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Description of Search Methods: Articles were retrieved using an online search strategy from a variety of electronic databases. The papers had to have been peer-reviewed between January 1980 and July 2018, in English, provided outcomes on articulation/phonology, and used visual biofeedback. A total of 29 articles (a total of 138 participants; 3 different types of […]

Description of Search Methods: An online search was conducted using a variety of databases, and the authors set the date range from 1990 to 2012, as videonasoendoscopy began being studied more thoroughly in 1990. After extensive review and elimination of retrieved articles, the authors included a final number of 3 studies in this systematic review. […]

Description of Search Methods: This systematic review aimed to be “transparent and replicable” by using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Online databases including Web of Science, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Google Scholar were used in the authors’ search. Studies must have been in English, in peer-reviewed journals prior to August 2015, and […]

Description of Method: Inclusion criteria for online databases were 1) most of the samples had to be 2yo to 5y11mo children with “at risk” label for speech and language impairment (w/o concomitant disorders); 2) be an RCT, experimental and quasi-experimental studies, and/or case studies; and 3) one outcome measure must have discussed speech/ language/communication. The […]

Description of Methods, Participants, and Design: The authors of this study used 3 sources to gather as much information as possible. The first was using 13 databases with the search terms children, consonant, acquisition, development. The second was compiling studies collected at conferences, fellow colleagues, and international clinics. The third source consisted of articles collected […]

The authors of this study provide rationales, examples, and key empirical evidence on each strategy. Below is a brief synopsis of what they found and reported: Provide access to Augmentative and Alternative Communication Clinicians use all sorts of forms of AAC such as picture exchange, Big Mac buttons, and communication books when working with children […]

Participants, Design, and Procedures: Participants in this study consisted of 57 (92 originally invited; 57 accepted; 14 were available for face to face meeting and 43 were available for an online meeting) experts/specialists in multilingual speech and speech acquisition from all over the world. Included in the “Expert Panel” were speech-language pathologists, phoneticians, and linguists; […]

Participants & Design: Seven children with persistent speech sound disorders whose errors were not remediated in traditional therapy participated in this study. These subjects had a variety of articulation errors, which the authors felt was important to show the effectiveness of this method for more than just treating /r/. Two baseline probes (weeks 1 and […]