SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• SLPOther2019Longitudinal effect of deactivating stimulation sites based on low-rate thresholds on speech recognition in cochlear implant users.International journal of audiologyDeactivating cochlear implant electrodes with poor low-rate thresholds improved speech recognition in noise for all subjects. Benefits peaked after two months of acclimatization and decreased when switching back to the clinical map, suggesting users need time to adapt to the new frequency allocation.
• SLPRCT2019Understanding Variability in Individual Response to Hearing Aid Signal Processing in Wearable Hearing Aids.Ear and hearingThe hearing aid setting with fast compression and frequency compression did not predict better speech recognition than the mild setting. It changed the speech signal more, and age and working memory shaped word repetition in noise.
• OTSLPNarrative Review2020From Early Childhood to Adolescence: Lessons About Traumatic Brain Injury From the Ohio Head Injury Outcomes Study.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationChildren with early childhood TBI had lasting cognitive, language, behavior, and school difficulties, often unmet. Family stress, parenting, and genetics were related to outcomes. This review reports associations, not treatment effects.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2020Family-centred care in early intervention: Examining caregiver perceptions of family-centred care and early intervention service use intensity.Child: care, health and developmentParents rated respectful care and partnership highly but scored general information sharing lowest. Higher service intensity was linked to better perceptions of respectful care and partnership, but not to information exchange. Parents and providers did not agree on most care quality aspects.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2020Self-reported short sleep duration among US adults by disability status and functional disability type: Results from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.Disability and health journalAdults with disabilities are more likely to report short sleep duration than those without. The risk increases with the number of disability types. Clinicians should routinely ask about sleep health in patients with functional limitations.
• SLPCohort2020Predictors of Trauma Exposure and Trauma Diagnoses for Children with Autism and Developmental Disorders Served in a Community Mental Health Clinic.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism or developmental disabilities in a mental health clinic had lower recorded trauma reports and trauma diagnoses than other clinic children, even though negative life events were similar. Foster care, multiple homes, and conduct problems were linked to higher trauma risk.
• SLPPilot2020Reducing Late Dysphagia for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors with Oral Gel: A Feasibility Study.DysphagiaHead and neck cancer survivors reported easier swallowing and better social eating after using an oral gel before meals. Scores improved for dry breads and regular foods. No objective tests confirmed safety against aspiration, so treat this as a subjective relief option, not a proven fix.
• SLPOther2020Neural dynamics of executive function in cognitively able kindergarteners with autism spectrum disorders as predictors of concurrent academic achievement.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceIn cognitively able kindergarteners with autism, some brain responses to errors during a button game were linked to better reading and math scores at school entry. The study did not test whether improving these responses helps achievement.
• SLPRCT2020Monolingual and Bilingual Word Recognition and Word Learning in Background Noise.Language and speechHealthy young bilinguals were not worse at recognizing words overall, but made more errors when noise was 8 dB louder than the word. They learned new words in noise as accurately as monolinguals.
• SLPCohort2020Trajectories of Evidence Based Treatment for School Children with Autism: What's the Right Level for the Implementation?Journal of autism and developmental disordersMost children with autism received consistently low doses of discrete trial training and pivotal response training throughout the school year. Teachers were more likely to increase treatment for children with more severe symptoms or greater sensory challenges, while children with better verbal and social skills were less likely to receive intensive intervention.
• SLPOther2019Interactions Between Item Set and Vocoding in Serial Recall.Ear and hearingVocoding degraded speech significantly reduced serial recall for words and non-words but had little impact on digit span. This suggests digit span measures core memory capacity, while word span reflects the combined load of memory and auditory processing difficulty.
• SLPOther2019Age-Related Changes in Temporal Resolution Revisited: Electrophysiological and Behavioral Findings From Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingOlder and younger cochlear implant users detected brief gaps almost equally well. Only recovery from a high-rate pulse train differed by age. Working memory, not gap detection, was linked to hearing speech in noise.
• SLPCase-Control2019Intact neural representations of affective meaning of touch but lack of embodied resonance in autism: a multi-voxel pattern analysis study.Molecular autismAdults with autism rated hugs and hand-holding as less pleasant than controls, but both groups distinguished social from non-social touch. Autism showed weaker body-based brain responses to touch meaning, not a general inability to understand social touch.
• SLPOther2019Neural Indices of Vowel Discrimination in Monolingual and Bilingual Infants and Children.Ear and hearingEarly brain responses to English vowel sounds changed with age, sex, and English exposure. Bilingual children hearing less English differed from monolingual peers; late responses tracked age only. This describes speech perception development, not a therapy effect.
• OTSLPSurvey2020The Profiles and Correlates of Psychopathology in Adolescents and Adults with Williams, Fragile X and Prader-Willi Syndromes.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn Williams syndrome, current health problems and auditory sensory difficulties predicted higher emotional disturbance, while in Prader-Willi syndrome poorer adaptive skills predicted more psychopathology. In Fragile X syndrome, none of these factors predicted mental health difficulties.
• SLPOther2020The Association Between Physiological Noise Levels and Speech Understanding in Noise.Ear and hearingIn 921 people with normal hearing, higher physiological noise floors in low and mid frequencies measured by otoacoustic emissions were associated with worse speech-in-noise scores; 28.7% had mild or worse difficulty despite normal audiograms.
• SLPOther2020Comparison between covert sound-production task (sound-imagery) vs. motor-imagery for onset detection in real-life online self-paced BCIs.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationCovertly imagining a high-pitched 'um' sound detected user intent more accurately and faster than imagining hand movements. The sound task was rated easier by 75% of participants, though it performed no better than motor imagery during text reading.
• SLPOther2020The Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory and Screening Tool Based on Psychometric Reevaluation of the Hearing Handicap Inventories for the Elderly and Adults.Ear and hearingThe HHIE and HHIA emotional and social subscales did not measure separate problems. The items measure one overall hearing handicap score. New 18-item RHHI and 10-item RHHI-S work for all adults; score 6 or higher may indicate hearing impairment and need for hearing testing.
• SLPRCT2020Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care: A Randomized Trial of a Skill-Based Parent Training with Parent Mentor Adaptation.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPA brief parenting program in primary care improved child behavior and parenting skills. Adding a peer mentor reduced parents' stigma about seeking help but did not increase attendance or improve child outcomes compared to the standard program.
• OTSLPOther2020Examining the Treatment Efficacy of PEERS in Japan: Improving Social Skills Among Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdolescents with autism who did 14 weeks of PEERS combining social-skills sessions, parent coaching, and homework showed greater improvement than waiting peers on social-skills knowledge and parent-reported adaptive socialization. Parent-reported autistic traits improved in treated adolescents, but not all outcomes changed.
• SLPOther2020Protocol for the Connected Speech Transcription of Children with Speech Disorders: An Example from Childhood Apraxia of Speech.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)A connected speech transcription protocol documented inter-word pauses and linking sounds in children with childhood apraxia of speech, but transcribing 50 utterances took 5 to 7 hours per child. It is not yet a routine clinical tool.
• SLPOther2020Exploring gender as a potential source of bias in adult judgments of children with specific language impairment and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Journal of communication disordersAdults reading transcripts of children with language or attention disorders rated them as less capable, well-behaved, and socially skilled than typical peers. Contrary to expectations, female raters were not kinder than male raters, and boys were judged more negatively on behavior than girls.
• SLPOther2020Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation on the Submental Area: The Relations of Biopsychological Factors with Maximum Amplitude Tolerance and Perceived Discomfort Level.DysphagiaHealthy older adults who catastrophized about pain tolerated lower electrical stimulation amplitudes. Those who used distraction reported less discomfort at their maximum tolerated level. Gender, pain sensitivity, and submental fat thickness did not predict tolerance or discomfort.
• SLPOther2020Role of family caregivers regarding sexual and reproductive health for women and girls with intellectual disability: A scoping review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRFamily caregivers often managed menstrual care, contraception decisions, and health appointments for women and girls with intellectual disability. Some supported access, but others discouraged sexual expression or made choices without the woman's knowledge.
• SLPOther2020Variations in Healthy Swallowing Mechanics During Various Bolus Conditions Using Computational Analysis of Swallowing Mechanics (CASM).DysphagiaHealthy young adults swallow differently when bolus conditions change. Group averages hide this because each person adapts uniquely. Clinicians should assess patients against their own baseline rather than assuming a single normal response to thicker or larger boluses.
• SLPOther2020Switching Streams Across Ears to Evaluate Informational Masking of Speech-on-Speech.Ear and hearingSwitching speech streams between ears made a target sentence harder to hear than keeping them in opposite ears in young normal-hearing adults. Fast periodic switching caused the most difficulty. Brief silent gaps unexpectedly made listening a little easier.
• PTOTSLPPilot2020GEARing smart environments for pediatric motor rehabilitation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThree young children completed eight sessions in a new playground environment with body-weight support and robots. All children looked at and moved toward the robots, and all completed climbing tasks while following them. This shows the setup works for testing, not that it improves motor skills.
• SLPPilot2020Screening school-age children for developmental language disorder in primary care.International journal of speech-language pathologyA short parent questionnaire plus a brief sentence repetition task was feasible and had preliminary accuracy in school-age children, but only 25 children had diagnostic testing, so it is not ready for routine use.
• SLPNarrative Review2020Towards understanding the bilingual profile in typical and atypical language development: A tutorial.International journal of speech-language pathologyNo new finding: this tutorial reviews bilingual language research and suggests cognate-aware assessment and therapy as possible directions, not proven practice.
• SLPOther2020Optimizing the Translational Value of Mouse Models of ALS for Dysphagia Therapeutic Discovery.DysphagiaA low-copy ALS mouse model showed slower swallowing and tongue atrophy, while the common high-copy model showed slower swallowing without the same tongue atrophy.
• SLPOther2020Reduced Coordination of Hyolaryngeal Elevation and Bolus Movement in a Pig Model of Preterm Infant Swallowing.DysphagiaExternal neck video reliably identifies swallows in term piglets but fails in preterm piglets, missing up to 10% of swallows and falsely identifying up to 27%. Preterm hyoid movement is smaller and poorly coordinated with bolus flow, so term-validated external metrics do not transfer.
• SLPCohort2020Neurodevelopmental profile of siblings with Angelman syndrome due to pathogenic UBE3A variants.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRSecond-born siblings with Angelman syndrome were diagnosed earlier than first-born siblings. They showed higher expressive language scores in a small subset, but overall developmental functioning was similar across groups.
• SLPOther2020Respiratory-Swallow Pattern Following Total Laryngectomy.DysphagiaAmong 12 adults after total laryngectomy, the main swallow-breathing pattern did not differ by TEP status or bolus type. The most common pattern was inspiration-swallow-inspiration (50%), not the typical expiration-swallow-expiration.
• SLPOther2020Age Effects on Cochlear Reflectance in Adults.Ear and hearingCochlear reflectance changed with age mainly as hearing thresholds changed. After accounting for thresholds, age effects were not seen except one frequency and level for magnitude.
• SLPPilot2020Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers?Journal of autism and developmental disordersA 3-minute Sesame Street clip increased children's autism knowledge and desire to interact, and only boys showed an attitude change. A 2:18 minute Arthur clip increased knowledge but did not change attitudes.
• SLPOther2020Psychobiological Responses Reveal Audiovisual Noise Differentially Challenges Speech Recognition.Ear and hearingWhen listening to sentences, sound noise hurt recognition more than visual static. As listening got harder, gaze shifted from mouth to eyes; looking at the mouth tracked better recognition.
• SLPOther2019Risk assessment of recordable occupational hearing loss in the mining industry.International journal of audiologyRecordable hearing loss rates were highest in coal mines, then metal/non-metal and stone/sand/gravel mines. Stone/sand/gravel rates increased since 2000, and miners starting after 2000 still had early hearing changes.
• SLPOther2019Autism and family involvement in the right to education in the EU: policy mapping in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.Molecular autismAcross these countries, autism education policy gives parents school choice, but clear roles in deciding support are uneven. SLPs should check local consent and special education needs service rules before assuming families are partners.
• SLPSystematic Review2019Genetic screening as an adjunct to universal newborn hearing screening: literature review and implications for non-congenital pre-lingual hearing loss.International journal of audiologyAdding genetic screening to standard newborn hearing tests may identify about 1.4% of infants who pass the initial screen but carry hearing-loss mutations. This could catch delayed-onset hearing loss earlier, though it also identifies many carriers who may never develop hearing loss.
• SLPSurvey2020A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence and Factors Associated With Tinnitus and/or Hyperacusis in Children.Ear and hearingTinnitus was reported by 66.9% of children, but only 23.2% of all children found it bothersome and 15.6% had clinically significant tinnitus; 14.6% reported hyperacusis.
• PTSLPQualitative2020Quality of health care according to people with Down syndrome, their parents and support staff-A qualitative exploration.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDPeople with Down syndrome and their parents and support staff said good care means clear communication, trust, treating the whole person, and coordinated services. They also reported rude staff, health problems not taken seriously and appointment difficulties.
• SLPCohort2020Masking Release for Speech-in-Speech Recognition Due to a Target/Masker Sex Mismatch in Children With Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingChildren with hearing loss benefit less than peers with normal hearing when target and background talkers are different sexes. They still gain some clarity from the voice mismatch, but the advantage is smaller than in normal-hearing children.
• SLPOther2020The quality of child-directed speech depends on the speaker's language proficiency.Journal of child languageIn English toy play, mothers with limited self-rated proficiency used fewer different words, shorter utterances, and less varied verbs than native or proficient non-native speakers. The study did not measure child language outcomes.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Association of Neck Range of Motion and Skin Caliper Measures on Dysphagia Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer and Effects of Neck Stretches and Swallowing Exercises.DysphagiaBetter neck movement and skin pliability correlate with less severe swallowing issues in head and neck cancer survivors. However, a 12-week program of neck stretches and swallowing exercises did not improve these physical measures or objective swallowing outcomes, despite patients reporting better quality of life.
• SLPOther2020Limitations of the Envelope Difference Index as a Metric for Nonlinear Distortion in Hearing Aids.Ear and hearingThe Envelope Difference Index is not a reliable way to judge nonlinear distortion in hearing aids. Linear frequency changes can raise it as much as clipping does, so it cannot separate linear from nonlinear processing.
• OTSLPCohort2020Differences in anxieties and social networks in a group-matched sample of autistic and typically developing students transitioning to university.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic students starting university reported more worries and distress than matched peers, despite similar academic ability. They had smaller social networks but perceived similar support levels. Social anxiety, not just autism traits, linked to daily living and social distress.
• SLPPilot2020Integrating an Adapted, Low-Intensity Program to Promote Early Childhood Development in Routine Health Visits in Rural India: A Feasibility Study.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPCaregivers at a rural Indian clinic found a brief play-and-talk session feasible and useful, and reported more story-telling, singing, and play with babies after receiving it. Without a control group, this does not prove the session caused the change.
• SLPOther2019Visual and verbal semantic productions in children with ASD, DLD, and typical language.Journal of communication disordersWhen children with autism or developmental language disorder defined new words, they used more meaning details first shown visually than children with typical language did. Details shown in pictures and words together increased by session 2 and held steady. Data came from 36 children.
• PTOTSLPRCT2019Ultrasound irradiation before high-load exercise reduces muscle rigidity associated with delayed-onset muscle soreness.Journal of physical therapy scienceUltrasound before exercise reduced muscle stiffness two days later compared to sham, but did not lower pain scores. The stiffness reduction was a relative difference between groups, not a prevention of the exercise-induced increase itself.
• SLPOther2019The blowfish effect: children and adults use atypical exemplars to infer more narrow categories during word learning.Journal of child languageWhen a new word was paired with an unusual example, children and adults assumed the word meant that narrow type, not the whole category. For a four-year-old, a blowfish labeled 'fep' likely meant 'blowfish', not 'fish'.