SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• PTOTSLPCohort2019Risk factors and types of recurrent stroke: a Saudi hospital based study.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 112 Saudi patients with recurrent stroke, hypertension was present in 90.2% and diabetes in 62.5%. Ischaemic heart disease was significantly more common in ischaemic strokes than in brain bleeds. These findings support rigorous vascular risk monitoring for this population.
• SLPOther2019Enhanced milieu teaching for children with autism spectrum disorder in South Africa.International journal of speech-language pathologyIn three minimally verbal boys with autism, an SLP using enhanced milieu teaching in a school playroom increased different words used and spontaneous utterances during sessions. Gains appeared with new toys and an unfamiliar SLP, but remained lower than during intervention.
• SLPCohort2019Detecting Bulbar Motor Involvement in ALS: Comparing speech and chewing tasks.International journal of speech-language pathologyJaw movement speed during speech slowed as ALS severity increased, distinguishing affected from unaffected speakers. Chewing speed increased with severity. Neither task's jaw range of motion detected these changes. Speech speed is a better candidate marker for bulbar decline than chewing.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019Relationship between the nutritional state of elderly people in need of support or nursing care and jaw-opening force and tongue pressure.Journal of physical therapy scienceBetter nutritional scores correlated with stronger jaw-opening force in 25 care-dependent elders, but not with tongue pressure. Low jaw force may signal malnutrition risk, though the small sample limits certainty.
• OTSLPOther2020Autism and depression are connected: A report of two complimentary network studies.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults and people with depression report similar levels of worry and low perceived control over their lives. While these factors link autism and depression symptoms, the study cannot prove that low control causes either condition, nor that improving it will resolve them.
• PTOTSLPOther2020Budget impact analysis of robotic exoskeleton use for locomotor training following spinal cord injury in four SCI Model Systems.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIntroducing robotic exoskeletons for 10% of locomotor training sessions in four rehabilitation facilities resulted in small annual savings, ranging from $649 to $4784. However, increasing conventional overground training by 10% yielded greater savings than adding the exoskeleton.
• SLPOther2020Association Between Pharyngeal Pooling and Aspiration Using Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing in Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Dysphagia.DysphagiaSevere pooling in the pyriform sinuses and valleculae after swallowing thick liquids was linked to aspiration, even when no aspiration was seen during the exam. Mild-to-moderate pooling showed no such link. These findings suggest pooling severity may help estimate aspiration risk.
• OTSLPQualitative2020Short Report: Social Perception of High School Students with ASD in Norway.Journal of autism and developmental disordersFive students with Asperger syndrome said inclusive high school could be a fresh start and a key place to practise social skills, after bullying or exclusion in junior high. Crowds were the most challenging social situation.
• SLPRCT2020Non-native Listeners Benefit Less from Gestures and Visible Speech than Native Listeners During Degraded Speech Comprehension.Language and speechHighly proficient German listeners of Dutch understood degraded Dutch verbs better when the speaker's lips were visible and iconic gestures were present. The benefit was largest with moderate degradation, but smaller than in native Dutch listeners.
• SLPOther2019Simultaneous Radiological and Fiberendoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing ("SIRFES") in Patients After Surgery of Oropharyngeal/Laryngeal Cancer and Postoperative Dysphagia.DysphagiaAfter head and neck cancer surgery and radiotherapy, FEES and VFSS done together gave different swallowing scores. VFSS detected aspiration missed by FEES in 16 of 202 swallows; FEES scored more residue.
• SLPOther2019Different Associations between Auditory Function and Cognition Depending on Type of Auditory Function and Type of Cognition.Ear and hearingHearing thresholds alone did not predict cognitive decline once age was accounted for, but temporal-order identification and gap detection did. Clinicians should assess non-threshold auditory processing, not just pure-tone audiograms, when evaluating cognitive risk in older adults.
• SLPCase-Control2019RNA sequencing of identical twins discordant for autism reveals blood-based signatures implicating immune and transcriptional dysregulation.Molecular autismBlood RNA profiles from identical twins discordant for autism showed immune and gene regulation differences, with the immune gene IGHG4 higher in autism. The small sample and blood-only design mean this is a molecular clue, not a diagnostic or treatment test.
• SLPOther2019Effects of Motor Imagery and Visual Neurofeedback on Activation in the Swallowing Network: A Real-Time fMRI Study.DysphagiaHealthy adults increased swallowing-related brain activity using real-time fMRI feedback while imagining swallowing. The feedback group showed higher activation than the offline imagery group. This confirms the mechanism works in healthy brains, but the study tested no patients and measured no swallowing function.
• SLPCohort2019Vocal Fold Paralysis/Paresis as a Marker for Poor Swallowing Outcomes After Thoracic Surgery Procedures.DysphagiaVocal fold paresis or paralysis was coded in 0.55% of thoracic surgery discharges. Those discharges had more swallowing complications, feeding tubes, tracheostomy, longer stays, and higher costs, but only 18.1% had ENT/SLP services.
• SLPOther2019Radiation Risks to Adult Patients Undergoing Modified Barium Swallow Studies.DysphagiaA full protocol modified barium swallow study delivered a median total effective dose of 0.27 mSv. Thyroid dose was 1.7 mGy, and estimated cancer risk was 11 per million for 20-year-old men and 32 per million for 20-year-old women.
• SLPOther2020Quality of high school programs for students with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceHigh school programs for students with autism generally provide safe environments and positive climates, but fall short on the skills needed for adult life. Assessment, communication, social competence, independence, and transition planning rated below acceptable quality, particularly for diploma-bound students.
• SLPOther2020The Adapted ADOS: A New Module Set for the Assessment of Minimally Verbal Adolescents and Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThe Adapted ADOS offers a new assessment for minimally verbal adolescents and adults. It improved specificity compared to the standard ADOS-2, reducing false positives, though sensitivity dropped slightly but remained above 80%. Algorithms are preliminary and require validation in larger, older samples.
• SLPOther2020Sleep problems and recall memory in children with Down syndrome and typically developing controls.Research in developmental disabilitiesFor children with Down syndrome, more reported sleep problems linked to greater forgetting of actions and their order. This link was not found in typically developing children. The study was small, so treat these findings as preliminary rather than proof that sleep causes memory loss.
• SLPCohort2020Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Deep Brain Stimulation on Voice and Speech in Patients With Dystonia.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationAfter bilateral deep brain stimulation for dystonia, voice and speech ratings did not show improvement at 6 months, but blinded ratings showed better voice grade, roughness, strain and less severe speech at 12 months.
• SLPCohort2020Changes in severity and impact of drooling after submandibular gland botulinum neurotoxin A injections in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.Developmental medicine and child neurologySubmandibular Botox injections reduced drooling severity in 70% of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities at 8 weeks. Parents reported less daily care burden, such as fewer mouth wipes and bib changes, specifically in the group that responded to the treatment.
• SLPCohort2020Psychotropic Medication Prescribing for Neuropsychiatric Comorbidities in Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the UK.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn UK primary care records, 33.4% of people with ASD had at least one psychotropic prescription, and behavioural/conduct disorders, anxiety and ADHD were common. This describes prescribing, not treatment benefit.
• SLPCohort2020Understanding domains that influence perceived stigma in individuals with Huntington disease.Rehabilitation psychologySelf-reported thinking, physical problems including speech and movement, mood, and anxiety were linked to more stigma in Huntington disease; social role problems were not. No treatment was tested.
• SLPOther2019Bone Conduction Amplification in Children: Stimulation via a Percutaneous Abutment versus a Transcutaneous Softband.Ear and hearingChildren with hearing loss learned new words twice as fast with an implanted bone conduction abutment than with a softband. They also identified unfamiliar words better. These benefits were largest in younger children and those with poorer softband performance.
• SLPOther2019Mechanisms of Localization and Speech Perception with Colocated and Spatially Separated Noise and Speech Maskers Under Single-Sided Deafness with a Cochlear Implant.Ear and hearingA cochlear implant improved sound localization only when high-frequency level differences were available, not when timing cues were required. For speech in noise, the implant provided a significant benefit only when a two-talker babble masker was on the hearing-ear side, likely due to improved signal levels rather than restored binaural hearing.
• SLPOther2019Reliability of Measures Intended to Assess Threshold-Independent Hearing Disorders.Ear and hearingFrequency-modulation detection and otoacoustic emissions stayed stable across repeat visits in 17 adults with normal hearing, while word recognition and speech-evoked brainstem responses were less stable.
• SLPOther2019Effects of Forward- and Emitted-Pressure Calibrations on the Variability of Otoacoustic Emission Measurements Across Repeated Probe Fits.Ear and hearingAdvanced calibration improved the repeatability of distortion product otoacoustic emissions within the same person, but did not reduce the natural spread of results between different people. The benefit was small because the study used a single tester and a uniform group of young adults.
• SLPCohort2019Spectral-temporally modulated ripple test Lite for computeRless Measurement (SLRM): A Nonlinguistic Test for Audiology Clinics.Ear and hearingThe new CD-based spectral ripple test correlates strongly with the computer-based version. Clinicians without booth computers can use the CD test to assess spectral resolution. Scores from the two tests are interchangeable.
• SLPOther2019Assessment of the Food-Swallowing Process Using Bolus Visualisation and Manometry Simultaneously in a Device that Models Human Swallowing.DysphagiaIn a throat-shaped machine, thicker liquids moved more slowly, had lower wall shear rates, and produced higher pressures than thinner liquids. This is device testing, not patient evidence, so it cannot show what happens when someone swallows.
• PTOTSLPOther2020Functional resistance training during walking: Mode of application differentially affects gait biomechanics and muscle activation patterns.Gait & postureComputer simulations show that how you apply resistance during walking changes which muscles work. Ankle weights and elastic bands target swing-phase muscles, while backward pulling targets stance-phase hip extensors. Weighted vests had minimal effect.
• SLPOther2020The Prediction of Risk of Penetration-Aspiration Via Hyoid Bone Displacement Features.DysphagiaA measure of how far the hyoid bone moves forward during swallowing was associated with disordered penetration-aspiration scores. Older age and thin liquids also raised risk. This was a preliminary risk calculation, not yet a clinical tool.
• PTOTSLPRCT2020Use of the Dyskinesia Impairment Scale in non-ambulatory dyskinetic cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurologyThe Dyskinesia Impairment Scale detects changes in dystonia as well as the standard BADS in non-ambulatory children, but many required activities cannot be performed by this group. It scores choreoathetosis, which the BADS misses, but takes longer to administer.
• SLPCohort2020Child Challenging Behavior Influences Maternal Mental Health and Relationship Quality Over Time in Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMother-child closeness did not change over time, but mothers whose children had more challenging behaviors reported lower closeness and poorer mental health.
• SLPOther2020BaByVFSSImP© A Novel Measurement Tool for Videofluoroscopic Assessment of Swallowing Impairment in Bottle-Fed Babies: Establishing a Standard.DysphagiaA new scoring system for baby swallow studies grouped 21 components into five domains. Scores for airway closure and aspiration strongly matched how much liquid entered the airway. These physiology scores also aligned with clinicians' feeding recommendations, though not with caregiver stress.
• SLPCohort2020Caregiver Touch-Speech Communication and Infant Responses in 12-Month-Olds at High Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAt 12 months, high-risk infants received similar amounts of touch plus speech as low-risk infants, but more of their touch overlapped with speech. Both groups looked toward the touch more when speech was present; high-risk infants often did not respond to touch alone.
• SLPOther2019Task and Participant Variables Predict Communication Complexity Scale (CCS) Scores: Closer Examination of the CCS.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesIn people with minimal verbal skills, tasks inviting shared attention produced lower communication complexity scores, about half a point, than tasks inviting requests or protests, especially for those with ASD. Older age and lower everyday adaptive skills were linked to lower scores.
• SLPOther2019CEDRA: A Tool to Help Consumers Assess Risk for Ear Disease.Ear and hearingA 15-item consumer questionnaire can flag possible ear disease before buying hearing aids, but it does not diagnose disease or confirm hearing aid suitability. A score of 4 or more suggests seeing a doctor.
• SLPOther2019Factors Affecting Bimodal Benefit in Pediatric Mandarin-Speaking Chinese Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingAdding a hearing aid did not improve Mandarin CI children's speech recognition in steady noise or competing talkers in the main test. It worsened male-to-male competition, and helped only in a harder task.
• SLPOther2019Effect of Compression on Musical Sound Quality in Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingCochlear implant users were less able than normal-hearing listeners to notice added compression in short music clips. Both groups tended to rate more compressed clips as worse, but implant users detected the changes less strongly.
• SLPCohort2019Test/Retest Variability of the eCAP Threshold in Advanced Bionics Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingIn Advanced Bionics cochlear implant users, noise-related repeated eCAP threshold measurements varied little, and the larger uncertainty came from extrapolating the response curve.
• SLPCohort2019Syntactic Ability of Girls With Fragile X Syndrome: Phonological Memory and Discourse Demands on Complex Sentence Use.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesGirls with fragile X syndrome produced shorter sentences than age-matched peers during narration. Their sentence complexity did not differ from younger girls matched for cognitive ability. Phonological memory predicted narrative syntax, but not conversation.
• PTOTSLPPilot2020Automatic versus manual tuning of robot-assisted gait training in people with neurological disorders.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAn automatic tuning algorithm reached stable assistance levels faster than an experienced therapist and used lower assistance overall. Participants reported similar safety and effect for both methods. This pilot compared tuning mechanics, not long-term clinical recovery.
• SLPRCT2020Finding Phrases: The Interplay of Word Frequency, Phrasal Prosody and Co-speech Visual Information in Chunking Speech by Monolingual and Bilingual Adults.Language and speechHead nods helped adults parse artificial speech only when they matched familiar spoken rhythm. Alone, nods did not help. Bilingual adults followed the testing context more than unfamiliar rhythm.
• PTOTSLPRCT2020Athletes With Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Were Slower to Meet Rehabilitation Milestones and Return-to-Sport Criteria Than Athletes With Hamstring Tendon Autograft or Soft Tissue Allograft : Secondary Analysis From the ACL-SPORTS Trial.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapyAthletes with bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts took 1.5 to 2.5 months longer to meet rehab milestones and up to 4 months longer to return to sport than those with hamstring autografts or allografts. They also had lower quadriceps strength after training, though outcomes equalized by one year.
• SLPOther2020Predictors of Residue and Airway Invasion in Parkinson's Disease.DysphagiaIn people with Parkinson’s disease being considered for deep brain stimulation, disease severity did not predict swallowing residue or airway invasion. Reduced pharyngeal constriction and delayed airway closure were linked to these problems, and the links varied by swallow condition.
• SLPCohort2020Observational and Reported Measures of Language and Pragmatics in Young People with Autism: A Comparison of Respondent Data and Gender Profiles.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents reported significantly more pragmatic difficulties for girls with autism than clinicians did, and direct testing showed better skills than observation. Clinicians should combine parent reports with functional observation, as testing alone may miss real-world struggles in girls.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Prevalence of physical and mental health conditions in Medicare-enrolled, autistic older adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic older adults had significantly higher odds of nearly every physical and mental health condition compared to non-autistic peers. This included high risks for epilepsy, Parkinson’s, gastrointestinal issues, and suicidality. Clinicians should anticipate complex comorbidities in this population.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2020Inconsistent Classification of Mild Stroke and Implications on Health Services Delivery.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationMild stroke is defined inconsistently across the literature, with ten different cutoff scores on the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale alone. This confusion likely contributes to patients being misclassified and missing out on necessary rehabilitation referrals and services.
• SLPOther2019Validating a Quick Spectral Modulation Detection Task.Ear and hearingIn 20 cochlear implant users, the new EasyQSMD task gave scores that did not differ significantly from the old QSMD(MySound) task.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019Psychiatric Symptoms: Prevalence, Co-occurrence, and Functioning Among Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns at Age 10 Years.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAbout 30% of 10-year-olds born extremely preterm screened positive for at least one psychiatric disorder. Co-occurrence was frequent, especially between internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Higher numbers of co-occurring disorders were linked to worse school, social, and physical functioning.
• SLPOther2019Effects of Reverberation on the Relation Between Compression Speed and Working Memory for Speech-in-Noise Perception.Ear and hearingWorking memory changed which simulated hearing aid compression speed gave better speech-in-noise scores. High working memory favored fast compression, low working memory favored slow compression. The pattern was present in quiet and mild reverberation, then disappeared at higher reverberation.