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Timing of Dysphagia Screening in Alzheimer’s Dementia (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Dysphagia is expected in the late and end stages of AD, but it can also happen in the disease’s early stage. During this early stage, the oropharyngeal dysphagia may be subtle and go unnoticed by patients and caregivers. Patients should be screened throughout the AD levels because aspiration, dysphagia, sarcopenia, and polypharmacy can happen during […]
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Enduring Cognitive and Linguistic Deficits in Individuals With a History of Concussion (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Many individuals with a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) report a cognitive “fogginess” and difficulties with completing their daily home, work, and social life responsibilities. Even with these reported difficulties, they are not being captured with traditional language assessments. A majority of what is known about mTBI is based on oral language and […]
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Videoconference Administration of the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised: Feasibility and Validity (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The literature currently only validates two assessments for aphasia for telepractice, including the Boston Naming Test-Second Edition and the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination-Third Edition. Recently a group of experts in aphasia determined the WAB-R is considered a core assessment for diagnosis of aphasia. With this diagnostic ability, the authors of this study wanted to determine […]
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The Link Between Verbal Short-Term Memory and Anomia Treatment Gains (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The study defined STM as the consciences awareness of temporary activation of information processing in the form of tactile, visuospatial, or verbal/linguistic (Cowan 1988). Working memory is a combination of STM with attention (Cowan 1988). STM is domain-specific (tactile, visuospatial, or verbal), but working memory is domain-free, meaning the stimulation type does not matter. An […]
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Effects of a 6-Week Straw Phonation in Water Exercise Program on the Aging Voice (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Presbyphonia (aging voice) can be caused by anatomical, physiological, and neurological changes to the voice due to the aging process. These changes can negatively affect a person’s quality of life because of the increased vocal effort, discomfort, and anxiety or frustration of needing to repeat statements in order to be heard. Some of the reported […]
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Speech-Language Pathology Practices for Adults With Right Hemisphere Stroke: What Are We Missing? (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
It is well-known individuals with right hemisphere damage (RHD) can often have cognitive and communication disorders with awareness, attention, executive function, discourse comprehension and production of figurative speech, pragmatics, and prosody. However, the current research does not provide enough evidence-based recommendations for SLPs with assessment and treatment for these impaired functions from RHD. The authors […]
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Respiratory-Swallow Coordination in Healthy Adults During Drinking of Thin to Extremely Thick Liquids (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The coordination of respiration and swallowing is controlled by the central pattern generators located within the brainstem. This timely precision of muscle coordination prevents aspiration of foreign material into the airway and lungs. For healthy adults, the most common swallowing respiratory pattern is the expiration- respiratory pause-expiration pattern, but this pattern is knowns as the […]
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Repetitive Negative Thinking, Temperament, and Adverse Impact in Adults Who Stutter (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Repetitive thinking is defined by Watkins (2008) as “repetitive, prolonged, and recurrent thought about one’s self, one’s concerns, and one’s experiences.” This self-reflection can be active or passive thoughts about events, emotions, or experiences in the past, present, or potential future. Repetitive thinking can often have a focus on negative emotions. When people participate in […]
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Perception Versus Performance of Swallowing Function in Residents of Long-Term Care (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The authors of this study hypothesized that long term care residents would not have self- perception of their swallowing problems and thus would not accurately report it to health professionals. A total of 397 residents participated in this study which was a portion of the larger Making the Most of Mealtimes study looking at 32 […]
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Book Club Experience, Engagement, and Reading Support Use by People with Aphasia (2019)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Reading is a common hobby many people enjoy. However, an aphasia onset can impact a person’s reading comprehension ability and cause the reading to become a new struggle causing disappointment. Previous studies with anecdotal reports have shown people with aphasia are able to reconnect with reading for pleasure after participating with book clubs offering reading […]
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