SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• PTOTSLPOther2021Descriptive Strength and Range of Motion in Youth Baseball Players.International journal of sports physical therapyYouth baseball players aged 5-12 already show shoulder adaptations similar to adults: greater external rotation and internal rotation strength in the throwing arm. However, total range of motion remains symmetrical between arms, suggesting these changes are normal development rather than immediate injury risk.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2021Behavioural, psychiatric and psychosocial factors associated with aggressive behaviour in adults with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review and narrative analysis.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDNo behavioural, psychiatric or psychosocial factor was consistently associated with aggression across 38 studies of adults with intellectual disabilities. Aggression types often co-occurred. Use individual functional assessment rather than assuming a diagnosis or skill deficit causes aggression.
• OTSLPOther2020White matter alterations in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in relation to sensory profile.Molecular autismAdults with autism or ADHD showed similar brain white matter changes compared to controls. Sensory issues linked to these changes in the same way across all three groups. This suggests sensory difficulties may stem from shared brain mechanisms rather than being unique to autism.
• SLPSystematic Review2020A Systematic Review of Tracheostomy Modifications and Swallowing in Adults.DysphagiaSwallowing outcomes after tracheostomy modifications are highly variable. Cuff deflation improved some physiology measures, but speaking valves and occlusion showed inconsistent results. Evidence is inconclusive, so do not expect a specific modification to reliably improve safety or function.
• SLPRCT2021Indirect White Matter Pathways Are Associated With Treated Naming Improvement in Aphasia.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairPeople with post-stroke aphasia improved their naming more after treatment if they had either direct or indirect white matter connections between key language areas. Indirect connections, which bypass damaged tissue, supported recovery just as well as direct ones, suggesting residual network integrity drives gains.
• SLPOther2021Intelligibility in Context Scale: Sensitivity and specificity in the Jamaican context.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsParent ratings on the Intelligibility in Context Scale helped screen English-Jamaican Creole bilingual preschoolers for suspected speech sound disorders. Scores below 4.12 flagged concern, but some typically developing children were also flagged, so use it to guide further assessment.
• PTOTSLPNarrative Review2021Prenatal cytomegalovirus, rubella, and Zika virus infections associated with developmental disabilities: past, present, and future.Developmental medicine and child neurologyPrenatal rubella, cytomegalovirus and Zika can cause developmental disability even when maternal illness is mild. Timing matters, and hearing loss or subtle delays may appear after birth.
• SLPCohort2021Zenker's Diverticulum: Can Protocolised Measurements with Barium SWALLOW Predict Severity and Treatment Outcomes? The "Zen-Rad" Study.DysphagiaIn 67 patients with Zenker's diverticulum treated by endoscopic division, durable remission after one procedure occurred in 64.2%. Some barium measurements were associated with success only before adjusting for age, sex and prior surgery.
• PTOTSLPOther2021Expectations of individuals with neurological conditions from rehabilitation: A mixed-method study of needs.The South African journal of physiotherapyAdults with stroke, spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury in Nigeria reported unmet needs across all life domains. Social and recreational needs were most prevalent, followed by rehabilitation and medical needs. Those with spinal cord injury reported the highest needs across seven domains.
• SLPOther2021Effects of Signal Type and Noise Background on Auditory Evoked Potential N1, P2, and P3 Measurements in Blast-Exposed Veterans.Ear and hearingBlast-exposed veterans reported more hearing difficulties and had slower P3 brain responses to tones, but did not perform worse on speech-in-noise tests. Complex noise and speech did not make the group differences larger.
• PTOTSLPRCT2021A rehabilitation programme focussing on pelvic floor muscle training for persistent lumbopelvic pain after childbirth: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of rehabilitation medicineAdding biofeedback-assisted pelvic floor muscle training to standard stabilization exercises reduced pain and disability more than standard care alone at 12 weeks. However, the mental component of quality of life did not improve, suggesting physical symptoms respond better than psychological well-being.
• PTOTSLPOther2021Latarjet Procedure for the Treatment of Anterior Glenohumeral Instability in the Athlete - Key Considerations for Rehabilitation.International journal of sports physical therapyThis is a proposed five-phase rehab protocol for athletes after Latarjet shoulder surgery, moving from protection to power. It relies on expert opinion and clinical experience, not trial data, so it offers a framework to discuss with your surgeon rather than proven outcomes.
• OTSLPCase Report2021Information, communication, advocacy, and complaint: how the spouse of a man with aphasia managed his discharge from hospital.AphasiologyA spouse of a man with aphasia said she was not told what aphasia meant, was given changing discharge plans, and had to write a complaint letter after a registrar dismissed her concerns. This is one account, not proof that advocacy changes care.
• SLPSurvey2021Perceptions of Families of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder during the COVID-19 Crisis.Journal of autism and developmental disordersFamilies of people with autism reported high stress and disruption during early Michigan shutdowns. Higher caregiver-rated symptom severity was associated with more stress and disruption for caregivers and individuals.
• SLPOther2021Conversational correlates of rapid social judgments of children and adolescents with and without ASD.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsOnline listeners judged young people with ASD more positively when their first 30 seconds had wider pitch range and pauses within their own turns. Longer silence after questions, less speech, and faster speech were linked with lower ratings.
• SLPOther2020Prevalence of hearing loss among noise-exposed workers within the services sector, 2006-2015.International journal of audiologyHearing loss is highly prevalent among noise-exposed service workers, not just in traditional industrial jobs. Specific office and administrative roles, such as those in credit unions, software publishing, and public administration, showed prevalence rates between 26% and 33%, indicating a need for broader hearing conservation in the service sector.
• SLPOther2020An exploratory model of speech intelligibility for healthy aging based on phonatory and articulatory measures.Journal of communication disordersHealthy older adults speak with less intelligible voices than younger adults in noise. The main drivers are reduced voice variability and slower tongue movements. Clinicians should treat voice quality and articulatory speed as primary targets for maintaining clear communication in aging.
• SLPCase-Control2020Face individual identity recognition: a potential endophenotype in autism.Molecular autismFace-blindness affects 36% of autistic adults, compared to 6% of controls. In this subgroup, poor face memory predicts difficulty reading mental states from eyes. Self-reported face difficulties did not match test results, so patients may not know they have this deficit.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2021Rehabilitation to enable recovery from COVID-19: a rapid systematic review.PhysiotherapyRehabilitation for severe respiratory illness improves walking and muscle strength, but evidence for post-ICU recovery is weak. No studies exist for COVID-19 specifically, so generalising requires caution. Individualised programmes are valued by patients, though quality of life results remain inconclusive.
• PTOTSLPOther2021A Multi-Faceted Strategy for Evidence Translation Reduces Healthcare Waiting Time: A Mixed Methods Study Using the RE-AIM Framework.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesAbout half of surveyed services adopted the STAT waiting time reduction model. Managers and staff support were key facilitators. Large existing waitlists and resource shortages were main barriers. Early adopters reported reduced waiting times, but data was anecdotal.
• SLPOther2021Accuracy of the Language Environment Analyses (LENATM) system for estimating child and adult speech in laboratory settings.Journal of child languageLENA accurately ranked which caregivers talked more, but overestimated their absolute word counts by about 25%. It poorly estimated child vocalizations, undercounting them at 1;7 and failing to capture developmental growth. Use it for relative adult speech, not absolute numbers.
• SLPCase-Control2021Sound discrimination and explicit mapping of sounds to meanings in preschoolers with and without developmental language disorder.International journal of speech-language pathologyPreschoolers with developmental language disorder were worse than typical peers at matching pitch sounds to objects and at telling sounds apart. They were not worse for duration sounds. Discrimination and mapping were linked for pitch, but not firmly.
• PTOTSLPOther2021The modified Shriners Hospitals for Children Greenville (mSHCG) multi-segment foot model provides clinically acceptable measurements of ankle and midfoot angles: A dual fluoroscopy study.Gait & postureSkin-marker gait analysis closely matches bone-level dual fluoroscopy for ankle and midfoot angles in healthy adults. Differences were mostly under 4 degrees, which is clinically acceptable. However, accuracy dropped as midfoot motion increased, and one forefoot marker shifted significantly during loading.
• SLPCohort2021Selection Criteria for Cochlear Implantation in the United Kingdom and Flanders: Toward a Less Restrictive Standard.Ear and hearingRelaxing UK and Flanders cochlear implant criteria to include patients with better residual hearing increased the number of candidates by 30%. These newly accepted patients still showed significant speech improvement, though less than those with more severe loss. Only 0.2% of this new group failed to improve.
• SLPOther2021Comparison of Disfluent and Ungrammatical Speech of Preadolescents with and without ASD.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBoys with high-functioning ASD spent more time producing disfluent and ungrammatical speech than controls. Their disfluencies were complex, involving word searches and grammatical errors that disrupted conversation, unlike the simple pauses seen in typical peers.
• SLPNarrative Review2021Moving Forward with Dysphagia Care: Implementing Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.DysphagiaThis paper offers clinical guidelines and algorithms for performing swallowing assessments safely during the pandemic. It does not report original patient data or outcomes, so there are no findings here to change clinical practice.
• SLPOther2021Better Hearing in Norway: A Comparison of Two HUNT Cohorts 20 Years Apart.Ear and hearingNorwegian adults in 2017 had better hearing than those in 1996. Disabling hearing loss dropped from 7.7% to 5.3%. Men aged 60 to 70 showed the biggest gain at high frequencies. This suggests occupational noise controls worked. Update your baseline expectations for hearing thresholds.
• PTOTSLPMeta-Analysis2021Effects of robot-assisted training on balance function in patients with stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of rehabilitation medicineRobot-assisted training improved balance scores in stroke patients compared to conventional therapy. The benefit was significant in the acute and subacute phase, but not in chronic patients. Exoskeleton devices showed better results than end-effector devices.
• SLPOther2021Validity of Parent Ratings of Speech Intelligibility for Children with Cerebral Palsy.Developmental neurorehabilitationParent ratings of speech intelligibility are valid for children at the extremes of severity but unreliable for those in the middle. A parent rating of 3 or 4 could correspond to intelligibility scores ranging from 4% to 98%. Use objective measures alongside parent report.
• PTOTSLPOther2020Physical health of autistic girls and women: a scoping review.Molecular autismAutistic girls and women report more physical health problems than autistic boys and men, with epilepsy and endocrine issues like PCOS standing out. This pattern may reflect under-diagnosis in males or higher biological risk in females, rather than a simple prevalence difference.
• SLPCase Report2020Using AAC to unlock communicative potential in late-talking toddlers.Journal of communication disordersTwo late-talking toddlers who did not improve with input-based therapy alone showed immediate gains in spoken words and multi-word phrases when low-tech AAC devices and output demands were added. This suggests AAC may help non-responders bypass speech motor difficulties.
• SLPCase-Control2021Peripheral Auditory Involvement in Childhood Listening Difficulty.Ear and hearingChildren with listening difficulty did not differ from typically developing children on sensitive hearing tests. A history of ear tubes, not the listening difficulty itself, was associated with poorer hearing above 8 kHz.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2021A survey of health awareness and physical activity among Japanese undergraduate rehabilitation students.Journal of physical therapy scienceMost first-year Japanese rehabilitation students feel healthy and value exercise, but half report decreased physical activity since starting college. Busy school schedules and retired club activities are the main barriers, despite high motivation.
• SLPNarrative Review2021Dysphagia Care Across the Continuum: A Multidisciplinary Dysphagia Research Society Taskforce Report of Service-Delivery During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic.DysphagiaExpert consensus says many dysphagia procedures can spread respiratory viruses. Use enhanced PPE, defer aerosol-generating tests if PPE is unavailable, screen by trained nurses, and use telehealth only with safeguards. No controlled trials show increased provider infection.
• SLPOther2021Child- and Environment-Related Factors Influencing Daily Cochlear Implant Use: A Datalog Study.Ear and hearingObjective datalog showed 59% of children used their cochlear implant more than 8 hr a day. After combining factors, higher nonverbal IQ and oral parental communication were linked with more use; other factors were not.
• SLPOther2021Pinna-Imitating Microphone Directionality Improves Sound Localization and Discrimination in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingA pinna-imitating microphone mode significantly reduced front-back sound confusions in bilateral cochlear implant users compared to standard omnidirectional mode. However, it did not significantly improve the ability to track moving sounds. The benefit was specific to static localization and discrimination tasks.
• PTOTSLPMeta-Analysis2021The Effect of Hearing Loss and Hearing Device Fitting on Fatigue in Adults: A Systematic Review.Ear and hearingHearing loss is linked to higher fatigue in many studies, but the evidence is weak and inconsistent. Hearing device fitting shows mixed results for reducing fatigue, with some support for cochlear implants but not hearing aids. Solid conclusions are not possible.
• PTOTSLPCohort2021Predictors for self-reported feeling of depression three months after stroke: A longitudinal cohort study.Journal of rehabilitation medicineCognitive screening 36–48 hours after stroke did not predict depression three months later. Female sex, being younger than 70, and living alone before the stroke were significant predictors. Use these social and demographic factors, not early cognitive scores, to identify patients at risk for post-stroke depression.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2021Awareness and knowledge of developmental coordination disorder: A survey of caregivers, teachers, allied health professionals and medical professionals in Australia.Child: care, health and developmentIn Australia, most teachers, parents and doctors still do not know what developmental coordination disorder is. They recognise motor clumsiness but miss the anxiety and depression that often follow. The old term dyspraxia is better known than the correct one, which delays identification and support.
• PTSLPOther2021Bone Conduction Vibration Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP) Testing: Reliability in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.Ear and hearingBone conduction vibration testing produced consistent and reliable vestibular responses in children, adolescents, and young adults. The Mini-shaker and impulse hammer achieved the highest response rates, while the B-71 oscillator showed poor reliability for ocular responses in adults.
• SLPCase-Control2020Mechanisms of Impaired Swallowing on Thin Liquids Following Radiation Treatment for Oropharyngeal Cancer.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRSwallowing safety after radiation depends on how quickly the airway closes. Patients who aspirated took significantly longer to close their laryngeal vestibule than those who did not. Incomplete closure was also strongly linked to aspiration, but overall residue levels did not differ significantly from healthy controls.
• SLPProtocol2021Bumetanide Oral Liquid Formulation for the Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Design of Two Phase III Studies (SIGN Trials).Journal of autism and developmental disordersNo results are reported. This paper plans two trials of a bumetanide liquid compared with placebo in children and adolescents with moderate to severe autism. The main planned outcome is change in autism symptom scores after six months.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2021Anxiety and intellectual functioning in autistic children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAcross studies of autistic children, higher IQ scores went with higher anxiety scores, especially when children with intellectual disability were included. The link was small, and anxiety measures were often not validated for autism or intellectual disability.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2021Emotional self-awareness in autism: A meta-analysis of group differences and developmental effects.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic people report significantly more difficulty identifying and describing their own emotions than non-autistic people. This gap is absent in children under 12 but emerges in adolescence and widens through adulthood, likely reflecting increased distress rather than a stable trait.
• SLPOther2021Effect of Bridge Position Swallow on Esophageal Motility in Healthy Individuals Using High-Resolution Manometry.DysphagiaSwallowing in a bridge position produced stronger lower esophageal contractions and shorter contraction-wave breaks than upright in healthy people. It may suggest an esophageal-phase technique, but patient outcomes were not tested.
• SLPRCT2021Contribution of Stimulus Variability to Word Recognition in Noise Versus Two-Talker Speech for School-Age Children and Adults.Ear and hearingIn children, using the same target and masker pairings across trials made word recognition scores more consistent than changing them randomly. In adults, consistency was similar regardless of whether stimuli were repeated or randomized. This supports using fixed stimuli when testing children's speech-in-speech recognition.
• OTSLPCohort2021Developmental associations between joint engagement and autistic children's vocabulary: A cross-lagged panel analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceEarly joint engagement with caregivers predicted later vocabulary growth in autistic toddlers, but early vocabulary did not predict later engagement. However, statistical tests showed no clear superiority of the engagement-to-vocabulary direction over the reverse, so the causal pathway remains unresolved.
• SLPOther2021Prediction of the Functional Status of the Cochlear Nerve in Individual Cochlear Implant Users Using Machine Learning and Electrophysiological Measures.Ear and hearingMachine learning models using nerve response data accurately separated cochlear implant users with poor nerve function from those with normal function. In adults, the resulting nerve health index strongly correlated with speech perception scores in quiet.
• OTSLPOther2021The Learning, Social and Emotion Adaptation Questionnaire-Short Form: A Measure of Adaptive Behavior for Primary School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchThe 53-item LSEAQ-S reliably measures school adaptation for students with autism. It takes teachers 15 to 20 minutes to complete and provides norms showing girls with autism lag behind peers more than boys do, especially as they age.
• SLPCohort2021The Effect of Increasing Interphase Gap on N1 Latency of the Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential and the Stimulation Level Offset in Human Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingChildren with cochlear nerve deficiency showed distinct electrical response patterns compared to those with normal nerves. These differences in latency and stimulation level offsets suggest these measures could serve as biomarkers to assess nerve health in cochlear implant users.