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Development of Competency Criteria for Real-Ear Measurement: Findings From a Modified E-Delphi Round 1 Background: Hearing aid verification ensures that appropriate audibility and access to the speech signal are provided to the hearing aid user. Be...

Researchers sought to obtain consensus on key competency criteria expected for audiologists performing hearing aid verification across the lifespan to ensure effective real-ear performance evaluation.

https://on.asha.org/4oBdIYy #aud2b #audiology

A Clinical Training Program for Auditory-Perceptual Rating of Connected Speech in Aphasia Purpose: Although discourse analysis has been receiving growing interest among aphasia researchers and speech-language pathologists (SLPs), sever...

Authors of this #OpenAccess article developed and evaluated the Auditory-Perceptual Rating of Connected Speech in Aphasia (APROCSA), a system for quantifying a range of speech-language impairment features.

https://on.asha.org/49UT9CO

Best Practices With Cart-Based Synchronous Audiology Purpose: The purpose of this clinical focus article is to summarize the processes used at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System (...

Processes used for cart-based synchronous audiology at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System are explored in this clinical focus article.

https://on.asha.org/4pJETBf #aud2b #audiology

How Variability Is Addressed in Interventions for Neurodiverse Conditions: Implications for Stuttering Purpose: This scoping review aimed to investigate strategies from peer-reviewed literature for addressing behavioral and experiential variability...

Authors investigate how approaches used with other conditions (like autism spectrum disorder, anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders, and Tourette syndrome) could be adapted to better account for variability in the assessment and treatment of stuttering.

https://on.asha.org/48Mnh1Y

The Effect of Intentional Voice Quality Alteration on Mental Effort as Measured via Pupillometry and Self-Report Scales Purpose: Mental effort is theoretically and qualitatively known to increase when individuals intentionally alter their voice quality, as they lea...

Study finds that intentional voice quality change (fry, breathy, and twang) yields both significant increases in pupil dilation and perceived mental effort.

https://on.asha.org/3Xw336j

Recommended Audiological Test Battery Following Combat Noise Exposure: A Clinical Approach Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish a standardized, evidence-based audiological protocol for evaluating combat-exposed personnel ...

Combat noise is a significant source of auditory exposure in military settings. This study sought to establish a standardized, evidence-based audiological protocol for evaluating combat-exposed personnel and civilians.

https://on.asha.org/3KkRhZy

Frequency-Following Response in Infants With Congenital Syphilis Purpose: This work aimed to study the frequency-following response (FFR) of infants with congenital syphilis under treatment. Method: A cross-s...

#JSLHR study analyzed the frequency-following response (FFR) of infants w/ congenital syphilis under treatment. https://on.asha.org/49PTOVT

By Sheila Andreoli Balen, Carolina Karla de Souza Evangelista, Teresa Ribas-Prats, Ana Beatriz Santos, Sonia Arenillas-Alcón, & Carles Escera

Adaptation of Parents and Children Together Intervention Program Into Turkish and Investigation of Its Effectiveness Purpose: This study adapted the Parents and Children Together (PACT) intervention program into Turkish and evaluated its effectiveness in childre...

New #JSLHR study adapted the Parents and Children Together (PACT) intervention program into Turkish and evaluated its effectiveness in children with moderate-to-severe speech sound disorders (SSD). https://on.asha.org/3Y5ir9O

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Identifying the Impact of Word Characteristics on Vocabulary Development in Typically Developing Bilingual School-Age Children Purpose: This study investigated how word characteristics (frequency, cognate status, acquisition source, translation equivalence) influence voca...

Identifying the Impact of Word Characteristics on Vocab. Development in Typically Developing Bilingual School-Age Children: https://on.asha.org/4p5VTBO

By Jissel Anaya, Nahar Albudoor, Lisa Bedore, & Elizabeth Peña

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The Influence of Music Tempo and Mode on Hearing Performance in Noise Purpose: This study examined the impact of music tempo and mode on hearing performance, hypothesizing that listening to happy music (fast tempo, ...

The Influence of Music Tempo and Mode on Hearing Performance in Noise https://on.asha.org/4olZevj

By Merve Meral Çetinkaya, Ümit Can Çetinkaya, Melek Başak Özkan, & Şule Çekiç

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Unveiling Tech Trends: Exploring Tech Usage Patterns in Young Cochlear Implant Recipients Purpose: This study aimed to explore and compare technology usage patterns, preferences, and challenges among young cochlear implant (CI) users a...

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How do teens with cochlear implants use technology to communicate, play games, or listen to music?

Read about unique technological preferences & challenges in this article: https://at.asha.org/R9

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Psychosocial Outcomes of School-Age Children Who Received the Lidcombe Program Purpose: The present study aims to report on the psychosocial outcomes of children aged 6–12 years who did or did not respond to the Lidcombe Pro...

#AJSLP study reports on the psychosocial outcomes of children 6–12 y.o. who did or did not respond to the #Lidcombe Program. https://on.asha.org/49QCNef

By Georgina Johnson, Mark Onslow, Brenda Carey, Mark Jones, & Elaina Kafalianos

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Autonomic Arousal During Speech Production and Sensorimotor Adaptation Purpose: Autonomic arousal impacts speech; however, it is unclear how it affects speech motor control mechanisms. The purpose of this study was t...

New in #JSLHR! Autonomic Arousal During Speech Production and Sensorimotor Adaptation: https://on.asha.org/4osXVee

By Nicole Tomassi, Dea Turashvili, Alyssa Williams, Bridget Walsh, Emily Stephen, & Cara Stepp

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A Survey of Teachers' Knowledge of Audiology in an Educational Setting Purpose: In the United States, hearing loss has been found in 10%–20% of the pediatric population. Pediatric hearing loss can negatively impact a...

New in #JSLHR! A Survey of Teachers' Knowledge of #Audiology in an Educational Setting https://on.asha.org/3K9kW82

By MacKenzie H. Chambers, Alisha L. Jones, & Kathleen Lea

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Key Stakeholder Views on Educational Support and Academic Progress for Students With Developmental Language Disorder Purpose: Provision of adequate support is much needed to secure equal educational opportunities for students with developmental language disorder...

Key Stakeholder Views on Educational Support and Academic Progress for Students With Developmental Language Disorder https://on.asha.org/3KxBmHm

By Julia Wallmann, Christina Samuelsson, Birgitta Sahlén, Christina Reuterskiöld, Olof Sandgren, & Anna Ekström

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Use of Standardized Dysphagia Protocols in Clinical Practice: A Survey of U.S. Speech-Language Pathologists Objective: This study aims to examine the practice and adoption of standardized dysphagia evaluation protocols among speech-language pathologists...

Newly Published in #JSLHR!

Use of Standardized Dysphagia Protocols in Clinical Practice: A Survey of U.S. Speech-Language Pathologists https://on.asha.org/4ix4laW

By Giselle Carnaby, Kathryn Crane, Memorie Gosa, & Debra Suiter

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Are Narrative Macrostructure Skills Shared in Bilingual Children's Two Languages, and What Predicts Them? Purpose: The current study investigated the contribution of age, age of bilingual onset (AoB), parental book reading, and language proficiency to...

Recently published in LSHSS: Are Narrative Macrostructure Skills Shared in Bilingual Children's Two Languages, & What Predicts Them? https://on.asha.org/44z75yB

By Minna Lipner, Sharon Armon-Lotem, Sveta Fichman, Joel Walters, Carmit Altman

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Early Pragmatic Communication in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome Purpose: Autism and fragile X syndrome (FXS) are both associated with pragmatic communication difficulties, but the pattern of strengths and weak...

Findings highlight possible early differences in pragmatic communication between autism and fragile X syndrome.

https://on.asha.org/3Kh3fDt

Developmental Language Disorder as a Multidimensional Neurodevelopmental Spectrum: Implications for Diagnosis Purpose: We aimed to create a comprehensive understanding of the dilemmas involved in the diagnosis of developmental language disorder (DLD) and ...

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT TODAY COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES❗@karlamcgregor.bsky.social and co are 🔥on fire🔥 in @ashajournals.bsky.social in a 🆓🔓 article about #devlangdis and its spectral nature. This assertion will stay with me: "To diagnose is to categorize". pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

Evaluation of the Voice and Communication Situation Questionnaire Developed With and for Transgender and Gender-Diverse People Presumed Female at Birth Purpose: The Voice and Communication Situation Questionnaire developed with and for transgender and gender-diverse People Presumed Female At Birt...

Researchers psychometrically evaluate and finalize the VCSQPFAB (Voice and Communication Situation Questionnaire developed with and for transgender and gender-diverse People Presumed Female At Birth) for use as a patient-reported outcome measure.

https://on.asha.org/48hqmpo

Does the Spatiotemporal Index (STI) Overestimate Instability in Slow Speech? Investigating Template Effects on the STI Across Different Speaking Rates Purpose: The spatiotemporal index (STI) is widely used to measure variability across repeated speech stimuli. One of the most well-established fi...

These findings provide strong evidence that template motion patterns contribute to the elevated spatiotemporal index values observed in slow speech.

https://on.asha.org/48xTj1D

Predictors of Spelling and Reading Performance in Logopenic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia Purpose: The purpose of this study was to comprehensively examine written language performance in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (...

The results of this study contribute to the understanding of language processes underlying spelling and reading performance in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia.

https://on.asha.org/4infgDR

A Scoping Review on Conversational Memory and Characteristics of Conversations in Alzheimer's Disease Purpose: Typical late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) compromises episodic memory, the ability to encode new events and recollect past events. Muc...

The goal of this article was to establish what is known about conversational memory in Alzheimer's disease, that is, memory for the content of conversations one overhears or in which one participates, such as utterances said and corresponding referents.

https://on.asha.org/3XhwbOA

Factors Associated With Self-Reported Hearing Difficulty on the Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory and Its Relationship With Hearing Aid Use: Findings From the Population-Based Survey of the Health... Purpose: This study aims to determine the (a) factors associated with self-reported hearing difficulty and (b) relationship of self-reported hear...

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Millions of Americans have hearing loss, but what factors influence whether or not they seek help or use hearing aids?

Learn more from JSLHR: https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00407

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The Influence of Age and Sex on the Height of Velopharyngeal Closure Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the height of velopharyngeal (VP) closure in relation to the palatal plane between individuals ...

Newly published in #JSLHR: The Influence of Age and Sex on the Height of Velopharyngeal Closure

Findings provide insights into the presurgical planning for people w/ VPI undergoing palatal surgeries, especially the location of pharyngeal flap insertion.

https://on.asha.org/4pd0dQ1

Preliminary Psychometric Review of Neurologists' Speech Ratings on the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary psychometric evaluation of the speech item of the Movement Disorder Society–spons...

Twenty neurologists specializing in movement disorders evaluated the speech of people with Parkinson's disease on the Movement Disorder Society–sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III.

https://on.asha.org/4o9YKbF

Big Five Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction as Predictors of Parental Burnout in Parents of Children With Central Auditory Processing Disorders Background: Parents of children with central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) face stressors related to their children's communication and lea...

The relationships between parental burnout, the Big Five personality traits, and life satisfaction among parents of children with central auditory processing disorder are explored in this study.

https://on.asha.org/49s7UN3

Authors here look at the language skills of children with Alexander disease and determine whether disease subtypes and/or age contributes to variability in language performance.

https://on.asha.org/4ixic13

Development of the Test of Listening Difficulties–Universal and Australian Normative Data in Children and Adults Purpose: This research was carried out to create a new realistic speech-in-noise test designed to be sensitive to several causes of difficulty un...

The Test of Listening Difficulties–Universal (ToLD-U) appears to be suitable for assessing speech understanding in children & in adults under realistic, challenging listening conditions. https://on.asha.org/3LPyWUL

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Interested in publishing implementation research that serves ASHA's SLPs? Check out our call for papers online! Guest Editor Amy K. Peterson is putting together a forum in LSHSS. Read more information below and submit your letter of intent by January 15! https://on.asha.org/4oJw8qJ