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Monnelly, Katie; Marshall, Jane; Dipper, Lucy; Cruice, Madeline – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Research evidence suggests aphasia therapy must be delivered at high intensity to effect change. Comprehensive therapy, addressing all domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, is also called for by people with aphasia and their families. However, aphasia therapy is rarely intense or…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Speech Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
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Lane, Hannah; Harding, Sam; Wren, Yvonne – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Children with cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP±L) are at high risk of problems with early speech sound production, and these difficulties can persist into later childhood. Early intervention could help to reduce the number of children whose problems become persistent. However, much research in the field to date has focused on…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Early Intervention, Speech Therapy, Congenital Impairments
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Desjardins, Maude; Apfelbach, Christopher; Rubino, Marianna; Abbott, Katherine Verdolini – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Despite the high prevalence of primary muscle tension dysphonia (MTD-1), its underlying mechanisms and their interrelationships have yet to be fully identified. The objectives of this integrative review were (a) to describe and classify the suggested underlying mechanisms for MTD-1, (b) to appraise the empirical evidence supporting each…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Human Body, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Physiology
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Aldukair, Lamya; Ward, David – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Despite the importance of delivering speech and language therapy services to children who stutter (CWS), there are barriers to accessing speech and language therapy. One way to improve access for those who may otherwise be deprived of speech and language therapy services, including CWS, is through telepractice (TP). However, there is…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Videoconferencing, Program Effectiveness, Children
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Vermeulen, Rouxjeanne; du Toit, Maria; van Lierde, Kristiane; van der Linde, Jeannie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study aimed to critically appraise recent peer-reviewed scientific evidence on the effect of vocal hygiene education on voice quality and function directly and indirectly measured by auditory-perceptual, acoustic, and self-report measures in professional voice users. Method: A systematic review was conducted utilizing the Preferred…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Hygiene, Health Education, Singing
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Baker, Elise; Masso, Sarah; Huynh, Kylie; Sugden, Ellie – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: Reporting of outcome and experience measures is critical to our understanding of the effect of intervention for speech sound disorders (SSD) in children. There is currently no agreed-upon set of measures for reporting intervention outcomes and experiences. In this article, we introduce the Speech Outcome Reporting Taxonomy (SORT), a tool…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Speech Impairments, Phonology, Intervention
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Brett R. Myers; Jenny L. Pierce; Pamela Mathy – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a patient-reported outcome measure for gender incongruence specific to voice and communication parameters, including pitch, intonation, resonance, loudness, speech smoothness, speech clarity, word choice, facial expression, gesture, and posture. Method: The Utah Gender Presentation…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Speech Communication, Speech, Verbal Communication
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Benjamin Munson; Chloe Wruck; Nina R. Benway; Jonathan L. Preston – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Purpose: Typically developing children assigned male at birth (AMAB) and children assigned female at birth (AFAB) produce the fricative /s/ differently: AFAB children produce /s/ with a higher spectral peak frequency. This study examined whether implicit knowledge of these differences affects speech-language pathologists'/speech and language…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Age Differences, Bias, Speech Impairments
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Miyuki Watanabe; Jade Cartwright; John E. Pierce – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative condition characterised by a prominent and progressive deterioration in language abilities, which significantly impacts quality of life and interpersonal relationships. Speech and language therapy plays a crucial role in offering interventions. Group intervention is one mode of…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Speech Therapy, Intervention, Group Therapy
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Hannah Griffin; Jennie Wilson; Alison Tingle; Anke Görzig; Kirsty Harrison; Celia Harding; Sukhpreet Aujla; Elizabeth Barley; Heather Loveday – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Introduction: Dysphagia affects up to 70% of care home residents, increasing morbidity and hospital admissions. Speech and language therapists make recommendations to support safe nutrition but have limited capacity to offer ongoing guidance. This study aimed to understand if recommendations made to support safe and effective care are implemented…
Descriptors: Motor Reactions, Eating Disorders, Aphasia, Residential Care
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Júlia Florit-Pons; Alfonso Igualada; Pilar Prieto – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2025
Purpose: The present study aims to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a novel multi-tiered narrative intervention program--the multimodal narrative (MMN) program--in Catalan that was co-created to boost preschool children's narrative and pragmatic skills. Method: First, we describe here in detail the novel program, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Intervention
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Louise C. Occomore-Kent; John C. Hardman; Justin W. G. Roe; Paula Bradley; Paul N. Carding; Joanne M. Patterson – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Over 200,000 patients are referred onto the suspected head and neck cancer (HNC) pathway annually in the UK, with around 3% receiving a cancer diagnosis. With new HNC advancements in identifying patients at low risk of a cancer diagnosis, one proposal is a speech and language therapy (SLT)-led first point of contact clinic for low-risk…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy, Clinics
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Alighieri, Cassandra; Bettens, Kim; Verbeke, Jolien; Van Lierde, Kristiane – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Evidence-based speech therapy involves the integration of (1) the scientific evidence for therapy with (2) the perspectives of clinicians concerning therapy and (3) the perspectives of patients about therapy. The cleft literature has already paid attention to the first two cornerstones of evidence-based speech therapy. Much less is…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Congenital Impairments, Speech Therapy, Foreign Countries
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Mettler, Heidi M.; Neiling, Sarah Lynn; Figueroa, Cecilia R.; Evans-Reitz, Nora; Alt, Mary – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: This feasibility study examined a caregiver-implemented telehealth model of the Vocabulary Acquisition and Usage for Late Talkers (VAULT) protocol. We asked whether caregivers could reach fidelity on VAULT, if the protocol was socially and ecologically valid, and if late-talking toddlers could learn new words with this model. Method: Five…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Delayed Speech, Speech Therapy
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Birch, Susan; Bow, Suzanne; Lang, Jane; Dunsmuir, Sandra – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
In the UK, speech and language therapists (SLTs) and educational psychologists (EPs) are professionals who support children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). Legislative and socio-economic changes within the UK and continuing concern about poor outcomes for children with SLCN provided the impetus for a focus on…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
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