SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPOther2019Comparing Rapid and Traditional Forward-Masked Spatial Tuning Curves in Cochlear-Implant Users.Trends in hearingIn cochlear-implant users, a faster tuning-curve test produced similar shapes but was less reliable than the traditional method and still too slow for routine mapping.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2019The effects of combined exposure of solvents and noise on auditory function - A systematic review and meta-analysis.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsWorkers exposed to both noise and solvents had more hearing loss than workers exposed to solvents alone. The studies were cross-sectional, so this does not prove solvents caused the loss.
• SLPOther2019Energetic and Informational Components of Speech-on-Speech Masking in Binaural Speech Intelligibility and Perceived Listening Effort.Trends in hearingAdding spatial separation, gender differences, or time-reversed maskers to speech improved both understanding and reduced listening effort. These benefits persisted even when speech was already perfectly intelligible. However, individual gains in effort did not predict individual gains in understanding.
• SLPOther2019Construct Validity of the Viking Speech Scale.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)In children with cerebral palsy, Viking Speech Scale ratings tracked listener intelligibility: lower intelligibility usually meant higher speech severity. Scores overlapped within levels, so the scale is useful but not exact.
• OTSLPCohort2019Atypical Response to Caregiver Touch in Infants at High Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersInfants later diagnosed with autism were less likely to look at the source of a caregiver's touch and more likely to look away. This lack of attention at 12 months predicted higher autism symptom severity at follow-up.
• SLPNarrative Review2019Management of Dysphagia in Acquired and Progressive Neurologic Conditions.Seminars in speech and languagePatients with progressive neurologic disease often under-report swallowing problems because sensory perception degrades. Clinicians should rely on imaging rather than patient self-report, and verify any compensatory maneuvers or diet changes with instrumented evaluation.
• OTSLPNarrative Review2019Digital Media and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Review of Evidence, Theoretical Concerns, and Opportunities for Intervention.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPScreen time duration often looks similar between children with ASD and typically developing school-aged children, but content, bedtime use, and calming routines may matter more. Counsel families on shared use, limits, and teaching kids to resist sticky apps.
• SLPSurvey2019Relations Between Bilingualism and Autistic-Like Traits in a General Population Sample of Primary School Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn UK primary school children, speaking two languages was not linked to overall autistic-like traits. Speech, meaning and coherence skills were more closely linked to traits. A lower score in high-scoring bilinguals did not hold across the sample.
• SLPQualitative2019Responsive communication coaching for early childhood practitioners in underserved South African contexts: Clinical perspectives.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsEarly childhood practitioners in South Africa reported that coaching by student speech-language therapists helped them use responsive strategies, such as observing, waiting and listening, and increased interaction with children. No child outcomes were measured.
• SLPRCT2019Pediatric Prolonged-Release Melatonin for Sleep in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Impact on Child Behavior and Caregiver's Quality of Life.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism and poor sleep who took prolonged-release melatonin had fewer outward-directed behavior problems than children taking placebo after 13 weeks, and caregivers reported better wellbeing. Social withdrawal and anxiety did not change clearly in the whole group.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2019Transcriptomic metaanalyses of autistic brains reveals shared gene expression and biological pathway abnormalities with cancer.Molecular autismAutism frontal cortex gene patterns matched brain, kidney, thyroid and pancreatic cancer profiles in the same direction, and were opposite to lung and prostate cancer profiles. Shared immune, mitochondrial and PI3K pathway changes were reported.
• SLPQualitative2019The cat on a hot tin roof? Critical considerations in multilingual language assessments.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsIsiZulu-speaking children read language screening pictures through their own culture. A black cat on a roof was seen as danger, not rescue, and slow answers to English questions could look like word-finding problems.
• SLPOther2019'Who Am I?': An Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Identity, Acculturation and Mental Health in Autistic Adolescents.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPersonal identity scores did not predict mental health difficulties in autistic adolescents. Groups based on cultural alignment did not differ on mental health scores. Adolescents aligned to non-autistic culture made more positive self statements than those aligned to neither culture.
• SLPOther2019Speech and motor speech disorders and intelligibility in adolescents with Down syndrome.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsReduced intelligibility in adolescents with Down syndrome was not associated with age, intelligence, language, or speech motor delay. It was associated with dysarthria or apraxia, especially both together.
• SLPCohort2019Age-Related Hearing Loss Associations With Changes in Brain Morphology.Trends in hearingOver a mean 2.62 years, changes in hearing and auditory cortex morphology did not track together. Baseline elevated high-frequency hearing was linked to lower auditory cortex gray matter and ventricle expansion, but this study did not show hearing loss caused brain change.
• SLPOther2019Diagnostic Accuracy of Sentence Recall and Past Tense Measures for Identifying Children's Language Impairments.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRSentence recall and past tense marking can flag early elementary English-speaking children with language impairment, but how well they work depends on how impairment is defined. They may miss children identified only by service receipt or parent concern.
• OTSLPCohort2019The Persistence of Self-injurious and Aggressive Behavior in Males with Fragile X Syndrome Over 8 Years: A Longitudinal Study of Prevalence and Predictive Risk Markers.Journal of autism and developmental disordersSelf-injury and aggression were common in males with fragile X syndrome and often persisted for 8 years. Higher repetitive behavior predicted persistent self-injury, while higher impulsivity predicted persistent aggression.
• SLPOther2019Estimates of the prevalence of speech and motor speech disorders in persons with complex neurodevelopmental disorders.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsAmong 346 speakers with eight complex neurodevelopmental disorders, 62.7% had a speech and/or motor speech disorder. Motor speech problems, including speech motor delay, dysarthria and apraxia, were common in some groups, but groups varied widely.
• SLPOther2019Initial studies of the phenotype and persistence of speech motor delay (SMD).Clinical linguistics & phoneticsAmong children with idiopathic speech delay, speech motor delay was associated with lower speech and language scores. In 14 treated children, 3 still met criteria after 9 years; 11 did not before 9. No early speech or demographic variable was associated with persistence.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Sleep problems contribute to post-concussive symptoms in service members with a history of mild traumatic brain injury without posttraumatic stress disorder or major depressive disorder.NeuroRehabilitationIn service members with remote mild TBI, sleep problems were linked to post-concussive symptoms mainly when PTSD or depression was absent. Daytime dysfunction and nighttime disruptions were associated with somatosensory symptoms, not cognitive or balance symptoms.
• SLPCase Report2019Treatment Targets for Co-Occurring Speech-Language Impairment: A Case Study.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsA single kindergarten child with co-occurring speech and language deficits improved untreated sounds after 14 weeks targeting a complex final cluster. Grammar did not improve on tests, so this shows feasibility, not proof it works for other children.
• OTSLPRCT2019Neurocognitive Driving Rehabilitation in Virtual Environments (NeuroDRIVE): A pilot clinical trial for chronic traumatic brain injury.NeuroRehabilitationDriving simulator performance did not improve more than the wait list after NeuroDRIVE. Working memory, visual search, and self-reported physical functioning did improve more in the treated group, in a small chronic TBI pilot.
• OTSLPOther2019More Than IQ: Executive Function Explains Adaptive Behavior Above and Beyond Nonverbal IQ in Youth With Autism and Lower IQ.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesIn 100 youth with autism and lower IQ, parent-reported monitoring of behavior and its effect on others was linked to better communication and, less strongly, socialization after accounting for age and nonverbal IQ. Daily living skills did not show this link.
• SLPOther2019Estimates of the prevalence of speech and motor speech disorders in adolescents with Down syndrome.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsIn 45 adolescents with Down syndrome whose speech could be classified, nearly all had speech and motor speech disorders. Dysarthria was most common, often with apraxia. Ataxic signs predominated, but mixed dysarthria features were frequent.
• SLPRCT2019Computerized Speechreading Training for Deaf Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRDeaf children aged 5–7 who completed computerized speechreading training showed no gain on the primary speechreading test compared to a maths control. However, they demonstrated significant improvement in everyday speechreading comprehension three months post-training, though this benefit faded by 11 months.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2019The relation between parent verbal responsiveness and child communication in young children with or at risk for autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchParents who talk about what their toddler is already looking at are linked to better communication skills. However, teaching parents to do this did not improve the children's language in trials. Direct speech therapy is still needed to help the child.
• SLPOther2019Validating and Applying the CSBS-ITC in Neurogenetic Syndromes.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesIn Angelman, Prader-Willi, and Williams syndromes, raw CSBS-ITC scores can show early social communication profiles and growth over months. Age-based scores often hit the lowest possible level, especially in Angelman. Use raw scores and do not treat this screener as diagnostic.
• SLPOther2019Effect of Audibility and Suprathreshold Deficits on Speech Recognition for Listeners With Unilateral Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingFor people with unilateral hearing loss, the impaired ear needs more speech information than the good ear to understand words, even when sound is loud enough. This gap, caused by processing deficits rather than just volume loss, was estimated at 2.1 dB in signal-to-noise ratio.
• SLPOther2019Measurement and Prediction of Binaural-Temporal Integration of Speech Reflections.Trends in hearingNormal-hearing listeners understood speech better when a delayed echo was louder or gave both ears a useful timing cue. A model that only counted early sounds missed these cases.
• SLPOther2019Direct-to-Consumer Hearing Devices: Capabilities, Costs, and Cosmetics.Trends in hearingMost UK online hearing devices tested matched standard gain targets less accurately than a common NHS hearing aid, had potential for uncomfortably loud sounds, and were rated unappealing. A few expensive devices were closer, but still rated less attractive.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Neurosensory stimulation outdoors enhances cognition recovery in cognitive motor dissociation: A prospective crossover study.NeuroRehabilitationWithin the same individually chosen therapy, outdoor sessions had more voluntary behaviors than indoor sessions on seven items, mainly auditory, visual, motor and swallowing. Communication and attention did not differ. The outdoor setting cannot be separated from the therapy.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019Loss in services precedes high school exit for teens with autism spectrum disorder: A longitudinal study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchSpeech therapy and occupational therapy declined before and at high school exit for young people with autism. Unmet needs rose at exit. Physical therapy changed little, and service loss differed by intellectual disability status.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Comparison of foot kinetics and kinematics during gait initiation between young and elderly participants.Journal of physical therapy scienceElderly participants walked slower with shorter strides and showed significantly lower foot joint movement, moment, and power during gait initiation compared to young participants. The reduction in mechanical output was most pronounced in the toe and midfoot joints.
• SLPPilot2019Using Virtual Reality Environments to Augment Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Fears and Phobias in Autistic Adults.Autism in adulthoodFive of eight autistic adults improved their ability to handle specific phobias after four virtual reality sessions. Three did not improve. Standardized anxiety questionnaires showed no consistent change, so the benefit was seen only in real-life functional outcomes rated by experts.
• SLPOther2019Speech Auditory Brainstem Responses in Adult Hearing Aid Users: Effects of Aiding and Background Noise, and Prediction of Behavioral Measures.Trends in hearingA speech brainstem test did not tell how well adults understood speech in noise or rated hearing in daily life, even though hearing aids made some responses earlier and larger.
• SLPOther2019Measuring Speech Recognition With a Matrix Test Using Synthetic Speech.Trends in hearingSynthetic female speech gave a 0.5 dB SNR worse threshold for 50% correct speech recognition than natural female speech in 48 normal-hearing listeners, and the steepness of scores was similar.
• SLPOther2019Are Fenestrated Tracheostomy Tubes Still Valuable?American journal of speech-language pathologyFenestrated tracheostomy tubes were used for speech in this small chart review, but airway complications were also frequent. The review cannot show that the tube caused either benefit or harm.
• SLPNarrative Review2019A Review of Language, Executive Function, and Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Seminars in speech and languageExecutive function deficits in autism are inconsistent and often depend on whether the task requires language. Social communication interventions improved executive function, while executive function interventions improved social skills. Clinicians should assess language and executive function together.
• SLPOther2019Autism Mental Status Examination (AMSE): A Valid Instrument in the Evaluation of Pre-school Children with Suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders?Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with an ICD-10 autism diagnosis scored higher on AMSE than children without an ASD diagnosis. A 7-point score was the best threshold in this small, non-blind referred sample, so it should not be used alone to diagnose.
• SLPOther2019A Spectrotemporal Correlate of Language Impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAuditory brain response while hearing words and made-up words tracked language ability in children with autism and typical development. A larger response went with better language scores. Children with autism did not differ clearly from typical children.
• OTSLPQualitative2019Mapping the Autistic Advantage from the Accounts of Adults Diagnosed with Autism: A Qualitative Study.Autism in adulthoodAutistic adults described focus, memory, attention to detail and honesty as helpful, but the same traits often caused problems depending on context, control and others' views.
• SLPOther2019Examining relationships between child skills and potential key components of an evidence-based practice in ASD.Research in developmental disabilitiesIn videos of PRT sessions, using most strategies more often was linked to better child participation and communication; turn taking was linked to worse communication. The data are concurrent and cannot show cause.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2019Internet-Based Interventions for Adults With Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vestibular Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trends in hearingInternet-based CBT significantly reduces tinnitus distress and associated anxiety, depression, and insomnia. However, evidence for hearing loss interventions is inconclusive and low quality. No firm conclusions can be drawn for vestibular disorders as only one study met inclusion criteria.
• SLPNarrative Review2019The Role of Executive Function in Developmental Stuttering.Seminars in speech and languageExisting research on executive function in children who stutter is inconsistent, with some studies showing deficits in inhibition and working memory while others find none. The authors propose a theoretical model linking these cognitive skills to speech production, but no clinical effect is demonstrated.
• SLPCohort2019A longitudinal investigation of language mixing in Spanish-English dual language learners: the role of language proficiency, variability, and sociolinguistic factors.Journal of child languageSpanish-English preschoolers mixed languages little. After a year in English preschool, Spanish use in English speech became virtually absent, while English use in Spanish speech remained common. At entry, larger English vocabulary linked to less mixing in English.
• SLPNarrative Review2019Speech-Language Disorders in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Best Practices for Diagnosis and Management.American journal of speech-language pathologyChildren with 22qDS often have persistent language delay, speech sound disorders, velopharyngeal dysfunction, feeding and hearing problems. Speech-language pathologists should assess early, use tailored therapy, and coordinate long-term team care.
• SLPCohort2019Reaction time and cognitive-linguistic performance in adults with mild traumatic brain injury.Brain injuryIn 41 adults, those with mild traumatic brain injury did not have slower reaction times than those with orthopedic injuries on a naming task. Accuracy showed no clear group difference.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019Complexity based measures of postural stability provide novel evidence of functional decline in fragile X premutation carriers.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn young female premutation carriers, standard balance measures showed no difference from controls. Complexity analysis suggested lower sway adaptability during a working memory task, but this did not reach significance. A strong link between genetic repeat length and sway complexity was observed.
• SLPCohort2019Incomplete silencing of full mutation alleles in males with fragile X syndrome is associated with autistic features.Molecular autismIn males with fragile X full mutation only, detectable FMR1 mRNA in blood was linked to more severe autism features, especially social communication, in those under 19. It was not linked to lower intellectual functioning in the same comparison.
• SLPCohort2019Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder May Learn from Caregiver Verb Input Better in Certain Engagement States.Journal of autism and developmental disordersCaregiver verb talk that followed the child's focus during sustained, reciprocal object play was associated with more later expressive verb vocabulary in 29 young children with ASD. The finding did not show that the talk caused the gain.