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Lateralization errors (LEs) are common speech distortions that SLPs treat, affecting sibilant fricatives and affricate sounds. The purpose of this study is to better understand SLPs’ perspectives about treatment for LEs, challenges related to treat ...
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This article explores how language goals reported in intervention studies for preschoolers fit into the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework. Researchers studied the relatio ...
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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This study explores feeding skills of typically developing infants to inform future research and assist in early identification of developmental delay and pediatric feeding disorder. Diet and consumption patterns were evaluated for 63 healthy infants ...
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PediatricSLPArticulationFluency
This study explores the usefulness of a cumulative risk approach when predicting whether a young child who stutters is likely to develop persistent developmental stuttering. Predictive factors that yielded the best validity included: time since onset ...
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Together, with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a revised developmental surveillance checklist, which includes updated speech-language milestones. The goals for this publication a ...
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As we know, loss of taste and/or smell is a common indicator of COVID-19 infection. While these symptoms are easily reported by adult patients, they often go undetected in children. This article looks at case reports of two pediatric patients <2 year ...
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This research paper explores the difference between teacher and student ratings of culturally relevant texts, and how these ratings might relate to specific reading outcomes in African American learners. Fifty students were included in the study, acr ...
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There are a variety of different theories on communication disorders in people with autism. Recently, research studies are aiming to assess the neural responses to speech stimuli in participants. This article reviews current data related to speech an ...
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This study examined a variety of interventions aimed to improve narrative language skills in preschool and elementary-age children. The goal of the analysis was to be able to describe the characteristics of these interventions and determine their ove ...
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This study looks at the diagnostic accuracy of nonword repetition in the identification of language impairment (LI) in bilin- gual children. A total of 13 studies were included in this meta-analysis. This study also assessed the diagnostic accuracy o ...
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PediatricSLPArticulationLanguage Development
This study looks at the use of telepractice in educating caregivers on Enhanced Milieu Teaching to improve communication in children. Researchers employed a hybrid approach, with approximately 40% of treatment sessions in-person and 60% via telepract ...
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The authors of this study looked at the impact of Vocabulary Acquisition and Usage for Late Talkers (VAULT) treatment on the expressive language and phonological development in toddlers. All three children included in the study demonstrated increased ...
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Speech Intelligibility Treatment (SIT) is a dual-focus therapy approach focusing on vocal intensity and increased articula- tory effort. This approach employs motor learning principles and trains patients to “Speak with your big mouth and strong vo ...
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This research study explored the utilization of the bolus clearance ratio (BCR) during videofluoroscopic swallowing studies (VFSS) in children. The study’s purpose was threefold: (1) to determine the reliability of using BCR in children, (2) establ ...
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With the growing interest and popularity of using myofunctional orofacial therapy (OMT) and/or myofunctional devices (MD), the authors of the study aim to report the current literature on the effectiveness of these therapy approaches, in addition to ...
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The authors of this study aim to find “morphological markers” to use as part of assessing language disorders and difficulties in children who speak English and Spanish. The authors cite previous studies showing morphology as an area of weakness f ...
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PediatricSLPDeaf/HOHLanguage Development
The authors of this study aim to investigate and analyze how children with hearing loss use complex syntax, and how this may differ from similar-aged peers with no hearing loss. To define complex syntax, the authors describe this language skill as us ...
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The author of this study aims to compare the effectiveness of two different augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) approaches including: 1) picture symbol with paired text, and 2) text only for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. No kno ...
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The authors aim to study the potential use of a tool that assesses the frequency of uncommon vocabulary in children from a lower socioeconomic status. The authors advocate for the use of culturally-sensitive assessments to achieve wider inclusiveness ...
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The authors of this study aim to determine and compare the effectiveness of approaches used to treat speech development in children with cleft palate (with or without the presence of cleft lip; the authors use CP ± L for sake of brevity). The two ap ...
