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Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Pilot Study on Supported Planning Using a Toolkit
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the need for preparedness activities that are person-centered and account for the communication support needs of individuals who use AAC if faced with an emergency/disaster. Outcomes suggest that these methods were feasible and supported positive change in perceived preparedness in the young adults who used AAC and their caregivers.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24415567.PMID:37889116 | DOI:10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00086 (Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - October 27, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Andrea Barton-Hulsey Miriam C Boesch Yoosun Chung Tina Caswell Amy Miller Sonntag Wendy Quach Source Type: research

Sex Differences in the Speech of Persons With and Without Parkinson's Disease
CONCLUSIONS: Most metrics did not indicate that speech production is differentially affected by sex in PD. Sex was, however, associated with disparate effects on release burst precision in PD, which deserves further study.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24388666.PMID:37889201 | DOI:10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00350 (Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - October 27, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Nichole Houle Taylor Feaster Amna Mira Kirsten Meeks Cara E Stepp Source Type: research

Alterations and Preservations: Practices and Perspectives of Speech-Language Pathologists Regarding the Intervention of Thickened Liquids for Swallowing Problems
CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that fewer respondents are regularly using TL. Divergent groups are evident with those frequently employing and believing in the efficacy of TL and those who do not. While current debates are influencing practice, there clearly remains a significant number of SLPs continuing to recommend TL. This study's findings highlight both alterations and preservations in the discipline's approach to TL and calls for SLPs to reframe our thinking regarding this intervention as well as consider alternative options in this treatment space.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha....
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - October 27, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Arlene McCurtin Hannah Byrne Lindsey Collins Michelle McInerney Tracy Lazenby-Paterson Paula Leslie Shaun O'Keeffe Claire O'Toole Alison Smith Source Type: research

Fatigue, Executive Functioning, and Quality of Life: Exploring Relationships in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study suggest that fatigue could be an important contributing factor to reduced quality of life for children with moderate-severe TBI. Medical and educational professionals, including speech-language pathologists, should assess children with TBI for the presence and impact of fatigue. Further research is needed to understand how different subdomains of fatigue might interact with executive functioning to impact quality of life.PMID:37870892 | DOI:10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00106 (Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - October 23, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jessica Salley Riccardi Source Type: research

Episodic Thinking in Alzheimer's Disease Through the Lens of Language: Linguistic Analysis and Transformer-Based Classification
CONCLUSION: These results show that a loss of episodicity is an early effect in AD that is manifested in spontaneous speech and can be reliably measured by both humans and machines.PMID:37870893 | DOI:10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00066 (Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - October 23, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Rui He Xiaofeng Yuan Wolfram Hinzen Source Type: research

Vocabulary Instruction Embedded in Narrative Intervention: A Repeated Acquisition Design Study With First Graders at Risk of Language-Based Reading Difficulty
CONCLUSION: Vocabulary instruction embedded in narrative intervention led to meaningful acquisition and retention of taught vocabulary for students at risk of language-based reading difficulty.PMID:37870906 | DOI:10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00004 (Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - October 23, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Trina D Spencer Megan S Kirby Douglas B Petersen Source Type: research

Variations in Eye-Gaze Behaviors Evident When Five Adults With Aphasia-Based Alexia Read Multisentence Passages
CONCLUSIONS: People with aphasia display eye-gaze behaviors unique to them and differing from those of NAs when reading texts. Better understanding of the connection between specific eye-gaze behaviors and problems decoding words, linking them with lexical-semantic information, and constructing meaning from written content is necessary to further progress in developing effective assessment tools and treatments.PMID:37870914 | DOI:10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00160 (Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - October 23, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Karen Hux Kelly Knollman-Porter Andrew Bevelhimer Sarah E Wallace Source Type: research