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Brain Injury Awareness Month: New Resources for ASHA Members - ASHA Journals Academy ASHA members provide a number of services to individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI)—from screening and assessment to rehabilitation services. March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and we’re re...

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and we're featuring articles highlighting the important role of ASHA members on the Traumatic Brain Injury team. Check out the latest in Context and read these articles for free for the next two weeks! https://on.asha.org/4sEXYWV

Lessons About Adult Life After Pediatric Brain Injury An aging pediatric survivor of a severe traumatic brain injury and a professor of pediatrics explore how the primary author moved beyond the traum...

An aging pediatric survivor of a severe #TBI (the primary author) and a professor of pediatrics (the second author) explore how the former moved beyond the trauma of a childhood brain injury & the lessons to be learned by survivors & therapists. https://on.asha.org/4b8TWyY

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Auditory-Somatosensory Interactions in Speech Perception in Individuals With Hearing Impairment: An Exploratory Case Study Objectives: Individuals with hearing impairment can perceive speech sounds with the help of cochlear implants or hearing aids. Recent studies hav...

Recent studies have shown that orofacial somatosensory inputs may modify speech perception. This #JSLHR study explored the potential role of such somatosensory inputs in speech perception in those w/ hearing impairment. https://on.asha.org/4spqwU1

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Phonological, Speechreading, and Visual–Orthographic Processing Skills of Chinese Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Purpose: Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children may develop compensatory strategies in language learning due to auditory limitations, such as us...

#LSHSS study findings suggest that, despite challenges in auditory and phonological processing, deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children may resort to visual compensatory strategies to facilitate their reading development. https://on.asha.org/4rhOcsp

The Impact of Stress, Resilience, Grit, and Intolerance of Uncertainty on Job Satisfaction Purpose: The present survey study measured the relationship between and degree to which perceived stress, grit, resilience, and intolerance of un...

#AJSLP study by Auburn University researchers found that higher resilience & lower perceived stress may contribute to greater job satisfaction & professional quality of life--informing action steps for recruitment & retention. https://on.asha.org/4rokPFe

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From Silent Threat to Early Intervention: Evaluating the Universal Hearing Screening Program in Infants at a Primary Health Facility in Zambia—A Prospective Cohort Study Introduction: Successful implementation of universal hearing screening has been shown to be an effective strategy for minimizing the negative imp...

Implementing universal hearing screening services at primary health facilities will mitigate the negative consequences associated with delayed diagnosis of hearing loss. Learn about a study implementing newborn infant screening in Zambia https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00107

Psychology and Audiology: A Proposed Guide for Collaborative Care for Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline Purpose: This clinical focus article explores the role of interdisciplinary collaboration between audiologists and psychologists in managing hear...

Study explores role of interdisciplinary collaboration between audiologists & psychologists in managing hearing loss & cognitive decline as interconnected conditions. This multidisciplinary approach ensures comprehensive patient-centered care. https://on.asha.org/4u40JCn

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Cognate Facilitation and False-Friend Inhibition in Spanish-Speaking Dual-Language Learners' Lexical Processing of English Purpose: The present study investigated linguistic factors that influence lexical processing in dual-language learner (DLL) children. Method: A...

Knowledge of multiple languages by dual-language learner children makes their word reading qualitatively different from that of monolinguals. Researchers discuss the effect of cross-linguistic activation on English performance. https://on.asha.org/4rI9BMt
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Automatic Speech Recognition for Intelligibility Assessment in Children With Dysarthria Purpose: Accurate assessment of speech intelligibility is critical for children with dysarthria secondary to cerebral palsy. Traditional assessme...

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) shows promise for use in intelligibility assessment in children w/ #dysarthria, newly published study in #JSLHR finds. https://on.asha.org/4rLuGFQ

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Patient Experiences in the Cochlear Implant Reddit Community: Comparing Human and Large Language Model Categorization Purpose: Although some work has leveraged automated analyses of online communities to gain cochlear implant (CI) patient insights, there remains ...

Newly Published #OpenAccess article in #AJA: AI helps analyze cochlear implant discussions on Reddit, offering faster insights to inform patient care and device design. https://on.asha.org/4rL80pf

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Hearing Recovery in Patients Treated for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors related to hearing recovery in patients treated for idiopathic sudden sensorineural...

Authors of this #AJA study investigate factors related to hearing recovery in patients treated for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

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Altered Selective Attention or Increased Imagination: Effects of Eye Closure on Vocal Expression Perception Purpose: This study investigated how eye closure (EC) affects vocal expression perception, testing two hypotheses: Hypothesis 1 proposes that EC ...

The act of closing one's eyes during auditory tasks, particularly when processing ambiguous or complex auditory stimuli, is a common yet underexplored behavior. This #JSLHR study investigates how eye closure affects vocal expression perception.

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Real-World Effectiveness of Early Language Intervention: Evidence From a Nationwide Rollout of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention in England Purpose: Oral language provides the foundation for learning and education, yet many children enter school with poor language skills, placing them...

New in #AJSLP: Scaling the Nuffield Early Language Intervention to over 10,000 UK schools. Using #ImplementationScience & regression discontinuity, the study shows NELI improved children’s language skills.

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Administering the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales in Collaboration With Caregivers in a Virtual Environment: Reliability, Fidelity, and Lessons Learned Purpose: While telepractice interventions for social communication have been more widely studied, research on telepractice-based assessments, par...

Telepractice assessments have benefits like improved accessibility for families facing logistical challenges. This study explored the use of the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales in a telepractice context.

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Effects of Combining Modified Response Elaboration Training, Semantic Feature Analysis, and Arm Ability Training on Cognitive, Language, and Motor Recovery in Poststroke Broca's Aphasia Purpose: Stroke survivors often face problems in language, motor, and cognitive skills because the neural networks for these functions overlap. C...

Stroke survivors often face problems in language, motor, & cognitive skills because of neural network overlap. Authors look at these & how integrating speech & language therapy with arm ability training affects recovery in patients with Broca's aphasia.

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Vestibular Function in Cochlear Implantation With a Focus on Preoperative and Postoperative Testing in the Adult Population: A Scoping Review Background: Currently, there is an absence of standardized vestibular guidelines governing cochlear implant candidacy criteria and postoperative ...

Cochlear implantation leads to a risk for vestibular impairment, which could increase with age. Learn more, including where future research directions could take us, in #AJA https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJA-25-00202 @clevelandclinic.bsky.social

Caregivers' Experiences of Assessment and Treatment for Their Child With Childhood Apraxia of Speech: An International Questionnaire Study Purpose: The aim of this study was to understand caregivers' preferences and experiences with diagnosis and treatment of childhood apraxia of spe...

This study highlights the need for parental education and communication when working with children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Learn how to better ensure that caregivers' concerns about their children's speech are addressed https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00358 @sydney.edu.au

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Self-Efficacy–Based Auditory Rehabilitation Protocol in Audiology Clinical Practice Purpose: Hearing aid self-efficacy (HASE) refers to an individual's belief in their ability to effectively use hearing aids (HA). Researchers hav...

The latest #OpenAccess article from AJA looks at barriers and facilitators to creating an auditory rehabilitation protocol to support hearing aid users' confidence in their ability to effectively use their hearing aids https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJA-25-00109 @uamshealth.bsky.social

Usability and Performance of the Apple Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Feature Purpose: This study provides the first independent evaluation of the Apple Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Feature (OTC-HAF), examining its usabilit...

Apple has recently unveiled its own over-the-counter hearing aid feature using AirPods. Authors asked digitally literate iphone users to rate the feature on its usability and satisfaction, as well as its speech-in-noise benefit https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJA-25-00192

Atypical Phonological Errors: A Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial was to describe why identifying error type is important to clinical practice and to help clinicians identif...

Identifying children who produce atypical phonological errors can help you guide clinical decision making, as these are more likely to be associated with phonological processing difficulties. Learn more in #LSHSS https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00101

Comparing Semantic and Phonemic Fluency Performance in Adults Who Do and Do Not Stutter Purpose: This study investigated lexical access and executive control in adults who do (AWS) and do not stutter (AWNS) via phonemic and semantic ...

This study in #JSLHR found that adults who stutter showed poorer phonemic and semantic fluency, suggesting weaker lexical access and executive control abilities https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00437 @utaustin.bsky.social

Neuroimaging Advances in Brain Function of Laryngeal Dystonia: A Systematic Review Purpose: This study aims to review neuroimaging research on brain function in laryngeal dystonia (LD), summarize current evidence on its pathophy...

The pathological mechanism of laryngeal dystonia is a complex network imbalance. However, neuroimaging advances can help us learn more about connections between brain regions and clinical symptoms https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00663 #SLPeeps #SLP2B

Considerations for Using Academically Integrated Therapy Materials to Increase Collaboration and Support Varied Service Delivery for Treating Speech Sound Disorders in Schools Background: School-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) play a critical role in minimizing the negative educational impact of their students...

The latest from #LSHSS can help you review research on intervention practices for children with speech-sound disorders and determine if you can integrate them into your practice to improve academic performance in the students you work with https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00156

In honor of #WorldHearingDay, today’s #ResearchTuesday looks at school-based hearing conservation programs for children and adolescents, highlighting the importance of early education.

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Current Practices in Pharmacology Education Across Doctor of Audiology Programs Purpose: Accrediting bodies for Doctor of Audiology (AuD) programs require students to develop competencies related to pharmacological agents and...

Current accreditation standards for AuD programs require students to learn about the effects of pharmaceutical compounds on hearing and balance, but these standards provide little specific guidance. Read more in AJA https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJA-25-00128 @utdallas.bsky.social

Effect of Aging on Middle Ear Absorbance Characteristics Across Frequencies Purpose: Although age-related auditory changes are well recognized, limited studies have examined how aging affects middle ear mechanics, which c...

Although age-related auditory changes are well recognized, few studies have examined how aging affects middle ear mechanics. Learn about how wideband tympanometry can help detect subtle, age-related changes https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJA-25-00140

Tailoring Grammatical Test Items in English According to Language Experience for the Classification of Developmental Language Disorder in Bilinguals Purpose: This study attempts to discriminate developmental language disorder (DLD) in bilinguals using only the child's second language (L2), Eng...

Testing a bilingual child in both of their languages remains the gold standard for diagnosing DLD. However, results here support the indexing of developmental expectations to measures of L2 experience when testing is constrained to English.

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Intervention Efficacy for Children With Mild Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Purpose: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of hearing aid (HA) and frequency modulation (FM) systems in improving language, articulation, ...

In this #OpenAccess study, researchers compared the efficacy of hearing aid and frequency modulation systems in improving language, articulation, and speech perception outcomes among children with mild bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.

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Caregiving Burden and Depressive Symptoms in Aphasia Caregivers: The Moderating Role of Friendship Support Purpose: Caring for a loved one with aphasia often results in a myriad understudied psychosocial challenges for caregivers. To advance family-cen...

Caring for a loved one with aphasia can result in psychosocial challenges which are often understudied. Learn how to the support of friends can help weaken the link between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00367 #SLPeeps