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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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Subjective Communication Difficulties in Very Mild Aphasia (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study is interested in learning more about individuals who continue to report they have language difficulties even if they are recovered from aphasia according to a formal battery. Studying these subjective communication difficulties will help clinicians better identify areas of communication requiring more attention during evaluation and treatment. Recent research shows discourse measures have […]
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Structured External Memory Aid Treatment for Mild Cognitive Impairment (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This study wanted to build upon previous research on participants with MCI using EMAs. However, many current studies found participants did not maintain using the EMAs 6 months post-intervention. The authors of this study wanted to see if everyday memory tasks would help with participant adherence to the EMAs post-treatment. Six participants met the inclusion […]
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Patient Experiences of Swallowing Exercises After Head and Neck Cancer: A Qualitative Study Examining Barriers and Facilitators Using Behavior Change Theory (2017)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The current research suggests about 55% of people had complete non-adherence and 36% had partial adherence for individuals with head and neck cancer. Common reasons patient have given in the past for poor adherence include not having dysphagia at the time of evaluation, poor understanding about the rationale for exercises, the exercises are difficult, being […]
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Development of a Free Online Interactive Naming Therapy for Bilingual Aphasia (2020)

January 13, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Bilingual aphasia therapy is important within the United States for three main reasons. First, the United States is becoming increasingly bilingual and this needs to be considered for speech therapy services. Second, individuals who are bilingual are having increased risks for a stroke that can cause aphasia. Finally, the bilingual population is currently being underserved. […]
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