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Interprofessional Cognitive-Communication Rehabilitation Patterns for Children and Adolescents With Acquired Brain Injuries: A Retrospective Medical Chart Review Purpose: Health care professionals' management and service provision for cognitive-communication disorders following pediatric acquired brain inj...

This retrospective medical chart review explored interprofessional cognitive-communication rehabilitation practices for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury.

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Practice Patterns Related to Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: A Single-Center Retrospective Review Purpose: Dysphagia is a possible complication after anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS). Studies indicate specific risk factors for dysphagia ...

#Dysphagia is a possible complication after anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS). Studies indicate specific risk factors for dysphagia and that in a subset of patients, dysphagia post-ACSS is not transient.

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Cognitive Stimulation Program in Assisted Living Settings: Important Considerations and Findings From a 5-Week Program Purpose: With the growth of the geriatric population, more people may develop either mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia later in life wo...

Cognitive stimulation therapy can help delay or minimize cognitive deficits in older adults while also improving depression. Learn more about the role of SLPs on the cognitive stimulation therapy team in the latest from #ASHASIG15 pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

The Need for Interprofessional Practice and Professional Development: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Dysphagia Purpose: This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the status of interprofessional practice and professional development in health ca...

Many individuals who experience dysphagia after a stroke encounter adverse health outcomes and complications which lead to rehospitalizations. This article from #ASHASIG13 looks at dysphagia training in health care professionals pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

Demographic Representation and Current Practices of Speech-Gender Perception Studies: A Scoping Review Purpose: This scoping review evaluates the demographic characteristics of participants in U.S. speech perception studies on gender. Secondary obj...

Author @bricecollin.bsky.social writes "Check out this scoping review on demographic representation and reporting in gender perception literature from #ASHASIG19. Some of the most rarely reported variables were race, ethnicity, and dialect" on.asha.org/41gpxdD #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Evaluation of Reminiscence Therapy on Language Outcomes Among People With Dementia Purpose: As people with dementia (PWD) advance in age and disease progression, maintaining cognitive and language skills is essential for overall...

Reminiscence therapy can help people with dementia maintain or even improve cognitive and language skills. Learn more about this promising nonpharmacological intervention from #ASHASIG15 pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Vital Role of Hearing in Speech-Language Services for Neurogenic Disorders Purpose: Hearing loss appears to be quite pervasive in adults with neurological disorders that are diagnosed and treated by speech-language patho...

Although hearing loss is pervasive in adults with neurological disorders diagnosed and treated by SLPs, SLPs may not always conduct proper hearing screenings. This article from #ASHASIG2 discusses the importance of conducting these screenings pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in Supporting Autistic Students in Postsecondary Education Settings Purpose: Navigating the postsecondary landscape is a complex and daunting journey for many autistic students due to widespread misconceptions abo...

This #OpenAccess article highlights the pivotal role SLPs could play in establishing personalized supports for autistic college students and describes how SLPs can leverage their unique skills to fulfill this role.

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Remote Cochlear Implant Services to Improve Veteran Outcomes Purpose: Cochlear implants (CIs) are an effective strategy for managing patients with hearing loss who derive limited benefit from other treatmen...

Researchers describe various models of care and provide solutions that are replicable throughout the Veterans Health Administration for meeting the needs of our most severely hard of hearing Veterans.

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The Perceived Efficacy of Metacognitive Monitoring Among Undergraduate Students in an Introductory Communication Disorders Course Purpose: This study examines undergraduates' perceptions of the effectiveness of two metacognitive monitoring strategies, active comprehension mo...

Metacognition strategies may help students in communication sciences and disorders pick up specialized vocabulary and concepts earlier. Learn more about the effectiveness of metacognition in the latest from #ASHASIG10 pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #AuD2Be #SLP2Be

Environmental Considerations in Dysphagia Care: Exploring the Relationship Between Dysphagia and Food Security Purpose: Older adults are at high risk for malnourishment due to age-related changes in nutritional absorption, greater propensity for chronic il...

Providing socially responsive care to older adults with dysphagia means understanding the role of food security in dysphagia, and how SLPs can mediate these barriers to food security in the clinic. Learn more from #ASHASIG13 pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Characteristics of Hearing Aid Use in Adolescents Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Purpose: Children who use hearing aids show large individual differences in the amount of time they wear their devices, but the vast majority of ...

Research Tuesday!

This article from LSHSS seeks to help others better understand how adolescents with hearing loss use hearing aids and explores the factors that could affect hearing aid usage: at.asha.org/I4

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Children with developmental difficulties can benefit from shared reading activities, and the latest from #ASHASIG18 investigates the use of #telepractice to monitor eye gaze during reading activities in children with Rett Syndrome pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #SLPeeps

Why Did You Use That Test? Exploring Speech-Language Pathologists' Clinical Decision Making in Bilingual Language and Literacy Assessment Purpose: Our overarching goal is to advance our understanding of clinical decision-making processes in bilingual language and literacy assessment...

Clinical decision making in bilingual lang. & literacy assessment is influenced by both individual & contextual factors. Efforts to shift practice patterns can't focus only on indiv. clin. knowledge but also the systemic issues behind such knowledge. on.asha.org/4o1ZMI0 @sigperspectives.bsky.social

Effects of Hearing Aids on Mandarin Voice Emotion Recognition With Bimodal Listeners Purpose: Cochlear implant (CI) listeners have deficits in emotional perception due to limited spectrotemporal fine structure. Contralateral heari...

#JSLHR study finds that despite experiencing more challenges than normal-hearing peers, Mandarin-speaking bimodal listeners showed improved voice emotion perception when using contralateral hearing aids. on.asha.org/3ITkUzR @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps #OpenAccess

Visual Attention to Print During Shared Reading With Children With Rett Syndrome: The Feasibility of a Remote Research Protocol Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the feasibility of using telepractice to conduct research on visual attention to print during sha...

Study investigates feasibility of using telepractice to conduct research on visual attention to print during shared reading w/ parents & their children w/ Rett syndrome. The approach was successful. Both moms successfully set up & used the technology. @sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps

Assessing Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Clinicians' Services With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences and knowledge of speech-language pathology graduate student clinicians in relati...

#ResearchTuesday! Student clinicians may require additional training in order to effectively serve clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Authors in
@sigperspectives.bsky.social offer recommendations. at.asha.org/Hy

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Exploring Stimulus Type and Acute Cigarette Smoking Effects on Auditory Middle Latency Responses in Younger and Older Smokers Purpose: The current study investigated effects of short-term, acute cigarette smoking compared to chronic smoking in the auditory middle latency...

Cigarette smoking has long been a public health concern, and can even affect auditory function. The latest from #ASHASIG7 looks at the effects of short-term acute smoking and chronic smoking on auditory brainstem response pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #AuDPeeps #AuD2Be

Speech-Language Therapists' Training, Confidence, and Barriers When Serving Bilingual Children: Development and Application of a National Survey Purpose: Most pediatric speech-language therapists (SLTs) will serve bilingual children. This article reports findings from the National Survey o...

Survey results reveal the continued need to support pre-service and practicing speech-language therapists to enhance their competence and confidence when assessing and treating bilingual children.

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Development of Verb and Noun Word Patterns in Arabic: A Comparison Between Typically Developing Children and Those With Reading Difficulties Purpose: The study aims to investigate the developmental process of producing morphological word patterns of verbs (such as /sˤɑnɑʢ/, which means...

Development of Verb and Noun Word Patterns in #Arabic: A Comparison Between Typically Developing Children and Those With Reading Difficulties on.asha.org/4nL2AsU

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A Qualitative Exploration of Support Groups for Parents of Children With Developmental Language Disorder Purpose: Parents of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have unique support needs. While support groups have a strong evidence ba...

Parents of children w/DLD have unique needs. But support groups have not been adapted for use with this population. LSHSS study explored the needs of these parents & got their perspectives on participating in such a support group.
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Quantification of Meta-Therapy in Conversation Training Therapy Purpose: Meta-therapy (MT) is a clinical entity that plays a pivotal role in the success of voice therapy. This descriptive study is the first em...

This descriptive study in #AJSLP is the 1st empirical research to describe & quantify the use of #meta-therapy in comparison to other treatment modalities during conversation training therapy! Explore what these researchers discovered: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

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Exploring Explicit Intervention to Target Grammatical Forms With Spanish–English Bilingual Children With Developmental Language Disorder Introduction: Speech-language pathologists have limited evidence-based methods for grammar intervention to use with multilingual children with de...

In this #LSHSS article, the authors present steps for implementing a grammatical language intervention for bilingual children that integrates explicit connections between a child's languages & examine evidence of a treatment effect. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

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Toward an Understanding of Developmental Language Disorder in Adults: Investigating the Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Linguistic Outcomes Purpose: There is a growing body of research on developmental language disorder (DLD), but very few studies have focused on the role of cognitive...

There is a growing body of research on developmental language disorder, but very few studies have focused on the role of cognitive abilities in adulthood.

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Research Tuesday: Effective Design for Experiments on Small-Group Conversation: Insights From an Example Study

#ResearchTuesday! Group conversations are common in social interactions, but they are challenging for individuals with hearing loss. Learn how researchers studied four-way conversations at.asha.org/H1

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Sickness Absences Due to Diagnosed Voice Disorders and Work Ability in Teachers: Results From the Finnish Register Study Purpose: Voice problems in teachers have been extensively studied; however, the relationship between voice disorders and work ability has not bee...

This 16-year longitudinal cohort study aimed to explore the association between sick leave due to diagnosed functional voice disorders and work ability.

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Speech Therapy in an Adult With Cleft Lip and Palate: A Clinical Case Study Clinical Scenario: Although speech therapy (ST) has been frequently studied in children, the efficacy of motor-phonetic ST in adults with repaire...

Speech therapy is common for children with cleft palate with or without cleft lip, but how effective can it be for adults with repaired cleft lip and palate? Find out in the latest from #ASHASIG5 on.asha.org/3Iacm7u #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Taking Up the Mantle: How Speech Scientists Can Fight Linguistic Discrimination Purpose: This tutorial describes and analyzes the role of speech science in combating linguistic discrimination, that is, the unfair and unequal ...

This tutorial from #ASHASIG19 can help students, scholars, and members of the general public combat linguistic discrimination, or unfair treatment based on how people use spoken language. Read more! pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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A female speaker stands in front of a classroom, holding a book and gesturing as she addresses students.

#ResearchTuesday! Authors investigate the training SLPs receive on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in graduate school programs.

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Utilization of Breathwork Meditation in Improving Wellness in Trainees of Speech-Language Pathology: A Prospective Cohort Study Purpose: Stress is common in speech-language pathology. While sources of stress cannot be eliminated overnight, lifestyle changes such as learnin...

Speech-language pathologists need to be prepared for the workplace stress they may encounter as part of their day-to-day work. This article from #ASHASIG10 looked at the impact of breathwork meditation training on trainees on.asha.org/4nsOZpO