SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPCase-Control2019Similarities in Functional Play and Differences in Symbolic Play of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesChildren with autism showed similar everyday toy use and interest in different toys as matched peers, but less pretend play, especially having a doll act on objects.
• SLPNarrative Review2019Five overarching factors central to grammatical learning and treatment in children with developmental language disorder.International journal of language & communication disordersNo original methods or results are reported. This narrative review offers expert recommendations, not tested interventions.
• SLPCohort2019Relationship Between Laryngeal Sensation, Length of Intubation, and Aspiration in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure.DysphagiaAbsent laryngeal reflex after extubation was associated with aspiration, especially in patients with shorter ventilation. It was not associated with pneumonia. The study reports association, not cause.
• SLPCase-Control2019ASD Screening with the Child Behavior Checklist/1.5-5 in the Study to Explore Early Development.Journal of autism and developmental disordersA CBCL/1.5-5 autism-scale score of 65 or higher flagged 0.80 of children with ASD, but it correctly did not flag only 0.50 of children with developmental delays who also had ASD features.
• SLPPilot2019Tinnitus Treatment Using Noninvasive and Minimally Invasive Electric Stimulation: Experimental Design and Feasibility.Trends in hearingShort-term electric stimulation reduced tinnitus in some people but not all, and caused tingling or pain. Minimally invasive round-window stimulation produced longer temporary relief in two participants. This pilot suggests parameters need testing, not that treatment works.
• SLPCohort2019Preschool Staff Spot Social Communication Difficulties, But Not Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Young Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPreschool staff accurately identified social communication difficulties in young autistic children, matching clinical assessments. However, they failed to distinguish restricted and repetitive behaviors between groups. Relying on teacher reports for these specific behaviors is unreliable; direct clinical observation is required.
• SLPCohort2019Use of co-verbal gestures during word-finding difficulty among Cantonese speakers with fluent aphasia and unimpaired controls.AphasiologyCo-verbal gestures did not improve word retrieval success in fluent aphasia or controls. Object naming ability and overall language severity predicted word finding success. Gestures served communicative functions rather than assisting lexical retrieval.
• SLPRCT2019Neuronavigated Versus Non-navigated Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Chronic Tinnitus: A Randomized Study.Trends in hearingBrain-image-guided rTMS did not beat scalp-landmark rTMS on primary tinnitus handicap, annoyance, or distress scores. Both groups improved, and non-navigated had better intensity.
• SLPOther2019Effect of Noise Reduction Gain Errors on Simulated Cochlear Implant Speech Intelligibility.Trends in hearingCorrecting noise-reduction errors in speech gaps helped only when transitions were also accurate. In simulated cochlear implant listening, gap-only fixes had little benefit in stationary noise, and transition-only fixes were weak.
• SLPOther2019Improving Localization and Speech Reception in Noise for Bilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients.Trends in hearingFor bilateral cochlear implant users, raising gain thresholds improved localization by 4 degrees. Linking left and right automatic gain control improved localization by 8 degrees and lowered speech reception threshold in continuous noise by 3.1 decibels when Autosensitivity was off.
• SLPCohort2019Criminal Behavior and School Discipline in Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth with Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersJustice-involved youth with autism had fewer property offenses, fewer school policy violations, and fewer suspensions than matched groups. Recidivism rates were similar, but prior school fighting was associated with higher recidivism risk.
• SLPCase-Control2019Lower circulating endocannabinoid levels in children with autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autismChildren with autism spectrum disorder had lower serum AEA, OEA, and PEA levels than matched controls. The levels did not relate to symptom severity, adaptive behavior, ADHD, epilepsy, or medication use.
• SLPRCT2019Comparison of Frequency Transposition and Frequency Compression for People With Extensive Dead Regions in the Cochlea.Trends in hearingFor people with extensive high-frequency dead regions, frequency lowering did not improve consonant identification, /s/ or /z/ detection, or self-rated hearing over control aids. Speech-in-noise testing was possible for only a few participants. It made /sh/ more audible for many.
• SLPOther2019Discrimination of Gain Increments in Speech-Shaped Noises.Trends in hearingThe smallest noticeable gain increments in 38 hearing-aid candidates or users were 2.8 dB across most frequency bands, 4.5 dB at 0.25 kHz, and 1.5 dB across all bands. Smaller changes may not be noticed.
• SLPCohort2019Novel word learning at 21 months predicts receptive vocabulary outcomes in later childhood.Journal of child languageAmong 17 children followed from 21 months to mean 9.56 years, better novel word learning predicted higher later receptive vocabulary, but not non-verbal IQ or visuospatial skills. The sample was small, so this is a possible early marker, not a diagnostic tool.
• SLPOther2019Error patterns and revisions in the graphic symbol utterances of 3- and 4-year-old children who need augmentative and alternative communication.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)Children using AAC make different errors depending on the sentence type. They struggle most with word order in subject-verb-object sentences and dropping small words like "is" in descriptions. They rarely pick the wrong symbol. Most self-corrections happen during construction and improve the final message.
• SLPOther2019Sodium salicylate alters temporal integration measured through increasing stimulus presentation rates.International journal of audiologyIn mice, sodium salicylate raised hearing thresholds but made faster stimulus rates improve them. This altered auditory brainstem response pattern suggests central hyperactivity, not peripheral repair, offering a potential objective marker for tinnitus mechanisms.
• SLPOther2019Variation in language mixing in multilingual aphasia.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsMultilingual people with aphasia mixed languages more when aphasia was more severe and when speaking their weaker post-stroke language. Task type did not change mixing, and no one used a language the examiner did not know.
• SLPCohort2019Statistical factors associated with utilisation of ototoxicity monitoring services for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in the Western Cape.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsMost MDR-TB patients did not attend all scheduled hearing-monitoring visits. Delayed baseline tests and normal hearing were linked to lower uptake. Living closer to the service was not linked to attendance.
• SLPOther2019Mobile Media Device Use is Associated with Expressive Language Delay in 18-Month-Old Children.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPEach additional 30-minute increase in daily mobile media device use was associated with parent-reported expressive speech delay in 18-month-olds. No association was seen for other communication delays.
• SLPRCT2019The Effects of Electrical Stimulation Pulse Duration on Lingual Palatal Pressure Measures During Swallowing in Healthy Older Adults.DysphagiaShort-pulse electrical stimulation in healthy older adults lowered peak tongue pressure and tongue pressure area during swallowing compared with no stimulation and long-pulse stimulation. Pressure timing did not change. Participants tolerated higher current with short pulses without more discomfort.
• SLPOther2019Visual sequential processing and language ability in children who are deaf or hard of hearing.Journal of child languageCompared with 19 hearing peers, 17 children with hearing loss scored lower on visual sequence tasks, especially nameable color tasks. In the hearing loss group, better color sequence learning went with higher receptive vocabulary scores. This was not a treatment study.
• SLPSurvey2019Contributing factors to high prevalence of hearing impairment in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipal area, South Africa: A rural perspective.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsIn rural South Africa, 19.88% had hearing impairment and 8.94% had disabling hearing impairment. Age, female gender and self-reported hypertension were linked; impacted cerumen was common. 31% needed referral, and 68% of those needed diagnostic audiometry.
• SLPOther2019Psychometric Evaluation of Social Cognitive Measures for Adults with Autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchTwo tests of understanding what others think were the best at separating adults with autism from typically developing adults. Several face and emotion tests also helped, but a cartoon test, a point-light motion test and a trustworthiness test did not separate the groups.
• SLPOther2019The working alliance in stuttering treatment: a neglected variable?International journal of language & communication disordersAdults who felt aligned with their therapist on tasks and goals early in treatment reported better stuttering outcomes six months later. Agreement on what to work on mattered more than the emotional bond alone. This suggests explicitly negotiating therapy tasks and goals may support better results.
• SLPOther2019Alleviation of Tinnitus With High-Frequency Stimulation of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus: A Rodent Study.Trends in hearingHigh-frequency stimulation of the dorsal cochlear nucleus reduced tinnitus-like behavior in rats with noise-induced hearing loss. This did not change hearing thresholds or alter neural activity markers in the brain, suggesting the mechanism is not simple restoration of input or inhibition.
• SLPCase Series2019Communication and school readiness abilities of children with hearing impairment in South Africa: A retrospective review of early intervention preschool records.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsChildren with hearing impairment in South African early intervention preschools were identified late, received amplification late, and started services late. Five of eight had delayed communication, and five of eight lacked age-appropriate school readiness.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019Molecularly confirmed Kabuki (Niikawa-Kuroki) syndrome patients demonstrate a specific cognitive profile with extensive visuospatial abnormalities.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRChildren with Kabuki syndrome show a specific cognitive profile with severe visuospatial weaknesses but relative strengths in language. These deficits persist even when compared to IQ-matched controls, indicating a distinct neurocognitive pattern rather than general intellectual disability.
• SLPQualitative2019Speech therapy students' perceptions of authentic video cases in a theory module on child language disorders.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsStudents said authentic video cases helped them remember child language theory and understand the profession. They asked for short clips, clear viewing tasks, and varied examples to avoid feeling overwhelmed by real clinical videos.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019The Effect of Frailty on Discharge Location for Medicare Beneficiaries After Acute Stroke.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationFrail Medicare patients were less likely to go to inpatient rehab than non-frail patients with similar stroke severity. They were instead sent to skilled nursing facilities or home. This suggests pre-stroke frailty, not just stroke severity, drives discharge location.
• SLPCohort2019Do parents provide a helping hand to vocabulary development in bilingual children?Journal of child languageWhen parents turned bilingual children's gestures into words, those words were more likely to enter the child's spoken vocabulary. This held for bilingual and monolingual children. English-dominant bilingual children showed the clearest gain in English.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2019The usefulness and acceptability of a personal health record to children and young people living with a complex health condition: A realist review of the literature.Child: care, health and developmentPersonal health records for children and young people were reported to support self-advocacy, knowledge, and communication, but use was uneven and depended on training, clear purpose, and service support.
• SLPOther2019Listener Factors Explain Little Variability in Self-Adjusted Hearing Aid Gain.Trends in hearingIn 30 adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, self-adjusted hearing aid gain varied widely, and age, gender, hearing thresholds, experience, noise tolerance, real-ear measures, and adjustment time explained little of that difference. Clinicians cannot predict who will want more or less gain.
• SLPOther2019The Cantonese Hearing in Noise Test for Children.Trends in hearingCantonese-speaking children's speech understanding in noise improved with age, reaching adult levels around 10 to 13 years. The new CHINT-C sentence lists were consistent, and age-specific norms are available.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2019Effectiveness of medication reviews in identifying and reducing medication-related problems among people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDMedication reviews identified many problems in people with intellectual disabilities, but evidence that they actually reduce these problems or improve health is weak. Reviews led to fewer drugs and lower doses, but no study measured patient well-being or long-term outcomes.
• SLPOther2019Visual Speech Benefit in Clear and Degraded Speech Depends on the Auditory Intelligibility of the Talker and the Number of Background Talkers.Trends in hearingSeeing the talker's mouth improved word understanding, but the benefit was not fixed. It varied with background talkers and talker intelligibility. In Experiment 2, degraded speech gave more benefit overall, and a hard-to-understand talker gave more benefit than a clear talker for clear speech.
• SLPQualitative2019A Qualitative Exploration of the Female Experience of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic females and mothers described wanting friends but struggling to make or keep them, camouflaging social difficulties to fit in, and sensory overload or anxiety as major daily burdens. These are reported experiences, not tested outcomes.
• SLPOther2019Comparison of Amplitude Modulated Sounds and Pure Tones at the Tinnitus Frequency: Residual Tinnitus Suppression and Stimulus Evaluation.Trends in hearingAmplitude-modulated sounds produced a non-significant trend for stronger tinnitus suppression than pure tones at high loudness. These sounds were rated significantly more pleasant than pure tones. The suppression effect was temporary, fading within three minutes of the stimulus ending.
• SLPOther2019Effects of Tinnitus on Cochlear Implant Programming.Trends in hearingTinnitus mostly disrupted cochlear implant programming when setting lower-level sounds. Patients confused test sounds with tinnitus, and lower-level settings were 1.7 dB higher in tinnitus users. Upper-level settings and the range between them did not differ.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2019Selection bias on intellectual ability in autism research: a cross-sectional review and meta-analysis.Molecular autismAutism research samples were mostly people without intellectual disability, so evidence may not apply to autistic patients who also have ID.
• SLPOther2019Characteristics of Bone-Conduction Devices Simulated in a Finite-Element Model of a Whole Human Head.Trends in hearingBone-conduction devices attached directly to bone produced greater inner-ear vibration at high frequencies than skin-attached devices in a head model. The skin-attached Adhear was lowest across most frequencies. It was not a patient study.
• SLPPilot2019Monitoring of the Inner Ear Function During and After Cochlear Implant Insertion Using Electrocochleography.Trends in hearingIn 10 CI users, intracochlear electrocochleography matched hearing thresholds well post-surgery but failed to predict delayed hearing loss. Extracochlear recordings were faster for intraoperative use but correlated poorly with final outcomes, meaning neither method reliably forecasts residual hearing preservation.
• SLPCohort2019Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment.International journal of audiologyLong-term loneliness after hearing aid or cochlear implant treatment was near baseline at five years. Cochlear implant users improved at 6 and 12 months, but hearing aid users did not.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2019Technology-aided assessments of sensorimotor function: current use, barriers and future directions in the view of different stakeholders.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationClinicians and engineers agree that lack of time and high cost are the main barriers to using technology for assessments. They also cite difficulty interpreting results. Standardization is seen as the key step to make these tools useful in routine clinical practice.
• SLPCohort2019A frequent acoustic sign of speech motor delay (SMD).Clinical linguistics & phoneticsChildren and adults with speech motor delay had longer mid-vowel and diphthong durations in continuous speech than speech-delayed controls without motor speech disorder. This sign was frequent in USA and complex neurodevelopmental disorder groups.
• SLPQualitative2019Caregivers navigating rehabilitative care for people with aphasia after stroke: a multi-lens perspective.International journal of language & communication disordersCaregivers of people with aphasia acted as advocates, therapists, motivators and guardians. They pushed for timely therapy, used self-taught home speech practice, encouraged recovery, and managed insurance and work pressures.
• PTOTSLPRCT2019Elements virtual rehabilitation improves motor, cognitive, and functional outcomes in adult stroke: evidence from a randomized controlled pilot study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn 21 sub-acute stroke inpatients, adding Elements tabletop VR to usual occupational and physiotherapy produced larger gains on the Box and Blocks test, cognition screening, and self-rated daily function than usual therapy alone. Gains remained at one month. Small unblinded pilot.
• SLPRCT2019A Follow-Up Clinical Trial Evaluating the Consumer-Decides Service Delivery Model.American journal of audiologyOlder adults who chose amplified hearing aids reported more benefit on one main measure than those who chose no-gain devices. Other measures were less clear. When 32 participants later received audiologist-based fitting, outcomes improved.
• SLPRCT2019Improving storytelling and vocabulary in secondary school students with language disorder: a randomized controlled trial.International journal of language & communication disordersStandardized vocabulary scores did not improve more than waiting controls. Narrative skills did improve, and vocabulary gains appeared only on tests tied to the taught material.
• SLPSurvey2019Autism prevalence in China is comparable to Western prevalence.Molecular autismAutism prevalence in three Chinese cities was comparable to Western estimates, and mainstream schools had children with no previous diagnosis, suggesting under-diagnosis. Jilin total prevalence was 108.0 per 10,000.