Speech Pathology Week

 

25 to 31 August 2024

Everyone communicates differently. Whether it’s spoken, signed, digital, or written, communication bridges gaps, fosters meaning and understanding, and strengthens relationships. It’s about making connections and expressing ourselves in unique ways. This year’s theme is Communicate your way. Speech Pathology Australia

UpToDate

General

• Alaryngeal speech rehabilitation
• Aphasia: Prognosis and treatment
• Approach to the patient with aphasia
• Speech and swallowing rehabilitation of the patient with head and neck cancer

Paediatrics

• Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) in infants and children
• Evaluation and treatment of speech and language disorders in children
• Expressive language delay ("late talking") in young children
• Speech and language impairment in children: Case study
• Speech and language impairment in children: Etiology

Cochrane Library

• Non‐pharmacological interventions for improving language and communication in people with primary progressive aphasia

Core Australian websites

• Australian Aphasia Association - A support and advocacy association for people with aphasia, their families and the professionals who help them.
• The Australian Stuttering Research Centre (ASRC)  (The University of Technology)
• The Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA)
• CCRE Aphasia The Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) in Aphasia Rehabilitation
• Core documents and position statements (Speech Pathology Australia)
• Professional standards for speech pathologists (Speech Pathology Australia)
• Speech Pathology Australia The National peak body for the speech pathology profession in Australia

Articles

Assessment

• Identifying developmental language disorder (DLD) in multilingual children: A case study tutorial
• Assessment and theoretical interpretation of spoken discourse and cognitive skills in two adolescents with acquired brain injury
• Identifying communication difficulty and context-specific communication supports for patient-provider communication in a sub-acute setting: A prospective mixed methods study
• Validity and reliability of Dysphagia Outcome Severity Scale (DOSS) when used to rate Flexible Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing (FEES)
• The Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for patients and professionals: Validation in cognitive impairment and in severe mental illness

Research

• Exploration of how youth justice staff perceive the speech-language pathology role and service provision in an Australian youth justice setting
• Speech-language pathologists’ practices and perceptions of parent involvement in paediatric services funded by the NDIS in Australia
• Weekend speech pathology services in Australian health settings: A cross-sectional survey
• ‘A meaningful difference, but not ultimately the difference I would want’: A mixed-methods approach to explore and benchmark clinically meaningful changes in aphasia recovery

Treatment

• Parent implementation of a treatment for late talkers based on cross-situational statistical learning principles: Treatment fidelity and acceptability
• The role of speech-language pathologists in frailty: An Australian qualitative study of perceptions, practices, and opportunities
• Effect of expiratory muscle strength training on voice and speech: An exploratory study in persons with Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis
• Perceptions and experiences of Australian speech-language pathologists who use the Lidcombe Program with children who stutter

E-books

• A sample of e-books available via the library catalogue

E-journals

• A sample of e-journals available via the library catalogue

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Articles

Assessment

Identifying developmental language disorder (DLD) in multilingual children: A case study tutorial
The result demonstrates the promise of this approach to collect reference data and identify DLD in multilingual children. The online Language Impairment Testing in Multilingual Settings (LITMUS)  battery tool has the potential to support identification of multilingual DLD in any target language.  International journal of speech-language pathology 20 May 2024

Assessment and theoretical interpretation of spoken discourse and cognitive skills in two adolescents with acquired brain injury
Participants with acquired brain injury (ABI)demonstrated discourse deficits relative to the neurotypical reference sample. The findings demonstrate the value of discourse sampling across multiple genres and analysis of microlinguistic to superstructural features. A structure-building framework (SBF) model, originating in schizophrenia, provides a promising theory with which to interpret discourse impairment and has the potential to inform intervention for discourse in ABI. International journal of speech-language pathology 1 August 2024

Identifying communication difficulty and context-specific communication supports for patient-provider communication in a sub-acute setting: A prospective mixed methods study
Many sub-acute rehabilitation inpatients have communication difficulty in the hospital setting. A range of communication supports facilitated communication. These insights could inform future communication partner training (CPT) programs. International journal of speech-language pathology 29 February 2024

Validity and reliability of Dysphagia Outcome Severity Scale (DOSS) when used to rate Flexible Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing (FEES)
The Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale is used both clinically and within dysphagia research, internationally. Although it was developed using videofluoroscopic swallowing studies, it is frequently used to rate Flexible Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing. The validity and reliability of DOSS-use with FEES, however, has not previously been evaluated. This study investigated the validity and rater reliability of clinicians using DOSS to rate FEES. Dysphasia 24 July 2024

The Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for patients and professionals: Validation in cognitive impairment and in severe mental illness
Dysphagia is a symptom that appears with high prevalence in persons diagnosed with dementia, intellectual disability, or severe mental illness. Risk of aspiration pneumonia or even death is very high in these populations. However, screening for dysphagia risk in these patients is complicated by the fact that most of them suffer from cognitive impairments and behavioral manifestations that hinder the assessment process using the existing screening tests. The aim of this study was to validate the Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Screening Test for Patients and Professionals, in patients with cognitive impairment (dementia/intellectual disability) or with severe mental illness (schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder). Dysphasia 13 June 2024

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Research

Exploration of how youth justice staff perceive the speech-language pathology role and service provision in an Australian youth justice setting
Increased understanding of how youth justice staff perceive the role and benefits of speech-language pathology in supporting young people in contact with the youth justice system will assist with service planning, inform education strategies, and may support policy change. International journal of speech-language pathology 21 May 2024

Speech-language pathologists’ practices and perceptions of parent involvement in paediatric services funded by the NDIS in Australia
There has been concern that a shift in disability funding to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia may have influenced paediatric speech and language intervention to involve parents less in service delivery. This study aimed to describe paediatric speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) practices and perceptions of parent involvement in NDIS-funded speech and/or language intervention.  International journal of speech-language pathology 26 December 2023

Weekend speech pathology services in Australian health settings: A cross-sectional survey
There is limited research on speech-language pathology (SLP) weekend service provision across Australian healthcare services. Therefore, this study aimed to examine weekend SLP services in Australian healthcare services and explore SLP manager perspectives regarding the provision of these services. International journal of speech-language pathology 31 October 2023

‘A meaningful difference, but not ultimately the difference I would want’: A mixed-methods approach to explore and benchmark clinically meaningful changes in aphasia recovery
This mixed-methods research with people with aphasia and speech pathologists provides novel evidence to inform the definition of minimal important change (MIC) in aphasia rehabilitation. Future research will aim to establish MIC values for core Outcome measurement instruments (OMIs). Health expectations 6 August 2024

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Treatment

Parent implementation of a treatment for late talkers based on cross-situational statistical learning principles: Treatment fidelity and acceptability
This study explored whether parents could be trained to deliver this intervention protocol with fidelity and if they found the intervention to be acceptable. International journal of speech-language pathology 13 March 2024

The role of speech-language pathologists in frailty: An Australian qualitative study of perceptions, practices, and opportunities
Frailty is an important geriatric syndrome, yet the role of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in identifying and managing frailty remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of SLPs regarding frailty, including enablers, barriers, and opportunities for multidisciplinary improvements to frailty prevention and management. International journal of speech-language pathology 14 February 2024

Effect of expiratory muscle strength training on voice and speech: An exploratory study in persons with Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis
This study explored how respiration, voice, and speech were affected following expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) and maintenance training in persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD) or multiple sclerosis (MS). International journal of speech-language pathology 3 October 2023

Perceptions and experiences of Australian speech-language pathologists who use the Lidcombe Program with children who stutter
This study has found that Australian Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working with children who stutter (CWS) identify a range of important factors that impact their practice. International journal of speech-language pathology 9 September 2023

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E-books

This is just a sample of the e-books the library subscribes to – you will need your library login

• Voice prosthesis in total laryngectomized patients : from patient selection to complication management (2024)
• Netter's atlas of anatomy for speech, swallowing, and hearing (2023)
• Spoken discourse impairments in the neurogenic populations : a state-of-the-art, contemporary approach (2023)
• Voice and communication in transgender and gender diverse individuals (2023)
• Gen up on speech' : a comprehensive guide to encouraging generalization of speech sounds into everyday conversation (2022)
• Stuttering and related disorders of fluency (2022)
• A coursebook on scientific and professional writing for Speech-Language Pathology (2022)
• When words betray us : language, the brain, and aphasia (2022)
• Assessment of communication disorders in children : resources and protocols (2022)

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E-Journals

A sample of the journals the library subscribes to – you will need your library login

• American journal of speech-language pathology
• Canadian journal of speech-language pathology and audiology : CJSLPA
• Journal of speech and hearing research : a publication of the American Speech and Hearing Association
• Journal of speech, language, and hearing research
• The ASHA Leader

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