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{"title":"Personal Narratives of 10-Year-Old Children in Iceland: Verbal Productivity, Word Diversity, and Topics.","authors":"Jóhanna T Einarsdóttir, Erna Þráinsdóttir","doi":"10.1159/000533134","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000533134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The feasibility of using a standard protocol, labelled as the Global TALES, to elicit personal stories was tested across 10 different countries between 2019 and 2021. Personal narratives have not been investigated in Iceland in a similar way. The aim was to explore personal narratives of monolingual children in Iceland by using the Global TALES (2018) protocol to investigate verbal productivity, semantic diversity, and narrative topics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-seven children (ages 9; 8-10; 9) with typical language development produced personal stories in response to six emotion-based prompts contained in the protocol. The children were interviewed by using the Zoom platform because of COVID restrictions. Children's spoken language was analysed for total number of utterances (TNU), total number of words (TNW), number of different words (NDW), mean length of utterances in words (MLUw), and proportion of words with grammatical errors. The narrative topics were coded and documented.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The spoken language measures showed that there was a large individual variability within the group on all metrics examined. The mean TNU was 62.1 (SD 20.2) utterances, the mean for TNW was 546 (SD 219) words, the mean for NDW was 206 (SD 62) words, and the MLUw was 8.6 (SD 1.5) words in an utterance. Despite the variability in spoken language performance, around 70-75% of the participants produced TNU, TNW, NDW, and MLUw within +/- 1 SD from the mean. The topics of the stories were most frequently related to personal achievement or relationships with the family or friends.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Global TALES (2018) protocol can be used to elicit personal stories in 10-year-old children in Iceland. The results related to verbal productivity and the topics of interest were in line with previous studies around the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9883562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Pompage on Vocal and Respiratory Measurements from Female Teachers: A Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Débora Bonesso Andriollo,&nbsp;Letícia Fernandez Frigo,&nbsp;Carla Aparecida Cielo","doi":"10.1159/000529832","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000529832","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Teachers stand out among occupational groups due to their contribution to modern societies, and their voice is the main form of interaction.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of the study was to verify the changes in vocal and respiratory measurements from teachers with vocal and musculoskeletal complaints and with normal larynx after applying a musculoskeletal manipulation protocol of myofascial release using pompage.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Controlled and randomized clinical trial with 56 participants: 28 teachers in the study group and 28 teachers in the control group. Anamnesis, videolaryngoscopy, hearing screening, sound pressure and maximum phonation time measurements, and manovacuometry were performed. The musculoskeletal manipulation protocol of myofascial release using pompage consisted of a total of 24 sessions, 40 min for each session, three times a week, for 8 weeks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a significant improvement in the maximum respiratory pressure in the study group after the intervention. The sound pressure level and the maximum phonation time did not change significantly.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>Musculoskeletal manipulation protocol of myofascial release using pompage had a direct effect on the respiratory measurements from female teachers, significantly increasing the maximum respiratory pressure but without affecting sound pressure level and the /a/ maximum phonation time.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10755265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pharyngeal Residue Severity and Aspiration Risk in Stroke Patient Using Fiber-Optic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing.","authors":"Aliaa Sabry,&nbsp;Tamer Abou-Elsaad","doi":"10.1159/000528204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000528204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Pharyngeal residue, defined as the material remaining in the pharynx post-swallow, is a sign of swallowing biomechanical impairment and a clinical predictor of aspiration. This study investigates the correlation between pharyngeal residue severity using the Mansoura FEES Residue Rating Scale (MFRRS) and penetration/aspiration scores using the penetration-aspiration scale (PAS) on FEES.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two hundred ten (210) swallows were obtained during standard FEES assessments of thirty patients with poststroke dysphagia. Residue, in both vallecula and the pyriform sinuses' locations, and penetration/aspiration were scored using MFRRS and PAS, respectively. The Spearman's rank-order correlation was used to assess the correlation between residue and PAS scores. The significance of the obtained results was judged at the (p < 0.05) level.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant strong positive correlations were demonstrated between PAS scores and each vallecular residue score (rs = 0.663, p = 0.000) and pyriform residue score (rs = 0.688, p = 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a significant strong positive correlation between residue severity and penetration/aspiration in each anatomical site evaluated (valleculae and pyriform sinuses). Our results do not designate one site as riskier than the other because either can contribute to aspiration, but rather demonstrate penetration/aspiration to better correlate with the overall severity of the residue, perhaps as a better marker for pharyngeal inefficiency. This study offers insight into the association of residue severity with swallowing safety and efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9634438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attributes That Affect the Choice of Treatment for Preschool Age Children Who Stutter: An Observational Study.","authors":"Sabine Van Eerdenbrugh,&nbsp;Irma Uijterlinde,&nbsp;Kurt Eggers,&nbsp;Marie-Christine Franken","doi":"10.1159/000528101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000528101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Little is known about the clinical decision-making process that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) make when they decide which treatment approach they will use with preschool age children who stutter (PCWS). Frequently used approaches are the Lidcombe Program, RESTART-DCM, Mini-KIDS, the Palin Parent-Child Interaction program, and the Social Cognitive Behavior Therapy. In this study, we explored which attributes play a role in the complex process that precedes this clinical decision. We also explored if SLPs from the Netherlands, who are expected to follow the recommendations formulated in the Dutch professional stuttering guidelines, use different treatment approaches than SLPs from Belgium, who do not have specific guidelines to follow. Finally, we explored whether the number of years of experience of SLPs had an impact on the choice for treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used an observational design in which 36 SLPs, additionally qualified in the treatment of stuttering, completed a questionnaire. The SLPs spoke Dutch, resided in the Netherlands or Belgium, and used more than one treatment approach for PCWS in their standard practice.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The following attributes affected the choice for treatment approach of most SLPs: (1) the child's reactions to the stuttering, (2) the child's language (and speech) skills, (3) the child's age, (4) the family's lifestyle, (5) the parent's ease to understand a treatment approach as judged by the SLPs, and (6) the amount and quality of published research-based evidence. The decision-making of experienced SLPs is significantly more affected by the child's stuttering severity and time since onset compared to less experienced SLPs (both U = 90, p = 0.05). Dutch SLPs did not take other attributes into account than Belgian SLPs.</p><p><strong>Discussion/conclusion: </strong>This study was a first attempt to explore which attributes affect the decision for a specific treatment. Further prospective research is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9872380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nurturing Basic Societal Competencies in Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy Training Education: Effects of Coaching Classes.","authors":"Junko Okuyama,&nbsp;Yoshimi Suzukamo,&nbsp;Fudeko Osanai,&nbsp;Yoshiko Nishizawa,&nbsp;Shin-Ichi Izumi","doi":"10.1159/000529983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000529983","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Nurturing \"basic societal competencies\" is important in the training education of speech-language-hearing therapists (SLHTs) to enable them to respond to fluctuating medical treatment scenarios. However, in the current training education for SLHTs, some students need assistance in terms of basic societal competencies, such as initiative, planning, and communication. In this study, the focus was on coaching theory, a method of interpersonal support through dialog, as a strategy for addressing the issues. The objective was to clarify whether coaching theory-based classes for SLHT students improve their basic societal competencies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The participants were first- and third-year undergraduate SLHT students in Japan. The coaching and control groups comprised students enrolled in 2021 and 2020, respectively. The observation period for this prospective cohort study was from April to September 2020 and from April to September 2021. The coaching and control groups received 90-min coaching and remedial education classes, respectively, 11 times in 3 months. To establish students' knowledge and skills, follow-up sessions were conducted four times a month, and assignments were given during the subsequent summer vacation. The effects of the classes were based on Kirkpatrick's four-level evaluation model, with Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 evaluating satisfaction with the class, learning proficiency, behavior modification, and result attainment, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The coaching and control groups comprised 40 and 48 participants, respectively. In the evaluation of behavior modification (level 3) using the \"PROG (progress report on generic skills) competency test (RIASEC Inc., Tokyo),\" the interactions between time and group and the main effects of time were significant for the basic societal competencies of \"relating with others\" and \"self-confidence.\" Multiple comparisons showed that the post-class scores were significantly higher than the pre-class scores in the coaching group (change of 0.9 for relating with others and 0.7 for self-confidence) and that the scores in the coaching group were significantly higher than those in the control group at the post-class. The interaction between time and group was significant for those \"planning solutions,\" and the post-class score was significantly higher than the pre-class score in the coaching group (change of 0.8).</p><p><strong>Conclusion and implication: </strong>The coaching classes improved the students' basic societal competencies of relating with others, self-confidence, and planning solutions. This suggests that coaching classes are useful in the training education for SLHTs. Ultimately, nurturing students' basic societal competencies will develop human resources who could achieve quality clinical performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9627149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of Three Feedback Conditions on Performing a Swallow Motor Pattern in Healthy Adults.","authors":"Kristine E Galek,&nbsp;Ed M Bice,&nbsp;Katie Allen","doi":"10.1159/000525634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000525634","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Motor learning is the process involved in acquiring and refining motor skills, which relies on accurate practice and feedback. The purpose of the current investigation was to examine the influence of three types of feedback on successfully performing a swallow motor pattern of a common swallowing intervention known as the Mendelsohn maneuver (MM).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>One hundred twenty healthy participants were randomized to one of three feedback conditions: (1) visual and verbal feedback (VVF), (2) verbal feedback only (VF), and (3) intrinsic feedback (IF). Participants were asked to perform a swallow motor pattern associated with the MM. Data were collected using surface electromyography.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Percentages of participants who performed the pattern successfully and the time required to complete three successful swallowing patterns were significantly different by the feedback condition. The feedback conditions influenced the performance of the MM swallow motor pattern. One hundred percent of the participants randomized to the VVF condition performed the motor pattern successfully and performed three consecutive successful trails in a shorter time period (211 s; χ2 (2) = 95.95, p < 0.001) when compared to the VF condition (74% performed in 505 s) and the IF condition (18% performed in 826 s; χ2 (2) = 95.96, p < 0.001). However, considering the participants who met the performance criteria, the number of repetition attempts required to correctly produce the MM pattern did not differ significantly between the three feedback conditions (χ2 (2) = 14.86, p = 0.81).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Visual and verbal feedback improves the performance of the MM and decreases the time to perform three successful MM swallowing patterns in healthy adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10729179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Language and Neurocognitive Impairments Associated with Hypothyroidism.","authors":"Firas Alfwaress,&nbsp;Murtala Muhammad","doi":"10.1159/000527803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000527803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Accumulating clinical evidence has indicated that hypothyroidism was associated with neurocognitive and linguistic impairments; however, these impairments were not reported in Arabic individuals. The aims of the present study were (1) to investigate the patterns of linguistic and neurocognitive impairments associated with hypothyroidism in native speakers of Jordanian Arabic and (2) to examine the accuracy of TFT in confirming a clinical diagnosis of hypothyroidism.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional design with random recruitment of participants from targeted hypothyroid (HT) and euthyroid (ET) groups was conducted. Clinical evaluation of hypothyroidism was obtained via a structured questionnaire followed by TFT. Evaluation measures included digit span, confrontation naming, color naming, auditory and visual memory, and visual recognition tasks. The HT group comprised 36 participants including 8 males and 28 females with a ratio of 1:3.5. Their age ranged between 5.11 and 10.7 years (M = 7.7, SD = ±1.4). The ET group included an equal number of participants in terms of age and gender, their age ranged between 5.9 and 10.8 years (M = 7.6, SD = ±1.5).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results revealed significant differences between the two experimental groups in all of the linguistic and neurocognitive tasks. The HT showed 10- and 26-s delayed responses on a timed color naming and visual recognition tasks compared to the ET group, whereas the ET group showed larger scores compared to the HT on the digit span, confrontation naming, auditory memory, and visual memory tasks. Differences were 2.2, 4, 1.7, and 3 points, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Hypothyroidism influences linguistic and neurocognitive functions mainly naming ability, working memory, and auditory and visual processes needed for learning. Clinicians ought to be attentive to these impacts when designing screening and therapy protocols for children with hypothyroidism. Furthermore, TSH showed higher prediction of hypothyroidism and may be used in favor of FT3 and FT4.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9635684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Laryngeal Diadochokinesis in the Mandarin Population.","authors":"Zhen Fu,&nbsp;TianEn Xu,&nbsp;Xiao Lang,&nbsp;HaKyung Kim,&nbsp;WenLin Ma,&nbsp;Jie Shao,&nbsp;XiaoXi Kang","doi":"10.1159/000530306","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000530306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study identifies the most suitable syllable for laryngeal diadochokinesis (LDDK) in Mandarin speakers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>One hundred and ten Mandarin speakers aged 18-83 years were used in the study. LDDK was assessed using quick repetitions of /ʔe/, /ʔi/, /ʔa/, /he/, /ha/, and /hi/. The observation index included the average rate (syllable/s) and regularity (%).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the various age groups, there was no significant difference in LDDK rate and regularity of adducted syllables (p &gt; 0.05), and only the regularity of /ʔi/ is significantly different between aged 18-40 and 41-64 years (p = 0.040). When vocal fold adduction was compared between various syllables, there was no significant difference in LDDK rate and regularity (p &gt; 0.05). In various age groups, the LDDK rate of abduction syllables is different (p &lt; 0.05) compared with the LDDK regularity of abduction syllables (p &gt; 0.05). In various abduction syllables, there is no difference in LDDK rate (p &gt; 0.05); however, /ha/ and /hi/ have significant differences in LDDK regularity (p = 0.007).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>According to the preliminary data, /ʔa/ and /ha/ can be used as suitable indicators to analyse the coordination ability of the laryngeal movement of Mandarin speakers.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9169804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differences in Glottal Closure and Visibility of the Anterior Commissure during Rigid-90°, Rigid-70°, and Flexible Laryngostroboscopy.","authors":"Roland Paulus,&nbsp;Matthias Leonhard,&nbsp;Guan-Yuh Ho,&nbsp;Annabella Kurz,&nbsp;Berit Schneider-Stickler","doi":"10.1159/000530454","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000530454","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The conventional rigid-90° and rigid-70° laryngostroboscopy has been so far considered the gold standard in assessing the vibratory behavior of the vocal folds and the glottal closure configuration during phonation. Meanwhile, this rigid laryngostroboscopy is more and more replaced by flexible chip-on-tip systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of these different endoscopic techniques on glottal closure configuration and on visibility of the complete focal fold length including anterior commissure during phonation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-one euphonic subjects were enrolled (mean age 34.6 ± 9.5; m = 10, f = 11). They were examined with the three laryngoscopic techniques (conventional rigid-90°, rigid-70°, and flexible chip-on-tip laryngoscopy during low and high voice pitch with soft and loud voice intensity). For evaluating the degree of glottal closure, a modified classification of Södersten et al. was applied and the visibility of the anterior commissure was evaluated. The correlation of the three endoscopic techniques was assessed with Cohen and Fleiss' kappa.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In even low loud phonation, the rigid-90° and rigid-70° endoscopies revealed a complete closure of the glottis in only 47.6% of subjects but with flexible endoscopy in 81%. The complete vocal fold length with anterior commissure was best visible with flexible endoscopy in 90.5% in low-soft and high-soft phonation. The rigid-90° endoscopy showed a slight agreement in comparison with the flexible endoscopy in regard to the types of vocal fold closure with a Cohen's kappa coefficient k = 0.199. The rigid-90° endoscopy showed an almost perfect agreement with k = 0.84 when compared to the rigid-70° endoscopy. The flexible endoscopy compared to the rigid-70° endoscopy showed a fair agreement with k = 0.346.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We found mainly corresponding results in both rigid-90° and rigid-70° endoscopic techniques which can be explained by the same transoral approach with the tongue pulled out, whereas the flexible transnasal endoscopy mainly gives a better view on the anterior commissure. The influence of transorally or transnasally guided endoscopic techniques needs to be considered in interpretation of laryngostroboscopic parameters like vocal fold closure and supraglottal hyperactivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10614229/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9227776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Automatic Analysis of Children's Language Samples: Where Do We Go from Here?","authors":"Ulrike Lüdtke,&nbsp;Juan Bornman,&nbsp;Febe de Wet,&nbsp;Ulrich Heid,&nbsp;Jörn Ostermann,&nbsp;Lars Rumberg,&nbsp;Jeannie Van der Linde,&nbsp;Hanna Ehlert","doi":"10.1159/000527427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000527427","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Language sample analysis (LSA) is invaluable to describe and understand child language use and development for clinical purposes and research. Digital tools supporting LSA are available, but many of the LSA steps have not been automated. Nevertheless, programs that include automatic speech recognition (ASR), the first step of LSA, have already reached mainstream applicability.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>To better understand the complexity, challenges, and future needs of automatic LSA from a technological perspective, including the tasks of transcribing, annotating, and analysing natural child language samples, this article takes on a multidisciplinary view. Requirements of a fully automated LSA process are characterized, features of existing LSA software tools compared, and prior work from the disciplines of information science and computational linguistics reviewed.</p><p><strong>Key messages: </strong>Existing tools vary in their extent of automation provided across the process of LSA. Advances in machine learning for speech recognition and processing have potential to facilitate LSA, but the specifics of child speech and language as well as the lack of child data complicate software design. A transdisciplinary approach is recommended as feasible to support future software development for LSA.</p>","PeriodicalId":12114,"journal":{"name":"Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9295205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}