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Practical Strategies to Optimize Cognitive-Communication Intervention in Complex Real-World Conditions: A Life Integration Approach. 在复杂的现实世界条件下优化认知-沟通干预的实用策略:一种生活整合方法。
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-26 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00112
Sheila MacDonald
{"title":"Practical Strategies to Optimize Cognitive-Communication Intervention in Complex Real-World Conditions: A Life Integration Approach.","authors":"Sheila MacDonald","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Cognitive-communication intervention (CCI) service gaps compromise quality of life for individuals with acquired brain injuries. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) must examine barriers to care and develop solutions to address current problems in awareness of cognitive-communication disorders, understanding of SLP services, access and referral mechanisms, and care pathways. They must also adapt CCI to the complexities and constraints of daily life. In this article, we explore actions that clinical SLPs can take to overcome service barriers and advocate for fair, timely, and evidence-based CCI.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This clinical focus article examines barriers to CCI and provides a set of tools and strategies SLPs can employ to address them. These strategies are organized into a framework called the Life Integration Approach (LIA), which has 10 elements to guide clinical service planning: (a) evidence application, (b) communication education and assertiveness, (c) access and referral, (d) assessment, (e) therapeutic engagement, (f) cognitive-communication goal setting, (g) instructional practices, (h) life integration, (i) communication partner collaboration, and (j) resource allocation. Resources are provided to demonstrate how the LIA can integrate advocacy with clinical service while adapting to complex conditions of life, competing priorities, and service constraints.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusion: </strong>Although barriers to provision of quality SLP CCI may seem formidable, there are practical actions SLPs can take to advocate for and adapt CCI services to life demands for individuals living with the devastating effects of brain injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899766","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}
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Work-Related Physical Discomfort and Ergonomics Among Speech-Language Pathologists Performing Flexible Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing. 工作相关的身体不适和人体工程学的语言病理学家执行灵活的内镜评估吞咽。
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00258
Andrew Keltz, Ciara Leydon, Jacqueline A Vernarelli, Danielle Livecchi, Michael Z Lerner
{"title":"Work-Related Physical Discomfort and Ergonomics Among Speech-Language Pathologists Performing Flexible Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing.","authors":"Andrew Keltz, Ciara Leydon, Jacqueline A Vernarelli, Danielle Livecchi, Michael Z Lerner","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00258","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is a common component of a comprehensive dysphagia assessment. Endoscopy-related musculoskeletal symptoms resulting from clinician, environment, or equipment factors have been reported among health care professionals. The purpose of this work was to uncover the prevalence and nature of physical discomfort among speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who perform FEES. Investigators also explored SLPs' strategies to reduce endoscopy-related discomfort and their perceived benefit of ergonomics training.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A survey was distributed electronically to SLPs to gather information about demographics, work environment, FEES practice, ergonomics, and physical discomfort. Data were analyzed using logistic regression and Spearman rank correlations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred sixty SLPs who conduct FEES completed the survey. The majority of participants (73%) experienced physical discomfort, at least sometimes, when performing FEES, most notably in the shoulder, back, and neck. Participants who reported suboptimal ergonomics demonstrated fivefold increased odds of experiencing discomfort, indicating insight into physical challenges. Participants with fewer years of experience, less frequent ability to achieve optimal positioning, and increased frequency of physical discomfort were more likely to anticipate benefit from training.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Physical discomfort was common and was not predicted by demographics, work environment, years of FEES practice, or dose. Further studies are needed to identify factors that predict discomfort and strategies to support comfort and well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142866030","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}
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Prevalence of Parent-Reported Problematic Eating Behaviors and Skills at 8-24 Months of Age in Infants Born at Less Than 34 Weeks Gestation. 妊娠不足 34 周的婴儿在 8-24 个月大时由家长报告的有问题的饮食行为和技能的流行率。
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-16 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00238
Britt F Pados, Grace Briceno, Victoria Feaster, Michelle Chiu
{"title":"Prevalence of Parent-Reported Problematic Eating Behaviors and Skills at 8-24 Months of Age in Infants Born at Less Than 34 Weeks Gestation.","authors":"Britt F Pados, Grace Briceno, Victoria Feaster, Michelle Chiu","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to describe the evolution and prevalence of parent-reported problematic feeding behaviors and eating skills in infants born prior to 34 weeks at the time of eating solid foods between 8 and 24 months of age, and to explore the associations between problematic feeding and the impact on the parent and family.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Parents of eligible children (<i>N</i> = 35) completed an online survey when their child was 8, 10, 12, 18, and 24 months corrected age. The survey included the Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (PediEAT), Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale (ChOMPS), and the Feeding Impact Scales-Family and Parent.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of problematic feeding behaviors, as measured by the PediEAT, decreased from 63% at 8 months to 29% at 24 months. The prevalence of problematic eating skills, as measured by the ChOMPS, ranged from 30% to 56% between 8 and 24 months, with the highest prevalence between 10 and 18 months. The impact of feeding on the family and parent, as measured by the Feeding Impact Scales, was higher in families of children with problematic feeding than those without problematic feeding; however, given the small sample size, this was only statistically significant at 10 and 24 months.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The prevalence of problematic feeding in this population of infants under 34 weeks was 43%-44% over the first 2 years of life. Infants born preterm should be considered at elevated risk for problematic feeding and monitored closely with timely referrals. Identifying prevention strategies in the neonatal intensive care unit will be critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142839973","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}
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Insights on Literacy From Stroke Survivors With Aphasia: A Mixed-Methods Inquiry. 中风幸存者失语症患者对识字的见解:混合方法研究。
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00360
Elizabeth B Madden, Erin J Bush
{"title":"Insights on Literacy From Stroke Survivors With Aphasia: A Mixed-Methods Inquiry.","authors":"Elizabeth B Madden, Erin J Bush","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00360","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Individuals with aphasia commonly experience reading and writing difficulties, negatively impacting everyday communication and life participation. Using mixed methods, this study aimed to understand literacy experiences described by individuals with aphasia and explore how their perspectives are related to test performance and other demographic factors.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Twenty-one stroke survivors with aphasia completed reading and writing testing and shared their perspectives through a close-ended survey and an open-ended interview about literacy abilities and experiences. Quantitative methods were used to compare pre- and poststroke self-ratings and explore associations between self-ratings and demographic factors. Qualitative methods were used to identify themes in the interviews. The data sets were merged to derive mixed-methods results for a more in-depth view of participants' perspectives.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant decreases in perceived literacy abilities were found; however, there were no differences in literacy importance or enjoyment pre- to poststroke. Reading and writing test scores were correlated with self-rated abilities but not with importance, enjoyment, or frequency of reading and writing. The thematic analysis process identified four main themes: <i>Feelings about literacy</i>, <i>Literacy challenges</i>, <i>Literacy supports</i>, and <i>Literacy goals</i>.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The data indicate that individuals with aphasia highly value reading and writing and are heavily invested, despite recognized challenges, in using and improving these skills. Therefore, assessments and treatments addressing literacy in aphasia are critical, and individuals with aphasia should be invited to share their literacy experiences and goals, allowing for more person-centered clinical resources to be collaboratively constructed.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.25893049.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"3186-3202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141184612","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}
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Interplay of Semantic Plausibility and Word Order Canonicity in Sentence Processing of People With Aphasia Using a Verb-Final Language. 失语症患者使用动词终结语处理句子时语义可信性与词序规范性的相互作用
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-07-11 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00353
Jee Eun Sung, Gayle DeDe, Jimin Park
{"title":"Interplay of Semantic Plausibility and Word Order Canonicity in Sentence Processing of People With Aphasia Using a Verb-Final Language.","authors":"Jee Eun Sung, Gayle DeDe, Jimin Park","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00353","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The Western Aphasia Battery is widely used to assess people with aphasia (PWA). Sequential Commands (SC) is one of the most challenging subtests for PWA. However, test items confound linguistic factors that make sentences difficult for PWA. The current study systematically manipulated semantic plausibility and word order in sentences like those in SC to examine how these factors affect comprehension deficits in aphasia.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Fifty Korean speakers (25 PWA and 25 controls) completed a sentence-picture matching task that manipulated word order (canonical vs. noncanonical) and semantic plausibility (plausible vs. less plausible). Analyses focused on accuracy and aimed to identify sentence types that best discriminate the groups. Additionally, we explored which sentence type serves as the best predictor of aphasia severity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PWA demonstrated greater difficulties in processing less plausible sentences than plausible ones compared to the controls. Across the groups, noncanonical and less plausible sentences elicited lower accuracy than canonical and plausible sentences. Notably, the accuracy of PWA and control groups differed in noncanonical and less plausible sentences. Additionally, aphasia severity significantly correlated with less plausible sentences.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Even in languages with flexible word order, PWA find it challenging to process sentences with noncanonical syntactic structures and less plausible semantic roles.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"3236-3246"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141591847","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}
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Knowledge, Beliefs, and Experiences With Mental Health Services and Help-Seeking in People With Aphasia and Care Partners. 失语症患者和护理伙伴对心理健康服务和求助的了解、信念和经历。
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00365
Kate Kelleher, Jessica Obermeyer, Sena Crutchley, Sage Stalker, Maura Silverman, K Leigh Morrow-Odom
{"title":"Knowledge, Beliefs, and Experiences With Mental Health Services and Help-Seeking in People With Aphasia and Care Partners.","authors":"Kate Kelleher, Jessica Obermeyer, Sena Crutchley, Sage Stalker, Maura Silverman, K Leigh Morrow-Odom","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00365","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00365","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Supporting psychological well-being in persons with aphasia (PWA) can improve social and health outcomes; however, PWA and their care partners (CPs) are often not receiving mental health support. Previous research explores this from the perspective of health care professionals.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of this study was to examine knowledge, beliefs, and experiences related to mental health services directly from PWA and CPs.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study included 11 PWA and 11 CPs. Participants completed a guided survey (virtual) with opportunities for elaboration related to the knowledge, beliefs, and experiences of mental health.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was variability in personal preferences for referrals, types of coping strategies, and confidants for general thoughts and feelings and those specific to aphasia. PWA identified health care professionals as people to share thoughts and feelings, whereas CPs chose family and friends more often. Both CPs and PWA reported communication difficulty and finding a counselor as \"sometimes\" preventing access to services but cited fear and trust as \"always\" preventing access.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Knowledge, beliefs, and experience with help-seeking and mental health services are personal and variable. Assessing barriers unique to living with aphasia, such as communication challenges and locating a suitable counselor, must also be considered within more complex and personal barriers of fear and trust that are consistently reported in the general public. Health professionals across the continuum of aphasia care need to understand the communication challenges of living with aphasia in tandem with understanding individual differences to personalize approaches to mental health services and help-seeking.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"3315-3342"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141910147","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}
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M-MAT Meta: Treatment of Self-Awareness and Language for Individuals With Severe Wernicke's Aphasia. M-MAT Meta:重度韦尼克失语症患者的自我意识和语言治疗。
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00346
Amanda Wadams, Jennifer Mozeiko
{"title":"M-MAT Meta: Treatment of Self-Awareness and Language for Individuals With Severe Wernicke's Aphasia.","authors":"Amanda Wadams, Jennifer Mozeiko","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00346","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>In this study, we evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of language plus goal management training program for individuals with aphasia. The intervention targeted expressive language, while concurrently integrating tasks designed to improve executive function and error awareness.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A single-subject repeated-measures design was utilized to determine whether a combined treatment (Multi-Modal Aphasia Therapy PLUS Goal Management Training [M-MAT Meta]) would be efficacious for individuals with aphasia. This article reports on two participants with severe Wernicke's aphasia, who comprised one of the four dyads of the study. Treatment was administered in a small group setting (<i>N</i> = 2) for 2 hr per day, 3 days per week for 4 weeks. Individual video feedback sessions were conducted once a week. Analysis of outcomes included visual inspection and calculation of Tau-U effect sizes of probed treatment data as well as statistical analysis of standardized language and executive function assessments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Visual inspection indicated improvements in naming and discourse skills, which were maintained at the 1-month follow-up. Both participants' standardized scores indicated a significant decrease in aphasia severity, which was maintained 1 month posttreatment. Error awareness improved for one of the two participants, but this improvement was not maintained. Participants demonstrated increased inhibition of unwanted responses and took longer on the planning and problem-solving time required to complete the assessment, indicating a decrease in impulsivity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of this preliminary study suggest that M-MAT Meta may be an effective way to increase self-awareness and communication in individuals with severe Wernicke's aphasia.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"3358-3376"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142548543","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}
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Using and Modifying Standardized Restorative Treatments in Aphasia: Clinician Perspectives. 失语症标准化修复疗法的使用和修改:临床医生的观点。
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00349
Reva M Zimmerman, Jessica Obermeyer, Julie Schlesinger, JoAnn P Silkes
{"title":"Using and Modifying Standardized Restorative Treatments in Aphasia: Clinician Perspectives.","authors":"Reva M Zimmerman, Jessica Obermeyer, Julie Schlesinger, JoAnn P Silkes","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00349","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00349","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Aphasia treatment should be individualized, so clinicians are likely modifying established treatment paradigms to fit client needs. Little extant research describes which treatment protocols clinicians modify, how and why they modify their treatments, and what sources they use to guide their modifications. The purpose of this study was to gain insights into these issues.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A Qualtrics survey was distributed through speech-language pathology-related professional and social media networks from January through June 2023. Forty-seven speech-language pathologists provided basic information on assessment and treatment approaches that they use, and 32 respondents provided detailed responses regarding their current treatment practices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The two restitutive aphasia treatments clinicians reported using most often were Semantic Feature Analysis and Verb Network Strengthening Treatment. The reasons for using these two treatments were that they are easy to administer, patients enjoy them, and they are perceived to be effective. Most clinicians reported that they often modify aphasia treatment protocols for a variety of reasons. These included matching patients' linguistic profiles by changing stimuli or the presentation modality as well as meeting time constraints and productivity standards. Respondents reported that they mostly rely on their personal experience, suggestions from colleagues, and linguistic theory to guide their modifications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Clinicians often modify standardized treatments to balance their patients' needs and the demands of their settings and typically rely on personal experience to do so. In the future, more clinician-researcher partnerships and investigations of active treatment ingredients are needed to support clinicians in making efficient and effective treatment modifications.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.27703662.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"3377-3392"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688715","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}
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Automated Scoring of the Speech Intelligibility Test Using Autoscore. 使用 Autoscore 对语音可懂度测试进行自动评分。
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00276
Kaila L Stipancic, Tyson S Barrett, Kris Tjaden, Stephanie A Borrie
{"title":"Automated Scoring of the Speech Intelligibility Test Using Autoscore.","authors":"Kaila L Stipancic, Tyson S Barrett, Kris Tjaden, Stephanie A Borrie","doi":"10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00276","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of the current study was to develop and test extensions to Autoscore, an automated approach for scoring listener transcriptions against target stimuli, for scoring the Speech Intelligibility Test (SIT), a widely used test for quantifying intelligibility in individuals with dysarthria.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Three main extensions to Autoscore were created including a compound rule, a contractions rule, and a numbers rule. We used two sets of previously collected listener SIT transcripts (<i>N</i> = 4,642) from databases of dysarthric speakers to evaluate the accuracy of the Autoscore SIT extensions. A human scorer and SIT-extended Autoscore were used to score sentence transcripts in both data sets. Scoring performance was determined by (a) comparing Autoscore and human scores using intraclass correlations (ICCs) at individual sentence and speaker levels and (b) comparing SIT-extended Autoscore performance to the original Autoscore with ICCs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At both the individual sentence and speaker levels, Autoscore and the human scorer were nearly identical for both Data Set 1 (ICC = .9922 and ICC = .9767, respectively) and Data Set 2 (ICC = .9934 and ICC = .9946, respectively). Where disagreements between Autoscore and a human scorer occurred, the differences were often small (i.e., within 1 or 2 points). Across the two data sets (<i>N</i> = 4,642 sentences), SIT-extended Autoscore rendered 510 disagreements with the human scorer (vs. 571 disagreements for the original Autoscore).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Overall, SIT-extended Autoscore performed as well as human scorers and substantially improved scoring accuracy relative to the original version of Autoscore. Coupled with the substantial time and effort saving provided by Autoscore, its utility has been strengthened by the extensions developed and tested here.</p>","PeriodicalId":49240,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142819993","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}
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Self-Improved Language Production in Nonfluent Aphasia Through Automated Recursive Self-Feedback. 通过自动递归自我反馈提高非流利性失语症患者的语言能力
IF 2.3 3区 医学
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Epub Date: 2024-09-20 DOI: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00320
Gerald C Imaezue, Ofer Tchernichovski, Mira Goral
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