Showing papers in "American Journal of Speech-language Pathology in 2018"
TL;DR: The recommended protocols for instrumental assessment of voice using laryngeal endoscopic imaging, acoustic, and aerodynamic methods will enable clinicians and researchers to collect a uniform set of valid and reliable measures that can be compared across assessments, clients, and facilities.
Abstract: Purpose The aim of this study was to recommend protocols for instrumental assessment of voice production in the areas of laryngeal endoscopic imaging, acoustic analyses, and aerodynamic procedures,...
354 citations
TL;DR: Most of the world's consonants were acquired by 5;0 years;months old, and five-year-old children have acquired most consonants within their ambient language; however, individual variability should be considered.
Abstract: Purpose The aim of this study was to provide a cross-linguistic review of acquisition of consonant phonemes to inform speech-language pathologists' expectations of children's developmental capacity...
150 citations
TL;DR: Current BCIs have been designed as access methods for AAC rather than a replacement; therefore, SLPs can use existing knowledge in AAC as a starting point for clinical application.
Abstract: Purpose Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to improve communication for people who require but are unable to use traditional augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device...
65 citations
TL;DR: The results from this study provide support for the use of this intervention to promote peer interaction for children with CCN and ASD.
Abstract: Purpose This study investigates the impact of a multicomponent intervention on the social communication and engagement of preschool children with complex communication needs (CCN) and autism spectr
44 citations
TL;DR: The results suggest that the number of patient-generated features may be more strongly associated with SFA-related naming outcomes, particularly generalization and maintenance, than other practice-related variables.
Abstract: Purpose This study investigated the predictive value of practice-related variables—number of treatment trials delivered, total treatment time, average number of trials per hour, and average number ...
40 citations
TL;DR: Stuttering has a pervasive impact on all aspects of women's lives and affects how they view themselves, their relationships, their career potential, and their perceptions of how others view them in society.
Abstract: Purpose The experiences of women who stutter have been underresearched. Clinicians have little guidance from the research literature on issues specific to women who stutter and are likely to have l...
40 citations
TL;DR: People who stutter experience stuttering behaviors in time as involving more than just the disruption in speech, which has implications for both the theoretical understanding of stuttering and the clinical evaluation and treatment of the stuttering disorder.
Abstract: Purpose Stuttering behaviors and moments of stuttering are typically defined by what a listener perceives. This study evaluated participants' perceptions of their own experience of moments of stutt...
40 citations
TL;DR: This study provides general guidelines of current clinical practices to help guide research on grammatical interventions for children and to promote successful translation and implementations of evidence-based treatment approaches.
Abstract: Purpose The aim of this study was to better understand current grammatical intervention approaches. Despite grammatical language being a common weakness among children with language impairment, rel...
38 citations
TL;DR: Preliminary evidence was found to support communication interventions for people with moderate-severe dementia and the use of cognitive stimulation approaches, which use a group treatment model and conversation, as a therapy medium show promise as direct intervention options.
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the evidence for direct and indirect interventions for communication in people with moderate–severe dementia. Method A systematic search of the lite...
34 citations
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that patients who initially present with PPAOS may develop aphasia and dysarthria, cognitive and behavioral changes, and other neurologic signs, and whether these changes can be predicted by the perceptual characteristics of the apraxia of speech is yet to be determined.
Abstract: Purpose This case series details the clinical progression of patients with primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) to illustrate, using several methods and supplemental material examples, the
30 citations
TL;DR: This review describes what intervention strategies are most commonly applied in studies with positive effects and minimal methodological flaws and examines the populations and outcomes for which these strategies have been effective.
Abstract: Purpose This article presents a systematic review that aimed to synthesize single-subject–design studies that have examined naturalistic interventions for teaching the expressive use of speech-gene...
TL;DR: Results suggest that parents' ability to notice positive change in fluency and the impact that these observations have on both the child and the family are linked to their confidence in how to support the child.
Abstract: Purpose Palin Parent–Child Interaction therapy (Kelman & Nicholas, 2008) is an evidence-based intervention for young children who stutter. The evidence consists of multiple single-subject replicate...
TL;DR: School-based SLPs appear to rely on the results from standardized testing when determining treatment eligibility for children with language impairment, and the reliance on standardized testing appears to be driven by institutional policies.
Abstract: Purpose This study used a structured open interview approach to elicit information from school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) regarding their assessment practices for children with suspected language impairment. Method Phone interviews were conducted with 39 school-based SLPs who were employed across the United States. The interviews explored assessment topics related to assessment tool selection and rationale and the integration of assessment data to determine treatment eligibility. Results The results of this study suggest that SLPs use both standardized testing and informal testing for their diagnostic procedures. Standardized testing appears to be the tool that drives diagnostic decisions regarding eligibility and severity. Informal measures, such as parent/teacher interviews and language sampling, were used by school-based SLPs to gather information regarding naturalistic language use; however, they seem less important in the diagnostic decision-making process. Also, SLPs reported completi...
TL;DR: Although further study is needed, Tau-U shows promise as a quantitative approach to augment visual analysis of SCED data in aphasia by allowing for the correction of an undesirable baseline trend.
Abstract: Purpose Tau-U is a quantitative approach for analyzing single-case experimental design (SCED) data. It combines nonoverlap between phases with intervention phase trend and can correct for a baselin...
TL;DR: It is suggested that speech rate entrainment is a developmentally acquired skill and offers preliminary evidence of speech rateEntrainment deficits in adults with ASD.
Abstract: Purpose Conversational entrainment, a phenomenon whereby people modify their behaviors to match their communication partner, has been evidenced as critical to successful conversation. It is plausib...
TL;DR: How to assess and when to target diverse, simple sentences as part of early language intervention andRecommendations are provided for using the measure of sentence diversity to inform treatment planning and monitor progress for young children with language disorders.
Abstract: Purpose This clinical focus article describes how to assess and when to target diverse, simple sentences as part of early language intervention. Method The theoretical foundations and clinical moti...
TL;DR: Speech-language pathologists should consider how videogame play may be a useful context for teaching new communication, social, and language in the field of speech-language pathology.
Abstract: Purpose Leisure activities are underutilized as a context for intervention in the field of speech-language pathology despite the fact that leisure can be an important context for skill development....
TL;DR: Picture naming may accurately predict gist production for individuals with Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia, but not for other WAB-R subtypes.
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between picture naming performance and the ability to communicate the gist, or essential elements, of a story. We also sought to de...
TL;DR: Although a nascent field, MBIs may be useful as a part of therapy for children and adolescents who stutter and may also help to resolve some clinical issues.
Abstract: Purpose The aim of the study was to consider the role of attention in therapy for children and adolescents who stutter from the perspective of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-bas...
TL;DR: Examination of current dimensions of LENA research, LENA's sensitivity to differences in populations and language environments, and what has been achieved in closing the Word Gap showed that automated analysis has made a place in the repertoire of language research and practice.
Abstract: Purpose The Language Environment Analysis (LENA®) represents a breakthrough in automatic speech detection because it makes one's language environment, what adults and children actually hear and say...
TL;DR: The CPIB and speech severity were sensitive to aspects of communication problems for some groups with MS not reflected in a measure of sentence intelligibility, suggesting the importance of employing a variety of measures to capture functional communication problems experienced by persons with MS.
Abstract: Purpose Dysarthria is a consequence of multiple sclerosis (MS) that can co-occur with cognitive impairment. Clinical management thus requires understanding the separate and combined effects of dysa...
TL;DR: Findings support the implementation of intensive voice treatment to improve conversational intelligibility in Spanish speakers with PD with dysarthria as well as to improve the speakers' perception of their daily communicative capabilities.
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of intensive speech treatment on the conversational intelligibility of Castilian Spanish speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD), as well...
TL;DR: Speech-language pathologists, graduate training programs, individual providers, health care administrators, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association can use results from this study to advance and improve SLP clinical services for adults with TBI.
Abstract: Purpose Although speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are important members of the health care team serving adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) with cognitive–communication disorders, little is
TL;DR: An understanding of the elements that comprise interventions and a taxonomy that describes their structural relationships can provide insight into similarities and differences between interventions, help in the identification of elements that drive treatment effects, and facilitate faithful implementation or intervention modification.
Abstract: Purpose Our aim was to develop a taxonomy of elements comprising phonological interventions for children with speech sound disorders. Method We conducted a content analysis of 15 empirically suppor...
TL;DR: These findings support the validity and reliability of the CCS when used with individuals across a wide range of ages and with various types of disabilities.
Abstract: Purpose The Communication Complexity Scale (CCS; Brady et al., 2012) was created to fill a void in measures of expressive communication skills in individuals who communicate primarily with presymbo...
TL;DR: Previous findings of improved intelligibility of dysarthria following familiarization are extended to a group of listeners who are critical to consider in listener-targeted remediation, namely, aging caregivers and/or spouses of individuals with Dysarthria.
Abstract: Purpose Familiarization tasks offer a promising platform for listener-targeted remediation of intelligibility disorders associated with dysarthria. To date, the body of work demonstrating improved ...
TL;DR: Engaging in a 12-min daily mindfulness practice utilizing simple yoga postures, breath work, reflective writing, and journaling done at a separate time appears to be an effective technique for increasing students' levels of self-compassion.
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of a daily mindfulness practice and 2 types of journaling on participants' development of self-compassion Method This was a between-grou
TL;DR: Short-term parent training can change parent behavior, however, parents may not maintain these skills without support and further research is needed to characterize the extent to which short-term training can make long-term changes in parent and child outcomes.
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of short-term parent training on maternal use of language stimulation strategies and vocabulary scores in children with hearing loss. Me...
TL;DR: To ensure that CSD continues to attract top talent and maintain a robust pipeline of future faculty in doctoral training programs, the field must recognize the existence of implicit gender bias and implement evidence-based strategies to minimize its potentially damaging effects on the future of the profession.
Abstract: Purpose The field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) faces a critical shortage of the faculty essential to train the future workforce of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. De...
TL;DR: A person-centered, feature matching framework consistent with clinical AAC best practices is proposed to ensure selection of the most appropriate BCI technology to meet individuals' communication needs.
Abstract: Purpose Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) can provide access to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices using neurological activity alone without voluntary movements. As with tradit...