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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• SLPOther2022The Adapted Firesetting Assessment Scale: reliability and validity.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRA self-report scale for adults with intellectual disabilities or autism was stable over about two weeks and separated firesetters from non-firesetters on attitudes, normalisation and poor fire safety, though that subscale did not work well.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2022A systematic review of relationships and sex education outcomes for students with intellectual disability reported in the international literature.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRMost measured outcomes are knowledge-based, not skills. Students want practical skills like contraception use, while teachers and parents focus on safety and behaviour. No validated tools exist to measure these outcomes in this age group.
• SLPQualitative2022Technological and Rehabilitative Concerns: Perspectives of Cochlear Implant Recipients Who Are Musicians.Trends in hearingEight highly trained musician cochlear implant users reported that clinicians rarely address music goals, often dismissing them as impossible. They desire proactive discussion of music interests, individualized mapping with musical stimuli, and access to structured training resources or peer support.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2022Relationships at Work: Integrating the Perspectives of Disability Partners to Enhance a Peer Navigation Intervention.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPeer navigators with disabilities built trust by sharing lived experiences and focusing on immediate practical barriers like wheelchair repairs. This relational foundation allowed peers to later address deeper issues such as systemic racism, trauma, and social isolation.
• SLPCohort2022A Glimpse of Memory Through the Eyes: Pupillary Responses Measured During Encoding Reflect the Likelihood of Subsequent Memory Recall in an Auditory Free Recall Test.Trends in hearingFor hearing aid users listening in noise, pupil size during a sentence predicted whether they would later recall the final word. Larger pupils meant higher recall odds. Hearing aid noise reduction did not change this likelihood. Working memory scores showed no consistent link.
• SLPCohort2022Maternal age, autistic-like traits and mentalizing as predictors of child autistic-like traits in a population-based cohort.Molecular autismMaternal age was linked to child autistic-like traits in a U-shape. Children of mothers aged 20 or younger had higher parent-rated scores than children of mothers aged 25-29. Maternal autistic traits were also linked to child traits.
• SLPCohort2022Parents' Concerns Are Associated with Early Intervention Evaluation and Eligibility Outcomes.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPParents’ concerns were tied to children being evaluated and found eligible for early intervention, but not to receiving services six months later. Only 22.9% of referrals reached services.
• SLPSystematic Review2022Hearing aid Experiences of Adult Hearing aid Owners During and After Fitting: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.Trends in hearingHearing aid owners described fitting and use as shaped by counseling, handling, stigma, noise, fit, cost, and support. Their accounts show what people notice when trying to keep using hearing aids.
• OTSLPOther2022A Mixed Methods Study of Hearing Loss, Communication, and Social Engagement in a Group Care Setting for Older Adults.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsMost older adults in two day care programs had untreated hearing loss and reported isolation, yet valued the center as a social outlet. Staff relied on small groups, familiar seating, and amplification to support conversation.
• SLPOther2022Speech-In-Noise Comprehension is Improved When Viewing a Deep-Neural-Network-Generated Talking Face.Trends in hearingA synthetic talking face improved the percent of keywords reported correctly versus audio-only by 20.2%, 21.9%, and 16.3% in worse noise with ten normal-hearing adults. It was not as good as a real face.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Limitation of developmental test to measure functional independence of children: Relationship between the Japanese version of WeeFIM II® and KSPD.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineDevelopmental test scores do not reliably predict how much daily support a child needs. For children under two, the link is negligible for most tasks. Only for older children does the test correlate moderately with independence, and even then, it fails to fully explain required support.
• SLPOther2022The Relationship Between Interaural Insertion-Depth Differences, Scalar Location, and Interaural Time-Difference Processing in Adult Bilateral Cochlear-Implant Listeners.Trends in hearingBilateral CI users with more electrodes in the scala tympani had better time-difference sensitivity. Larger insertion-depth mismatches broadened tuning curves, reducing precision. Apical stimulation yielded poorer sensitivity than mid-basal sites.
• SLPSurvey2022Participants' perspective on a COVID-19 online vocal group stimulation for people with Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPeople with Parkinson's disease who joined an online daily voice group reported feeling less isolated and more confident in their communication. Most had never received speech therapy before. Participants valued the social connection and perceived benefits to their voice and swallowing.
• SLPQualitative2022Nurses' and preschool teachers' experiences of taking part in a participatory intervention project in communication-intense working environments.Work (Reading, Mass.)Nine female staff at a preschool and an obstetrics ward reported increased awareness of noise risks and greater acceptance of hearing protection devices. They described taking individual and shared responsibility to reduce noise, such as lowering voices and moving conversations to secluded areas. However, high workload and limited resources hindered the intervention, and psychosocial improvements were largely absent.
• SLPOther2022Baseline pupil size encodes task-related information and modulates the task-evoked response in a speech-in-noise task.Trends in hearingBaseline pupil size reflects listening effort and task familiarity, not just resting state. In a speech-in-noise task, baselines constricted as trials progressed and differed by noise type. Ignoring baseline changes distorts how we interpret pupil dilation as a measure of cognitive load.
• SLPOther2022Evaluating Verbal Fluency Outcome Measures in Children With Down Syndrome.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesSemantic fluency tasks work for children with Down syndrome over age 10, but phonemic tasks fail because many children cannot produce enough words. Use category naming, not letter naming, for outcome measures in this population.
• PTOTSLPCase-Control2022Retrospective Case-Control Study of Communication and Motor Abilities in 143 Children With Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Effect of Concomitant Diagnosis.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsChildren with suspected childhood apraxia of speech and another major diagnosis showed more severe speech and motor delays than those without. They sat, crawled, and walked later, had smaller sound inventories, and often had feeding difficulties, suggesting a need for broader assessment.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Changes in social participation between 1 and 2 years following moderate-severe traumatic brain injury.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesMost people with moderate-to-severe brain injury showed stable social participation between 1 and 2 years post-injury. Decline was linked to worsening functional status, while improvement was associated with having private insurance and lower baseline social participation.
• SLPOther2022Diagnostic validity of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, second edition (K-ADOS-2) in the Korean population.Molecular autismThe Korean ADOS-2 correctly identified autism across toddler to adult modules and usually avoided false autism labels among non-autistic people. Use it alongside caregiver and clinical information.
• SLPCase-Control2022Attentional influences on neural processing of biological motion in typically developing children and those on the autism spectrum.Molecular autismChildren with autism identified human motion as accurately as peers, but their brains did not automatically prioritize it. They only showed typical neural responses when explicitly asked to judge if the motion looked human. This suggests attention, not perception, drives social differences.
• SLPSystematic Review2022Representativeness of autistic samples in studies recruiting through social media.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutism studies recruiting through social media often had more women than men, later diagnoses, higher education, lower unemployment, and far fewer people with intellectual disability than expected. These samples may not represent all autistic people.
• SLPOther2022Musical Interval Perception With a Cochlear Implant Alone and With a Contralateral Normal Hearing Ear.Trends in hearingTuning Happy Birthday through a cochlear implant alone was much less accurate than through a normal-hearing ear in ten people with single-sided deafness. Adding the implant ear did not improve tuning accuracy.
• SLPOther2022Facing up to others' emotions: No evidence of autism-related deficits in metacognitive awareness of emotion recognition.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults recognized emotions less accurately than non-autistic adults but were just as good at judging whether their own answers were right. Their slower responses likely reflect caution rather than a deficit in understanding their own limitations.
• SLPOther2022Masked Speech Recognition by Normal-Hearing 6-13-Year-Olds in Conditions With and Without Interaural Difference Cues.Trends in hearingNormal-hearing children aged 6 to 13 struggle more than adults when filtering out competing speech, even though they handle steady noise well. Adult-like performance in complex listening situations does not emerge until around age 12. Use age-specific norms for diagnostic testing.
• SLPCohort2022Hearing Aid Adoption is Associated with the Type of Significant Other in Attendance at Hearing Care Appointments.Trends in hearingPatients who came to a first hearing care appointment with a relative or partner were more likely to adopt hearing aids than those who came alone. Friends and carers did not show this pattern.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2022Key demographics and psychological skills associated with adjustment to progressive Multiple Sclerosis early in the diagnosis.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPeople with secondary progressive MS reported worse adjustment than those with primary progressive MS. Self-efficacy, avoidance coping, and psychological vulnerability were the strongest factors linked to how well patients adapted. These findings suggest targeting these specific areas in early rehabilitation support.
• SLPOther2022Enhancing the Classification of Aphasia: A Statistical Analysis Using Connected Speech.AphasiologyAnalyzing connected speech from 168 people with aphasia, two simple measures, total words in personal narratives and closed-class words in storytelling, accurately sorted participants into seven distinct groups. These groups often cut across traditional WAB-R diagnoses, suggesting that fluency ratings alone can misclassify severity.
• SLPOther2022Spatio-temporal Integration of Speech Reflections in Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingHearing-impaired listeners struggle to ignore the direct sound when reflections arrive from different directions. They rely on loudness rather than spatial cues to focus on reflections, and many fail to process complex spatial-temporal sound patterns.
• SLPCohort2022Factors predicting long-term recovery from post-stroke aphasia.AphasiologySmaller brain lesions predicted better long-term language recovery. Greater satisfaction with life participation was also associated with gains, but the link to speech therapy amount was weak and unstable. Do not assume therapy volume drives recovery based on this small, retrospective study.
• SLPOther2022Visual Speech Improves Older and Younger Adults' Response Time and Accuracy for Speech Comprehension in Noise.Trends in hearingSeeing a talker's moving face made speech in noise more accurate and faster to answer than seeing a still face. The benefit held for younger and older adults and was not reduced by a silent talking distractor.
• SLPOther2022Strength of Attentional Modulation on Cortical Auditory Evoked Responses Correlates with Speech-in-Noise Performance in Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users.Trends in hearingBimodal cochlear implant users with stronger attentional modulation of auditory evoked responses performed better on speech-in-noise tests. The neural measure correlated with behavioral scores, suggesting attentional filtering capacity may explain variability in listening outcomes.
• SLPOther2022Modification of a Method for Diagnosing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Sustained During Military Service.Trends in hearingA modified method for diagnosing military noise-induced hearing loss markedly improves specificity compared to the original M-NIHL method, reducing false positives. It maintains high sensitivity, offering a better balance for medico-legal assessments by requiring stricter audiometric criteria.
• SLPOther2022Investigating Markers of Rapport in Autistic and Nonautistic Interactions.Autism in adulthoodAutistic pairs reported similar rapport to nonautistic pairs despite using less backchanneling. Mixed pairs reported significantly lower rapport and less mutual gaze. This suggests rapport does not depend on typical social cues like frequent nodding or eye contact.
• SLPCohort2022Establishment of Reference Values for Early Auditory Preverbal Skills of Children with Cochlear Implants.Trends in hearingEarly implantation leads to faster auditory gains, with children reaching higher scores later. Large vestibular aqueduct syndrome predicts better early skills, while auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder predicts worse. Reference values for Mandarin-speaking children are now available to guide post-implant expectations.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Experiences of Sensory Overload and Communication Barriers by Autistic Adults in Health Care Settings.Autism in adulthoodAutistic adults reported significant distress from background noise and feeling misunderstood in health care. Qualitative feedback highlighted that providers often misread nonverbal cues or lacked autism knowledge. Simple environmental changes and literal communication can reduce barriers.
• SLPCohort2021Association Between TBI-Related Hearing Impairment and Cognition: A TRACK-TBI Study.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationAmong adults after TBI, self-reported hearing impairment at 2 weeks was associated with worse executive-function scores at 6 months, but not with processing-speed scores. The association was small and based on self-report, not audiometry.
• SLPSurvey2023Brain-Computer interfaces for communication: preferences of individuals with locked-in syndrome, caregivers and researchers.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technologyPeople with locked-in syndrome, their caregivers and brain-computer interface researchers agreed on top communication uses: direct conversation, private writing and general computer use. They disagreed on preferred mental strategies and when to introduce information.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Predictors of cognitive gains during inpatient rehabilitation for older adults with traumatic brain injury.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationOlder adults with TBI made clinically meaningful cognitive gains in inpatient rehab. Younger age, female sex, higher motor function, longer stays, and freestanding facilities predicted better recovery. Black and Hispanic patients had lower odds of favorable outcomes.
• PTOTSLPOther2023A high prevalence of manual wheelchair rear-wheel misalignment could be leading to increased risk of repetitive strain injuries.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technologyMost manual wheelchairs in this community sample had rear-wheel misalignment, with 61% showing toe angles over 0.5 degrees. Combined with underinflated tires, this creates resistance equivalent to carrying extra weight, which may increase propulsion effort and injury risk.
• SLPPilot2023Evaluating the perspectives of those with severe physical impairments while learning BCI control of a commercial augmentative and alternative communication paradigm.Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNAExperiences varied widely while four people with ALS learned brain-computer spelling: satisfaction followed better control for A1 and A3, and lower frustration for A2 and A4. Mental effort was high for some, fatigue ratings changed little. This small study cannot show the system works.
• SLPSurvey2022Reading behaviors and text-to-speech technology perceptions of people with aphasia.Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNAAfter guided practice, 87.5% of people with aphasia expressed interest in text-to-speech for reading, particularly for longer materials. They did not anticipate using it for short texts like calendars. Individual preferences varied widely, so exposure and personal choice should drive adoption rather than assumptions.
• SLPOther2022Better long-term speech outcomes in stroke survivors who received early clinical speech and language therapy: What's driving recovery?Neuropsychological rehabilitationStroke survivors with severe or moderate aphasia who received clinical speech therapy in the first month showed better naming ability and patient-reported improvement at one year compared to those who did not. However, the study cannot prove the therapy caused this, as patients with better recovery potential may have been prioritized for treatment.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Exploring Vestibular Ocular Motor Screening in Adults With Persistent Complaints After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationAdults with persistent mild TBI symptoms showed worse vestibular screening scores and poorer balance/gait than controls. However, these screening scores correlated strongly with self-reported dizziness but weakly with actual physical performance, suggesting they measure different things.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2023Experiences of receiving a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.Disability and rehabilitationPeople with MS described diagnosis as a period of shock, fear, and anger, often worsened by impersonal communication and unbelieved symptoms. They needed clear, timely information and ongoing emotional support from clinicians, but many felt these needs were unmet.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Postamputation Cognitive Impairment Is Related to Worse Perceived Physical Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Prosthesis Users.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationMiddle-aged and older prosthesis users with cognitive impairment reported worse perceived physical function than those without. Screening for cognitive changes during rehabilitation may help identify patients who need tailored support to improve mobility outcomes.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Utilization Between Patients Who Used Telemedicine and Office Visits in Outpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationTelemedicine patients had more follow-up visits and higher opioid use, but no difference in emergency care. Sicker patients and people of color used telemedicine more. This reflects pandemic-era selection bias, not proof that video visits are safer or more efficient.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Evaluating case diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): toward an empirical case definition.Disability and rehabilitationCognitive dysfunction, post-exertional malaise, and sleep problems were the core symptoms reported by over 90% of participants. The Canadian Consensus Criteria best matched this symptom structure, while the IOM criteria required revision to make cognitive impairment a mandatory core symptom.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Intra- and interpersonal effects of coping style and self-efficacy on anxiety, depression and life satisfaction in patient-partner couples after stroke.Neuropsychological rehabilitationProactive coping and self-efficacy in stroke patients and their partners predicted lower anxiety and depression in both individuals over the first year. Intrapersonal effects were stronger, but a patient's coping style also reduced their partner's anxiety, supporting early screening of the couple rather than just the patient.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Using Machine Learning to Examine Suicidal Ideation After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database Study.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationA machine learning model predicted suicidal ideation one year after TBI with excellent accuracy. Depressed mood and guilt were the strongest predictors, followed by anhedonia and concentration difficulties. Demographic and injury severity factors added no predictive value. This suggests screening for specific depression symptoms may be more useful than general risk factors.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2022Adaptation of the Core Set for Vocational Rehabilitation for Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Consensus-Based Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitationCancer survivors prioritized mental functions, interpersonal relationships, and workplace support for return to work. Stakeholders confirmed the adapted checklist covers these areas but recommended a single coordinator to manage the multi-disciplinary assessment.