The Impact of Stimulus Length in Tongue and Lip Movement Pattern Stability in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
CONCLUSIONS: Articulatory stability is influenced by the length of speech signals and manifests similarly in both healthy speakers and persons with ALS. TT stability may be significantly impacted by phonemic content due to greater movement flexibility. Compared to healthy controls, there was an increase in articulatory variability in those with ALS, which likely reflects deviations in speech motor control.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24463924.PMID:37988653 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00079 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 21, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Kristin J Teplansky Alan Wisler Lisa Goffman Jun Wang Source Type: research

Evaluation of Lifetime Noise Exposure History Reporting
CONCLUSIONS: We propose several recommendations for determining the LNEH. First, it is vital to define accurate loudness categories and corresponding allocated levels, with a preference for the loudness levels proposed by Ferguson et al. (2019), as identified in this study. Second, a structured questionnaire regarding LNEH is recommended, discouraging open-ended questioning. Third, it is essential to include a separate category exclusively addressing work-related activities, encompassing various activities for more accurate surveying.PMID:37988687 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00266 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and ...
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 21, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Nele De Poortere Sarah Verhulst Sofie Degeest Sarineh Keshishzadeh Ingeborg Dhooge Hannah Keppler Source Type: research

The Impact of Stimulus Length in Tongue and Lip Movement Pattern Stability in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
CONCLUSIONS: Articulatory stability is influenced by the length of speech signals and manifests similarly in both healthy speakers and persons with ALS. TT stability may be significantly impacted by phonemic content due to greater movement flexibility. Compared to healthy controls, there was an increase in articulatory variability in those with ALS, which likely reflects deviations in speech motor control.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24463924.PMID:37988653 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00079 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 21, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Kristin J Teplansky Alan Wisler Lisa Goffman Jun Wang Source Type: research

Evaluation of Lifetime Noise Exposure History Reporting
CONCLUSIONS: We propose several recommendations for determining the LNEH. First, it is vital to define accurate loudness categories and corresponding allocated levels, with a preference for the loudness levels proposed by Ferguson et al. (2019), as identified in this study. Second, a structured questionnaire regarding LNEH is recommended, discouraging open-ended questioning. Third, it is essential to include a separate category exclusively addressing work-related activities, encompassing various activities for more accurate surveying.PMID:37988687 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00266 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and ...
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 21, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Nele De Poortere Sarah Verhulst Sofie Degeest Sarineh Keshishzadeh Ingeborg Dhooge Hannah Keppler Source Type: research

Attributes That Increase Vulnerabilities to Reduced Human Milk Feeding Outcomes Among Babies With Cleft Lip and Palate in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
CONCLUSIONS: Results indicated that, as a function of human milk feeding at discharge, mothers and their infants admitted to the NICU with CL ± P exhibited differences across infant and maternal factors. These findings further our understanding of this sample of mothers and infants with CL ± P while potentially identifying determinants to human milk feeding. This study provides insight into infant and maternal characteristics that may be associated with barriers to human milk feeding.PMID:37983129 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00367 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 20, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Neda Tahmasebifard Jamie L Perry Kevin O'Brien Patrick M Briley Source Type: research

Recognition of Speech With Dynamic Pitch Manipulation in Noise: Effects of Manipulation Methods
CONCLUSIONS: The asymmetrical manipulation of dynamic pitch had a less negative effect than the symmetrical manipulation. This effect also interacted with pitch-change direction. These findings suggest the influence of perceptual naturalness on speech recognition with signal modification. Directions for future research are also discussed.PMID:37983169 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00142 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 20, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jing Shen Jingwei Wu Source Type: research

Acoustics of Breath Noises in Human Speech: Descriptive and Three-Dimensional Modeling Approaches
CONCLUSIONS: Inhalation is realized on ingressive airflow, and inhalation noises have specific resonance properties that are most similar to /ə/ but occur without phonation. Airflow direction does not play a role in this specific VT configuration, but subglottal resonances may do. For future work, we suggest investigating the articulation of speech breathing and link it to current work on pause postures.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24520585.PMID:37971432 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00112 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Raphael Werner Susanne Fuchs J ürgen Trouvain Steffen K ürbis Bernd M öbius Peter Birkholz Source Type: research

Electrical Stimulation of Vocal Fold Adduction Triggered by Laryngeal Electromyography Using a Custom Implant
CONCLUSIONS: Using a custom implant system, we demonstrated real-time closed-loop stimulation of one VF triggered by the activation of the contralateral VF. This approach could potentially restore dynamic glottic closure for reflexive behaviors or phonation in cases of unilateral VF paralysis with synkinetic reinnervation.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24492133.PMID:37971489 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00377 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: James T Heaton James B Kobler David M Otten Monica A Tynan Robert H Petrillo Mark P Ottensmeyer Andrea R Slate Robert E Hillman Steven M Zeitels Source Type: research

Remote Voice Therapy With an Oscillatory Positive Expiratory Pressure Device in Subjects With Vocal Fatigue: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CONCLUSIONS: Remote physiologic voice therapy with Shaker Medic Plus device and water resistance therapy seem to be both effective to improve voice in subjects diagnosed with vocal fatigue. No differences should be expected between these therapeutic protocols when treating patients with vocal fatigue. Moreover, both are effective at reducing tiredness of voice, voice avoidance, physical discomfort associated with voicing, subjective perception of sensory discomfort in throat, and reduction of physical, emotional, and functional impact of voice problems.PMID:37971520 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00357 (Source: Journal of spe...
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Karol Acevedo Marco Guzman Andr és Ortega Camila Aguirre Sof ía Diaz Javiera Escudero Camilo Quezada Source Type: research

Preliminary Speech Perception Performance Profiles of School-Age Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Speech Sound Disorder, and Typical Development
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, mean outcome scores suggest that school-age children with CAS and persistent rhotic errors demonstrated less accurate speech perception skills relative to TD children for the /ɹɑ/-/wɑ/ contrasts. However, the relatively small sample sizes per group limit the extent to which these findings may be generalized to the broader population.PMID:37971542 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00634 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Elaine R Hitchcock Michelle T Swartz Kathryn L Cabbage Source Type: research

An Absorbance Peak Template for Clinical Assessment of Sound Conduction in Newborn Ears
CONCLUSION: Analysis of absorbance peaks guided by APT has the potential to simplify and improve assessments of sound conduction pathways in newborn ears and can be used together with or in-place of current methods for analysis of wideband absorbance data.PMID:37971558 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00122 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Hammam A AlMakadma Beth F Reed Chris A Sanford Source Type: research

Acoustics of Breath Noises in Human Speech: Descriptive and Three-Dimensional Modeling Approaches
CONCLUSIONS: Inhalation is realized on ingressive airflow, and inhalation noises have specific resonance properties that are most similar to /ə/ but occur without phonation. Airflow direction does not play a role in this specific VT configuration, but subglottal resonances may do. For future work, we suggest investigating the articulation of speech breathing and link it to current work on pause postures.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24520585.PMID:37971432 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00112 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Raphael Werner Susanne Fuchs J ürgen Trouvain Steffen K ürbis Bernd M öbius Peter Birkholz Source Type: research

Electrical Stimulation of Vocal Fold Adduction Triggered by Laryngeal Electromyography Using a Custom Implant
CONCLUSIONS: Using a custom implant system, we demonstrated real-time closed-loop stimulation of one VF triggered by the activation of the contralateral VF. This approach could potentially restore dynamic glottic closure for reflexive behaviors or phonation in cases of unilateral VF paralysis with synkinetic reinnervation.SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24492133.PMID:37971489 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00377 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: James T Heaton James B Kobler David M Otten Monica A Tynan Robert H Petrillo Mark P Ottensmeyer Andrea R Slate Robert E Hillman Steven M Zeitels Source Type: research

Remote Voice Therapy With an Oscillatory Positive Expiratory Pressure Device in Subjects With Vocal Fatigue: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CONCLUSIONS: Remote physiologic voice therapy with Shaker Medic Plus device and water resistance therapy seem to be both effective to improve voice in subjects diagnosed with vocal fatigue. No differences should be expected between these therapeutic protocols when treating patients with vocal fatigue. Moreover, both are effective at reducing tiredness of voice, voice avoidance, physical discomfort associated with voicing, subjective perception of sensory discomfort in throat, and reduction of physical, emotional, and functional impact of voice problems.PMID:37971520 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00357 (Source: Journal of spe...
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Karol Acevedo Marco Guzman Andr és Ortega Camila Aguirre Sof ía Diaz Javiera Escudero Camilo Quezada Source Type: research

Preliminary Speech Perception Performance Profiles of School-Age Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Speech Sound Disorder, and Typical Development
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, mean outcome scores suggest that school-age children with CAS and persistent rhotic errors demonstrated less accurate speech perception skills relative to TD children for the /ɹɑ/-/wɑ/ contrasts. However, the relatively small sample sizes per group limit the extent to which these findings may be generalized to the broader population.PMID:37971542 | DOI:10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00634 (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 16, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Elaine R Hitchcock Michelle T Swartz Kathryn L Cabbage Source Type: research