Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
In this review article, the authors first acknowledge and then describe the impact post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) has on patients whom experience it. The authors also delve into how POCD can occur due to neurological inflammation during ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPVoice
Querying the Movement Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic Rochester for reports including key phrases “botulinum toxin” and “hyoid” from the years 1993-2013, the authors of this retrospective study sought to review these reports for mention of dyst ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPDysphagiaParkinson’s
The authors investigated lingual pressure in persons with Parkinson’s Disease, (PwPD) in both maximum output and swallowing. Using a clinical case study, the authors also researched whether tongue strength, also referred to as lingual pressure, cou ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultOTSLPBrain Injury
The authors of this article performed a review of research related to oxidative stress and its impact on traumatic brain injury (TBI), after the initial trauma in the secondary injury stage. Oxidative stress can impact the permeability of the blood- ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPAphasia
In a case study, the author sought to diagnose apraxic agraphia and compare its features to apraxia of speech (AOS). They also examined whether treating apraxic agraphia with AOS treatment standards and motor learning standards is effective. The arti ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultDysphagiaMultiple SclerosisNervous System ConditionsParkinson’s
In this review article, the authors reflected on the impact drooling has on a patient and their support system from a psychosocial/physical viewpoint. The authors also reviewed types of management for drooling. These management types include behavior ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultOTPTSLPBrain InjuryMemory
The authors of this case study researched the correlation between compliance, orientation (a patient’s awareness of their person/time/place), and aggression in patients whom had experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI) and were attending speech-lan ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPAphasia
The original research study’s authors investigated the efficacy of treating people with mild aphasia using the Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarization– Written (ARCS–W) intervention. As an intervention ARCS–W focuses on improving the ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPDysphagiaOral Care
The authors of this original research study sought to determine whether use of the Bedside Oral Exam (BOE) and the Barrow Oral Care Protocol (BOCP) in intensive care units (ICU) would be beneficial to the oral health of ICU patients. They also evalua ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultOTSLPCancer
The authors completed a randomized controlled clinical trial to determine whether mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can have an effect on cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) in cancer survivors. CRCI presents as fatigue, this symptom i ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPAphasia
The authors conducted a study to address three hypotheses (intervener, word-order, and discourse) surrounding wh- questions and aphasia. The study concluded with support for the intervener hypothesis, which suggests that a sentence with an intervener ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPDysphagiaHead and Neck Cancer
Using PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and PEDro as search engines, the authors performed a critical review of literature pertaining to the treatment of trismus in terms of comparing jaw exercise therapy vs. none. The impetus for this study was ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultOTPTSLPBrain InjuryVisual Impairment/NeglectVisual Processing
The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of smooth pursuit eye movement training (SPT) and visual scanning training (VST) in participants experiencing left neglect 1 month after an acute stroke. A synopsis of their c ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPVoice
The authors investigated using botulinum toxin (BOTOX) injections as a method for treating laryngeal synkinesis, which can develop after recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury. Laryngeal synkinesis occurs when adductor axons of the RLN reinnervate th ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultSLPDysphagiaReflux
The authors of this cite evidence from 143 published articles, circling in on the range of treatment options for laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD), which is gastro- esophageal reflux disease (GERD) characterized by stomach acid reaching the lev ...
Article snapshot
Access Pass
Member Exclusive
AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryVisual Impairment/NeglectVisual Processing
The authors investigated the neuroanatomical correlates of the clock drawing test (CDT), using 133 patients whose lesions provided effective coverage of most of both hemispheres and underlying white matter. The study was designed to contribute new in ...
