Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology最新文献

{"title":"Speech outcomes in children with cochlear implants: the impact of implantation age on intelligibility, articulation, and phonological skills.","authors":"Beyza Pehlivan Bozoğlu, Esra Özcebe, Ayşın Noyan Erbaş","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2026.2642313","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2026.2642313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to compare speech intelligibility and articulation-phonological skills of children with congenital severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss who received cochlear implantation at one of three implantation-age ranges (12-17, 18-23, and 24-29 months) with those of age-matched peers with typical hearing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 45 children (32 males and 13 females) who received cochlear implants at 12-17, 18-23, or 24-29 months and were 5-7 years old at data collection. Each implantation-age subgroup consisted of <i>n</i> = 15 children. A control group of 15 children (7 males and 8 females) with typical hearing, aged 5-7, was also included. The Turkish Articulation and Phonology Test (SST) were used to assess articulation and phonological skills. The Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) was used to assess speech intelligibility.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children implanted at 12-17 months demonstrated significantly more advanced articulation and phonological skills compared with those implanted at later ages. Nonetheless, even early-implanted children did not attain articulation, phonological skills or speech intelligibility levels observed in age-matched peers with typical hearing.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings underscore the importance of early cochlear implantation during infancy. While early implantation is associated with improved speech outcomes, children with cochlear implants may continue to exhibit speech sound disorders affecting their articulation, phonological skills, and intelligibility. This suggests a need for ongoing, speech-focused intervention, in addition to general language support, with continuous monitoring and active family involvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147445769","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":"The effect of aging and gender on oral diadochokinetic performance.","authors":"B V M Mahesh, Devappa Shashank, Narayan Manasa, C D Santosha","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2026.2635712","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2026.2635712","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Aging affects speech motor performance, particularly articulatory skills, often measured through oral diadochokinetic (ODDK) rates. The purpose of this was to examine the effects of age and gender on two tasks, namely alternating and sequential motion rates (SMRs) in healthy elderly Kannada speakers, and compared performances across tasks.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sixty native Kannada speakers aged 61-80 performed rapid repetition tasks (/pa/, /ta/, /ka/ for alternating motion rate (AMR); /pataka/ for SMR). ODDK rates were recorded and analyzed using the Motor Speech Profile.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Age had no significant effect on ODDK rates. However, a significant two-way interaction emerged between the type of task and gender. Subsequent analyses of the interaction effects demonstrated that the SMR was 16.52% and 14.73% faster than the AMRs in males and females, respectively. With regard to gender, the diadochokinetic (DDK) rates of the elderly male participants were significantly higher than those of the female participants for stimuli /pa/ (5.52 syllables/s and 4.90 syllables/s), /ta/ (5.06 syllables/s and 4.22 syllables/s), and /pataka/ (6.17 syllables/s and 5.43 syllables/s), with the exception of the syllable /ka/ (4.86 syllables/s and 4.77 syllables/s).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study findings highlighted that the decline in DDK rates may be language-specific. While disagreeing with some of the recent study findings on age-related decline in DDK rate, current findings underscore the need to use gender-specific reference values while assessing the articulatory motor integrity in the Kannada-speaking elderly population.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147437250","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":"Practice for adolescent stuttering: a review of medical records from a Swedish cohort.","authors":"Sandra Pagoldh, Tove Edmar Lagerberg","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2553239","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2553239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Stuttering, during adolescence, may influence adult life. However, little is known about currently applied clinical procedures for assessment and treatment of stuttering in adolescence.</p><p><p><b>Aim:</b> The aim of the present study was to investigate clinicians' assessment and intervention routines and if choice of intervention was related to factors such as age, gender, or stuttering severity.</p><p><p><b>Method:</b> Medical records from 51 adolescents who had visited a Speech and Language Therapy clinic were included. Group differences were analysed through nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test and correlations through Spearman's correlation test.</p><p><p><b>Results and conclusions:</b> Most of the participants were assessed through subjective severity ratings or descriptions in free text and no formal treatment evaluation was performed. All participants received treatment in line with evidenced based practice for adults who stutter. There was a significant difference in number of sessions related to gender and overt stuttering severity but not to age. The clinicians rely on their clinical expertise regarding assessment of overt symptoms and impact of stuttering which may be a deliberate choice related to the need of their clients and ethical considerations. The inconsistent use of assessment tools hindered treatment evaluation, which is desirable to ensure optimal care.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"191-203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144976299","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":"Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma of larynx - an extremely rare case report.","authors":"Ramil Hashimli, Antiga Muradova, Aynur Aliyeva, Jamal Musayev","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2558095","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2558095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with exceptionally uncommon laryngeal involvement. We report a 45-year-old male presenting with hoarseness and airway obstruction due to a supraglottic mass. Surgical excision <i>via</i> microlaryngoscopy was complicated by recurrent bleeding, which was ultimately managed with superior thyroid artery ligation. Histopathological evaluation confirmed NXG, showing necrobiosis, giant cells, cholesterol clefts, and CD138 positivity. The patient recovered uneventfully, with symptom resolution and a patent airway at follow-up. This case emphasizes the need to consider NXG in the differential diagnosis of laryngeal masses and highlights the importance of multidisciplinary evaluation and surgical preparedness for hemorrhagic complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"222-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145309755","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":"Patient-reported outcome measures used in prophylactic dysphagia intervention for head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy: a systematic review.","authors":"Janet Varghese, Riya Jacob, Jisha B Krishnan, Venkataraja U Aithal, Krishna Sharan, Rajashekhar Bellur","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2545752","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2545752","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The primary objective of this systematic review was to identify and assess the Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) used in studies of prophylactic dysphagia intervention for patients with head and neck cancer undergoing non-surgical treatments. A secondary objective was to evaluate the quality of the PROMs used in these intervention studies and examine the articles related to their development.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Five databases (MEDLINE <i>via</i> PubMed, Web of Science, Pro-Quest, CINHAL, and SCOPUS) were searched for intervention studies on dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients, initiated before or during radiation/chemoradiation, with at least one PROM outcome. Studies on the psychometric development of identified PROMs were also analyzed separately.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Sixteen intervention studies met the inclusion criteria. Twenty studies on development of 17 PROMs were evaluated. The most used were: MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and EORTC Quality of Life Head and Neck Module (EORTC-QLQ-H&N35). PROMs varied in construct and developmental characteristics, and none met criteria for all measurement domains.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although several studies on prophylactic dysphagia intervention during radiation therapy have reported significant improvements in the clinician-rated outcomes, the current systematic review revealed that patient-reported findings do not depict significant changes pre- and post- intervention, however a trend towards improved scores was noted that warrants further investigation. Including PROMs in research and clinical settings is important, but their growing number makes selecting the right one challenging. Users should exercise caution and understand a PROM's developmental characteristics before use. t.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"169-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144976192","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":"Excessive use of artificial intelligence may prevent scientific Revolutions.","authors":"Ingo R Titze","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2564234","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2564234","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This comment grew out of a talk given at the 2025 National Center for Voice and Speech conference entitled \"Voice and Speech in the Age of Machine Learning.\" Logopedics, phoniatrics, and vocology will all benefit from artificial intelligence with reduced time and effort in clinical management and improved research protocols. With that benefit, however, comes a concern about future scientific revolutions that are born with human intelligence, thinking about anomalies in data sets that can easily be overlooked by algorithmic approaches. This paper reviews the classic thinking of Thomas Kuhn on scientific revolutions in the middle of the twentieth century and philosophic contribution in the twenty-first century by Wissner-Gross and Freer about intelligence.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"228-231"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145180132","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":"Psychological approaches in understanding and treating voice disorders: a primer for compassion focused therapy (CFT).","authors":"Luke Aldridge-Waddon, Laura Russell","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2556741","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2556741","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is increasing evidence for the usefulness of psychological concepts in voice practice and voice therapy. Existing psychological conceptualisations of voice disorders feature principles from cognitive-behavioural therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and personality psychology, to formulate how voice problems might develop and/or become persistent. Voice practitioners are encouraged to apply these principles when working with people with voice disorders to aid rehabilitation and improve psychosocial wellbeing as it relates to voice use. To this end, this tutorial offers a primer for compassion focused therapy (CFT), a model of psychological therapy that might be useful to voice practitioners and patients in understanding and working with psychological factors in voice use. It first introduces the theoretical underpinnings of CFT and the concept of the three affect regulation systems, with suggestions for how the therapeutic model can be introduced and applied to voice patients. It then draws out therapeutic components often used within CFT and considers how they might integrate within voice rehabilitation. The aim is to increase awareness and knowledge of CFT, and prime future research and practice by illustrating how CFT might be applied in vocal health and voice care.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"204-221"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145066178","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":"Immediate individual effects of intensive group speech intervention on speech and health-related quality of life in adolescents with cleft palate: a descriptive study in the Philippines.","authors":"Cassandra Alighieri, Andrew Hodges, Jolien Verbeke, Katrien Kestens, Rica Albite, Raphaelle May Tan, Kim Bettens, Kristiane Van Lierde","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2453134","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2453134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This descriptive study investigated the immediate individual effects of intensive group speech intervention on speech, health-related quality of life, and satisfaction in adolescents born with a cleft (lip and) palate (CP ± L) in the Philippines.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Four Filipino adolescents with a repaired CP ± L (age range = 17 to 23 years) were included. They presented with at least one cleft-related speech sound error. They received 6 h of intensive group speech intervention over 4 consecutive days (i.e. 1 h and 30 min of therapy each day). Pre- and post-intervention outcomes were collected for speech, health-related quality of life, and satisfaction with group intervention. Individual participant data were reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The speech of all four participants improved to a clinically relevant degree for the percentage correctly produced consonants (PCC). Speech understandability and acceptability also improved in every participant. PCC scores of two participants were on a level with peers following the group sessions.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Speech and health-related quality of life outcomes improved in all four participants after intensive group intervention. However, not everyone reached the level of peers following 6 h of intervention. Participants who presented with a combination of cleft-related speech sound errors might have benefited from a larger intervention dosage.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"132-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025247","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 ability in 5-12-year-old children with new-onset epilepsy.","authors":"Åsa Nordberg, Carmela Miniscalco, Fritjof Norrelgen","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2024.2379297","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2024.2379297","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This clinically based study aimed to explore and describe language ability in 5-12-year-old children with new-onset epilepsy.<b>Participants and methods:</b> Twenty-one consecutively recruited children (eleven boys, ten girls) with new-onset epilepsy, were assessed using Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, fourth edition (CELF-4) and additional tests for verbal fluency/word retrieval and phonology. In addition, caregivers rated their child's speech, language, and communication in everyday context. Based on available tests and clinical observation, an overall evaluation of language ability was made to distinguish children with language disorders and children with language difficulties from those with language abilities within the normal range. Language disorder was diagnosed following the ICD-10 criteria. The cutoff for language difficulties was set at 1 standard deviation below the normative mean on the CELF-4 Core Language Score and additional indices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of twenty-one children, ten (47.5%) met the criteria for a language disorder diagnosis according to ICD-10. Another five (24%) had language difficulties but did not meet the criteria for a language disorder diagnosis according to ICD-10. Hence a total of fifteen (71.5%) children had an impaired language ability affecting different domains of language, including receptive language, language memory, and semantic processing. The remaining six (28.5%) children had average language ability.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this group of children with new-onset epilepsy, a large over-representation of co-existing language disorder and language difficulties was found. The findings suggest that specific language assessments for children with new-onset epilepsy are needed, to ensure that adequate interventions and support can be offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"113-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114147","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":"Communicative activity and participation in children with speech sound disorder: a case series using the ICF framework.","authors":"Cecilia Nakeva von Mentzer, Parivash Ranjbar, Thomas Strandberg","doi":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2480108","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14015439.2025.2480108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The everyday lives of young children with speech sound disorder (SSD) are not well described, with few studies taking a holistic view with interaction in focus. The aim of this study was to investigate how SSD affects communicative activity and participation in everyday life of four children in a Swedish context. The study involved 4 triads: 4 children with SSD aged 4 to 7, their parents (<i>n</i> = 4), grandmothers (<i>n</i> = 2) and pedagogues, i.e. preschool teachers (<i>n</i> = 2). The research design was a case series, including speech language tests, questionnaires and structured interviews. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) served as an analytical framework. Results showed reduced speech intelligibility in all children. Interrupted thought processes, tantrums and social withdrawal were negative effects of the SSD. Having a friend in the out-of-home environment was a facilitating factor, enabling the children with SSD use their full capacity in social interaction. When knowledge about SSD is shared in all environments, all forces that influence the child positively may be aligned in a collaborative effort and a holistic understanding can be reached. To accomplish this, ICF serves as a valuable conceptual framework.</p>","PeriodicalId":49903,"journal":{"name":"Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology","volume":" ","pages":"157-168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143755560","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}