Blending quantitative and qualitative methods in language research and intervention.

abstract：:Purpose Standard treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is radiation therapy (RT); however, long-term effects of RT frequently include significant swallowing impairments (dysphagia; Gaziano, 2002; Hui, Chan, & Le, 2018). Our objective was to describe swallowing physiology in consecutive outpatients with a histor...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Schreiber AM,Dawson C,Skoretz SA

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study investigated the acoustic properties of 6 Taiwan Southern Min vowels produced by 10 laryngeal speakers (LA), 10 speakers with a pneumatic artificial larynx (PA), and 8 esophageal speakers (ES). Method:Each of the 6 monophthongs of Taiwan Southern Min (/i, e, a, ɔ, u, ə/) was represented by a Taiwan ...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Liao JS

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study compared a new adult stuttering treatment program (Modifying Phonation Intervals, or MPI) with the standard of care for reducing stuttered speech in adults (prolonged speech). METHOD:Twenty-seven adults who stutter were assigned to either MPI or prolonged speech treatment, both of which used similar...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Ingham RJ,Ingham JC,Bothe AK,Wang Y,Kilgo M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated a new intervention package aimed at increasing expressive word learning by school-age children with autism who have limited expressive vocabularies. This pilot investigation was intended to show proof of concept. METHOD:Ten children between the ages of 6 and 10 years participated, with ...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Brady NC,Storkel HL,Bushnell P,Barker RM,Saunders K,Daniels D,Fleming K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study explores the importance of production frequency during speech therapy to determine whether more practice of speech targets leads to increased performance within a treatment session, as well as to motor learning, in the form of generalization to untrained words. METHOD:Two children with childhood apr...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Edeal DM,Gildersleeve-Neumann CE

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The current study tested whether the difficulties of children with specific language impairment (SLI) in skill acquisition are related to learning processes that occur while practicing a new skill or to the passage of time between practice and later performance. METHOD:The acquisition and retention of a new co...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Adi-Japha E,Abu-Asba H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The purpose of this study was to provide preliminary data on differences in lexical diversity and lexical-semantic errors in the language samples of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) and children with typical language development (TLD) of the same age. Method We analyzed word use in the narra...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Charest M,Skoczylas MJ

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate how maternal gesture relates to speech production by children with fragile X syndrome (FXS). METHOD:Participants were 27 young children with FXS (23 boys, 4 girls) and their mothers. Videotaped home observations were conducted between the ages of 25 and 37 months (t...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Hahn LJ,Zimmer BJ,Brady NC,Swinburne Romine RE,Fleming KK

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Macrostructural narrative analyses are important clinical measures, revealing age-related declines and disorder-related impairments in the accuracy, completeness, logical sequencing, and organization of content. The current study aims to provide preliminary data on typical aging and psychometric evidence suppo...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Greenslade KJ,Stuart JEB,Richardson JD,Dalton SG,Ramage AE

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Three children ages 3;6 to 5;3 with developmental and language delays were provided experience with a traditional grid-based display and a contextually organized visual scene display on a speech-generating device to illustrate considerations for practice and future research in augmentative and alternative commu...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Barton-Hulsey A,Wegner J,Brady NC,Bunce BH,Sevcik RA

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Taxonomic awareness is central to vocabulary development and assessment. While taxonomic development appears largely unaffected by environmental factors, the impact of divided language input on distinct levels of the taxonomic hierarchy is unclear. The influence of scoring method on tasks that target distinct ...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Lam BPW,Sheng L

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study examines the impact of typical aging and Parkinson's disease (PD) on the relationship among breath pausing, syntax, and punctuation. METHOD:Thirty young adults, 25 typically aging older adults, and 15 individuals with PD participated. Fifteen participants were age- and sex-matched to the indi...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Huber JE,Darling M,Francis EJ,Zhang D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this article, our goal was to determine the state of the evidence and the effect of speech-language pathology (SLP) treatment for individuals with paradoxical vocal fold motion (PVFM). METHOD:The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Diso...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Patel RR,Venediktov R,Schooling T,Wang B

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study examined cross-sectional age-related trajectories of expressive language variables (syntactic complexity, lexical diversity, unintelligibility, dysfluency, and talkativeness) derived from a narrative language sampling procedure. Method:Narrative samples were analyzed from 103 typically developing in...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Channell MM,Loveall SJ,Conners FA,Harvey DJ,Abbeduto L

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Voluntary stuttering is a strategy that has been suggested for use in the clinical literature but has minimal empirical data regarding treatment outcomes. The purpose of the present study is to explore client perspectives regarding the impact of the use of this strategy on the affective, behavioral, and cogniti...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Byrd CT,Gkalitsiou Z,Donaher J,Stergiou E

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is the virus resulting in COVID-19 infections in nearly 4.3 million Americans with COVID-19 in the United States as of July 29, 2020, with nearly 150,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of survivors (https://www.coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html). This tutorial revie...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Ramage AE

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes and Effectiveness along with academic, professional, provider, and accreditor organizations sponsored a symposium with the aim of serving as a catalyst for expanded research on postacute care (PAC) rehabilitation. The goals wer...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Heinemann AW

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a phonological awareness (PA) intervention, designed for Tier 2 instruction in a Response to Intervention (RTI) model, delivered to small groups of preschoolers. METHOD:A multiple-baseline design across participants was used to evaluate the effic...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Kruse LG,Spencer TD,Olszewski A,Goldstein H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a method for clinicians to evaluate stuttering treatment efficacy research with very little burden of work. METHOD:The clinical trial is the most fundamental, clinically interpretable, and useful output unit of stuttering treatment research. We define a clinical trial of a stuttering treatment and s...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Onslow M,Jones M,O'Brian S,Menzies R,Packman A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although conversational recasting has been a generally successful treatment approach, the precise factors that influence children's learning through recasts are not yet understood. In this study, we examined details of the relationship between child utterance and clinician utterance that seemed likely to influe...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Hassink JM,Leonard LB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Children with specific language impairment (SLI) demonstrate significant language impairments despite normal-range hearing and nonverbal IQ. Many of these children also show marked deficits in working memory (WM) abilities. However, the theoretical and clinical characterization of the association between WM and...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Montgomery JW,Magimairaj BM,Finney MC

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Literature was reviewed on the development of vowels in children's speech and on vowel disorders in children and adults, with an emphasis on studies using acoustic methods. Method Searches were conducted with PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, CINAHL, HighWire Press, and legacy sources in retrieved articles. The ...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Kent RD,Rountrey C

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) often receive speech-language therapy services starting in infancy or toddlerhood. When providing speech-language therapy services for children with DS, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) need to consider the impact of other developmental and comorbid disorders that can aff...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Versaci TM,Mattie LJ,Imming LJ

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The impact of clear speech or an increased vocal intensity on consonant spectra was investigated for speakers with mild dysarthria secondary to multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease and healthy controls. Method:Sentences were read in habitual, clear, and loud conditions. Spectral moment coefficients were o...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Tjaden K,Martel-Sauvageau V

更新日期：2017-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the utility of a wide range of language measures (phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics) for the identification of adults with developmental language impairment. METHOD:Measures were administered to 3 groups of adults, each representing a population expected to demonstrate high levels of langu...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Fidler LJ,Plante E,Vance R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Evidence-based practice (EBP) entails a critical mindset and rigorous methods that foster the judicious integration of scientific evidence into clinical decision making. The purpose of this tutorial is to present strategies, resources, and examples to help speech-language pathologists get started in EBP for chi...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Johnson CJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated classroom differences in the narrative performance of school-age African American English (AAE)-speaking children in gifted and general education classrooms. METHOD:Forty-three children, Grades 2-5, each generated fictional narratives in response to the book Frog, Where Are You? (Mayer,...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Mills MT

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose In 2004, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association established its position statement on evidence-based practice (EBP). Since 2008, the Council on Academic Accreditation has required accredited graduate education programs in speech-language pathology to incorporate research methodology and EBP principles in...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Greenwell T,Walsh B

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between vocabulary knowledge and word retrieval in younger and older adults. METHOD:Three tests of word retrieval and 2 tests of word knowledge were administered to 140 Hebrew-speaking adults, half of whom were younger (M(age) = 24.20 years) and half of...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Kavé G,Yafé R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the concurrent validity of the Language Development Survey (LDS), a 310-word parent report screening tool for language delay in toddlers, by testing its associations with the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories: Words and Sentences (CDI:WS), a 680-word parent report instrument. Pa...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Rescorla L,Ratner NB,Jusczyk P,Jusczyk AM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00