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Accuracy of a Screening Tool for Early Identification of Language Impairment
Conclusion The VTO-LSI was more effective than regular detection procedures. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - January 22, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Collinearity and Sample Coverage Issues in the Objective Measurement of Vocal Quality: The Case of Roughness and Breathiness
Conclusions The problems described can be extended to more general cases than the exemplified roughness and breathiness sample's coverage. Ruling out this possible cause of inconsistency would increase the validity of the results reported. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - January 22, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

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Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Categorical Perception of Mandarin Chinese Tones 1 –2 and Tones 1–4: Effects of Aging and Signal Duration
Conclusions The current study suggested that longer duration facilitated categorical perception in the flat –rising tones for the older listeners. Such an aging effect was not found with the flat–falling tones, suggesting that the aging-related deficit in categorical perception might relate to different tone types. Aging resulted in less categoricality of Mandarin tone perception for the flat–rising tones with short duration like 100 ms, possibly due to the aging-related decline in temporal processing. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Is the Role of External Feedback in Auditory Skill Learning Age Dependent?
Conclusions EF was found beneficial for auditory skill learning of 7 –9-year-old children but not for young adults. The data support the supervised Hebbian model for auditory skill learning, suggesting combined bottom-up internal neural feedback controlled by top-down monitoring. In the case of immature executive functions, EF enhanced auditory skill learning. This study has implications for the design of training protocols in the auditory modality for different age groups, as well as for special populations. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Motivation to Address Self-Reported Hearing Problems in Adults With Normal Hearing Thresholds
Conclusions Adults with normal hearing thresholds but self-reported hearing problems had the same level of hearing handicap and were equally motivated to take action for their hearing problems as age-matched adults with a mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss. Hearing handicap, personal distress, and minimization of hearing loss were most strongly correlated with an individual's motivation to change. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Receptive Vocabulary, Cognitive Flexibility, and Inhibitory Control Differentially Predict Older and Younger Adults' Success Perceiving Speech by Talkers With Dysarthria
Conclusions Although older and younger adults had equivalent performance identifying words produced by talkers with dysarthria, older adults appear to utilize more cognitive support to identify those words. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

The Influence of Target and Masker Characteristics on Infants' and Adults' Detection of Speech
Conclusions The relative effects of the masker on target detection by infants and adults depend on the target to be detected. Thus, conclusions drawn about differences between infants and adults in the mechanisms responsible for masking will depend on the stimuli. Standardization of speech stimuli in developmental research would help clarify the nature of infants' segregation difficulties.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.5613139 (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Recognition and Comprehension of “Narrow Focus” by Young Adults With Prelingual Hearing Loss Using Hearing Aids or Cochlear Implants
Conclusions Most CI and HA users were able torecognize the stressed word in a sentence but had considerable difficultyunderstanding it. Different factors may contribute to this difficulty, including the memory load during the task itself and linguistic and pragmatic abilities.Supplemental Materialhttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.5572792 (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Longitudinal Associations Across Prematurity, Attention, and Language in School-Age Children
Conclusion Attention abilities are associated with children's language performance even in the absence of an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis. Clinical implications, particularly as related to assessment, are discussed. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Tracking the Growth of Tense and Agreement in Children With Specific Language Impairment: Differences Between Measures of Accuracy, Diversity, and Productivity
Conclusion Even when sample size is controlled, early growth can be seen in tense and agreement accuracy with relatively limited diversity and productivity, whereas later growth in diversity and productivity can occur with very little change in accuracy. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Effects of Aging on Interference During Pronoun Resolution
Conclusion Together, our results show that older (but not younger) speakers' ability to compute intrasentential referential dependencies is vulnerable to increased task demands. We briefly discuss a potential role for executive functions, such as interference control. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

The Potential of Past Tense Marking in Oral Reading as a Clinical Marker of Specific Language Impairment in School-Age Children
Conclusions Regular past tense accuracy in oral reading provides promise as a clinical marker for diagnosing SLI in school-age children. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Understanding Bilingual Word Learning: The Role of Phonotactic Probability and Phonological Neighborhood Density
Conclusion Both bilingual and monolingual word learning abilities are constrained by the same learning mechanisms. However, bilingual advantages may be underpinned by more effective allocation of cognitive resources due to their dual language experience. (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

The Origins of Verb Learning: Preverbal and Postverbal Infants' Learning of Word –Action Relations
Conclusions These findings on verb learning from inside and outside the laboratory suggest a developmental shift from domain-general to language-specific mechanisms. Long before they talk, infants learning a noun-dominant language learn synchronous word –action relations. As a postverbal language-specific noun bias develops, this learning temporarily diminishes.Supplemental Materialshttps://doi.org/10.23641/asha.5592637 (Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - December 20, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research