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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• PTOTSLPPilot2018Improved lower extremity pedaling mechanics in individuals with stroke under maximal workloads.Topics in stroke rehabilitationPedaling symmetry and smoothness improved at maximal workloads, but upstroke control worsened. The paretic leg generated more force overall, yet the non-paretic leg gained more, increasing asymmetry during the upstroke. High-intensity cycling recruits more motor units but may expose timing deficits.
• SLPOther2018The reduction of gunshot noise and auditory risk through the use of firearm suppressors and low-velocity ammunition.International journal of audiologySuppressors and low-velocity ammunition lowered measured gunshot noise at the shooter's ears. The reductions were larger when both were used, but hearing protection is still recommended because no firearm-suppressor pair was shown hearing safe.
• SLPOther2018Child and family characteristics moderate agreement between caregiver and clinician report of autism symptoms.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchCaregiver and clinician autism symptom reports were related, but not strongly. Agreement was strongest for lower IQ, lower adaptive behavior, fewer behavior problems, younger non-African American children, and older higher-income children.
• SLPPilot2018Attenuation of Positive Valence in Ratings of Affective Sounds by Tinnitus Patients.Trends in hearingTen tinnitus patients rated positive sounds below the reference values, and their pupils dilated more to negative sounds than to positive or neutral sounds. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation did not change ratings or pupil responses.
• SLPOther2018Modeling Sluggishness in Binaural Unmasking of Speech for Maskers With Time-Varying Interaural Phase Differences.Trends in hearingNormal-hearing listeners understood speech in noise best when the noise's left-right phase changed slowly, especially at 0.25 Hz. Their advantage shrank as phase changes sped up and plateaued above 4 Hz.
• SLPOther2017Sparsifying machine learning models identify stable subsets of predictive features for behavioral detection of autism.Molecular autismA small set of behavioral items from the standard autism observation test, including unanswered items, separated children with autism from children without autism in these datasets. This was model testing only, not a clinic-ready triage tool.
• SLPCohort2018Current Profile of Adults Presenting for Preoperative Cochlear Implant Evaluation.Trends in hearingMost adults referred for cochlear implant evaluation still had severe-to-profound loss and very poor aided word scores, averaging 8.7% correct. Expanded criteria had not shifted the typical preoperative profile much.
• SLPOther2018An Investigation of the Post-laryngectomy Swallow Using Videofluoroscopy and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES).DysphagiaBoth scans often showed residue after laryngectomy, but the scans and expert raters disagreed too much to say which tool is more useful. Videofluoroscopy was better for the neopharynx; FEES often found more residue.
• SLPNarrative Review2018Contemporary Approaches to the Management of Post-stroke Apraxia of Speech.Seminars in speech and languageObjective acoustic tests and brain imaging may help distinguish post-stroke apraxia of speech from aphasia or dysarthria, but evidence is early. Speech therapy should not rely on imaging alone; articulatory-kinematic treatment has support.
• SLPCohort2018Acceptance or Despair? Maternal Adjustment to Having a Child Diagnosed with Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMothers whose acceptance of their child's autism diagnosis increased over 18 months reported fewer depressive symptoms. Reductions in self-blame and despair were linked to higher life satisfaction and lower caregiving burden. This observational study cannot prove these mindset shifts caused the improvements.
• SLPCohort2018Regional Brain Dysfunction Associated with Semantic Errors in Comprehension.Seminars in speech and languageIn acute left hemisphere stroke, damage or poor blood flow in left posterior superior temporal gyrus and retrolenticular white matter was linked to more semantic errors on spoken word-picture verification. Larger lesion volume tracked more errors. No site was linked to more phonological errors.
• OTSLPOther2018Sensory Behaviors in Minimally Verbal Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: How and When Do Caregivers Respond?American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesCaregivers of minimally verbal children with autism most often prompted or changed their own behavior in response to sensory behaviors. They reported responding less to movement and more to social behaviors than non-social behaviors.
• SLPCohort2018Blood lead levels and longitudinal language outcomes in children from 4 to 12 years.Journal of communication disordersHigher blood lead levels in early childhood were linked to poorer total, receptive and expressive language scores, and the difference was more visible later in childhood than in early childhood.
• SLPQualitative2018Speech and language therapists' perspectives of therapeutic alliance construction and maintenance in aphasia rehabilitation post-stroke.International journal of language & communication disordersTherapists described building a working relationship by getting to know the person, setting shared expectations, fostering goal ownership, and responding flexibly. Time, setting, family, and therapist biases shaped how these relationships developed.
• SLPOther2018Treatment Response to a Double Administration of Constraint-Induced Language Therapy in Chronic Aphasia.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRRepeating 30 hours of intensive language therapy added little to standardized scores, but participants with mild aphasia generalized gains to untrained words. Those with severe aphasia improved on naming tests without gaining new skills. Second rounds may not be worth the time.
• SLPSurvey2018Better together: Developmental screening and monitoring best identify children who need early intervention.Disability and health journalParents who reported both developmental monitoring and screening were more likely to say their child had an early intervention plan than parents reporting either alone or neither. This was a link in parent reports, not proof the practices caused referral.
• SLPNarrative Review2018Contributions of Neuroimaging to Understanding Language Deficits in Acute Stroke.Seminars in speech and languageDiffusion and perfusion MRI in acute stroke can show language-area dysfunction even before visible infarct, and fMRI shows activation shifting during recovery. These findings help explain deficits and prognosis. They do not yet guide speech therapy.
• OTSLPOther2018Autism Spectrum Symptomatology Among Children with Duplication 7q11.23 Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disorders12 participants (19.0%) met clinical criteria for ASD. Parent interview alone classified 25 participants (39.7%) as autism. Use direct observation and consider language level and anxiety before diagnosing.
• SLPOther2018Performance variability on perceptual discrimination tasks in profoundly deaf adults with cochlear implants.Journal of communication disordersEighteen of 35 adults with cochlear implants performed poorly on both talker and accent discrimination. Three did well on both. No clear pattern explained success.
• PTSLPCohort2017Identification of mutations in the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signalling pathway in patients with macrocephaly and developmental delay and/or autism.Molecular autismTen of 21 children with macrocephaly and developmental delay or autism had PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway mutations. Children with a mutation had lower developmental quotient scores, and two mutations were mosaic and found at higher levels in mouth or saliva samples.
• SLPOther2018Speech Processing to Improve the Perception of Speech in Background Noise for Children With Auditory Processing Disorder and Typically Developing Peers.Trends in hearingChildren understood more words when speech was processed with SSDRC than unprocessed. The gain was 29.1 percentage points in speech-shaped noise and 7.3 percentage points with a competing speaker, and children with APD still did worse in that competing speaker.
• SLPCase-Control2018Impaired Recognition of Emotional Faces after Stroke Involving Right Amygdala or Insula.Seminars in speech and languageAcute right hemisphere stroke, especially right amygdala or anterior insula damage, was associated with poorer recognition of happy and angry faces. The stroke group was less accurate than controls. No damage was tied specifically to fear recognition.
• SLPCase-Control2018Executive function and childhood stuttering: Parent ratings and evidence from a behavioral task.Journal of fluency disordersPreschool children who stutter did not differ from fluent peers on a behavioral executive function task overall. Parents rated them lower in working memory and shifting, and flagged more everyday executive function concerns.
• PTSLPCohort2018Effect of epilepsy on autism symptoms in Angelman syndrome.Molecular autismIn Angelman syndrome, earlier onset of seizures is strongly linked to more autism symptoms, even when accounting for the specific genetic cause. This suggests the seizures themselves, rather than just the underlying genetic deletion, contribute to the severity of autistic behaviours.
• SLPOther2018Expressed parental concern regarding childhood stuttering and the Test of Childhood Stuttering.Journal of communication disordersParents who expressed concern rated more speech disfluencies on the TOCS, and their children stuttered more in a 300-word sample, but non-stuttered disfluencies and utterance length did not differ by concern. Higher reported reactions to stuttering were linked to shorter utterances.
• SLPCohort2018Relationships between autism spectrum disorder and intolerance of uncertainty.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchYouth with autism showed higher intolerance of uncertainty than typical peers. Emotional dysregulation was the only autism feature that predicted this trait after accounting for anxiety. This suggests targeting emotion regulation may help manage distress in uncertain situations.
• SLPCohort2018The effect of emotion on articulation rate in persistence and recovery of childhood stuttering.Journal of fluency disordersChildren whose stuttering persisted slowed their speech after a negative video, while children who later recovered and nonstuttering children did not. For therapists, speech-rate change after negative emotion may be a marker to watch, not a tested treatment effect.
• SLPOther2018Effects of Binaural Spatialization in Wireless Microphone Systems for Hearing Aids on Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingFor hearing aid users with moderate or severe loss, adding spatial cues to a wireless microphone system improved speech understanding when the microphone signal was used alone; it failed to help normal-hearing or profound-loss users, and normal-hearing localization was worse in the tested setup.
• SLPOther2018High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Consequences for Primary Caregivers Compared to Schizophrenia and Depression.Journal of autism and developmental disordersCaregivers of adults with high-functioning autism reported similar overall burden to caregivers of people with depression or schizophrenia, but more relationship tension and more distress than schizophrenia caregivers.
• SLPCohort2018Writing fluency in patients with low-grade glioma before and after surgery.International journal of language & communication disordersPatients with low-grade glioma wrote less fluently than healthy adults, but this gap vanished once typing speed was accounted for. After surgery, writing slowed further and pauses before words increased, suggesting a decline in lexical retrieval or cognitive effort.
• SLPCohort2018Speed of Language Comprehension at 18 Months Old Predicts School-Relevant Outcomes at 54 Months Old in Children Born Preterm.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPIn children born preterm, faster eye-tracking word comprehension at 18 months predicted better general language and non-verbal IQ at 4½ years, beyond family background, gestational age, and medical complications.
• SLPOther2018An Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Joint Attention Protocol.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThe JA Protocol produces pass/fail scores for children's joint attention responses and initiations. It appears consistent across coders and repeat testing, but it is not a diagnostic tool and has not been tested for tracking therapy progress.
• SLPOther2018Rhythmic performance in hypokinetic dysarthria: Relationship between reading, spontaneous speech and diadochokinetic tasks.Journal of communication disordersSpontaneous conversation separated ten men with very mild Parkinson’s speech disorder from ten matched controls on more timing measures than reading aloud. Syllable repetition tasks did not reliably mirror speech rhythm, so they should not replace detailed speech analysis.
• PTOTSLPRCT2018Changes in cognitive function after a 12-week exercise intervention in adults with Down syndrome.Disability and health journalTwelve weeks of home-based video exercise did not significantly change attention or reaction time. However, participants doing two sessions per week showed large improvements in memory tasks compared to those doing one, though the study was not powered to confirm this.
• SLPOther2018Bilaterally Combined Electric and Acoustic Hearing in Mandarin-Speaking Listeners: The Population With Poor Residual Hearing.Trends in hearingFor Mandarin speakers with severe-to-profound hearing in the aided ear, adding a hearing aid to a cochlear implant improved only tone recognition when tones were equal in length and sentence recognition in noise. Average gains were 4 and 6 percentage points.
• SLPCohort2018Reversed gender ratio of autism spectrum disorder in Smith-Magenis syndrome.Molecular autismIn Smith-Magenis syndrome, more females than males had high autism symptom scores. 73% of females and 25% of males scored above the autism screening threshold. The female difference remained after adaptive level and behavioural problems were included.
• SLPOther2018Characteristics of Real-World Signal to Noise Ratios and Speech Listening Situations of Older Adults With Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingMost everyday conversations for older adults with hearing loss happen in quiet or diffuse noise with the speaker in front and visible. Very noisy situations are rare. Lab tests should mimic these common, positive-signal conditions to better predict real-world success.
• OTSLPRCT2018Enhancing interactions during daily routines: A randomized controlled trial of a web-based tutorial for parents of young children with ASD.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchParents who used a web tutorial reported using more evidence-based strategies during routines, and their children showed better engagement and social communication at follow-up. Gains came from parent reports only, and children also received other community services.
• SLPOther2018Effects of High Sound Exposure During Air-Conducted Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Testing in Children and Young Adults.Ear and hearingChildren's ears received higher sound pressure than adults' ears during VEMP testing, and small ear canals could push exposure above a suggested safety limit. At the lower settings used here, hearing thresholds and otoacoustic emissions did not change.
• PTOTSLPCase Series2018Recovery of facial expressions using functional electrical stimulation after full-face transplantation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationTwo face transplant patients showed improved facial muscle symmetry and reduced synkinesis after 5 months of individualized functional electrical stimulation. The treatment combined stimulation with visual feedback and peer modeling, but without a control group, it is unclear if reinnervation alone caused the changes.
• SLPRCT2018Inferential language use by school-aged boys with fragile X syndrome: Effects of a parent-implemented spoken language intervention.Journal of communication disordersSchool-aged boys with fragile X syndrome produced more inferential language during shared storytelling than comparison boys after a bundled parent-implemented program. The gain was mainly when mothers prompted them. Spontaneous inferences did not increase.
• SLPOther2018Sensitivity to audio-visual synchrony and its relation to language abilities in children with and without ASD.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchTypically developing children looked more at the video matching the sound when the other video was off by 0.6 or 1.0 seconds. Children with ASD did not show this preference. More looking at the matching video was associated with better language scores.
• PTOTSLPCohort2018Are the health needs of young people with cerebral palsy met during transition from child to adult health care?Child: care, health and developmentYoung people with cerebral palsy did not show a significant rise in unmet health needs through transition, though many already had unmet needs, especially speech, pain and bone or joint problems.
• SLPOther2018Music Training Can Improve Music and Speech Perception in Pediatric Mandarin-Speaking Cochlear Implant Users.Trends in hearingAfter computer melodic contour training, children with cochlear implants showed improved music, tone, and sentence recognition, and gains remained after training stopped. They still scored much lower than normal-hearing peers.
• SLPCohort2018Bidirectional influences of caregiver utterances and supported joint engagement in children with and without autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn play, caregiver talk about what the child was doing, especially suggestions for how to play, was more likely to be followed by higher-level joint engagement than caregiver-focused talk. This held for children with and without autism, but cannot prove intervention effects.
• SLPCohort2018Development of first- and second-language vocabulary knowledge among language-minority children: evidence from single language and conceptual scores.Journal of child languageAt entry, Spanish-speaking preschoolers knew more words in Spanish than English. English scores rose faster and were 16 points higher by Year 2. By Year 2, 8% of known words were unique to Spanish.
• SLPNarrative Review2018Integrating a Parent-Implemented Blend of Developmental and Behavioral Intervention Strategies into Speech-Language Treatment for Toddlers at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Seminars in speech and languageThis review outlines a parent-mediated intervention model for toddlers at risk for autism. It describes training components and anecdotal implementation data but reports no controlled trial results or efficacy findings.
• SLPCohort2018Is Older Age Associated with Higher Self- and Other-Rated ASD Characteristics?Journal of autism and developmental disordersSelf-reported autism traits and sensory sensitivity peak in middle adulthood and drop in old age, but partners and family do not see this change. Do not assume symptoms resolve with age; they may just be less visible to others or less self-reported.
• SLPOther2018Brain Volume Differences Associated With Hearing Impairment in Adults.Trends in hearingAdults with hearing impairment had larger gray matter volume in the right angular gyrus than matched normal-hearing adults. Other speech-related regions showed no differences, but worse hearing was linked to larger volume there.
• SLPCohort2018Local and Global Visual Processing in 3-Year-Olds With and Without Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThree-year-olds with autism found more hidden pictures than high-risk siblings without autism and low-risk children. They were not faster or better on the other local tasks, and global visual processing did not differ.