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Clinical Strategies for Sampling Word Recognition Performance
Conclusions A 25-word list produces unacceptably low precision for making clinical decisions. This finding holds in both single and multiple 25-word lists, as in a search for PB max. A table is provided, giving estimates of 95% critical ranges for successive presentations of a 50-word list analyzed by the number of phonemes correctly identified. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Screening Tests Reveal High Risk Among Adjudicated Adolescents of Auditory Processing and Language Disorders
Conclusions School-age children referred for disciplinary action may have undiagnosed deficits in auditory processing and/or language. Efforts to screen, diagnose, and remediate these deficits could lead to improvements in communication, learning, and language skills in this population. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Modeling the Nature of Grammar and Vocabulary Trajectories From Prekindergarten to Third Grade
Conclusions Children's growth in grammar skills is differentiated in a number of important ways from their growth in vocabulary skills. Results of this study suggest the need to differentiate these dimensions of language when seeking to closely examine growth from preschool to primary grades. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

The Impact of Individual Differences on a Bilingual Vocabulary Approach for Latino Preschoolers
Conclusion This study provides additional evidence of the benefits of strategically combining L1 and L2 for vocabulary instruction over an English-only approach. Our findings also suggest that preschool Latino dual language learners can benefit from a bilingual vocabulary instructional approach regardless of gender or baseline vocabulary levels in L1. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Planning Deficits in Children With Specific Language Impairment Are Reflected in Unnecessarily Awkward Grasps
Conclusion We suggest that this perseverative behavior is indicative of a domain-general problem in planning in SLI. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Lexical and Grammatical Factors in Sentence Production in Semantic Dementia: Insights From Greek
Conclusions Argument structure complexity may challenge speakers with SD. Verb retrieval and inflection marking seem to interrelate at the expense of the former. Inflection production may be affected at severe stages of the disease.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.6030779 (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Grammar in Boys With Idiopathic Autism Spectrum Disorder and Boys With Fragile X Syndrome Plus Autism Spectrum Disorder
Conclusions Despite being similar on mean length of utterance, there were group differences on grammatical performance. The sentence imitation task had good convergent validity with a norm-referenced assessment of grammar for the third-person singular and past tense probes and therefore could be an inexpensive and valid tool to use clinically for these populations. Future research should continue to refine this task, particularly for the probes with high rates of unscorable responses (i.e., “be” and “do”). (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Interpreting Mini-Mental State Examination Performance in Highly Proficient Bilingual Spanish –English and Asian Indian–English Speakers: Demographic Adjustments, Item Analyses, and Supplemental Measures
Conclusions Bilingual speakers demonstrated distinct performance profiles on the MMSE. Results suggest that supplementing the MMSE with a language screen, administering a nonverbal measure, and/or evaluating item-based patterns of performance may assist with test interpretation for this population. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

The Impact of Lexical Characteristics and Noise on Intelligibility of Parkinsonian Speech
Conclusions The lexical properties of the words affected listeners' understanding of Parkinsonian speech. Frequent words in sparse neighborhood enhanced intelligibility, especially under adverse listening conditions. Babble noise had a detrimental impact on the intelligibility of Parkinsonian speech. The extent of the lexical effect on intelligibility increased in noise. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

The Influence of Misarticulations on Children's Word Identification and Processing
Conclusions The results of the present studies indicate that the commonness of substitutions influences children's identification of misarticulated words. Children hear common substitutions more frequently and therefore were supported in their identification of these words as real objects. The presence of substitutions, however, slowed reaction time when compared with accurate productions.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.5965510 (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Comparison of Percentage of Syllables Stuttered With Parent-Reported Severity Ratings as a Primary Outcome Measure in Clinical Trials of Early Stuttering Treatment
Conclusion There is no statistical reason to favor %SS over parent-reported stuttering SRs as primary outcomes for clinical trials of early stuttering treatment. However, there are logistical reasons to favor parent-reported stuttering SRs. We conclude that parent-reported rating of the child's typical stuttering severity for the week or month prior to each assessment is a justifiable alternative to %SS as a primary outcome measure in clinical trials of early stuttering treatment. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

The Potential Effect of Forbrain as an Altered Auditory Feedback Device
Conclusions The results of this study indicate the effectiveness of Forbrain ® in modifying the speech of its users. It is suggested that Forbrain® works as an altered auditory feedback device. It may hence be used as a clinical device in speech therapy clinics, yet further studies are warranted to test its usefulness in clinical groups. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Consonant and Vowel Identification in Cochlear Implant Users Measured by Nonsense Words: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Conclusions The mean performance on consonant identification tasks for the prelingually and postlingually deaf CI users was found. There were no statistically significant differences between the scores for prelingually and postlingually deaf CI users. The consonants that were incorrectly identified were typically confused with other consonants with the same acoustic properties, namely, voicing, duration, nasality, and silent gaps. A univariate metaregression model, although not statistically significant, indicated that duration of implant use in postlingually deaf adults predict a substantial portion of their consonant ide...
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Comprehension of Degraded Speech Matures During Adolescence
Conclusions Degraded (NV) speech comprehension is not mature even by early adolescence; however, like adults, adolescents are able to improve their comprehension of degraded speech with training. Thus, although adolescents may have initial difficulty in understanding degraded speech or speech as presented through hearing aids or cochlear implants, they are able to improve their perception with experience. Processing speed and phonological processing may play a role in degraded speech comprehension in these age groups. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Fatigue Related to Speech Processing in Children With Hearing Loss: Behavioral, Subjective, and Electrophysiological Measures
Conclusions Similar to children with normal hearing, children with hearing loss demonstrate reductions in attentional processing of speech in noise following sustained speech-processing tasks —a finding consistent with the development of fatigue. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - April 17, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research