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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• SLPOther2018Verbal learning and memory in prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants.International journal of audiologyChildren with cochlear implants recalled as many words as matched hearing peers on a verbal list learning test. They differed in how they approached the task, using more rote order later and for a new list.
• SLPSystematic Review2018Relationship between perceived social support and patient-reported communication outcomes across communication disorders: a systematic review.International journal of language & communication disordersAcross adult communication disorders, links between perceived social support and self-reported communication were mostly weak. Qualitative accounts described supportive relationships that helped communication, and absent or misguided support that hindered it.
• SLPSurvey2019Correlates of Early Pharyngeal High-Resolution Manometry Adoption in Expert Speech-Language Pathologists.DysphagiaMost expert SLPs do not plan to adopt pharyngeal high-resolution manometry. Those who do have trained on more instruments and feel confident explaining the procedure. Years of experience and work setting did not predict adoption.
• SLPNarrative Review2019"Hidden in Plain Sight": A Descriptive Review of Laryngeal Vestibule Closure.DysphagiaThis paper reviews the physiology of laryngeal vestibule closure (LVC) and how it is measured. It does not present new patient data or test interventions, so there are no findings to change practice.
• SLPCohort2019Sex Differences in Social Attention in Infants at Risk for Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAt 10 months, infant siblings of autistic children did not differ from controls in overall looking at eyes or mouth of happy and fearful faces. The pattern differed by sex: male siblings looked more at mouths than male controls, female siblings less than female controls.
• SLPQualitative2019Health-Related Quality of Life Instruments for Children With Cochlear Implants: Development of Child and Parent-Proxy Measures.Ear and hearingResearchers built a new tablet-based tool to ask children with cochlear implants and their parents about daily life struggles. The test covers hearing in noise, fatigue, and school stress. It is not yet validated for clinical use, but aims to help therapists spot hidden social and emotional hurdles.
• SLPOther2019Volumetric Changes to the Pharynx in Healthy Aging: Consequence for Pharyngeal Swallow Mechanics and Function.DysphagiaIn healthy adults over 65, larger pharyngeal lumen volume was associated with worse pharyngeal constriction and more vallecular residue. Age and sex did not add to these differences, but stronger posterior tongue was linked to more pharyngeal shortening.
• PTOTSLPPilot2019The effect of leg angle during push-up plus exercise on shoulder stabilization muscle activity.Journal of physical therapy scienceRaising the legs to a 110-degree angle during a push-up plus exercise significantly increased serratus anterior muscle activity compared to 70 and 90 degrees in healthy young men. This finding does not confirm benefits for patients with shoulder pain or instability.
• SLPCohort2019Spotting Signs of Autism in 3-Year-Olds: Comparing Information from Parents and Preschool Staff.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPreschool staff reports separated 3-year-olds with autism from high-risk siblings without autism and low-risk controls better than parent reports. Staff reports also matched clinical autism observation more closely, but two of 10 children with autism were missed.
• SLPOther2019Social-emotional processing in nonverbal individuals with Angelman syndrome: evidence from brain responses to known and novel names.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRBrain responses did not show clear recognition of known names in 11 nonverbal people with Angelman syndrome. Better brain differentiation of repeated stranger names from unknown names was linked to caregiver-reported communication and socialization, but this was secondary.
• SLPCase-Control2019Infections in children with autism spectrum disorder: Study to Explore Early Development (SEED).Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchCompared with typically developing children, children with autism were more likely to have infection in the neonatal period and first three years. Compared with children with other developmental delays, only neonatal infection differed. This is an association, not proof of cause.
• SLPOther2019The Effect of Hearing Aid Bandwidth and Configuration of Hearing Loss on Bimodal Speech Recognition in Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingFor cochlear implant users who heard better with the implant, adding hearing aid information improved sentence recognition, and wider bandwidth was not worse. For users who heard better with the hearing aid, narrowing the aid reduced performance. Audiogram shape mattered.
• SLPRCT2018The use of self-report measures to examine changes in perception in response to fittings using different signal processing parameters.International journal of audiologyHearing-aid users rated mild signal processing as better than strong processing. The EAR questionnaire showed this more clearly than the SSQ, especially for speech and quality, not spatial hearing.
• SLPOther2018Social difficulties in youth with autism with and without anxiety and ADHD symptoms.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAdolescents with autism and elevated anxiety or ADHD symptoms scored higher on parent-reported autism severity than those with autism alone. This does not prove they have more core autism traits. It may mean the questionnaire picks up distress and inattention, inflating scores.
• SLPOther2019Voice Emotion Recognition by Children With Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingChildren with mild-to-moderate hearing loss recognized emotions from recorded speech as accurately as normal-hearing children and took similar time. They were still less accurate than adults, and vocabulary mattered for their performance.
• SLPSurvey2019Healthcare access and services use among US children with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practice29.0% of U.S. children with ASD had trouble getting healthcare, often delays. These problems were associated with fewer well-child visits and more emergency visits, but not flu shots.
• SLPCohort2019Repetitive Saliva Swallowing Test: Norms, Clinical Relevance and the Impact of Saliva Secretion.DysphagiaSaliva-swallow counts varied by age and gender, not dry mouth or medicines. In stroke patients, the test flagged 69% of SSA-S risk cases, so a normal score cannot rule out swallowing problems.
• SLPCohort2019Time From Hearing Aid Candidacy to Hearing Aid Adoption: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Ear and hearingAdults with hearing loss waited about 8.9 years after becoming hearing-aid candidates before adopting hearing aids. Delays were shorter when hearing loss or self-reported social hearing handicap was worse, and longer for non-white participants.
• SLPQualitative2019'People like me don't get support': Autistic adults' experiences of support and treatment for mental health difficulties, self-injury and suicidality.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults said mental health support was often hard to get and rarely adapted to them. They felt dismissed as coping, faced long waits, and met professionals with little autism knowledge. Tailored, consistent support was described as helpful for well-being and safety.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Effect of forward head posture on thoracic shape and respiratory function.Journal of physical therapy scienceAssuming a forward head posture immediately reduced lung capacity and flow rates in 15 young men. The lower chest became less mobile and shifted inward, restricting breathing. This is a short-term mechanical effect in healthy volunteers, not a diagnosis or treatment outcome.
• SLPCohort2019Parents' Use of Internal State Language with Toddlers at High and Low Genetic Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents of toddlers later diagnosed with autism used similar amounts of emotion words when reading, but tried less often to get the child to talk about feelings. These toddlers lagged behind peers in using internal state words by 28 months.
• SLPOther2019Effect of electrical stimulation on aspiration in children with cerebral palsy and dysphagia.Journal of physical therapy scienceLower penetration-aspiration scores were reported after four weeks of submental electrical stimulation in five children with cerebral palsy and dysphagia. The study had no control group, so the score change cannot be treated as proof the stimulation caused it.
• SLPOther2019Speech Auditory Brainstem Responses: Effects of Background, Stimulus Duration, Consonant-Vowel, and Number of Epochs.Ear and hearingBackground noise slowed and weakened brainstem responses to speech sounds in 12 normal-hearing adults. Short 50-millisecond sounds gave similar timing to 170-millisecond sounds, but the repetitions needed varied widely. This is test development, not a clinical tool.
• OTSLPCase-Control2018Aberrant functional connectivity of neural circuits associated with social and sensorimotor deficits in young children with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchBrain scans under sedation showed weaker links in social/language networks and stronger links in sensorimotor/visual networks in 29 children with autism and 29 matched controls. These patterns tracked social and repetitive behavior scores, but did not test therapy.
• SLPPilot2018A pilot dose finding study of pioglitazone in autistic children.Molecular autismIn 28 autistic children, pioglitazone at 0.75 mg/kg was tolerated without serious adverse events; parent and clinician ratings improved on several behavior scales, but without a control group this cannot show the drug worked.
• SLPCohort2018Coordination is key: Joint attention and vocalisation in infant siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.International journal of language & communication disordersHigh-risk infants later diagnosed with ASD showed less advanced joint attention, such as showing and pointing, no age-related change in vocal development, and rarely paired sounds with these behaviours. Low-level request behaviours did not differ.
• SLPOther2019Verb production by individuals with Down syndrome during narration.Research in developmental disabilitiesDuring narration, participants with Down syndrome used verbs in fewer utterances than younger typically developing children selected to be close on nonverbal ability, not fewer than participants with other intellectual disability. Verb variety was similar.
• SLPOther2019Air- and Bone-Conducted Sources of Feedback With an Active Middle Ear Implant.Ear and hearingIn cadaver ears, the implant's mounting bracket increased ear-canal sound by 5 to 10 dB and bone-conducted vibration at higher frequencies. The study did not test whether damping reduces feedback in patients.
• SLPCohort2019Tongue shapes for rhotics in school-age children with and without residual speech errors.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsChildren with residual speech errors produced rhotics with simpler tongue shapes than typical speakers. After seven hours of ultrasound biofeedback therapy, their tongue complexity increased and listeners rated their rhotics as more accurate. Complexity scores correlated with perceived accuracy.
• SLPOther2019Cognitive Abilities Contribute to Spectro-Temporal Discrimination in Children Who Are Hard of Hearing.Ear and hearingIn 24 children with hearing aids, a test of distinguishing rippled sounds was tied to visual working memory and non-verbal intelligence, not aided audibility, verbal memory, or executive function.
• SLPPilot2019Machine Learning Models for the Hearing Impairment Prediction in Workers Exposed to Complex Industrial Noise: A Pilot Study.Ear and hearingModels tested in 1,113 workers could sort workers as hearing impaired or not, and one model could predict average noise-induced hearing loss in all but three factories. This pilot is not ready for patient care.
• SLPOther2019Nonlinguistic Cognitive Factors Predict Treatment-Induced Recovery in Chronic Poststroke Aphasia.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationIn chronic poststroke aphasia, pre-treatment nonlinguistic cognitive scores predicted language therapy gains. Higher executive function and visual short-term memory were linked to greater naming gains, including gains seen after treatment ended.
• PTOTSLPMeta-Analysis2019Childhood neurodevelopment after prescription of maintenance methadone for opioid dependency in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Developmental medicine and child neurologyAt 6 months, mental and motor score differences were small and uncertain. By age 2, exposed children scored lower on those tests, and some had abnormal visual tests. This cannot prove methadone caused it; other drug exposure and other differences were common.
• PTOTSLPCase Series2019Effectiveness of active soft tissue release and trigger point block for the diagnosis and treatment of low back and leg pain of predominantly gluteus medius origin: a report of 115 cases.Journal of physical therapy scienceMost patients with low back or leg pain had myofascial trigger points, often in the gluteus medius. Active soft tissue release alone or with injection improved symptoms in nearly all cases, but this uncontrolled report cannot prove the treatments caused the relief.
• SLPOther2019Hearing Protector Attenuation and Noise Exposure Among Metal Manufacturing Workers.Ear and hearingNoise exposure and measured hearing-protection attenuation did not track together overall. In two metal plants, 84% of estimated noise levels under hearing protection were below 70 dBA.
• SLPPilot2019Brief Report: Evaluating the Utility of Varied Technological Agents to Elicit Social Attention from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with ASD looked less than peers after simple 'Hey!' bids from robots, an avatar, or a human. Within ASD, the simple robot and screen avatar drew more looks than the human or the human-like robot.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Outcome measures in post-stroke arm rehabilitation trials: do existing measures capture outcomes that are important to stroke survivors, carers, and clinicians?Clinical rehabilitationStroke survivors prioritized independence and freedom, but the most common trial measures for arm rehabilitation failed to capture these outcomes. Clinicians focused on everyday tasks and pain. Current research tools often miss what matters most to patients.
• SLPOther2019The Effects of Dynamic-range Automatic Gain Control on Sentence Intelligibility With a Speech Masker in Simulated Cochlear Implant Listening.Ear and hearingLinked automatic gain control improved sentence intelligibility in noise in simulated bilateral cochlear implant listening. Multi-band processing helped when gain control was active but not when it was rarely active. Normal-hearing listeners were tested, not implant users.
• OTSLPPilot2019User activity recognition system to improve the performance of environmental control interfaces: a pilot study with patients.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn eight patients with neurological or spinal cord conditions, a prediction-assisted environment control interface let them complete more daily tasks in ten minutes than manual scanning. Users did not report lower workload.
• SLPCohort2018Depressive symptoms and emotion regulation strategies in children with and without developmental language disorder: a longitudinal study.International journal of language & communication disordersChildren with DLD had more depressive symptoms over 18 months. In both groups, trying to solve problems and less worry or outbursts were linked to fewer symptoms. Word-meaning problems related to symptoms through worry and outbursts.
• SLPNarrative Review2018What Are Predictors for Persistence in Childhood Stuttering?Seminars in speech and languageAt age 4 to 5, boys with family history, poor nonword repetition, a weighted disfluency score of 10 or more, and negative speech attitudes are more likely to keep stuttering. No single factor decides risk.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2019Are Children Severely Affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder Underrepresented in Treatment Studies? An Analysis of the Literature.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutism treatment studies increasingly exclude severely affected children. Communication ability is rarely reported, and when it is, dozens of different measures are used. This makes it difficult to know if published trials actually apply to non-verbal or intellectually disabled patients.
• SLPCohort2019Autism Spectrum Disorder: Incidence and Time Trends Over Two Decades in a Population-Based Birth Cohort.Journal of autism and developmental disordersClinically diagnosed autism kept increasing through 2004, while research-defined autism symptoms plateaued after the late 1990s. This pattern was not consistent with a continued rise in true autism symptoms.
• SLPSurvey2019An International Survey of Parental Attitudes to Technology Use by Their Autistic Children at Home.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents of 388 autistic children and adults reported mainstream tablets and computers at home. Autism-specific apps were rare, and only 5 families reported access to communication devices. Ask what devices and apps families already use before assuming communication technology is in place.
• OTSLPCohort2019Early emergence of discrepancy in adaptive behavior and cognitive skills in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceToddlers with autism or subthreshold autism features and average nonverbal cognition increasingly scored below average on adaptive socialization and daily living by 36 months, while cognitive scores stayed stable. The gap appeared early.
• OTSLPCohort2019Growth mixture models of adaptive behavior in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceMost high school students with autism showed teacher-reported gains in communication, daily living, and socialization, but their scores stayed below age expectations. Students in programs rated higher for independence were more likely to be in the improving groups.
• SLPCohort2018The Acoustic Environments in Which Older Adults Wear Their Hearing Aids: Insights From Datalogging Sound Environment Classification.American journal of audiologyOlder first-time hearing aid users spent most logged wear time in quiet or moderate speech-only settings. Noise-group users wore aids less daily, and average use fell from 7.0 to 4.4 hours over follow-up.
• SLPOther2018Automatic extraction of abnormal lip movement features from the alternating motion rate task in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.International journal of speech-language pathologyLip movement during rapid /ba/ repetition changed before speaking rate and intelligibility fell in ALS. Irregular timing of lip cycles was one of the most sensitive early signs, and slower repetition rate may help predict coming speech loss.
• SLPQualitative2018Self-report of self-disclosure statements for stuttering.Journal of fluency disordersMost adults who stutter said their own disclosure statements explained stuttering, but most chose simple statements like 'I stutter' when selecting prewritten options. They most often disclosed in job interviews and at conversation starts. SLPs reported helping clients with tailored statements that explain stuttering.
• SLPCohort2019Swallow Screen Associated With Airway Protection and Dysphagia After Acute Stroke.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationA nurse-administered 3-oz water screen missed many swallowing problems in 48 acute stroke patients: 15 of 35 who passed still had dysphagia on fluoroscopy. Failed screens were associated with airway protection impairment, but passing did not rule out dysphagia.