SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPOther2019Sensitivity and Specificity of the ADOS-2 Algorithm in a Large German Sample.Journal of autism and developmental disordersADOS-2 and ADOS performed similarly in most comparisons, but Module 1 had poor specificity. Adding SCQ and SRS improved Module 4 autism versus non-ASD classification, not Module 3.
• SLPSurvey2019Delayed autism spectrum disorder recognition in children and adolescents previously diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceChildren and adolescents with autism who had ADHD first were diagnosed with autism later, and girls showed a larger delay. Adults with prior ADHD did not show this timing difference.
• SLPOther2019Do Persian Native Speakers Prosodically Mark Wh-in-situ Questions?Language and speechPersian speakers raised pitch and made larger pitch movements before the question word, and shortened whole questions, compared with matching statements. Pitch marking after the question word was weaker.
• PTSLPQualitative2019A support programme for caregivers of children with disabilities in Ghana: Understanding the impact on the wellbeing of caregivers.Child: care, health and developmentCaregivers of children with cerebral palsy in Ghana said group training, monthly home visits and facilitator support were linked with greater understanding, changes in positioning, feeding and communication, and less isolation. Poverty and stigma still limited what they could do.
• SLPOther2018The Effect of Simulated Interaural Frequency Mismatch on Speech Understanding and Spatial Release From Masking.Ear and hearingSimulated cochlear implant frequency mismatches reduced speech understanding in noise. Spatial release from masking remained stable with bilateral shifts but varied unpredictably with unilateral shifts, suggesting simple frequency alignment may not fully restore binaural benefits.
• SLPCohort2018Fetal and Infancy Growth Pattern, Cord and Early Childhood Plasma Leptin, and Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Boston Birth Cohort.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchExtremely rapid infancy weight gain and higher early childhood leptin were associated with later autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, while cord leptin and being small or large for gestational age were not.
• OTSLPCohort2018Infant quantitative risk for autism spectrum disorder predicts executive function in early childhood.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAt 3.5 years, children whose parents reported more sensory-regulatory behaviors at 12 months showed more parent-reported executive-function difficulties. This remained after accounting for later ASD symptoms. Social-communication risk did not.
• SLPCohort2018Results in Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients With Varied Asymmetric Hearing: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Speech Recognition, Localization, and Participant Report.Ear and hearingAdults with one deaf ear and usable hearing in the other showed better speech recognition and sound localization when using a cochlear implant with their hearing aid, compared to either device alone. Most benefits appeared within six months.
• SLPCase-Control2018Use of a phoneme monitoring task to examine lexical access in adults who do and do not stutter.Journal of fluency disordersAdults who stutter showed no significant difficulty accessing verbs versus nouns. However, they made significantly more errors when monitoring for phonemes in the middle of words compared to the start. This suggests a specific weakness in processing word-internal sounds rather than general lexical retrieval.
• SLPCohort2019Stability of Autistic Traits from 5 to 8 Years of Age Among Children in the General Population.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMean autistic trait scores showed no significant change from age 5 to 8. Still, children tended to keep their relative position, and higher-scoring children showed moderate stability.
• SLPCase-Control2019Signing with the Face: Emotional Expression in Narrative Production in Deaf Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersDeaf children with autism produced a similar total number of facial actions to deaf controls, but fewer exactly matched adult signers, especially for demand and mischief.
• OTSLPCohort2019Clinical correlates of sluggish cognitive tempo in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceIn adolescents with autism, sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms were linked to higher autism severity and more anxiety or depression. Attention-deficit symptoms were linked to more rule-breaking. Both were linked to daily executive function problems, but sluggish tempo specifically related to planning and memory.
• SLPOther2018Response Changes During Insertion of a Cochlear Implant Using Extracochlear Electrocochleography.Ear and hearingExtracochlear monitoring during cochlear implantation is feasible but complex. While most insertions showed stable responses, about 21% had temporary drops that recovered. Early response losses often resolve, so a single drop does not confirm permanent trauma.
• SLPSurvey2018Talking Tots and the Terrible Twos: Early Language and Disruptive Behavior in Toddlers.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPToddlers with better language had fewer disruptive behaviors on parent report. The association was stronger for girls and toddlers in poverty. This cross-sectional survey cannot show language problems caused behavior problems.
• SLPCohort2018Race Differences in Gastrostomy Tube Placement After Stroke in Majority-White, Minority-Serving, and Racially Integrated US Hospitals.DysphagiaStroke patients in hospitals serving more minority patients were more likely to have a PEG tube placed, even after patient race was accounted for. White patients in those hospitals were also more likely to have a PEG tube placed.
• SLPOther2018Maturation of the Coordination Between Respiration and Deglutition with and Without Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Lesion in an Animal Model.DysphagiaIn infant pigs, the delay between a swallow and the next breath grew from day 7 to day 17. Pigs with a recurrent laryngeal nerve lesion showed a larger age-related change, but the lesion alone did not shift timing.
• SLPOther2018When regularization gets it wrong: children over-simplify language input only in production.Journal of child languageSix-year-olds learning made-up language rules did not use gender in speech, often repeating one classifier. When both options were shown, they recognized both without preference. Production tasks may understate what children recognize.
• SLPCohort2018In Search of Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn 38 high-functioning men with autism, no single measure stood out as a ready-made biomarker for social communication. SCIT, ASR, RMET and smell tests related to clinician ratings, but most links were modest and varied by test.
• SLPPilot2018Neural Mechanisms of Swallowing Dysfunction and Apraxia of Speech in Acute Stroke.DysphagiaFailing an aspiration screen and apraxia of speech were linked in 68 acute left hemisphere stroke patients. Broca area lesions were linked to both, but the deficits rarely occurred together, so one does not predict the other.
• SLPCohort2018Word Learning in Children With Cochlear Implants: Examining Performance Relative to Hearing Peers and Relations With Age at Implantation.Ear and hearingChildren with cochlear implants matched hearing peers in understanding new words but struggled to say them correctly. Their speaking errors matched younger hearing children with similar vocabularies. Implant age did not predict word learning skills in this group.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2019Prevalence of five lifestyle risk factors among U.S. adults with and without stroke.Disability and health journalStroke survivors are significantly less likely to exercise, smoke, or eat poorly compared to those without stroke. They also cluster multiple risk factors, with higher rates of having 2 to 5 lifestyle risks, suggesting targeted prevention efforts are needed.
• SLPOther2019Development of a Brief Parent-Report Screen for Common Gastrointestinal Disorders in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersA 17-item parent report caught 83.6% of children with at least one GI disorder, but only 43.4% of children without one were correctly screened negative. It is not yet validated and does not diagnose constipation, diarrhea, or reflux.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2019A systematic review of measures of adherence to physical exercise recommendations in people with stroke.Clinical rehabilitationNo validated tools exist to measure adherence to exercise after stroke. Clinicians currently rely on diaries and surveys with no proven accuracy. Do not assume patient-reported completion matches actual performance, as these methods lack evidence of validity.
• SLPPilot2019Effect of mobile technology featuring visual scene displays and just-in-time programming on communication turns by preadolescent and adolescent beginning communicators.International journal of speech-language pathologyFive beginning communicators took markedly more turns using a tablet app that let researchers snap photos of ongoing activities and add words instantly. The average increase was between 13 and 26 turns per 15-minute session, though it is unclear which feature caused the gain.
• SLPOther2019Measuring treatment response in children with autism spectrum disorder: Applications of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change to the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceThe Brief Observation of Social Communication Change scoring method applied to standard ADOS videos detected social communication changes in minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder over months. Routine ADOS severity scores did not. This is about measurement, not proof that treatment worked.
• SLPOther2019Do Ratings of Swallowing Function Differ by Videofluoroscopic Rate? An Exploratory Analysis in Patients After Acute Stroke.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationRating swallowing videos at a lower frame rate changed how clinicians scored impairment compared to the standard rate. Some measures looked worse at the slower rate, while others looked better. This suggests lower frame rates may distort clinical judgment of swallowing function.
• SLPCase-Control2019Neural self-representation in autistic women and association with 'compensatory camouflaging'.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic women did not show the reduced brain activity for thinking about themselves seen in autistic men. In autistic women, stronger activity for thinking about themselves went with more camouflaging, or masking autistic traits.
• SLPOther2018Savant syndrome has a distinct psychological profile in autism.Molecular autismAutistic adults with savant skills reported more sensory, obsessional and systemising traits than autistic adults without them. They did not differ on social or communication traits.
• SLPOther2018Speech Recognition Abilities in Normal-Hearing Children 4 to 12 Years of Age in Stationary and Interrupted Noise.Ear and hearingChildren aged 4 to 12 needed speech to be louder relative to noise than adults. By 10 to 12 they matched adults in steady noise, but children still gained less benefit from noisy gaps, and most from two-ear cues.
• SLPOther2018The Influence of Hearing Aid Gain on Gap-Detection Thresholds for Children and Adults With Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingHearing aids fitted to the child version of the Desired Sensation Level program (DSL-C) helped adults with hearing loss detect gaps in noise as well as normal-hearing listeners. This fitting method provided more gain than the adult version (DSL-A), restoring audibility better. Compression speed did not change results.
• SLPOther2018A Retrospective Estimate of Ear Disease Detection Using the "Red Flags" in a Clinical Sample.Ear and hearingFDA red flags caught 91% of cases of ear disease and screened clear 72% of people without disease. AAO-HNS caught 98% but screened clear only 20% of people without disease.
• SLPOther2018Using Objective Metrics to Measure Hearing Aid Performance.Ear and hearingAggressive wide dynamic-range compression, noise suppression, and frequency lowering in six hearing aids usually lowered lab scores for speech intelligibility and quality. A simple linear setting often scored highest. Clinical benefit for patients was not tested.
• SLPOther2018A Dynamically Focusing Cochlear Implant Strategy Can Improve Vowel Identification in Noise.Ear and hearingCochlear implant users identified vowels better in background noise with dynamic focusing than with monopolar or fixed tripolar strategies. Vowel scores in quiet and spondee scores in noise did not improve.
• SLPCase-Control2018Links between looking and speaking in autism and first-degree relatives: insights into the expression of genetic liability to autism.Molecular autismPeople with autism and their parents show slower naming and different eye movement patterns during a rapid naming task. These basic language processing differences link to repetitive behaviors and narrative ability, suggesting they may reflect underlying genetic risk for autism.
• SLPCohort2018Optimizing Clinical Interpretation of Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Infants.Ear and hearingInfant DPOAE results should be read against infant-specific cut-offs, not adult norms. Passing both emission level and signal-to-noise ratio at 3 of 5 or 3 of 4 frequencies best indicates normal cochlear function.
• PTSLPCohort2018Association between gait and cognition in an elderly population based sample.Gait & postureIn healthy, highly educated older adults, walking speed showed no link to cognition. Only longer stride length related to faster processing speed and better naming. Do not assume a patient's normal walking speed rules out early cognitive changes in this group.
• SLPOther2019Registers in Infant Phonation.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationThree typical infants spontaneously shifted within one vocalization from modal voice to loft-like high-pitched or pulse-like rasping voice. For SLPs, pitch alone may not identify these qualities.
• SLPOther2019Development and Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q).Journal of autism and developmental disordersA 25-item self-report camouflaging questionnaire measured three behaviours in autistic and non-autistic adults: learning social skills, hiding autistic traits, and forcing yourself to fit in. Higher total scores were linked to anxiety, depression in autistic adults, and lower wellbeing.
• SLPRCT2019Vocal function exercises for normal voice: With and without semi-occlusion.International journal of speech-language pathologyIn women with normal voice, only the traditional semi-occluded exercise posture produced a clear increase in how long they could sustain a sound after six weeks. The reduced occlusion posture did not improve clearly, and the open vowel posture did not improve clearly.
• SLPOther2019Perception of Cry Characteristics in 1-Month-Old Infants Later Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMothers rated four one-month-old cries from infants later diagnosed with autism as more distressing, less typical, and more painful than matched control cries. Parent group did not change ratings. Only four autism cries were studied, so this is not a screening tool.
• SLPRCT2019Therapists' Adaptations to an Intervention to Reduce Challenging Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Publicly Funded Mental Health Services.Journal of autism and developmental disorders95% of therapists made adaptations while delivering AIM HI to children with autism. They commonly changed language, slowed the pace, added other approaches, and involved teachers. The study did not show whether these adaptations improved challenging behavior.
• SLPCohort2019Discourse recovery after severe traumatic brain injury: exploring the first year.Brain injuryNarrative discourse improved across the first year after severe traumatic brain injury, but scores stayed below matched healthy controls at 12 months. About one third improved faster, and many reached normal range. Education and post-traumatic amnesia duration were linked to recovery.
• SLPOther2019Nonverbal Visual Sequential Learning in Children With Cochlear Implants: Preliminary Findings.Ear and hearingChildren with cochlear implants learned the hidden visual pattern as well as children with normal hearing. They were slower to respond overall, which may reflect processing speed rather than a learning deficit.
• SLPOther2018Evaluation of Speed and Accuracy of Next-Generation Auditory Steady State Response and Auditory Brainstem Response Audiometry in Children With Normal Hearing and Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingASSR estimated hearing thresholds faster than ABR in children. ASSR thresholds were lower than ABR and matched ABR only at 4000 Hz, so ASSR may save time but should not be assumed to replace ABR for all frequencies.
• SLPCohort2018Comparisons of IQ in Children With and Without Cochlear Implants: Longitudinal Findings and Associations With Language.Ear and hearingChildren with cochlear implants scored in the average range on school-age IQ tests, but below hearing peers. Their IQ scores were more closely linked to spoken language than to hearing status or mother's education.
• PTOTSLPOther2018The effect of comprehensive physiotherapy-based rehabilitation on stooped posture in Parkinson's disease.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn Parkinson's patients with stooped posture, inpatient comprehensive physiotherapy improved trunk bending angles significantly more than usual home care. However, the rehabilitation group received intensive multi-disciplinary therapy, so the specific contribution of physiotherapy alone cannot be separated.
• SLPOther2018Development of a Novel Bone Conduction Verification Tool Using a Surface Microphone: Validation With Percutaneous Bone Conduction Users.Ear and hearingA new forehead-mounted microphone measures bone conduction device output on the patient's skin. It matched the standard skull simulator method for percutaneous users, offering a way to verify devices where skin or implants block traditional testing.
• SLPCohort2019Tinnitus Severity Is Related to the Sound Exposure of Symphony Orchestra Musicians Independently of Hearing Impairment.Ear and hearingSymphony musicians with higher lifetime sound exposure reported more severe tinnitus, even when their hearing tests were normal. The severity of the ringing was linked to the noise level they faced, not to measurable hearing loss.
• SLPSurvey2019Mock Juror Perceptions of Credibility and Culpability in an Autistic Defendant.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMock jurors who were told the defendant had ASD and how it affected him rated him more honest and less blameworthy. They were more likely to choose not guilty and, when choosing guilty, more lenient in sentencing attitudes. Cognitive functioning ratings did not differ.
• SLPOther2019Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children with Low Mental Age.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn toddlers with autism functioning below a 12-month level, the ADOS often over-classified autism, while the CARS agreed more closely with clinical judgment. Early social behaviors like eye contact, name response, and joint attention helped separate autism from global delay.