SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

Papers a speech-language pathologist can act on — aphasia, dysphagia, developmental language, fluency, voice and augmentative communication — read in full and summarised plainly.

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• PTOTSLPCase Series2022Delivering Trauma-Informed Care in a Hospital Ward for Older Adults With Dementia: An Illustrative Case Series.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn four cases of older adults with dementia, distress during personal care was linked to past trauma. Staff identified triggers like showering or male caregivers and adapted care. This reduced distress, but the cases show what happened, not that the approach works.
• SLPOther2022Assessing the Quantity and Quality of Language Used by Mothers and Fathers of Children with Down Syndrome During Shared Book Reading.Journal of child languageMothers spoke more and described things more often. Fathers read the book text more and used more grammatically complex language. Parents rarely used abstract talk, which linked to child language skills, so coaching fathers on this specific input type may be a useful intervention target.
• SLPQualitative2022Managing ongoing swallow safety through information-sharing: An ethnography of speech and language therapists and nurses at work on stroke units.International journal of language & communication disordersSLTs and nurses on stroke wards share a strong concern for swallow safety but face practical dilemmas. Recommendations made during weekday assessments often clash with weekend realities when SLTs are absent. Nurses must balance strict adherence with patient demands and competing ward duties, leading to tension and uncertainty about when to report deviations.
• SLPOther2022Emotional Responses to Non-Speech Sounds for Hearing-aid and Bimodal Cochlear-Implant Listeners.Trends in hearingAdults with hearing loss rated everyday sounds as less pleasant and less unpleasant than normal-hearing peers, even with devices. Adding a hearing aid to a cochlear implant user’s other ear did not improve these emotional ratings and sometimes lowered them.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2022A Sense of Being Needed: A Phenomenological Analysis of Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Professionals' Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Physical therapyHospital rehabilitation staff felt moral distress from isolation rules that blocked human connection. They coped by deliberately showing their faces, using their voices, and addressing patients by name. Managers should prioritize ethical dialogue and professional autonomy to support staff through future crises.
• SLPQualitative2022Patient experience of the acute post-surgical period following total laryngectomy during the COVID-19 era.International journal of language & communication disordersTen people after total laryngectomy reported little difference between surgery before and during COVID-19. They said preoperative talk focused on surgery, not life after discharge, and valued staff who treated them as people while learning to speak and care for a stoma.
• SLPSurvey2022Speech-language pathologists' practices in augmentative and alternative communication during early intervention.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)SLPs are most likely to recommend AAC for children with no spoken words, favoring sign language and photos over devices. They cite caregiver resistance and poor carryover as the biggest barriers, not child ability.
• SLPNarrative Review2022Guidelines for Diagnosing and Quantifying Noise-Induced Hearing Loss.Trends in hearingThis paper proposes updated guidelines for diagnosing and quantifying noise-induced hearing loss in legal compensation cases. It recommends using specific audiogram patterns and age-adjusted standards rather than relying solely on the traditional 'noise notch' at 4 kHz.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2022Play-based groups for children with cerebral palsy and their parents: A qualitative interview study about the impact on mothers' well-being.Child: care, health and developmentMothers of children with cerebral palsy valued play-based groups for practical help with therapy and education plans, and for connecting with others in similar situations. Some struggled to open up due to language barriers or guilt, showing the need for sensitive facilitation.
• SLPQualitative2022Parents' school-related concerns and perceived strengths in youth with spina bifida.Child: care, health and developmentParents of children with spina bifida reported school concerns despite no significant differences in their child's measured academic outcomes. Many children with reported concerns lacked formal testing or accommodations. Parents also identified strengths like persistence and self-advocacy.
• OTSLPOther2022The Family-Centred Practices Scale: Psychometric properties of the Spanish version for use with families with children with Down syndrome receiving early childhood intervention.Child: care, health and developmentFor Spanish families of children with Down syndrome, a shortened 10-item version of the Family-Centred Practices Scale fits better than the original 12-item version. However, mothers and fathers interpret the questions differently, so scores cannot be directly compared between parents.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Short Report: The influence of congregate setting on positive COVID-19 tests among a high-risk sample of adults with intellectual and developmental disability in Ontario.Research in developmental disabilitiesAdults with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in group homes had almost five times the odds of testing positive for COVID-19 compared to those in private settings. Older age, limited mobility, and aggression were also independent risk factors, with heightened risk appearing as early as age 45.
• SLPCohort2022Behavioral aspects and learning motivation: a study of middle school adolescents.CoDASAmong 124 middle schoolers, conduct, peer, and total behavior scores were linked to motivation, but age, sex, and grade did not show significant differences.
• SLPRCT2022Effects of photobiomodulation combined with orofacial myofunctional therapy on the quality of life of individuals with temporomandibular disorder.CoDASOrofacial myofunctional therapy improved pain and quality of life in people with temporomandibular disorder. Adding laser photobiomodulation did not further reduce pain or total quality-of-life impairment compared to placebo laser. The only significant difference was in functional limitation, which favored the placebo group.
• OTSLPOther2022Hearing handicap and frailty in community-dwelling older adults living.CoDASFrail and pre-frail older adults in this community reported more hearing handicap than non-frail adults. The relationship was weak, and the study cannot show hearing handicap causes frailty.
• PTOTSLPPilot2022Immediate effects of stretching on trunk functions using a stretch pole half-cut.Journal of physical therapy scienceLying on a half-cut stretch pole placed under the middle back for four minutes significantly improved inspiratory muscle strength and altered spinal alignment in healthy men. No control group was used, so the immediate effect cannot be separated from time or expectation.
• SLPSystematic Review2022A qualitative systematic review of family caregivers' experiences of artificial nutrition and hydration at home: A meta-ethnography.International journal of language & communication disordersFamily caregivers describe starting home tube feeding as overwhelming and isolating, often lacking adequate training. Support improves when professionals provide tailored education and allow minimal oral intake for pleasure, which reduces burden and social isolation.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Sensory features in autism: Findings from a large population-based surveillance system.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchSensory features were documented in 74% of 25,627 autistic children. These features co-occurred with motor, attention, sleep, and eating challenges, but not with cognitive scores. Documentation was lower for girls, Black children, and Hispanic children, suggesting missed cases rather than true absence.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2022Undertaking Rehabilitation Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emergent Strategies From a Trainee-Faculty Workshop.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesRehabilitation researchers identified three pandemic challenges: keeping data collection safe, maintaining participant access, and sharing findings. Proposed solutions included virtual toolkits for assessments, adjusting study designs for remote delivery, and contextualizing results to account for pandemic-related disruptions.
• SLPSurvey2022Perceived Listening Difficulties of Adult Cochlear-Implant Users Under Measures Introduced to Combat the Spread of COVID-19.Trends in hearingAdult cochlear implant users reported significantly worse listening during the pandemic, especially with face masks. They experienced high effort, fatigue, and anxiety, leading many to avoid communication. Visual cues like lipreading and captions were rated as the most helpful solutions.
• PTOTSLPOther2022The Effects of Occupation-Based Community Rehabilitation for Improving Activities of Daily Living and Health-Related Quality of Life of People with Disabilities after Stroke Living at Home: A Single Subject Design.Occupational therapy internationalThree people with severe disabilities after stroke living at home improved daily life independence and quality of life after a community-based occupational therapy programme. The programme combined task training, home changes, education and resource linking, so the effect of any single part cannot be separated.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Reproductive and pregnancy health care for women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A scoping review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDWomen with intellectual disabilities receive less sexual education and later prenatal care than peers. Midwife and doula support shows promise for improving care, but providers often lack specific training. Current health systems frequently fail to adapt to these patients' needs.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Association between atopic diseases and neurodevelopmental disabilities in a longitudinal birth cohort.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchChildren with ADHD or other neurodevelopmental disabilities were significantly more likely to have asthma, eczema, or allergic rhinitis. Autism showed no such link. Therapists should watch for these common allergies in patients with ADHD or developmental delays, as they may worsen symptoms.
• SLPOther2022Performance of adolescents in oral narrative discourse and associated factors.CoDASAdolescents with typical development named pictures better when they retold stories more completely. School year, age, memory and general oral language scores did not predict narrative performance. The MAC Battery narrative task appears usable for Brazilian Portuguese adolescents without adaptation.
• SLPQualitative2022Conversational repair in individuals with Alzheimer disease.CoDASPeople with moderate Alzheimer's produced many repair attempts that failed to clarify meaning, while healthy controls' repairs were always adequate. Interlocutors took over the work of fixing the conversation, suggesting that assessing who performs the repair may be more useful than just counting how often it happens.
• SLPOther2022MMBRG Protocol - Infants and Preschoolers: Myofunctional Orofacial Clinic Examination.CoDASThe MMBGR protocol is now validated for infants and preschoolers aged 6 to 71 months. Expert review confirmed its content, and image-based testing showed good reliability for breathing, swallowing, and speech across all ages. Tone and facial symmetry items showed poor agreement when assessed from video.
• PTOTSLPRCT2022Effects of exercise on sleep spindles in Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesExercise did not change sleep spindle density or amplitude across the whole night in people with Parkinson's disease. It did slow a decline in spindle density during the first half of the night, and this change correlated with better memory scores in the exercise group only.
• SLPOther2022Measuring and Modeling Cue Dependent Spatial Release from Masking in the Presence of Typical Delays in the Treatment of Hearing Loss.Trends in hearingA 7-ms delay to one ear reduced the speech-in-noise benefit of spatial separation. The loss was large when timing cues mattered and small when only level cues remained. This was tested in normal-hearing listeners, not hearing-device users.
• SLPOther2022Word Learning by Preschool-Age Children: Differences in Encoding, Re-Encoding, and Consolidation Across Learners During Slow Mapping.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRChildren with poorer working memory and vocabulary start with weaker word forms but learn at the same rate as peers. They need more repetitions to reach mastery. Retention drops after one month. Practice tests did not prevent this forgetting.
• SLPOther2022Sex differences in automatic emotion regulation in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn adolescents with autism, females were more accurate at withholding responses to angry faces, while males were more accurate at pressing for happy faces. Brain signals for attention and inhibition differed by sex; early face perception signals did not.
• SLPCohort2022Digits-in-noise test in Brazilian Portuguese: how demographic and socioeconomic variables influence normal-hearing subjects.CoDASNormal hearing adults with higher education and socioeconomic status scored better on a smartphone hearing screening test in noise. Age also affected results, with younger adults performing better than those over 60. Gender made no difference. These factors must be considered when interpreting scores.
• PTSLPCohort2022Evolution of bulbar function in spinal muscular atrophy type 1 treated with nusinersen.Developmental medicine and child neurologyIn 24 children with SMA type 1 treated with nusinersen, swallowing and feeding worsened over 24 months: more needed tube feeding, while motor scores improved. Bulbar care must stay active even when movement improves.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Risk factors for decline in gait speed during walking while talking in older adults.Gait & postureWalking speed while talking declined faster in older adults who were older, had poorer balance, or had faster single-task walking speeds. Poor balance was the strongest modifiable risk factor for this accelerated decline.
• SLPOther2022Effects of Stimulation Position and Frequency Band on Auditory Spatial Perception with Bilateral Bone Conduction.Trends in hearingBone conduction localization is as accurate as air conduction when transducers sit on the mastoid or condyle. High-frequency sounds localize better than low-frequency ones. Front-back confusion rates were similar for both methods, suggesting bone conduction can support spatial audio if placed correctly.
• SLPCohort2022Characterization of the transition to oral feeding in premature newborns.CoDASVery premature newborns took longer to transition to oral feeding than late or moderate preterm infants. However, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding at discharge was similar across all groups. The breast-probe technique was the most common method used during this transition.
• PTOTSLPPilot2022Benefits of an Intensive Individual CO-OP Intervention in a Group Setting for Children with DCD.Occupational therapy internationalChildren with DCD improved on goals trained during a five-day intensive CO-OP camp, with gains held at three-month follow-up. Transfer to goals coached at home afterwards was less consistent, with parents reporting improvements that children and independent ratings did not always confirm.
• SLPOther2022The Development of Sound Localization Latency in Infants and Young Children with Normal Hearing.Trends in hearingSound localization latency decreases significantly with age, dropping from about 1 second at 6 months to 500 ms by 3 years. This objective measure works in infants and young children, offering a way to assess binaural processing without requiring verbal responses or extensive training.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2022Understanding the participation outcomes for persons with disability when partnered with assistance dogs: A scoping review.Australian occupational therapy journalAssistance dog partnerships showed mixed participation outcomes across 38 studies. While many reported improved self-care and social interaction, others found no benefit or added burdens like financial cost and training workload. The evidence is too weak to confirm efficacy, but it helps prepare clients for realistic expectations.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Exploration of diet, physical activity, health knowledge and the cardiometabolic profile of young adults with intellectual disability.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRYoung adults with intellectual disability had significantly higher BMI and waist circumference than peers. They reported less physical activity and poorer diet quality. Resting heart rate and HbA1c were elevated, indicating increased cardiometabolic risk despite similar blood pressure and lipid profiles.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of neonates born at term with perinatal haemorrhagic stroke: A population-based study.Developmental medicine and child neurologyMost infants with perinatal haemorrhagic stroke had lasting neurodevelopmental issues. Parietal lobe involvement strongly predicted cerebral palsy and cognitive deficits. Frontal lobe strokes showed no motor or basic cognitive impairment, suggesting better outcomes for that group.
• SLPOther2022Application of the dual stream model to neurodegenerative disease: Evidence from a multivariate classification tool in primary progressive aphasia.AphasiologyMachine learning accurately classified PPA variants using brain scans and language tests, supporting the dual stream model. Semantic deficits and ventral atrophy identified svPPA, while repetition deficits and dorsal atrophy identified lvPPA and nfaPPA, though distinguishing between these two dorsal variants remained difficult.
• SLPOther2022Single-Channel Focused Thresholds Relate to Vowel Identification in Pediatric and Adult Cochlear Implant Listeners.Trends in hearingIn cochlear implant listeners, higher single-channel focused thresholds were linked to worse vowel identification. Children had lower thresholds than adults, but age did not change that link. Noise lowered scores for both groups.
• SLPOther2022Developmental kindergarten classroom intervention for spatial relational terms.CoDASAfter five weekly classroom lessons, more than half of the children who did not know targeted spatial words at pre-test identified them at post-test. No control group means this is not proof the lessons caused the gains.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Autism and chronic ill health: an observational study of symptoms and diagnoses of central sensitivity syndromes in autistic adults.Molecular autismSixty percent of autistic adults scored high on a central sensitization screen, but only 31% of those had a formal diagnosis. Symptoms were strongly linked to anxiety and sensory sensitivity rather than autism traits alone, suggesting these factors drive physical health risks.
• SLPOther2022Adaptation of The Scenario Test for Greek-speaking people with aphasia: A reliability and validity study.International journal of language & communication disordersThe Greek Scenario Test reliably measures functional communication in aphasia. It correlates strongly with caregiver reports and distinguishes aphasia patients from stroke survivors without language deficits. The test allows scoring based on multimodal responses like gestures or writing, not just speech.
• SLPSurvey2022Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Speech Language Pathologists in India about Telerehabilitation Services during the COVID-19 pandemic.CoDASMost Indian speech pathologists were unfamiliar with telerehabilitation before the pandemic, but technical confidence rose sharply during lockdown. Privacy concerns and patient motivation remained significant barriers, with autism spectrum disorder identified as the most challenging condition to treat online.
• SLPOther2022Predictive language processing in young autistic children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic children aged 3 to 4 use verbs to predict upcoming nouns, but less efficiently than younger neurotypical children with similar language skills. Stronger receptive language predicted faster looking, regardless of diagnosis. The groups did not differ in how quickly they used this information over time.
• SLPPilot2022Enhancing Person-Centered Audiologic Rehabilitation: Exploring the Use of an Interview Tool Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Core Sets for Hearing Loss.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesAn ICF-based interview did not change existing hearing-aid and communication plans. Audiologists reported deeper patient information, positive patient responses to an interview figure, and barriers of time, referrals, emotional discussions, and training.
• SLPNarrative Review2022Perceptual Matching of Room Acoustics for Auditory Augmented Reality in Small Rooms - Literature Review and Theoretical Framework.Trends in hearingVirtual sounds in augmented reality must match the real room's acoustics to seem believable. Current technology cannot perfectly replicate this match, especially when the listener moves around. Clinicians should treat these systems as experimental, not proven tools for patient care.
• OTSLPQualitative2022What students with intellectual disabilities know about writing planning.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDStudents with intellectual disabilities knew some writing planning steps, like thinking about the reader. However, they struggled to organise ideas, rarely used drafts, and did not adjust structure for different text types. These gaps suggest explicit teaching on planning is needed.