SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• PTOTSLPCohort2020Early Development of Infants with Turner Syndrome.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPInfants with Turner Syndrome generally scored in the average range for cognition and behavior, but a disproportionate number showed risks in language and motor skills. Gross motor scores were significantly lower than typical peers, and some visual-motor skills appeared to slow between 12 and 24 months.
• SLPSystematic Review2020Definitions of Nonverbal and Minimally Verbal in Research for Autism: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of autism and developmental disordersDefinitions of nonverbal and minimally verbal autism varied widely across intervention studies, often without clear measures. The reviewed studies were too inconsistent to combine.
• SLPOther2020Translation and adaptation of three English tinnitus patient-reported outcome measures to Spanish.International journal of audiologySpanish versions of three tinnitus questionnaires were created using rigorous guidelines. Field testing with 15 adults showed most items were understood easily, though some words caused minor confusion. These tools are now available for assessing Spanish-speaking patients.
• SLPOther2020Sensorineural Hearing Loss Diminishes Use of Temporal Envelope Cues: Evidence From Roving-Level Tone-in-Noise Detection.Ear and hearingListeners with sensorineural hearing loss relied more on sound-level cues and less on envelope timing cues when detecting tones in noise, especially at 4 kHz. This was a lab task, not a hearing aid trial.
• PTOTSLPNarrative Review2020Indications of sole lift and foot orthoses in the management of mild idiopathic scoliosis-a review.Journal of physical therapy scienceSole lifts may help functional scoliosis if the sacrum is level with the hips, but custom foot orthoses have little evidence for structural curves. Most leg length differences in scoliosis are functional, not anatomical, so lifts can worsen the spine.
• SLPOther2020An Acoustic Characterization of Prosodic Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder and First-Degree Relatives.Journal of autism and developmental disordersListeners reliably picked out atypical intonation in autism, yet objective acoustic measurements of pitch variability and rhythm showed no group differences. Speech rate was the only acoustic feature distinguishing both individuals with autism and their unaffected parents with broad autism phenotype traits.
• SLPOther2020Validation of a Self-Fitting Method for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids.Trends in hearingSelf-fitting and audiologist fitting produced no clear difference in hearing aid benefit after a month. Self-fitting users chose gain close to audiologist settings and preferred their own sound slightly.
• SLPRCT2020Children's Response Bias and Identification of Misarticulated Words.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRPreschoolers accepted common speech sound substitutions as real words more than uncommon substitutions. Adding nonsense word anchors or a blank hiding option lowered their tendency to choose the real object picture.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Intellectual and developmental disability and COVID-19 case-fatality trends: TriNetX analysis.Disability and health journalPeople with intellectual and developmental disabilities had similar overall death rates from COVID-19, but died at younger ages. Those aged 18-74 had higher case-fatality rates than peers without disabilities, while rates for those over 75 were similar.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Factors influencing the amount of therapy received during inpatient stroke care: an analysis of data from the UK Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme.Clinical rehabilitationInpatient stroke patients received 14 minutes of physiotherapy per inpatient day on average, below the 45-minute guideline. More therapy was associated with specialist rehabilitation teams, weekend services, timely assessment, and higher staffing, but this audit did not test whether these factors caused more therapy.
• SLPOther2020Fragile X Syndrome-Associated Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2006-2011.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesNearly half of emergency department visits coded for Fragile X syndrome resulted in hospital admission, compared with about one in seven nationally. This high admission rate suggests these patients often have health issues that standard care has not managed well.
• SLPProtocol2020RELEASE: a protocol for a systematic review based, individual participant data, meta- and network meta-analysis, of complex speech-language therapy interventions for stroke-related aphasia.AphasiologyThis paper outlines the plan for a future study pooling data on speech therapy for aphasia. It contains no results, findings, or evidence to guide current clinical decisions.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2020Effect of neonatal therapy on the motor, cognitive, and behavioral development of infants born preterm: a systematic review.Developmental medicine and child neurologyTherapist-designed programs where parents actively engage preterm infants in daily motor practice showed moderate-to-large short-term gains in motor and cognitive skills. Interventions delivered only by therapists or started late showed little to no long-term benefit.
• SLPOther2020Audiovisual Enhancement of Speech Perception in Noise by School-Age Children Who Are Hard of Hearing.Ear and hearingChildren with mild to severe hearing loss gained 31.7% more keywords from watching the speaker than hearing-only, compared to 15.8% for normal-hearing peers. This suggests auditory-only tests underestimate their speech perception skills in noisy classrooms.
• PTOTSLPRCT2020Task-Specific Versus Impairment-Based Training on Locomotor Performance in Individuals With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Crossover Study.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairTask-specific stepping training improved walking speed and endurance more than impairment-based exercises in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. However, the stepping group experienced significantly more minor adverse events, including falls. Clinicians must weigh these gains against the increased fall risk and educate patients on safety.
• PTOTSLPOther2020Predictors of Arm Nonuse in Chronic Stroke: A Preliminary Investigation.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairIn 20 people with chronic stroke, attention and arousal deficits predicted non-use of the affected arm more strongly than the arm's physical capacity. This suggests that for patients who can move their arm but choose not to, addressing attentional engagement is critical.
• SLPCohort2020Aided Hearing Moderates the Academic Outcomes of Children With Mild to Severe Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingFor children with mild to severe hearing loss, hearing aids that made more speech audible were associated with a weaker link between unaided hearing loss and oral language. Oral language then related to school skills such as reading and writing.
• SLPOther2020Lexical diversity and lexical skills in children who stutter.Journal of fluency disordersChildren who stutter scored lower on standardized vocabulary tests than matched peers, but showed no difference in lexical diversity during spontaneous conversation. Both groups remained within the normal range. This suggests subtle weaknesses appear in structured testing, not natural speech.
• SLPOther2020Frequency Following Response and Speech Recognition Benefit for Combining a Cochlear Implant and Contralateral Hearing Aid.Trends in hearingIn 12 bimodal listeners, a stronger brainstem response to voice pitch was linked to better bimodal benefit for single words in quiet. It did not reliably predict sentence benefit in noise, and audiogram and lab tests did not.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Neurodevelopmental Characterization of Young Children Diagnosed with Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C1.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP22 of 29 young children with NPC1 had delays qualifying them for early intervention, yet only 10 received services before age 3. Motor and language delays were common.
• SLPOther2020Respiratory-Swallow Coordination in Healthy Adults During Drinking of Thin to Extremely Thick Liquids: A Research Note.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRAcross thin to extremely thick liquids, respiratory pause duration did not differ by consistency or sex, and breathing-swallow phase pattern was stable; barium liquids had shorter pauses, and one exploratory sex difference appeared.
• SLPOther2020A parent-report scale of behavioral inhibition: Validation and application to preschool-age children who do and do not stutter.Journal of fluency disordersPreschoolers who stutter scored higher on behavioral inhibition than fluent peers. Higher inhibition correlated with greater stuttering frequency and severity. In children over four, inhibition also linked to more negative communication attitudes and stronger reactions to stuttering.
• SLPCase-Control2020Neural features of sustained emotional information processing in autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAdolescents with autism showed sustained brain activity in regions handling emotional salience and control for up to 30 seconds after seeing negative words. This neural persistence predicted emotion dysregulation, suggesting that negative reactions may continue internally long after the stimulus is gone.
• OTSLPOther2020Revised scored Sensory Perception Quotient reveals sensory hypersensitivity in women with autism.Molecular autismFemales with autism reported significantly more sensory hypersensitivity across all five senses compared to control females, but showed no difference in hyposensitivity. Mothers of children with autism did not report elevated sensory sensitivity compared to controls.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Inpatient stroke rehabilitation: prediction of clinical outcomes using a machine-learning approach.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAdmission scores on the FIM, Ten-Meter Walk, Six-Minute Walk and Berg Balance were the strongest predictors of discharge scores, stronger than age, sex or stroke details. The models were rough and built from 50 patients at one hospital.
• SLPCohort2020Production of noun suffixes by Turkish-speaking children with developmental language disorder and their typically developing peers.International journal of language & communication disordersTurkish-speaking children with developmental language disorder produced noun suffixes significantly less accurately than their typically developing peers, even though Turkish has many learner-friendly features. The gap remained wide across all suffix types, showing that language structure alone does not close the deficit.
• SLPCohort2020Social brain activation during mentalizing in a large autism cohort: the Longitudinal European Autism Project.Molecular autismIn a large brain-imaging study, adults and children with autism showed the same brain activation as typically developing people when watching animations of moving shapes. The expected difference in the 'social brain' was absent, even though the task reliably activated these regions in everyone.
• SLPOther2020Electrophysiological Estimates of the Electrode-Neuron Interface Differ Between Younger and Older Listeners With Cochlear Implants.Ear and hearingCochlear implant users implanted in childhood had larger evoked nerve responses and steeper response growth than users implanted in adulthood. Response thresholds did not differ, and these measures did not predict vowel recognition. This is an electrophysiological finding, not evidence for a programming change.
• SLPOther2020Sensitivity and Specificity of Pure-Tone and Subjective Hearing Screenings Using Spanish-Language Questions.American journal of audiologyPure-tone screening caught more hearing loss than Spanish self-report questions in mostly older Hispanic/Latinx adults. The single question 'Do you think you have hearing loss?' was the best self-report screen, but it still missed people.
• SLPOther2020South African hearing conservation programmes in the context of tele-audiology: A scoping review.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsNo study directly tested tele-audiology in hearing conservation programmes. Only indirect audiometry studies suggest remote hearing tests may be possible when noise is controlled. This means tele-audiology is not yet evidence-based for hearing conservation.
• SLPNarrative Review2019Research-based Updates in Swallowing and Communication Dysfunction in Parkinson Disease: Implications for Evaluation and Management.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsParkinson disease commonly affects swallowing and speech, but patients often do not report it. Objective assessment is needed. Medication and deep brain stimulation do not reliably improve these symptoms, while behavioral therapy can help short term.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Facilitating sensorimotor integration via blocked practice underpins imitation learning of atypical biological kinematics in autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults who struggled to imitate a novel, atypical movement learned it when they practised that single movement repeatedly in a block, rather than mixing it with typical movements. Blocked practice allowed them to encode the unusual timing, a skill that transferred to random testing.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Driving after pediatric traumatic brain injury: Impact of distraction and executive functioning.Rehabilitation psychologyA history of pediatric TBI did not independently worsen simulated driving. Instead, executive functioning deficits drove poor vehicle control and speed variability. Texting impaired driving for all participants, while hands-free conversation did not.
• SLPOther2020The Witness-Aimed First Account (WAFA): A new technique for interviewing autistic witnesses and victims.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceIn mock crime videos, autistic and non-autistic witnesses who first named separate topics, then recalled each topic, gave more correct details and were more accurate than after standard free recall. Errors did not change.
• SLPSystematic Review2020Burden of disease: A scoping review of HIV/AIDS and TB in occupational noise-induced hearing loss.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsOnly two South African studies examined TB treatment and occupational noise-induced hearing loss. Both found worse hearing thresholds in miners with TB history, but evidence linking HIV or TB to hearing conservation is very sparse.
• SLPNarrative Review2020Classification of audiograms in the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss: A clinical perspective.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsThe UKHSE audiogram scheme sums hearing levels at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 kHz, compares them with age and sex tables, and assigns warning or referral actions. It may help workplaces act on noise-induced hearing loss, but the paper does not report effectiveness data.
• SLPCohort2020Prevalence of hearing loss and tinnitus in a group of adults with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsHearing loss was no more common in HIV-positive adults than in HIV-negative controls. Tinnitus was significantly more prevalent in the HIV-positive group, reported by 57% compared with 34% of controls.
• SLPQualitative2020'I never realised everybody felt as happy as I do when I am around autistic people': A thematic analysis of autistic adults' relationships with autistic and neurotypical friends and family.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults said spending time with autistic people was easier, less tiring and more accepting, while time with non-autistic people often felt effortful, anxious and pressured to mask.
• SLPSystematic Review2020Recent advances in hearing conservation programmes: A systematic review.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsA review of 26 studies identified seven advances in hearing conservation, including daily noise monitoring devices and hidden hearing loss tests. Most evidence comes from high-income countries, leaving a gap in practical application for low- and middle-income regions like South Africa.
• PTSLPOther2020Attentional prioritization in dual-task walking: Effects of stroke, environment, and instructed focus.Gait & postureTalking while walking slowed gait speed in adults with and without stroke, and people could not reliably shift attention to protect walking as instructed. For adults with stroke, the walking cost was larger, but a busy lobby did not add a clinically important effect.
• SLPOther2020Neural Correlates of Cardiac Interoceptive Focus Across Development: Implications for Social Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchHeartbeat counting accuracy and insula brain response did not differ between ASD and typically developing groups. Across ages 8 to 54, insula response changed with age. In adults with ASD, stronger left posterior insula response tracked higher self-reported social symptoms; caregiver reports did not.
• SLPCohort2020Submandibular duct ligation after botulinum neurotoxin A treatment of drooling in children with cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurologyCaregivers rated drooling lower after duct ligation than after botulinum toxin A, but direct observation did not differ. For children with severe drooling, caregiver report and measured drooling did not point the same way.
• OTSLPOther2020Observed emotional reactivity in response to frustration tasks in psychiatrically hospitalized youth with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceHospitalized autistic youth showed more intense and longer negative reactions during frustration tasks than before them, then generally returned to baseline during recovery. Youth with little or no speech and lower adaptive skills reacted more strongly.
• SLPOther2020Perceptions of mothers with preterm infants about early communication development: A scoping review.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsMothers of preterm infants often feel like passive observers in the NICU, hindered by medical routines and language barriers. Kangaroo mother care helped mothers understand their infant's signals better. Clinicians should actively involve mothers in daily care and feeding to reduce anxiety and support interaction.
• OTSLPCohort2020Trajectories of emotional and behavioral problems from childhood to early adult life.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceEmotional, conduct and ADHD symptoms declined modestly from childhood to early adulthood in autistic people, but many still scored high on screening questions. Better everyday adaptive function was associated with faster declines in conduct and ADHD symptoms.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2020Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with physical or cognitive training in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAdding tDCS to physical or cognitive therapy showed inconsistent benefits. Cognition and upper limb function improved in some trials, but gait and motor symptoms showed no clear advantage over sham stimulation. Small study sizes and varied protocols limit confidence in these findings.
• SLPCohort2020Occupational noise and age: A longitudinal study of hearing sensitivity as a function of noise exposure and age in South African gold mine workers.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSouth African gold mine workers with high noise exposure had worse hearing at first test and lost more over repeated annual tests than administrative workers, even after accounting for age. Age also contributed, especially at higher frequencies.
• PTOTSLPRCT2020A comparison of two personalization and adaptive cognitive rehabilitation approaches: a randomized controlled trial with chronic stroke patients.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationVirtual reality cognitive training improved general cognition more than paper-and-pencil tasks in chronic stroke patients. However, the VR group also used their affected arm for motor tasks, so the benefit may come from combined motor-cognitive training rather than VR alone.
• SLPOther2020Predicting Speech Perception in Older Listeners with Sensorineural Hearing Loss Using Automatic Speech Recognition.Trends in hearingAutomatic speech recognition predicts nonsense-syllable scores well but fails on words and sentences, underestimating human performance because it cannot use linguistic context. Large prediction errors mean this tool cannot replace clinical speech testing for meaningful speech.
• SLPNarrative Review2020Risk versus benefit: Should not audiologists assess this in the context of occupational noise-induced hearing loss in the mining industry?The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsNo new clinical findings: this narrative review argues that audiologists should assess risks and benefits of hearing conservation programmes for miners exposed to occupational noise.