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Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Psychophysical Boundary for Categorization of Voiced –Voiceless Stop Consonants in Native Japanese Speakers
Conclusion The psychophysical boundary of perception of the initial noise portion masked by the following periodic portion may be used for voiced –voiceless categorization by Japanese speakers. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Masked Speech Recognition and Reading Ability in School-Age Children: Is There a Relationship?
Conclusions No relationship was found between phonological awareness and/or decoding ability and a child's ability to benefit from spectral or temporal modulations. In addition, phonological awareness and/or decoding ability was not related to speech recognition in a 2-talker masker. Last, these data suggest that the between-listeners variability often observed in 2-talker maskers for adults may be smaller for children. The reasons for this child –adult difference need to be further explored.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.5913547 (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Reading Behind the Lines: The Factors Affecting the Text Reception Threshold in Hearing Aid Users
Conclusions We conclude that the abilities tapped into by the TRT test include processes relevant for speeded lexical decision making when completing partly masked sentences and that these processes require working memory capacity. Furthermore, the TRT is associated with the SRT of hearing aid users as estimated in a challenging condition that includes informational masking and with experienced difficulties with speech perception in daily-life conditions. The current results underline the value of using the TRT test in studies involving speech perception and aid in the interpretation of findings acquired using the test. (S...
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Spatial Release From Masking in Adults With Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Effects of Distracter Azimuth and Microphone Location
Conclusion Our results demonstrate that the traditional assessment of SRM with a distracter positioned at 90 ° azimuth may underestimate maximum performance for individuals with bilateral CIs. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

The Impact of Age, Background Noise, Semantic Ambiguity, and Hearing Loss on Recognition Memory for Spoken Sentences
Conclusions Our results demonstrate listeners' reliance on domain-general cognitive processes when listening to acoustically challenging speech, even when speech is highly intelligible. Acoustic challenge and semantic ambiguity both reduce the accuracy of listeners' recognition memory for spoken sentences.Supplemental Materialshttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.5848059 (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

An Initial Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Word Processing in Preschoolers With Specific Language Impairment
Conclusions These initial findings indicate that lexical –semantic access of early acquired words, indexed by the N400, does not differ between preschoolers with SLI and typical development when highly familiar words are presented in isolation. However, the typically developing group demonstrated a more mature profile of postlexical reanalysis and integ ration, indexed by an emerging late positive component. The findings lay the necessary groundwork for better understanding processing of newly learned words in children with SLI. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Targeting Complex Sentences in Older School Children With Specific Language Impairment: Results From an Early-Phase Treatment Study
Conclusions Results suggest that a focused intervention can produce improvements in complex sentence productions of older school children with language impairment. Future research should explore ways to maximize gains and extend impact to natural language contexts.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.5923318 (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Masked Repetition Priming Treatment for Anomia
Conclusion Masked repetition priming may improve naming for some individuals with anomia due to aphasia. A number of methodological and theoretical insights into further development of this treatment approach are discussed. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Influence of Language Load on Speech Motor Skill in Children With Specific Language Impairment
Conclusions Linguistic demands influence speech motor production. Children with SLI show reduced speech motor performance in tasks that require language generation but not when task demands are reduced in rote practice. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

What Does a Cue Do? Comparing Phonological and Semantic Cues for Picture Naming in Aphasia
Conclusions The findings challenge the theoretical assumptions that phonological cues map to phonological processes. Instead, phonological information benefits the earliest stages of picture recognition, aiding the initial categorization of the target. The data help to explain why patterns of cueing are not consistent in aphasia; that is, it is not the case that phonological impairments always benefit from phonological cues and semantic impairments form semantic cues. A substantial amount of the literature in naming therapy focuses on picture naming paradigms. Therefore, the results are also critically important for rehabi...
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Implementation Research: Embracing Practitioners' Views
Conclusion These results are discussed relative to adapting the TGI protocol and training, when considering how to best bring about change in practice. More broadly, results highlighted the critical role of researcher –practitioner collaboration in implementation research and the value of qualitative data for gaining a richer understanding of practitioners' perspectives about the implementation process. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Bilingualism and Procedural Learning in Typically Developing Children and Children With Language Impairment
Conclusion Procedural learning does not appear to be modified by language experience, supporting the notion that it is a child-intrinsic language learning mechanism that is minimally malleable to experience. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Cross-Linguistic Cognate Production in Spanish –English Bilingual Children With and Without Specific Language Impairment
Conclusion Language impairment appears unrelated to the mechanism that produces a cognate advantage in naming accuracy. Given that correct performance for a difficult word in one language is associated with knowing its cognate in another, cognates may be particularly viable targets for language intervention in bilingual children with SLI. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Metapragmatic Explicitation and Social Attribution in Social Communication Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder: A Comparative Study
Conclusions Children with SCD or DLD performed poorly on an MP task compared with children who are typically developing but do not differ from each other in ability to reflect verbally on pragmatic features in interactions. MP ability appears to be closely related to structural language ability. The limited ability of children with SCD to attribute social/psychological states to interlocutors may indicate additional social attribution limitations. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - March 15, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research