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I remembered the chorm! Word learning abilities of children with and without phonological impairment
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: Children with phonological impairment can be lexically precocious and learn new words like their peers without phonological impairment. Contrary to expectations, vocabulary knowledge rather than expressive phonological ability explained variance in measures of word learning. These findings question an assumption that children with phonological impairment have underspecified phonological representations. They also highlight the heterogeneity among children with phonological impairment and the need to better understand the nature of their difficulty learning the phonological system of the ambient ...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - October 30, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Stephanie Hearnshaw Elise Baker Ron Pomper Karla K McGregor Jan Edwards Natalie Munro Source Type: research

Towards efficient, ecological assessment of interaction: A scoping review of co-constructed communication
CONCLUSIONS: Co-constructed communication is a discourse genre which offers researchers and clinicians a replicable method to assess language and communication in an experimentally rigorous way, within an ecologically valid context, bridging the gap between experimental and ecological assessment approaches.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on this subject Standardized assessments of language skills and monologue offer reliable, replicable ways to measure language. However, isolating language from an interactional context fundamentally changes the behaviour under study. This raises questions about the ecological v...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - October 21, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Marcella Carragher Zaneta Mok Gillian Steel Paul Conroy Kathryn Pettigrove Miranda L Rose Leanne Togher Source Type: research

Communication and swallowing training of stroke-specialized health professionals using transdisciplinary knowledge in a patient-actor scenario: A case report
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: Simulation is a central method to increase and improve health professionals' skills when intervening with stroke patients. Using simulation with patient actors allows flexibility and diversification of clinical situations under analysis, which can provide a multiplier effect of reflection and learning. The implemented training achieved its objectives.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on this subject Simulation in the training of health professionals is increasingly used as a good practice, allowing the recreation of scenarios identical to those in the context of professional practice. ...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - October 19, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Maria da Assun ção Coelho de Matos Ana Rita Pinheiro Isabel Maria Monteiro da Costa Joaquim Alvarelh ão Source Type: research

Communicative participation outcomes in individuals with Parkinson's disease receiving standard care speech-language therapy services in community settings
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The CPIB appears to be sensitive to capturing change with intervention, and similar results are obtained with the static short form and CAT formats. One clinical caution is that even with gains observed in the treatment group, no participants obtained their ideal communicative participation goals, and few obtained a satisfactory level of communicative participation. Thus, while current interventions are beneficial, they may not meet the full range of clients' communication needs. While responding to the CPIB through a proxy rater may be feasible, caution is warranted due to concerns about main...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - October 19, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carolyn Baylor Jingyu Linna Jin Helen Mach Deanna Britton Source Type: research

Comparing narrative storytelling ability in individuals with autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: While many aspects of narrative discourse in the autism and FASD groups were similar to each other and to the comparison group, we observed group differences on global measures of narrative production and significant individual variability within groups, suggesting that narrative abilities considered at an individual level may provide important clinical information for intervention planning. Future research should also consider additional variables that influence narrative discourse, such as motivation, distractibility or decision-making of individual participants.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - October 18, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Linh N H Pham Adrian Kc Lee Annette Estes Stephen Dager Susan J Astley Hemingway John C Thorne Bonnie K Lau Source Type: research

'Turning up and tuning in'. Factors associated with parental non-attendance and non-adherence in intervention for young children with speech, language communication needs
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: Our research has provided preliminary evidence of the influence of parents' beliefs, personal circumstances and treatment experiences on their involvement in their child's therapy. Speech and language therapists should consider factors impacting attendance and adherence to treatment and explore parental perceptions of their child's SLCN before embarking on an intervention, a foundation for collaborative practice. A possible limitation of this study is that the levels of attrition in our sample led to generally high measured rates of participation, which should be considered in future studies. Fu...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - October 12, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Penny Williams Vicky Slonims John Weinman Source Type: research