Editor's Column: A Reflection on Studies Using Retrospective Record Review.

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 aim of this article was to identify what school-aged children who stutter consider to be the most important outcomes from therapy. Method:A Delphi approach was employed for the study. Eighteen participants aged 9-13 years completed a survey, generating 90 statements that would constitute successful therapy...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Cooke K,Millard SK

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This research investigated the use of a dynamic assessment (DA) to identify differences among young children with severe disabilities, which would predict progress in learning behaviors indicating coordinated joint attention (CJA). METHOD:Six children 10-24 months of age were enrolled in a 16-week treatment fo...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Olswang LB,Feuerstein JL,Pinder GL,Dowden P

更新日期：2013-08-01 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 We report on a study that replicates previous treatment studies using Abstract Semantic Associative Network Training (AbSANT), which was developed to help persons with aphasia improve their ability to retrieve abstract words, as well as thematically related concrete words. We hypothesized that previous results...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Sandberg CW,Gray T

更新日期：2020-08-04 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:Syntactic development in adolescents was examined using a spoken discourse task and standardized testing. The primary goal was to determine whether adolescents with a history of language impairments would differ from those with a history of typical language development (TLD). This is a companion study to one th...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Nippold MA,Mansfield TC,Billow JL,Tomblin JB

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Visuographic supports in the form of images are utilized during assessment and treatment for individuals with aphasia to supplement speech, language, and cognitive losses limiting communication. Clinicians rely on prior experience and intuition to make decisions regarding image-based support design and selectio...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Brown J,Thiessen A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose This investigation was designed to provide interrater reliability data for the Apraxia of Speech Rating Scale 3.0 (ASRS 3.0; Strand, Duffy, Clark, & Josephs, 2014 ). Importantly, ratings were completed by investigators who were not involved with the ASRS development. Another aim was to evaluate the relationshi...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Wambaugh JL,Bailey DJ,Mauszycki SC,Bunker LD

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tracheostomy speaking valve use may increase airflow resistance and work of breathing. It remains unclear which valve offers the best performance characteristics. We compared the performance characteristics of the Shikani speaking valve (SSV; unidirectional-flow ball valve) with those of the Passy-Muir valve (P...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Shikani AH,Miller AC,Elamin EM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The purposes of this longitudinal study were to (a) examine the impact of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression on breath pause patterns and speech and linguistic errors and (b) determine the extent to which breath pauses and speech and linguistic errors contribute to speech impairment. Method Eight individuals...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Darling-White M,Huber JE

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this meta-analysis was to systematically evaluate the effects of parent-implemented language interventions on the language skills of children between 18 and 60 months of age with primary and secondary language impairments. METHOD:A systematic literature search yielded 18 studies that met the pre...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Roberts MY,Kaiser AP

更新日期：2011-08-01 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:This pilot study examined the extent and nature of associations in the linguistic complexity used by child and clinician within conversational interactions. METHOD:Correlation analyses focused on semantic and morphosyntactic language sample measures from an experienced speech-language clinician and 29 children...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： DeThorne LS,Channell RW

更新日期：2007-05-01 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:Unanswered questions regarding the nature of auditory processing disorders (APDs), how best to identify at-risk students, how best to diagnose and differentiate APDs from other disorders, and concerns about the lack of valid treatments have resulted in ongoing confusion and skepticism about the diagnostic valid...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： DeBonis DA,Moncrieff D

更新日期：2008-02-01 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 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：:Purpose Every adult with aphasia displays a unique constellation of language comprehension skills and varies in the benefit derived from different content presentation formats. For many, multiple modality presentation enhances comprehension. This study's purpose was to determine the comprehension benefits for people w...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Brown JA,Wallace SE,Knollman-Porter K,Hux K

更新日期：2019-03-11 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:This study examined the test-retest reliability of select measures of word-retrieval errors in narrative discourses of individuals with aphasia assessed with the AphasiaBank stimuli. METHOD:Ten participants with aphasia were video recorded during 2 sessions producing narratives elicited with pictures. Discours...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Boyle M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Down syndrome (DS) is a disorder characterized by impairments in global cognitive abilities and adaptive function. In addition, individuals with DS demonstrate pronounced speech and language deficits. However, little is known about the linguistic correlates of impaired adaptive functioning in DS. Method Usi...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Stephan C,Clasen L,Adeyemi E,Lee NR

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Ambulatory voice biofeedback (AVB) has the potential to significantly improve voice therapy effectiveness by targeting one of the most challenging aspects of rehabilitation: carryover of desired behaviors outside of the therapy session. Although initial evidence indicates that AVB can alter vocal behavior in da...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Van Stan JH,Mehta DD,Petit RJ,Sternad D,Muise J,Burns JA,Hillman RE

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The major purpose of this study was to provide information about expected spoken language skills of preschool-age children who are deaf and who use a cochlear implant. A goal was to provide "benchmarks" against which those skills could be compared, for a given age at implantation. We also examined whether paren...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Nicholas JG,Geers AE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:In a feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial of treatments for phonological disorders conducted over a period of 8 months, we examined 6 clinically relevant outcome measures. We took steps to reduce error variance and to maximize systematic variance. Method:Six children received traditional treatme...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Smit AB,Brumbaugh KM,Weltsch B,Hilgers M

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This clinical focus article describes an exploratory case study addressing reduction of vocal loudness in a young adult with a history of autism spectrum disorder and developmental delay. The need for a short-term pullout individual intervention arose from his participation in the Advancing Language and Literac...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Pack A,Colozzo P,Bernhardt BM,Radanov B,Rosebush R,Marinova-Todd SH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purposes of this investigation were to determine if measures such as mean length of utterance (MLU) and percentage of comprehensible words can be derived reliably from language samples of children with severe speech impairments and if such measures correlate with tools that measure constructs assumed to be ...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Binger C,Ragsdale J,Bustos A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the kinds of explicit and implicit statements generated by school-age children with and without language impairments during comprehension of expository texts and to determine the relationship of these statements to comprehension performance. METHOD:Forty 4th-grade children with and without language ...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Laing Gillam S,Fargo JD,St Clair Robertson K

更新日期：2009-02-01 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:To introduce a Clinical Forum focused on the Complexity Account of Treatment Efficacy (C. K. Thompson, L. P. Shapiro, S. Kiran, & J. Sobecks, 2003), a counterintuitive but effective approach for treating language disorders. This approach espouses training complex structures to promote generalized improvement of...

journal_title：American journal of speech-language pathology

authors： Thompson CK

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00