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Discover more from ASHA's high-impact research journals: AJA, AJSLP, JSLHR, and LSHSS, all continuously published on the ASHAWire platform: pubs.asha.org
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Twenty neurologists specializing in movement disorders evaluated the speech of people with Parkinson's disease on the Movement Disorder Society–sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III.

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Preliminary Psychometric Review of Neurologists' Speech Ratings on the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary psychometric evaluation of the speech item of the Movement Disorder Society–spons...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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The relationships between parental burnout, the Big Five personality traits, and life satisfaction among parents of children with central auditory processing disorder are explored in this study.

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Big Five Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction as Predictors of Parental Burnout in Parents of Children With Central Auditory Processing Disorders
Background: Parents of children with central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) face stressors related to their children's communication and lea...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Authors here look at the language skills of children with Alexander disease and determine whether disease subtypes and/or age contributes to variability in language performance.

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Language Skills in Patients With Alexander Disease
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the language skills of children with Alexander disease (AxD) and determine whether disease subtypes and/...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The Test of Listening Difficulties–Universal (ToLD-U) appears to be suitable for assessing speech understanding in children & in adults under realistic, challenging listening conditions. https://on.asha.org/3LPyWUL

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Development of the Test of Listening Difficulties–Universal and Australian Normative Data in Children and Adults
Purpose: This research was carried out to create a new realistic speech-in-noise test designed to be sensitive to several causes of difficulty un...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Interested in publishing implementation research that serves ASHA's SLPs? Check out our call for papers online! Guest Editor Amy K. Peterson is putting together a forum in LSHSS. Read more information below and submit your letter of intent by January 15! https://on.asha.org/4oJw8qJ
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#JSLHR study evaluated the feasibility & effectiveness of the comprehensive, high-dose aphasia treatment (CHAT) program, a modified-ICAP, when implemented by a public rehabilitation facility in Brisbane, Australia. https://on.asha.org/4o1wLL9

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Clinical Effectiveness of the Comprehensive, High-Dose Aphasia Treatment Program for People With Poststroke Aphasia
Purpose: Intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) are a novel service delivery model incorporating best practice principles in aphasia re...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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#JSLHR study shows associations between word-finding ability in natural speech & general executive function across the adult lifespan, supporting natural speech analysis as a convenient, sensitive assessment of general cognitive ability. https://on.asha.org/487Lz5e @sigperspectives.bsky.social
Natural Speech Analysis Can Reveal Individual Differences in Executive Function Across the Adult Lifespan
Purpose: Automated analysis of naturalistic speech has emerged as an effective tool for detecting cognitive decline in dementia but has seldom be...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Caregiver Oral Reading Prosody Is Associated With Preschoolers' Storybook Listening Comprehension, #JSLHR study finds. https://on.asha.org/3X9saM2
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Caregiver Oral Reading Prosody Is Associated With Preschoolers' Storybook Listening Comprehension
Purpose: Shared reading is one of the most language-enriched contexts in children's home environments. A salient, understudied characteristic of ...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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F0 variation ranges & its SD during production of Mandarin 3rd tones, along w/ phonation duration of third-tone syllables, can serve as objective acoustic parameters for diagnosis & severity evaluation of ADLD in native Mandarin speakers. https://on.asha.org/48240bd @sigperspectives.bsky.social
Acoustic Evaluation of Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia Based on Fundamental Frequency Variations in Mandarin Third-Tone Production
Objectives: Currently, diagnostic and evaluative criteria for adductor laryngeal dystonia (ADLD) in native Chinese Mandarin speakers remain limit...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Labeling pictures with words supports short-term memory more than relying on prior procedural learning. Early implanted children benefit from verbal recoding as much as their typically hearing peers. https://on.asha.org/3LT7m96

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Stimulus Labels Support Declarative but Not Procedural Memory in Children With and Without Hearing Loss
Purpose: Children with hearing loss show deficits in sequential learning, a form of procedural memory, and often perform poorly on verbal serial ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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#JSLHR researchers explore the often-complex dilemmas of diagnosing developmental language disorder (DLD), noting the potential of #DLD as a neurodevelopmental, multidimensional spectrum. https://on.asha.org/47NwCGu

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Developmental Language Disorder as a Multidimensional Neurodevelopmental Spectrum: Implications for Diagnosis
Purpose: We aimed to create a comprehensive understanding of the dilemmas involved in the diagnosis of developmental language disorder (DLD) and ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Study sought to improve production of locative adjuncts in sentence & discourse tasks in persons w/ aphasia using implicit structural priming. They examined what factors impact degrees of structural priming effects. https://on.asha.org/4pft8SP @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social
Priming Adjuncts in Sentence and Discourse Production in Neurotypical Adults and Persons With Aphasia
Purpose: Although optional elements of speech, speakers frequently use adjunct phrases (e.g., on the rug, by the weekend) to enrich message conte...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Gamified testing is an effective way to improve performance and increase mental demand exerted by participants on speech-in-noise tests.

Read the #OpenAccess article here: https://on.asha.org/3JUjdmT
Effects of Gamification on Performance and Subjective Listening Effort on a Spatial Release From Masking Task
Purpose: Current theories of listening effort posit that motivation should influence a participant's level of effort and performance on a listeni...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This study aimed to examine the Turkish version of the Short Behavioral Inhibition Scale and to investigate its validity and reliability.

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Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Short Behavioral Inhibition Scale
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the Turkish version of the Short Behavioral Inhibition Scale (SBIS-TR) and to investigate its validity and r...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Researchers examine a new approach to characterizing linguistic complexity in autistic children by investigating the validity of two novel measures—range of length of utterance and standard deviation of length of utterance.

https://on.asha.org/44j4t7M
Beyond Mean Length of Utterance: Novel Measures for Characterizing the Spoken Language of Autistic Children
Purpose: Mean length of utterance (MLU) is a common measure of expressive language complexity in young children, including autistic children. How...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The Empowerment Audiology Questionnaires translated and validated in Swedish demonstrated positive associations with everyday functioning and hearing aid benefit and negative associations with hearing disability.

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Convergent Validity and Test–Retest Reliability of the Swedish Version of the Empowerment Audiology Questionnaire
Purpose: Hearing loss affects communication and participation. Empowerment initiatives support individuals to manage their condition and facilita...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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This preliminary study evaluated the relative importance of seven language screening measures, including sentence repetition, vocabulary, nonword repetition, listening comprehension, and word learning, in predicting overall language ability.

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Evaluating the Relative Importance of Seven Language Screening Measures: A Preliminary Investigation
Purpose: This preliminary study evaluated the relative importance of seven language screening measures, including sentence repetition, vocabulary...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Emphasizing its technological advancements, integration into health care systems, & utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic, this article examines the history and evolution of telehealth within the private sector and the Veterans Health Administration.

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Integration of Virtual Care in the Audiology Service and Beyond
Purpose: This clinical focus article examines the history and evolution of telehealth, emphasizing its technological advancements, integration in...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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This article argues that fair monetary compensation for the work that externs perform is essential for the well-being of trainees and for the quality of the clinical services they provide.

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Job Performance and Worker Health Implications of Unpaid Health Care Field Training: The Case of the Final-Year Audiology Externship
Purpose: In the United States, final-year externs in clinical audiology play an important role in clinical practices, yet many are unpaid for the...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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It’s another #ResearchTuesday 📚! Voice quality assessments in the clinic typically require external microphones, but as smartphone technology advances, are these microphones up to the task?

Find out! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00140
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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This week's ASHA Convention will include hundreds of posters. Each year, fewer than 10% are selected as Meritorious Posters. Check out work from these award-winning authors in ASHA Journals! https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2025/11/top-researchers-from-the-2025-asha-convention-publish-in-asha-journals/
Top Researchers From the 2025 ASHA Convention Publish in ASHA Journals! - ASHA Journals Academy
Each year, hundreds of posters are presented at ASHA’s annual Convention. In fact, more than 1,800 posters were submitted this year! Of these posters, fewer than 10% are recognized as Meritorious Post...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Authors find that the perceptual organization of pediatric dysphonia shares similarities with adults, and perceptual features related to roughness and strain characterize supraglottal vibratory sources.

https://on.asha.org/445Twq3
Multidimensional Perceptual Structure of Pediatric Dysphonia in Children With Glottal and Supraglottal Vibratory Sources
Purpose: Pediatric dysphonia can be categorized by the vibratory source used for voicing: the glottal vibratory source (GVS) and supraglottal vib...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Researchers investigate how word familiarity impacts word recognition in both audio-only and audiovisual conditions using an ecologically valid context of medically related sentences embedded in a simulated hospital soundscape.

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Audiovisual Speech Perception With Less Familiar and Frequent Words
Purpose: Lexical factors, such as word frequency and neighborhood density, impact word recognition accuracy in challenging listening environments...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Following the FDA permitting the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids in 2022, this study examines if there was a change in the volume of hearing aid evaluations and comprehensive audiologic exams at an academic tertiary care audiology practice.

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Changes in Audiology Visits at an Academic Audiology Practice Following the Food and Drug Administration Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Ruling
Purpose: In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted the sale of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids nationwide. The impact on audi...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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New technologies have recently made investigating the genetic origins of communication disorders possible, and you can use these findings in your everyday work in the clinic. Read about an exciting new forum in JSLHR on the Context Blog! https://on.asha.org/3LvgOQ3
Forum Highlights the Role of Genetics in the Sciences - ASHA Journals Academy
Many factors influence an individual’s speech and language—including genetics. New technologies have recently made investigating the genetic origins of various disorders possible, and these exciting b...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM