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{"title":"Prediction of Speech Impairment in Patients Treated for Oral or Oropharyngeal Cancer Using Automatic Speech Analysis","authors":"Mathieu Balaguer, Julien Pinquier, Jérôme Farinas, Virginie Woisard","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70103","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Perceptual evaluation of speech disorders produces scores that poorly predict the consequences of speech impairment on the communication abilities of patients treated for oral/oropharyngeal cancer. This may be mitigated by automatic speech analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To measure communication and speech impairment using automatic analyses of spontaneous speech and self-administered questionnaires in patients treated for oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods and Procedures</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The spontaneous speech of 25 patients was recorded during a semistructured interview. Various acoustic and automatic tools were applied to the speech signal to obtain scores relating to the different linguistic levels. Reduction of dimensionality was applied to retain only relevant and nonredundant parameters. Self-administered questionnaires assessing communication and associated factors (associated deficits, anxiety/depression, cognitive status, communication needs relating to social circles, self-perception of speech impairment and quality of life) were conducted. A predictive modelling of communication and speech impairment by LASSO regression was performed using the scores from the automatic tools alone, which were then combined with the scores arising from the questionnaires.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Outcomes and Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 149 automatic parameters were extracted from the speech signal, of which 75 were retained after dimensional reduction. Predictive modelling of communication and speech impairment [Holistic Communication Score (HoCoS)] using the selected automatic parameters (number of sonants and occlusives recognised per second) provides a correlation of 0.83 between the predicted and actual score. This modelling is reliable (<i>r</i><sub>S</sub> = 0.82 between five-fold cross-validation and HoCoS). The correlation reaches 0.89 when including associated factors in the modelling, while maintaining a high reliability (<i>r</i><sub>S</sub> = 0.70 between five-fold cross-validation and HoCoS).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions and Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The use of automatic speech analysis allows a reliable prediction of the communication and speech impairment experienced by the patients. This study opens up new perspectives for the use of automatic speech recognition systems in clinical evaluation and for the consideration of functional and ","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1460-6984.70103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Factors Contribute to the Motivation of Adults Who Stutter to Continue Their Treatment? A Qualitative Study","authors":"Atefeh Moazeni, Mohammad Mahdi Shamsaee, Mahbubeh Nakhshab","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70102","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Stuttering is a chronic condition that requires long-term management. Previous research emphasizes that motivation plays a critical role in therapy success. Motivation is an intrinsic process that drives and directs behaviour, making it a key determinant in whether individuals continue or discontinue therapy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aims to explore the factors influencing the motivation of adults who stutter to continue therapy, focusing on identifying themes and insights related to therapy continuation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods and Procedures</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A qualitative content analysis approach was used, involving 24 adults aged 30 to 40 who stutter. Participants were recruited through purposeful and snowball sampling from social media groups of the Iranian Stuttering Association and speech and language pathologists' platforms. Participants were divided into two groups: those who chose to continue their speech therapy (<i>n</i> = 11) and those who decided to discontinue it (<i>n</i> = 13). Data were collected through semi-structured, in-depth interviews conducted online, which were analysed using content analysis to identify themes and subthemes related to the motivation of continuing stuttering therapy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Outcomes and Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study identified six key themes that influence motivation to continue therapy: therapist characteristics, therapy structure and process, therapeutic setting and tools, perceived treatment effectiveness, client psychological dynamics, and social support and perception. These themes played a critical role in shaping clients' motivation and their decision to persist in therapy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions and Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This research underscores that a strong therapeutic alliance, along with supportive family and social environments, can enhance motivation by fulfilling basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness). These needs can be addressed by focusing on effective therapeutic interactions, minimizing ambiguity in the treatment process, designing tailored treatment plans based on each client's unique goals and circumstances, fostering active participation, and providing constructive feedback.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div><i>What is already known on this subject</i>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Stuttering requi","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"JACDI: WS-SF: A Short-Form Version of the Saudi Arabic Communicative Development Inventory","authors":"Haifa Alroqi, Michael C. Frank, Khadeejah Alaslani, Aalya Albeeshi, Alaa Almohammadi, Yara Aljahlan, Roaa Alsulaiman, Abdullah Murad, Fahad Alnemary","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70108","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study addresses the lack of a short Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) form tailored to Saudi Arabic, specifically designed based on local norms, for assessing early communicative skills in toddlers. The JISH Arabic CDI: Words and Sentences Short-Form (JACDI: WS-SF) is introduced to meet this need. This tool is particularly useful in contexts of low parental literacy and is designed to offer a culturally relevant and efficient assessment of early language development in Saudi Arabic-speaking children.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The JACDI: WS-SF was developed using a cross-sectional study design. Participants were toddlers aged 16 to 36 months and their parents, who provided data on language development through this newly developed tool.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Preliminary findings indicate that the JACDI: WS-SF effectively captures essential aspects of early communicative development, aligning with local linguistic and cultural norms. The tool proves to be accessible to parents with varying literacy levels and sensitive to the linguistic context of Saudi Arabic. Notably, the study highlighted a significant association between children's ability to combine words and their vocabulary size, emphasising the need for considering language complexity in early interventions. Gender differences in vocabulary size were also noted, calling for equitable support in language assessment and intervention.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The JACDI: WS-SF effectively fills a significant gap in developmental assessment tools in the region, confirming its efficacy in initial testing. The outcomes support the tool's utility and cultural relevance, enhancing its potential to expedite language disorder diagnoses, facilitate rigorous and comparable early language development studies, and broaden accessibility to language assessments. These results underscore the importance of the tool in both research and clinical practice, especially for advancing early intervention strategies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div><i>What is already known on this subject</i>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Previous studies have established the utility of MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) for assessing early communicative skills in infants and toddlers, with over 100 adaptatio","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1460-6984.70108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144751519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting Communication Access of People With Communication Disabilities and Communication Differences in UNCRPD-Ratified Countries: An Integrative Review","authors":"Áine Kearns, Caroline Jagoe, Rachael Stockdale, Dorothy Clarke, Molly Manning, Ruth Mc Menamin, Yvonne Fitzmaurice, James Green, Orla Duffy, Helen Kelly","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70098","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) recognizes communication accessibility as a fundamental human right. Communication plays a key role in facilitating belonging, sharing and engaging with communities, allowing individuals to connect and forge relationships. Communication is fundamental to well-being and building a sense of self and identity, as well as establishing and maintaining social roles and vocation. Those with communication disabilities or differences can face many barriers to social participation, inclusion and potential financial implications.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This integrative review explores policy, practices and guidelines that support communication access of adults with communication disabilities and differences in selected English-speaking countries with UNCRPD-ratified status and well-established speech and language therapy services.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>An integrative review of the literature was undertaken. A systematic search of the published, peer-reviewed literature was conducted for empirical research, and a manual search was undertaken to obtain policy, practice, or guidelines, to support communication access at a sectoral/service or community level. A multi-scalar approach situates the findings within several contexts: international law, national legislation and policy, professional guidelines and evidence from local/national projects.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Contributions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A multi-scalar map was developed that positions the findings on communication access within the included countries (Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand), across local/national programmes and projects (<i>n</i> = 11), professional body and civil society guidance, regional/national legislation and policy specific to communication access and finally the international normative instrument of the UNCRPD. The findings indicate that communication accessibility is recognised as a fundamental human right, but signatory states are required to take appropriate measures to ensure access to information and communication for persons with disabilities. National legislation, policy and practice need further scrutiny in this regard.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This review examines the complex phenomenon of communication access for people with com","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1460-6984.70098","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144751353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Preliminary Survey of Speech–Language Pathologists’ Perceived Effectiveness and Challenges of Tele-Practice in India","authors":"Suma Raju, Merlyn Rachel Sam, M. K. Niharika","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70104","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Tele-practice in speech–language pathology has existed for nearly a decade, but it emerged as a solution to overcome the challenges of access issues in delivering speech–language pathology services globally, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is essential to follow up on tele-practice services following a pandemic concerning their efficacy and factors influencing their implementation as a routine or long-term service delivery method. This study investigated speech–language pathologists’ perceived effectiveness and challenges of tele-practice in India.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>An online survey of speech–language pathologists in India was conducted. Data from 110 speech–language pathologists were collected via Google Forms and further analysed using descriptive statistics and frequency distribution.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Results are discussed under four domains: awareness and familiarity with tele-practice, comparison between tele-practice and face-to-face sessions, challenges faced, and patient satisfaction. Although speech–language pathologists in India had good awareness, familiarity, and high patient satisfaction via tele-practice, they preferred face-to-face sessions over tele-practice.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The grounds for speech–language pathologists’ perspective on tele-practice services in India are identified, and the need for reformatory measures for implementing tele-practice in India is highlighted.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS?</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div><i>What is already known in this subject</i>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Tele-practice, including teletherapy and telemedicine, has been studied extensively in Western countries like the United States and several European nations. These studies generally indicate that tele-practice can be effective for delivering speech and language therapy, particularly for certain populations and conditions.</li>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Studies in other countries suggest that both therapists and clients generally find tele-practice acceptable and feasible. Therapists appreciate the flexibility and reach it offers, while clients often report high levels of satisfaction due to reduced travel time and greater convenience.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 </div>\u0000 \u0000 <div><i>What this paper adds to the existing knowledge</i>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144740238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative Study of Speech Rate in People With Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Individuals: Analysing Characteristics of Voiced and Voiceless Plosive Consonants","authors":"Fereshteh Mohamadpour, Mehrdad Askarian","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70092","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system and has several subtypes. The disease pathophysiology includes damage to the myelin in the brain and spinal cord, manifesting in a wide range of neurological symptoms and impacting patients’ physical, psychological, social, and communication functioning. The purpose of this research is to compare speech rate characteristics in people with MS and healthy individuals by analysing the phonetic properties of voiced and voiceless plosive consonants.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This research employs a cross-sectional, causal-comparative design. The possible statistical population consisted of PwMS (people with MS) and healthy individuals living in Fars province in 2023. All PwMS were formally diagnosed by a neurologist. From the possible statistical population, a total of 80 participants were selected as the sample size using an available sampling method, with 16 individuals chosen from each group (four MS groups; one for each subtype, and one healthy group). In this study, speech rate was the independent variable and was compared between PwMS and healthy individuals.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings show that when reading texts with voiceless plosive consonants, all disease groups showed a significant difference in speech rate compared to the healthy group (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Additionally, the different disease subtypes also exhibited significant differences in speech rate from each other (<i>p</i> < 0.001). However, when reading texts with voiced plosive consonants, all groups except for the RR group showed a significant difference from the healthy group in terms of speech rate (RR: <i>p</i> = 0.687; PR, PP, and SP: <i>p</i> < 0.001). Moreover, the disease subtypes had significant differences in speech rate scores from one another (<i>p</i> < 0.001).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>According to the research findings, speech rate differs significantly MS subtypes. This result can help specialists in predicting the flow and subtype of MS. Therefore, speech rate can play an important role in increasing communication and speech ability as well as diagnosing the progression of MS.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div><i>What is already known on this subject</i>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>So far, researchers have conducted research on the language problems of MS patients. These researches ","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144740175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Online Administration of Persian Diagnostic Aphasia Battery in Iranian People With Aphasia","authors":"Sayed Mohammad Mahdi Vaghei, Mozhgan Asadi, Banafshe Mansuri","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70097","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Remote assessment through telehealth offers potential benefits for people with aphasia (PWA), particularly where in-person services are limited. However, its diagnostic validity in developing countries remains underexplored due to differences in infrastructure and digital literacy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To compare in-person and remote administration of the Persian Diagnostic Aphasia Battery-2: Aphasia Quotient 2 (P-DAB2-AQ2) in Persian-speaking PWA and to examine participants’ technology use and satisfaction with remote assessment.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Twenty adults with mild to severe aphasia (mean age 55.85 years) completed the P-DAB2-AQ2 both in person and remotely via Skype. The test order was counterbalanced, and administration was conducted by two independent, blinded assessors. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used to analyse score consistency across formats. Participants also completed surveys on prior technology use and satisfaction with remote assessment.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>ICCs indicated excellent agreement between in-person and remote AQ2 scores (0.986) and good to excellent agreement for subtests (0.834–0.981). No significant differences were found for individual subtests (<i>p</i> > 0.05), although the total AQ2 score was marginally higher for in-person assessments (<i>p</i> = 0.044). Connected speech showed the highest variability across formats, leading to aphasia type reclassification in four participants. Ten participants showed AQ2 differences > 5 points, primarily among those with severe aphasia. Despite 60% reporting low comfort with technology, 75% were satisfied with remote assessment, and no significant correlation was found between tech experience or satisfaction and performance.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Remote administration of the P-DAB2-AQ2 was reliable and comparable to in-person testing, supporting its clinical feasibility in Iran. However, variability in connected speech scores highlights the need for cautious interpretation. Further studies with larger samples are needed to optimize remote protocols and ensure broader applicability.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div><i>What is already known on the subject</i>\u0000 \u0000 <ul>\u0000 \u0000 <li>Telehealth in speech-language pathology (SL","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144725623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phonological Awareness Skills in Thai-Speaking Children: A Scoping Review","authors":"Ketnipa Ratanakul, Joanne Cleland, Wendy Cohen","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70099","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Phonological awareness is an important skill for literacy development. However, limited research has been conducted on tonal languages or non-alphabetic orthographies, including Thai. Understanding the development of phonological awareness in Thai-speaking children is important for identifying risk factors for dyslexia and for understanding the role of phonological awareness in Thai-speaking children with communication impairments.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This scoping review synthesised empirical studies on phonological awareness in Thai-speaking children. We aimed to describe the tasks and experiments typically used in studies, outline the performance of phonological awareness in typically developing and non-typically developing children across preschool to school age, and highlight the importance of phonological awareness skills to literacy development.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Peer-reviewed papers were retrieved from eight electronic databases, supplemented by manual reference and website searches for relevant articles on phonological awareness in Thai-speaking children. The inclusion criteria for eligible studies were articles published in English since 2000 investigating phonological awareness skills in preschool- and school-aged Thai-speaking children (2;0–12;0 years).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Contributions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Fourteen full-text articles were screened, and 13 met the inclusion criteria. Papers focused on the relationship between phonological awareness and reading skills (<i>n</i> = 5), phonological awareness skills in children at risk of learning disabilities or dyslexia (<i>n</i> = 5), and lexical tone awareness (<i>n</i> = 2). The findings showed that phonological awareness was important for reading abilities across all reported ages, while lexical tone awareness significantly impacted reading abilities only when children were in kindergarten (3;0–6;0 years). Phonological awareness tests were also used as a tool for identifying children at risk of learning disabilities or dyslexia. Initial phoneme identification was the most commonly used phonological awareness task across all 13 studies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Phonological awareness is essential for reading skills and identifying children at risk of learning disabilities or dyslexia. Future research is needed to investigate the acquisition of phonological awareness in T","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1460-6984.70099","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144725707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Making Research Accessible to the Developmental Language Disorder Community: A Mixed Methods Study Using the Nominal Group Technique","authors":"Emily Jackson, Janice Wijaya, Sanjana Bhatoolaul, Qi Xun Tan, Suze Leitão","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70096","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Accessing research can be difficult for individuals with developmental language disorder (DLD) and their supporting networks (e.g., family, speech–language therapists, and teachers). This challenge may be attributable to the DLD community's difficulty with searching and paying for scientific research and the complexity of language used in dissemination methods such as journal articles. It is important that members of the DLD community can access and understand research to facilitate the community's involvement in research and as a key part of building knowledge of DLD. To date, no studies have explored the DLD community's perspectives on their preferences for accessing and understanding research.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This mixed methods study aimed to explore the DLD community's perspectives on how researchers can make their findings more accessible.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods and Procedures</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>An international group of parents of children with DLD (including one parent who also had DLD) and a speech–language therapist (<i>n</i> = 9) participated in a nominal group technique process to share their perspectives. The group identified a range of methods that researchers could use to make DLD research more accessible to the community, which they discussed in depth and then ranked in order of preference. Consensus ranking analysis was used to identify preferred methods for research dissemination. The ranking exercise was supplemented by in-depth discussions about research accessibility, which were analysed using qualitative content analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Outcomes and Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Participants identified plain language summaries, flyers, infographics, and short videos as their preferred formats for making scientific research accessible to the DLD community. Qualitative analyses highlighted four main categories of recommendations for researchers, including the use of text-based, visual (static), and multimedia (dynamic) approaches, as well as recommendations for making language adjustments and involving the DLD community in disseminating research findings.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions and Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study will help researchers better understand the DLD community's needs, enabling more effective dissemination of their findings to those most impacted by the research. In return, research findings are more likely to be translated into a","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1460-6984.70096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coping With Primary Progressive Aphasia: Factors Predicting Caregiver Psychological Wellbeing and Burden","authors":"Johan Wong, David Foxe, James Carrick, Rebekah M. Ahmed, James R. Burrell, Olivier Piguet","doi":"10.1111/1460-6984.70095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70095","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Impacts of dementia syndromes on caregivers are well established, but research specific to Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) populations is scant. In particular, little is known about the impacts of non-language symptoms (e.g., emotion recognition and behavioural disturbance) on caregiver outcomes in PPA.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The present study sought to investigate the interrelationships between non-language symptom profiles, caregiver coping behaviours, and caregiver outcomes (psychological wellbeing and burden) among PPA subtypes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods & Procedures</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ninety-six PPA person-caregiver dyads (30 with logopenic variant [lvPPA], 26 with non-fluent variant [nfvPPA], and 40 with semantic variant [svPPA]) and 122 healthy controls were included in this cross-sectional study. Caregiver outcomes were assessed using the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and the 21-item depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21). The study investigated whether a person with PPA-focused variables (psychological wellbeing, emotion recognition ability, behavioural disturbance) and caregiver coping style predicted caregiver outcomes. Differential caregiver coping styles were also examined.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Outcomes & Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Overall, caregivers most commonly used adaptive coping styles (problem-focused, emotion-focused). Symptom profiles and use of dysfunctional coping correlated negatively with caregiver psychological wellbeing and positively with burden. Regression models indicated that caregiver psychological wellbeing was most strongly predicted by the use of dysfunctional coping strategies, and caregiver burden was most strongly predicted by reduced emotion recognition and presence of behavioural disturbance symptoms in persons with PPA.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions & Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study highlights the importance of considering non-language symptoms in persons diagnosed with PPA and their impact on caregiver outcomes. These findings may inform the development of psychoeducation materials and interventions for PPA caregivers. Further research is needed to identify the predictors of PPA caregiver outcomes with disease progression. Studies utilising qualitative approaches and considering caregiver gain are warranted to understand the experience of PPA caregivers further.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":49182,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1460-6984.70095","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144695753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}