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Effective Velopharyngeal Ratio: A More Clinically Relevant Measure of Velopharyngeal Function. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-25 Abigail E Haenssler,Xiangming Fang,Jamie L Perry
Purpose Velopharyngeal (VP) ratios are commonly used to study normal VP anatomy and normal VP function. An effective VP (EVP) ratio may be a more appropriate indicator of normal parameters for speech. The aims of this study are to examine if the VP ratio is preserved across the age span or if it varies with changes in the VP portal and to analyze if the EVP ratio is more stable across the age span
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Perception of Medial Consonants by Preschoolers With and Without Speech Sound Disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-25 Françoise Brosseau-Lapré,Jennifer Schumaker,Keith R Kluender
Purpose This study compared perception of consonants in medial position by preschoolers, with and without speech sound disorder (SSD), with similar vocabulary and language skills. In addition, we investigated the association between speech perception and production skills. Method Participants were 36 monolingual English-speaking children with similar vocabulary and language skills, half with SSD and
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Bilingualism as a Purported Risk Factor for Stuttering: A Close Look at a Seminal Study (Travis et al., 1937). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-25 Susanne Gahl
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Word Form Processing in Primary School Children: A Psycholinguistic Perspective. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-24 Karin Hein,Christina Kauschke
Purpose From a psycholinguistic perspective, the quality of the stored word form in the phonological input lexicon, as well as its effective retrieval from the phonological output lexicon, is of great importance in lexical processing. This study aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of (a)typical word form processing in primary school children. In particular, age-related development and profiles
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Determining the Underlying Relationship Between Swallowing and Maximum Vocal Pitch Elevation: A Preliminary Study of Their Hyoid Biomechanics in Healthy Adults. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-23 Anumitha Venkatraman,Robert Brinton Fujiki,Bruce A Craig,M Preeti Sivasankar,Georgia A Malandraki
Purpose Deficiencies in swallowing (aspiration) and in maximum vocal pitch elevation have been shown to correlate in dysphagia. However, the underlying mechanisms that may explain this relationship are not known. In this study, we compare hyoid kinematics between swallowing and maximum vocal pitch elevation in healthy adults. Method Ten young (M = 21 ± 1.33 years) and eight older (M = 72.85 ± 5.59
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Perceptual Learning and Production Practice Differentially Affect How Children Produce Novel Words. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-22 Peter T Richtsmeier,Michelle W Moore
Purpose Perceptual learning and production practice are basic mechanisms that children depend on to acquire adult levels of speech accuracy. In this study, we examined perceptual learning and production practice as they contributed to changes in speech accuracy in 3- and 4-year-old children. Our primary focus was manipulating the order of perceptual learning and production practice to better understand
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A Meta-Analysis of the Association Between the Voice Handicap Index and Objective Voice Analysis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Elise E Zhao,Shaun A Nguyen,Craig D Salvador,Ashli K O'Rourke
Purpose Dysphonia can be evaluated by both patient-reported quality of life instruments and objective acoustic and aerodynamic analyses. However, less is known about the association between the two metrics. The goal of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of the correlation of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-30) with the following objective parameters: fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, harmonics
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Verbal Contingencies in the Lidcombe Program: A Noninferiority Trial. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Michelle Donaghy,Sue O'Brian,Mark Onslow,Robyn Lowe,Mark Jones,Ross G Menzies
Purpose The Lidcombe Program is an efficacious and effective intervention for early stuttering. The treatment is based on parent verbal response contingent stimulation procedures, which are assumed to be responsible for treatment effect. The present trial tested this assumption. Method The design was a parallel, open plan, noninferiority randomized controlled trial. In the experimental arm, the five
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Social Judgments of Digitally Manipulated Stuttered Speech: Cognitive Heuristics Drive Implicit and Explicit Bias. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Jennifer M Roche,Hayley S Arnold,Ashley M Ferguson
Purpose People who stutter are susceptible to discrimination, stemming from negative stereotypes and social misattributions. There has been a recent push to evaluate the underlying explicit and implicit cognitive mechanisms associated with social judgments, moving away from only evaluating explicit social bias about people who stutter. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate how listeners
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Comparison of Automated Acoustic Methods for Oral Diadochokinesis Assessment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Michal Novotny,Jan Melechovsky,Kriss Rozenstoks,Tereza Tykalova,Petr Kryze,Martin Kanok,Jiri Klempir,Jan Rusz
Purpose The purpose of this research note is to provide a performance comparison of available algorithms for the automated evaluation of oral diadochokinesis using speech samples from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Method Four different algorithms based on a wide range of signal processing approaches were tested on a sequential motion rate /pa/-/ta/-/ka/ syllable repetition paradigm
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Cross-Morpheme Generalization Using a Complexity Approach in School-Age Children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Stephanie De Anda,Megan Blossom,Alyson D Abel
Purpose This single-case study examines a complexity approach to target selection in grammatical intervention in three children with varying levels of mastery of tense and agreement. Specifically, we examine whether targeting a complex tense and agreement grammatical structure (auxiliary BE in questions) leads to generalization to other less complex and related tense and agreement markers (auxiliary
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Perceptual Dimensions Underlying Tinnitus-Like Sounds. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-18 Jennifer J Lentz,Yuan He
Purpose The goal of this study was to establish the perceptual underpinnings of the terms that are commonly used by patients when describing the quality of their tinnitus. Method Using a free-classification method, 15 subjects with normal hearing placed 60 different tinnitus-like sounds into similarity clusters on a grid. Multidimensional scaling, hierarchical clustering, and acoustic analyses were
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A Framework of Motoric Complexity: An Investigation in Children With Typical and Impaired Speech Development. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-18 Julie Case,Maria I Grigos
Introduction The current work presents a framework of motoric complexity where stimuli differ according to movement elements across a sound sequence (i.e., consonant transitions and vowel direction). This framework was then examined in children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), other speech sound disorders (SSDs), and typical development (TD). Method Twenty-four children (CAS, n = 8; SSD, n =
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Electrophysiological Evidence of Early Cortical Sensitivity to Human Conspecific Mimic Voice as a Distinct Category of Natural Sound. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 William J Talkington,Jeremy Donai,Alexandra S Kadner,Molly L Layne,Andrew Forino,Sijin Wen,Si Gao,Margeaux M Gray,Alexandria J Ashraf,Gabriela N Valencia,Brandon D Smith,Stephanie K Khoo,Stephen J Gray,Norman Lass,Julie A Brefczynski-Lewis,Susannah Engdahl,David Graham,Chris A Frum,James W Lewis
Purpose From an anthropological perspective of hominin communication, the human auditory system likely evolved to enable special sensitivity to sounds produced by the vocal tracts of human conspecifics whether attended or passively heard. While numerous electrophysiological studies have used stereotypical human-produced verbal (speech voice and singing voice) and nonverbal vocalizations to identify
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Effects of Physiological Arousal on Speech Motor Control and Speech Motor Practice in Preschool-Age Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 Victoria Tumanova,Carly Woods,Qiu Wang
Purpose We examined the effects of physiological arousal on speech motor control and speech motor practice effects in preschool-age children who do (CWS) and do not stutter (CWNS). Method Participants included 18 CWS (M age = 4 years 5 months) and 18 age- and gender-matched CWNS. The participants repeated a phrase "buy bobby a puppy" interspersed with viewing pictures from the International Affective
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Attentional Bias Among Adolescents Who Stutter: Evidence for a Vigilance-Avoidance Effect. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 Naomi H Rodgers,Jennifer Y F Lau,Patricia M Zebrowski
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine group and individual differences in attentional bias toward and away from socially threatening facial stimuli among adolescents who stutter and age- and sex-matched typically fluent controls. Method Participants included 86 adolescents (43 stuttering, 43 controls) ranging in age from 13 to 19 years. They completed a computerized dot-probe task, which
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Aerodynamic and Acoustic Voice Measures Before and After an Acute Public Speaking Stressor. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-11 Brittany L Perrine,Ronald C Scherer
Purpose The goal of this study was to determine if differences in stress system activation lead to changes in speaking fundamental frequency, average oral airflow, and estimated subglottal pressure before and after an acute, psychosocial stressor. Method Eighteen vocally healthy adult females experienced the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) to activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. The TSST
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Narrative Language Markers of Arabic Language Development and Impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-11 Natalia V Rakhlin,Nan Li,Abdullah Aljughaiman,Elena L Grigorenko
Purpose We examined indices of narrative microstructure as metrics of language development and impairment in Arabic-speaking children. We examined their age sensitivity, correlations with standardized measures, and ability to differentiate children with average language and language impairment. Method We collected story narratives from 177 children (54.2% boys) between 3.08 and 10.92 years old (M =
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Preschool Speech Intelligibility and 8-Year Literacy: A Moderated Mediation Analysis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-11 Fufen Jin,Synnve Schjølberg,Patricia Eadie,Ragnhild Bang Nes,Espen Røysamb
Purpose The aims of this study were (a) to examine the relationship between speech intelligibility at the age of 5 years and literacy skills at the age of 8 years, (b) to explore the possible mediating or moderating role of broader language skills at 5 years in the relationship of interest, and (c) to assess whether the potential risk factors (child gender; maternal education levels; and family history
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Validation of a Novel Wearable Electromyography Patch for Monitoring Submental Muscle Activity During Swallowing: A Randomized Crossover Trial. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-10 Cagla Kantarcigil,Min Ku Kim,Taehoo Chang,Bruce A Craig,Anne Smith,Chi Hwan Lee,Georgia A Malandraki
Purpose Surface electromyography (sEMG) is often used for biofeedback during swallowing rehabilitation. However, commercially available sEMG electrodes are not optimized for the head and neck area, have rigid form, and are mostly available in large medical centers. We developed an ultrathin, soft, and flexible sEMG patch, specifically designed to conform to the submental anatomy and which will be ultimately
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Intrinsic Laryngeal Muscle Response to a Public Speech Preparation Stressor: Personality and Autonomic Predictors. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Leah B Helou,J Richard Jennings,Clark A Rosen,Wei Wang,Katherine Verdolini Abbott
Purpose Laboratory stressors have been shown to impact the activity of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles (ILMs), which may be part of the final causal pathway in some stress-induced voice disorders. Previous research suggests that personality traits such as stress reaction might increase one's susceptibility to these problems. Also, the autonomic nervous system response is implicated in the pathogenesis
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Parameter-Specific Morphing Reveals Contributions of Timbre and Fundamental Frequency Cues to the Perception of Voice Gender and Age in Cochlear Implant Users. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Verena G Skuk,Louisa Kirchen,Tobias Oberhoffner,Orlando Guntinas-Lichius,Christian Dobel,Stefan R Schweinberger
Purpose Using naturalistic synthesized speech, we determined the relative importance of acoustic cues in voice gender and age perception in cochlear implant (CI) users. Method We investigated 28 CI users' abilities to utilize fundamental frequency (F0) and timbre in perceiving voice gender (Experiment 1) and vocal age (Experiment 2). Parameter-specific voice morphing was used to selectively control
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Cognitive and Linguistic Contributions to Masked Speech Recognition in Children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Ryan W McCreery,Margaret K Miller,Emily Buss,Lori J Leibold
Purpose The goal of this study was to examine the effects of cognitive and linguistic skills on masked speech recognition for children with normal hearing in three different masking conditions: (a) speech-shaped noise (SSN), (b) amplitude-modulated SSN (AMSSN), and (c) two-talker speech (TTS). We hypothesized that children with better working memory and language skills would have better masked speech
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Secondary Analysis of Reading-Based Activities Utilizing a Scripted Language Approach: Evaluating Interactions Between Students With Autism and Their Interventionists. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-28 Nicole Sparapani,Emily Solari,Laurel Towers,Nancy McIntyre,Alyssa Henry,Matthew Zajic
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often exhibit challenges with reading development. Evidence-based interventions and specialized approaches to reading instruction are currently being implemented across educational contexts for learners with ASD (Machalicek et al., 2008), yet there is limited understanding of how core ASD features may impact effective delivery of instruction and student
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Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation With Prolonged Time Intervals. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-28 Zhikai Zhang,Chaogang Wei,Yanmei Zhang,Zhengang Zeng,Keli Cao,Yuhe Liu
Purpose The aim of the study was to assess whether sequential cochlear implantation (CI) with a prolonged interimplant interval (M = 15.2 years) between the first and second CIs benefited speech recognition and health-related quality of life. Method This prospective study included 14 prelingually deafened participants who received their second CI after a prolonged interimplant interval (M = 15.2 years)
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Acuity to Changes in Self-Generated Vocal Pitch in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Defne Abur,Cara E Stepp
Purpose Given the role of auditory perception in voice production, studies have investigated whether impairments in auditory perception may underlie the noted disruptions in speech in Parkinson's disease (PD). Studies of loudness perception in PD show impairments in the perception of self-generated speech, but not external tones. Studies of pitch perception in PD have only examined external tones,
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An Evaluation of an Integrated Stuttering and Parent-Administered Self-Regulation Program for Early Developmental Stuttering Disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Kerianne Druker,Trevor Mazzucchelli,Neville Hennessey,Janet Beilby
Purpose This study reports findings from a clinical trial that implemented an early stuttering treatment program integrated with evidence-based parenting support (EBPS) to children who stutter (CWS) with concomitant self-regulation challenges manifested in elevated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (eADHD) symptoms and compared those outcomes to CWS receiving stuttering treatment without EBPS
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Perceptual and Electrophysiological Correlates of Fixed Versus Moving Sound Source Lateralization. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Barrett Victor St George,Barbara Cone
Purpose The aims of the study were (a) to evaluate the effects of systematically varied factors of stimulus duration, interaural-level difference (ILD), and direction on perceptual and electrophysiological metrics of lateralization for fixed versus moving targets and (b) to evaluate the hemispheric activity underlying perception of fixed versus moving auditory targets. Method Twelve normal-hearing
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Phonological Awareness Skills in Children With Early and Late Cochlear Implantation: Effects of Task and Phonological Unit. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-18 Youngmee Lee
Purpose Phonological awareness (PA) skills are critical for spoken language acquisition and literacy. PA manifests in various skills that can be identified based on task performance and speech sound unit size. This study compared the PA skills of children with early cochlear implantation (E-CI), children with late cochlear implantation (L-CI), and children with typical hearing (TH) in relation to task
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Joint Attention and Sensory-Regulatory Features at 13 and 22 Months as Predictors of Preschool Language and Social-Communication Outcomes. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-18 Sallie W Nowell,Linda R Watson,Elizabeth R Crais,Grace T Baranek,Richard A Faldowski,Lauren Turner-Brown
Purpose The purpose of this study was to understand how joint attention and sensory-regulatory features are related in early childhood and predict language and social-communication outcomes in preschool in order to build mechanistic theories that can inform early intervention directed at improving these outcomes. Method Cross-lagged panel analysis models were used to examine the association between
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The Shikani HME: A New Tracheostomy Heat and Moisture Exchanger. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-18 Alan H Shikani,Elamin M Elamin,Andrew C Miller
Purpose Tracheostomy patients face many adversities including loss of phonation and essential airway functions including air filtering, warming, and humidification. Heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) facilitate humidification and filtering of inspired air. The Shikani HME (S-HME) is a novel turbulent airflow HME that may be used in-line with the Shikani Speaking Valve (SSV), allowing for uniquely
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The Fast-Mapping Abilities of Adults With Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-13 Karla K McGregor,Nichole Eden,Timothy Arbisi-Kelm,Jacob Oleson
Purpose The aim of the study was to determine the integrity of fast mapping among adults with developmental language disorder (DLD). Method Forty-eight adults with DLD or typical language development (TD) were presented with 24 novel words and photos of their unfamiliar referents from the semantic categories of mammal, bird, fruit, or insect in two conditions. In the fast-mapping condition, 12 of the
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Automated Phenotyping Tool for Identifying Developmental Language Disorder Cases in Health Systems Data (APT-DLD): A New Research Algorithm for Deployment in Large-Scale Electronic Health Record Systems. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-11 Courtney E Walters,Rachana Nitin,Katherine Margulis,Olivia Boorom,Daniel E Gustavson,Catherine T Bush,Lea K Davis,Jennifer E Below,Nancy J Cox,Stephen M Camarata,Reyna L Gordon
Purpose Data mining algorithms using electronic health records (EHRs) are useful in large-scale population-wide studies to classify etiology and comorbidities (Casey et al., 2016). Here, we apply this approach to developmental language disorder (DLD), a prevalent communication disorder whose risk factors and epidemiology remain largely undiscovered. Method We first created a reliable system for manually
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Longitudinal Growth in Intelligibility of Connected Speech From 2 to 8 Years in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Novel Bayesian Approach. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-12 Tristan J Mahr,Paul J Rathouz,Katherine C Hustad
Aim The aim of the study was to examine longitudinal growth in intelligibility in connected speech from 2 to 8 years of age in children with cerebral palsy. Method Sixty-five children with cerebral palsy participated in the longitudinal study. Children were classified into speech-language profile groups using age-4 data: no speech motor impairment (SMI), SMI with typical language comprehension, and
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Differential Diagnosis of Apraxia of Speech in Children and Adults: A Scoping Review. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-12 Kristen M Allison,Claire Cordella,Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel,Jordan R Green
Purpose Despite having distinct etiologies, acquired apraxia of speech (AOS) and childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) share the same central diagnostic challenge (i.e., isolating markers specific to an impairment in speech motor planning/programming). The purpose of this review was to evaluate and compare the state of the evidence on approaches to differential diagnosis for AOS and CAS and to identify
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The Effects of Word Frequency and Word Probability on Speech Rhythm in Dysarthria. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-12 Lotte Eijk,Annalise Fletcher,Megan McAuliffe,Esther Janse
Purpose In healthy speakers, the more frequent and probable a word is in its context, the shorter the word tends to be. This study investigated whether these probabilistic effects were similarly sized for speakers with dysarthria of different severities. Method Fifty-six speakers of New Zealand English (42 speakers with dysarthria and 14 healthy speakers) were recorded reading the Grandfather Passage
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Clinical Characteristics Associated With Stuttering Persistence: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-10 Cara M Singer,Alison Hessling,Ellen M Kelly,Lisa Singer,Robin M Jones
Purpose The purpose of this meta-analytic study was to identify clinical characteristics, defined as child factors that can be assessed by a speech-language pathologist as part of a routine speech-language evaluation that may differentiate children who persist in stuttering from children who eventually recover from stuttering. Clinical characteristics explored included sex, age at onset, family history
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The Role of Voice Quality in Mandarin Sarcastic Speech: An Acoustic and Electroglottographic Study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Shanpeng Li,Wentao Gu,Lei Liu,Ping Tang
Purpose Sarcasm is a specialized speech act in daily vocal communication usually characterized by unique prosodic features, but the role of voice quality in expressing sarcasm has not been explored much. The goal of this study is to explore the voice quality features of Mandarin sarcastic speech in comparison to sincere speech. Method Fifteen male and 15 female native speakers of Mandarin uttered 31
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The Impact of Communication Modality on Voice Production. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-06 Lauren F Tracy,Roxanne K Segina,Manuel Diaz Cadiz,Cara E Stepp
Purpose Communicating remotely using audio and audiovisual technology is ubiquitous in modern work and social environments. Remote communication is increasing in medicine and in voice therapy delivery, and this evolution may have an impact on speakers' voices. This study sought to determine whether these communication modalities impact the voice production of typical speakers. Method The speech acoustics
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Postnatal Development of the Mouse Larynx: Negative Allometry, Age-Dependent Shape Changes, Morphological Integration, and a Size-Dependent Spectral Feature. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Tobias Riede,Megan Coyne,Blake Tafoya,Karen L Baab
Purpose The larynx plays a role in swallowing, respiration, and voice production. All three functions change during ontogeny. We investigated ontogenetic shape changes using a mouse model to inform our understanding of how laryngeal form and function are integrated. We understand the characterization of developmental changes to larynx anatomy as a critical step toward using rodent models to study human
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Conversational Coordination of Articulation Responds to Context: A Clinical Test Case With Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Stephanie A Borrie,Camille J Wynn,Visar Berisha,Nichola Lubold,Megan M Willi,Carl A Coelho,Tyson S Barrett
Purpose Coordination of communicative behavior supports shared understanding in conversation. The current study brings together analysis of two speech coordination strategies, entrainment and compensation of articulation, in a preliminary investigation into whether strategy organization is shaped by a challenging communicative context-conversing with a person who has a communication disorder. Method
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Adults Show Initial Advantages Over Children in Learning Difficult Nonnative Speech Sounds. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Pamela Fuhrmeister,Brianna Schlemmer,Emily B Myers
Purpose Children and early adolescents seem to have an advantage over adults in acquiring nonnative speech sounds, supported by evidence showing that earlier age of acquisition strongly predicts second language attainment. Although many factors influence children's ultimate success in language learning, it is unknown whether children rely on different, perhaps more efficient learning mechanisms than
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A Comparison of Speech Amplification and Personal Communication Devices for Hypophonia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Thea Knowles,Scott G Adams,Allyson Page,Daryn Cushnie-Sparrow,Mandar Jog
Purpose This study compared the performance of three amplification devices hypothesized to improve speech communication in individuals with hypophonia (HP), as well as to identify individuals' device preferences. Method Twenty-two individuals with HP and their primary communication partners participated in a cross-over design study comparing three different speech amplification devices: a wired portable
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Glottal Aerodynamics Estimated From Neck-Surface Vibration in Women With Phonotraumatic and Nonphonotraumatic Vocal Hyperfunction. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Víctor M Espinoza,Daryush D Mehta,Jarrad H Van Stan,Robert E Hillman,Matías Zañartu
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether estimates of glottal aerodynamic measures based on neck-surface vibration are comparable to those previously obtained using oral airflow and air pressure signals (Espinoza et al., 2017) in terms of discriminating patients with phonotraumatic and nonphonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction (PVH and NPVH) from vocally healthy controls. Method Consecutive
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The Effect of Metalinguistic Sentence Combining on Eighth-Grade Students' Understanding and Written Expression of Comparison and Contrast in Science. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Lynne Telesca,Barbara J Ehren,Debbie L Hahs-Vaughn,Vassiliki Vicky I Zygouris-Coe,Anthony Pak-Hin Kong
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine whether sentence combining with an explicit metalinguistic approach in comparison to typical science instruction was effective in improving written expression and understanding of comparison/contrast in science for eighth-grade students who struggle with literacy. Method Eighty-four eighth-grade students who struggle with literacy participated in this
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Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Connectivity Between Semantic and Phonological Regions of Interest May Inform Language Targets in Aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Amy E Ramage,Semra Aytur,Kirrie J Ballard
Purpose Brain imaging has provided puzzle pieces in the understanding of language. In neurologically healthy populations, the structure of certain brain regions is associated with particular language functions (e.g., semantics, phonology). In studies on focal brain damage, certain brain regions or connections are considered sufficient or necessary for a given language function. However, few of these
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Mechanisms of Impaired Swallowing on Thin Liquids Following Radiation Treatment for Oropharyngeal Cancer. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Carly E A Barbon,Douglas B Chepeha,Andrew J Hope,Melanie Peladeau-Pigeon,Ashley A Waito,Catriona M Steele
Purpose Dysphagia is one of the most debilitating chronic symptoms experienced by patients who undergo radiation treatment for head and neck cancer. Despite the high prevalence of dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer, we lack understanding of the specific changes in swallowing physiology that arise in the short-term following radiation therapy and how these changes impact the key functions
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Patterns of Development in Spanish-English Conceptually Scored Vocabulary Among Elementary-Age Dual Language Learners. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-05 Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez,Jin Kyoung Hwang,Min Hyun Oh,Elena Lauren Pokowitz
Purpose Elementary-age dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish-speaking homes in the United States are often characterized as at risk for low vocabulary in both Spanish and English. This longitudinal study examined conceptually scored receptive and expressive vocabulary development among DLLs from Spanish-speaking, low-income homes and investigated patterns of language responses on the conceptually
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Auditory-Motor Perturbations of Voice Fundamental Frequency: Feedback Delay and Amplification. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-08-03 Hasini R Weerathunge,Defne Abur,Nicole M Enos,Katherine M Brown,Cara E Stepp
Purpose Gradual and sudden perturbations of vocal fundamental frequency (f o), also known as adaptive and reflexive f o perturbations, are techniques to study the influence of auditory feedback on voice f o control mechanisms. Previous vocal f o perturbations have incorporated varied setup-specific feedback delays and amplifications. Here, we investigated the effects of feedback delays (10-100 ms)
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Do Children With Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Have Difficulties With Interference Control, Visuospatial Working Memory, and Selective Attention? Developmental Patterns and the Role of Severity and Persistence of DLD. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-28 Elma Blom,Tessel Boerma
Purpose Many children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have weaknesses in executive functioning (EF), specifically in tasks testing interference control and working memory. It is unknown how EF develops in children with DLD, if EF abilities are related to DLD severity and persistence, and if EF weaknesses expand to selective attention. This study aimed to address these gaps. Method Data from
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Acquisition and Acoustic Patterns of Southern American English /l/ in Young Children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-28 Hyunju Chung
Purpose The aim of the current study was to examine /l/ developmental patterns in young learners of Southern American English, especially in relation to the effect of word position and phonetic contexts. Method Eighteen children with typically developing speech, aged between 2 and 5 years, produced monosyllabic single words containing singleton /l/ in different word positions (pre- vs. postvocalic
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Patterns of Misidentified Vowels in Individuals With Dysarthria Secondary to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-28 Jimin Lee,Heejin Kim,Yong Jung
Purpose The current study examines the pattern of misidentified vowels produced by individuals with dysarthria secondary to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Method Twenty-three individuals with ALS and 22 typical individuals produced 10 monophthongs in an /h/-vowel-/d/ context. One hundred thirty-five listeners completed a forced-choice vowel identification test. Misidentified vowels were examined
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Inertagrams for a Variety of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tracts. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-27 Ingo R Titze
Objective This investigation addressed the desirable source-airway interaction obtained with vocalization through a semi-occlusion at the mouth. The semi-occlusion was a flow-resistant tube of varying length and diameter. Method The methodology was strictly computational. Airway shapes resembling those obtained from magnetic resonance or computed tomography imaging were stylized. Supraglottal and subglottal
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Neural Processes Underlying Nonword Rhyme Differentiate Eventual Stuttering Persistence and Recovery. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-27 Amanda Hampton Wray,Gregory Spray
Purpose Phonological skills have been associated with developmental stuttering. The current study aimed to determine whether the neural processes underlying phonology, specifically for nonword rhyming, differentiated stuttering persistence and recovery. Method Twenty-six children who stutter (CWS) and 18 children who do not stutter, aged 5 years, completed an auditory nonword rhyming task. Event-related
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Erratum to "Early Speech and Language Development in Children With Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Meta-Analysis". Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-27
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Tongue- and Jaw-Specific Articulatory Changes and Their Acoustic Consequences in Talkers With Dysarthria due to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Effects of Loud, Clear, and Slow Speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-22 Antje S Mefferd,Mary S Dietrich
Purpose This study aimed to determine how tongue and jaw displacement changes impact acoustic vowel contrast in talkers with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and controls. Method Ten talkers with ALS and 14 controls participated in this study. Loud, clear, and slow speech cues were used to elicit tongue and jaw kinematic as well as acoustic changes. Speech kinematics was recorded using three-dimensional
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The Orofacial Somatosensory System Is Modulated During Speech Planning and Production. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-22 Brianna J McGuffin,Julie M Liss,Ayoub Daliri
Purpose In our previous studies, we showed that the brain modulates the auditory system, and the modulation starts during speech planning. However, it remained unknown whether the brain uses similar mechanisms to modulate the orofacial somatosensory system. Here, we developed a novel behavioral paradigm to (a) examine whether the somatosensory system is modulated during speech planning and (b) determine
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Disfluency Characteristics of 4- and 5-Year-Old Children Who Stutter and Their Relationship to Stuttering Persistence and Recovery. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-21 Bridget Walsh,Anna Bostian,Seth E Tichenor,Barbara Brown,Christine Weber
Purpose The purpose of this study is to document disfluency behaviors expressed by 4- and 5-year-old children who stutter and to identify whether stuttering characteristics at this age are predictive of later stuttering recovery or persistence. Method We analyzed spontaneous speech samples from 47 children diagnosed with developmental stuttering when they were 4-5 years old. Based on their eventual
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After Initial Retrieval Practice, More Retrieval Produces Better Retention Than More Study in the Word Learning of Children With Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-21 Laurence B Leonard,Patricia Deevy,Jeffrey D Karpicke,Sharon L Christ,Justin B Kueser
Purpose Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) often have difficulty with word learning. Recent studies have shown that incorporating retrieval practice provides a significant benefit to this learning. However, we have not yet discovered the best balance between the amount of retrieval and the amount of study (hearing the word in the presence of the referent) that is provided. In this
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Changes in Motor Skills, Sensory Profiles, and Cognition Drive Food Selection in Older Adults With Preclinical Dysphagia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (IF 1.873) Pub Date : 2020-07-17 Nicole Michele Etter,Aarthi Madhavan
Purpose Self-selection and self-avoidance of certain foods is one possible indicator of preclinical (prior to any clinical intervention) dysphagia in healthy older adults. Self-selection of food choices is influenced by changes in a combination of factors, including neuromuscular, sensory, and individual patient characteristics. Changes to these factors occur both centrally or peripherally and can