in Spanish (5.71%) and English (1.6%), while monolingual English peers did not. Errors clustered on complex sounds and multi-syllable words, suggesting language interaction rather than pure disorder.
• SLPCohort2018Procedural discourse performance in adults with severe traumatic brain injury at 3 and 6 months post injury.Brain injuryAdults with severe TBI did not show clear change in sandwich description output or structure from 3 to 6 months. They still spoke more slowly and gave fewer essential and optional steps than controls, with more irrelevant content at 3 months.
• SLPOther2018Metaperception in Adolescents With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAfter a brief first meeting, teens with and without autism mostly guessed how peers saw them from their own feelings, not from peers' ratings. Believing they were liked went with smoother conversation and more attempts to connect.
• SLPRCT2018A feasibility randomized controlled trial of ReaDySpeech for people with dysarthria after stroke.Clinical rehabilitationRecruiting and keeping stroke patients with dysarthria was feasible, but only acute patients were enrolled. The trial was not designed to test whether the online ReaDySpeech programme improves speech, so it does not show it works.
• SLPOther2017Nih toolbox premorbid ability adjustments: Application in a traumatic brain injury sample.Rehabilitation psychologyIn NIH Toolbox cognitive testing after TBI, oral reading adjustments changed individual scores and flagged slightly different people, but did not increase overall identification of cognitive difficulties.
• PTOTSLPCase Series2017Prospective investigation of FOXP1 syndrome.Molecular autismChildren with FOXP1 mutations had delayed speech and language, motor and visual-motor deficits, and universal dysarthria. Expressive language tested better than receptive. Early PT, SLP, and OT were recommended, not tested.
• SLPSystematic Review2017Classroom acoustics as a consideration for inclusive education in South Africa.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsClassroom noise and reverberation can make it hard for children with hearing, language, learning, or second-language difficulties to understand speech. South African school acoustic regulations are inadequate and not on par with international guidance, so poor listening environments may disadvantage learners.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Challenges and Opportunities in Reading Instruction for Children with Limited Speech.Seminars in speech and language
• SLPRCT2018The Autism Family Experience Questionnaire (AFEQ): An Ecologically-Valid, Parent-Nominated Measure of Family Experience, Quality of Life and Prioritised Outcomes for Early Intervention.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThe total family-experience score favoured parent-mediated communication therapy plus usual care over usual care at 13 months and 6 years. The parent domain favoured it at follow-up, the family domain did not, and some child-domain effects did not last.
• SLPOther2018Extrinsic Cognitive Load Impairs Spoken Word Recognition in High- and Low-Predictability Sentences.Ear and hearingRemembering seven digits before listening made normal-hearing young adults less accurate at identifying final words in vocoded sentences. The effect shifted with degradation: severe degradation hurt words in predictable sentences, mild degradation hurt words in unpredictable sentences.
• SLPNarrative Review2018Listening Effort: How the Cognitive Consequences of Acoustic Challenge Are Reflected in Brain and Behavior.Ear and hearingListening to noisy or unclear speech uses cognitive resources, not just hearing. A person's working memory and attention can affect speech understanding, so poor performance may reflect effort or cognitive load, not only how audible the speech is.
• PTOTSLPCohort2018Effects of Age and Sex on Hospital Readmission in Traumatic Brain Injury.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationOlder adults with traumatic brain injury face higher hospital readmission risk than younger adults. However, younger adults readmit fastest, with the highest rate in the first week after discharge. Readmission reasons also shift by age, moving from mental health and injury issues in younger groups to circulatory and respiratory problems in older groups.
• SLPSurvey2018Patients' and Clinicians' Views of the Psychological Components of Tinnitus Treatment That Could Inform Audiologists' Usual Care: A Delphi Survey.Ear and hearingPatients and clinicians agreed many psychological care components could be included in audiologist-delivered tinnitus care, but no component was agreed to exclude. This is a view of what should be included, not proof it helps.
• SLPPilot2018The Electrically Evoked Auditory Change Complex Evoked by Temporal Gaps Using Cochlear Implants or Auditory Brainstem Implants in Children With Cochlear Nerve Deficiency.Ear and hearingIn five deaf children with cochlear nerve deficiency, a scalp brain response to brief silence in implant stimulation could be recorded, but it did not reliably match what children detected. It is not yet a tool for choosing implant type.
• SLPOther2018Binaural Pitch Fusion in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingBilateral cochlear implant users showed broad binaural pitch fusion, with some fusing across much of the electrode array and others not at all. This can average pitch cues between ears and may interfere with speech perception.
• OTSLPOther2018Sensory Sensitivity and Food Selectivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn children with ASD, Atypical oral sensory sensitivity was associated with more food refusal (48.2% vs 33.2%) and lower vegetable variety (4.2 vs 8.6). Atypical oral over-sensitivity was associated with more food refusal (52% vs 25%) and lower fruit and vegetable variety.
• SLPRCT2018Hearing aid fitting and developmental outcomes of children fit according to either the NAL or DSL prescription: fit-to-target, audibility, speech and language abilities.International journal of audiologyChildren fitted to either NAL or DSL hearing aid targets showed similar direct speech and language results. Parents rated everyday listening higher for DSL, especially in quiet, but the audibility advantage did not show up on measured speech and language tests.
• SLPCase Report2018The role of short-term memory impairment in nonword repetition, real word repetition, and nonword decoding: A case study.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsA 65-year-old woman with short-term memory impairment repeated real words without error but made many sequencing and substitution mistakes on nonwords. This suggests her memory deficit disrupted new sound sequences while leaving stored word patterns intact.
• SLPOther2017Validating a Rapid, Automated Test of Spatial Release From Masking.American journal of audiologyA headphone test of speech in noise gave repeatable thresholds in adults with hearing thresholds below 30 dB HL or 41 dB HL. More spatial separation improved performance, but this was not tested in patients.
• SLPOther2017Vocalic transitions as markers of speech acoustic changes with STN-DBS in Parkinson's Disease.Journal of communication disordersTurning STN-DBS on or off, with medication unchanged, did not show a group-level change in glide F2 slope, coarticulation pattern, or intelligibility. People with Parkinson's had shallower glide F2 slopes and lower intelligibility than controls, with mixed individual responses.
• SLPOther2018Olivocochlear Efferent Activity Is Associated With the Slope of the Psychometric Function of Speech Recognition in Noise.Ear and hearingAt a fixed noise level, brain-to-ear feedback activity was not linked to word or sentence recognition. In this small lab study, stronger feedback activity was linked to greater improvement in recognition as the noise became less severe.
• SLPSurvey2018A quantitative study of attitudes toward the research participation of adults with intellectual disability: Do stakeholders agree?Disability and health journalAdults with intellectual disability expressed stronger belief that they want to participate in research and can make their own decisions than IRB members and family did. IRB members showed lower support for direct participation than researchers or service providers.
• SLPSystematic Review2018Patient Adherence to Dysphagia Recommendations: A Systematic Review.DysphagiaOnly twelve original studies directly measured patient adherence to dysphagia recommendations. Most were in head and neck cancer and relied on self-report. Difficulty and fatigue were common barriers; motivation, support, written instructions, and weekly calls were reported as facilitators.
• SLPCohort2018Pediatric Auditory Brainstem Implantation: Surgical, Electrophysiologic, and Behavioral Outcomes.Ear and hearingFive children with an auditory brainstem implant detected sound from 125 Hz to 6 K Hz at 20 to 50 dB HL, but none showed open-set speech perception. S1 and S2 had surgical complications. All children needed visual language support.
• SLPPilot2018Assessing working memory in children with ADHD: Minor administration and scoring changes may improve digit span backward's construct validity.Research in developmental disabilitiesIn children with ADHD, standard digit span backward did not relate to working memory. Giving longer lists and scoring partial credit were linked more strongly with working memory and school achievement, but these changes have no clinical norms.
• SLPOther2017Computerized Sign Language-Based Literacy Training for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationSign language-based computer training did not significantly improve reading comprehension in deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Word reading showed a borderline improvement. Children with better imitation of unfamiliar signs progressed faster in word reading, suggesting sign phonological skills support decoding.
• SLPCohort2017Specificity of executive function and theory of mind performance in relation to attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms in autism spectrum disorders.Molecular autismIn adolescents with autism, executive function difficulties tracked with ADHD symptoms, while theory of mind difficulties tracked with autism symptoms. These links held after controlling for IQ and shared parent reporting biases, suggesting distinct cognitive profiles for each symptom domain.
• SLPOther2017Comparison of the Spectral-Temporally Modulated Ripple Test With the Arizona Biomedical Institute Sentence Test in Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingIn 25 cochlear implant users, SMRT scores tracked AzBio speech-in-noise scores across unilateral, bilateral, and bimodal groups. The first SMRT run acted as practice; the second was used. This suggests SMRT may help evaluate map changes, but it is not proven.
• OTSLPCase Report2017Mutations in RAB39B in individuals with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and macrocephaly.Molecular autismTwo brothers in one family with autism, intellectual disability, no functional language, fine motor problems, and head circumference on the 98th percentile shared a maternal RAB39B mutation. Their sister had mild intellectual disability and autism traits, not autism; their mother had tremor.
• SLPCohort2018Learning from the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) study: summary of 5-year findings and implications.International journal of audiologyEarlier fitting of hearing aids or cochlear implants leads to better language and speech outcomes at five years. This benefit holds across all ages tested, with no lower limit found, even for children with additional disabilities.
• SLPRCT2018Assessing Quality of Program Environments for Children and Youth with Autism: Autism Program Environment Rating Scale (APERS).Journal of autism and developmental disordersA rating scale for autism school programs produced consistent total scores across two samples. Two trained raters usually agreed within one point on a five-point scale, and the domains fit together well enough to use one total score.
• SLPOther2018Distributional learning aids linguistic category formation in school-age children.Journal of child languageSchool-age children rated new artificial-language sentences as more acceptable when they fit patterns in what they heard. They did this without meaning or sound cues. This is a basic language-learning finding, not a therapy result.
• SLPCohort2018Speech in Noise Perception as a Marker of Cognitive Impairment in HIV Infection.Ear and hearingAmong HIV+ adults with normal hearing, lower thinking scores went with more trouble understanding speech in background noise. Age also mattered. This is an association, not proof that a hearing test diagnoses brain effects.
• SLPPilot2018Computational Analysis of Pharyngeal Swallowing Mechanics in Patients with Motor Neuron Disease: A Pilot Investigation.DysphagiaPatients with motor neuron disease showed greater head and neck extension and hyolaryngeal elevation compared to healthy controls. These changes appear to compensate for reduced tongue base retraction and pharyngeal shortening, though mechanics varied widely between patients.
• SLPCohort2018Evaluation of Swallow Function in Patients with Craniofacial Microsomia: A Retrospective Study.DysphagiaIn children with craniofacial microsomia, severe jaw underdevelopment was linked to poor bolus formation. Aspiration occurred in 34.5% of those tested, rising to 62.5% in infants under six months. Thin liquids were the most common trigger.
• SLPOther2018Relations Between Self-Reported Daily-Life Fatigue, Hearing Status, and Pupil Dilation During a Speech Perception in Noise Task.Ear and hearingSelf-reported daily fatigue did not differ between adults with hearing loss and normal-hearing adults. More fatigue and poorer hearing were each linked to smaller pupil dilation during speech-in-noise.
• SLPCase-Control2018Autism spectrum disorder and birth spacing: Findings from the study to explore early development (SEED).Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn second or later births, autism was associated with conception less than 18 months or 60 months or more after a previous birth. The association was stronger for more severe autism; other developmental delays showed no association.
• SLPOther2018Improving Efficiency and Quality of the Children's ASD Diagnostic Pathway: Lessons Learned from Practice.Journal of autism and developmental disordersA single evidence-based pathway with multi-disciplinary triage significantly cut waits for children's autism assessment. Referral to diagnosis dropped from 26.4 weeks in 2015 to 17.5 weeks in 2016. Referral demand was also found to be more than double previous estimates.
• OTSLPCohort2018Parent and Teacher Concordance of Child Outcomes for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents and teachers often disagreed about children with autism. Parents rated adaptive skills higher, but reported more social withdrawal and better social communication than teachers. Agreement was moderate, varied by domain, and depended on cognitive ability.
• SLPRCT2018Changes in Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents with ASD Completing the PEERS® Social Skills Intervention.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdolescents with ASD who completed PEERS reported fewer depressive symptoms after intervention than waitlisted peers. The change was self-reported and measured immediately after, so it is not known whether it lasts.
• SLPSurvey2017Public awareness of audiology, hearing and hearing health in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsMost rural South African adults did not know what audiologists do, yet many recognised hearing tests, ear infections and loud noise as concerns. Health workers may need to explain audiology services and check ear cleaning practices.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2018Views of teenage children about the effects of a Parent's mobility disability.Disability and health journalTeens with mobility-disabled parents described mixed feelings, not just burden. Some felt closer or more mature, while others faced fear and isolation during hospitalizations. Support needs varied by whether the parent’s disability was stable or progressing.
• SLPOther2018Fostering human rights through TalkBank.International journal of speech-language pathologyNo clinical finding is reported. This article describes TalkBank resources, not a study of whether they improve assessment or treatment.
• SLPOther2018Do Parents Model Gestures Differently When Children's Gestures Differ?Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism or Down syndrome gestured less than typically developing children, but parents gestured similarly across groups. The same gesture types appeared in all groups, so lower gesture use did not match less parental gesture input.