Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR最新文献

{"title":"Predicting the Auditory Language Ability of Young Children With Hearing Loss Using Their Mothers' Brain Activity.","authors":"Yu Zhai, Yajing Xing, Jianlong Zhao, XiangYu He, Kexin Jiang, Tengfei Zhang, Chunming Lu","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00008","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Children with congenital hearing loss (HL) have auditory impairments that may place them at increased risk for delays or variability in language development. However, obtaining reliable brain markers for early classification of young children with HL versus those with normal hearing (NH), as well as for precise assessment of HL children's language ability, remains a challenge due to limitations in traditional neuroimaging techniques and theoretical frameworks. To address this gap, we propose the maternal mirror hypothesis, which suggests that brain activities of mothers might mirror or indirectly reflect children's auditory language ability, offering an additional and useful approach for obtaining brain markers of HL children in clinical assessment.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Children aged 2-5 years with HL (<i>n</i> = 105) and NH (<i>n</i> = 89), along with their mothers, participated in the study. Brain activity in each mother-child dyad was simultaneously measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) while they watched a silent video together. From these data, we derived maternal and child intrapersonal brain functional connectivity (FC), as well as mother-child intersubject correlation (ISC). Children's language comprehension and production ability were assessed at baseline with a follow-up of their changes over 6 months.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusions: </strong>We found that maternal brain FC or mother-child ISC outperformed child-based FC in predicting HL children's language comprehension and production, as well as their plastic changes across 6 months. Moreover, brain markers predicting HL children's language ability did not differ between groups of HL and NH, whereas those brain markers that classified HL versus NH group status were not correlated with HL children's language ability. This dissociation suggests distinct neural mechanisms underlying HL pathology with brain deficits versus the compensatory mechanisms with the functional recovery of HL children. These findings support the maternal mirror hypothesis, having the potential to address traditional challenges in early functional assessment and prediction of HL children by providing a novel neuroimaging approach and an original theoretical framework.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.30082027.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4996-5020"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145067409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How Is Effort Defined in Communication Sciences and Disorders? A Systematic Review of Literature.","authors":"Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva, Büşra Ensar, Adrián Castillo-Allendes, Susanna Whitling, Jeff Searl, Eric J Hunter","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00070","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This systematic literature review aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of <i>effort</i> as a multidimensional construct in individuals with impaired swallowing and/or spoken communication.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A comprehensive literature search was conducted across three databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL, covering publications from 1966 to 2024. The search included terms related to communication effort, speech effort, vocal effort, swallowing effort, and articulatory effort. A total of 1,226 publications were initially identified, with 131 meeting the inclusion criteria for full-text review. Methodological quality assessment was performed to evaluate the rigor and reliability of the studies included in the review. Given the diverse types of articles and the broad inclusion criteria, assessing the quality was challenging but necessary to ensure a comprehensive synthesis of the concept of effort. This assessment helps identify strengths and weaknesses in the current research, guiding future studies toward more standardized and robust methodologies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>As was expected, the review identified that effort in communication sciences and disorders is a multifactorial concept involving physical, cognitive, emotional, and physiological dimensions. Definitions and assessment methods varied across different types of effort, with vocal effort being the most frequently studied. The quality of the publications varied, with 8% rated as strong evidence, 34% as moderate, and 57% as weak.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This review identifies conceptual fragmentation and measurement inconsistency in how effort is defined and operationalized across domains in communication sciences and disorders. By thematically synthesizing the literature, the review reveals a need for more integrated theoretical models and standardized assessment frameworks to advance clinical practice and research in this area. While vocal effort was the most frequently studied type, the definitions and assessment methods varied widely. The quality of the reviewed publications was diverse, with only 8% rated as strong evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4758-4780"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145088821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Poor Spectral Modulation Sensitivity Disrupts Development of Phonological Sensitivity: Evidence From Children With Histories of Chronic Otitis Media.","authors":"Susan Nittrouer, Heather Starr, Halle Kurit, Thomas Schrepfer","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00017","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study tested the hypotheses that (a) sensitivity to spectral modulation has a protracted course of development; (b) its development can be disrupted by diminished auditory experience early in life, as children with chronic otitis media often encounter; and (c) delays in development of spectral modulation sensitivity put children at risk for delays in development of phonological sensitivity, but not vocabulary acquisition.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were 22 children with significant, documented histories of otitis media before 3 years of age, 16 children with negative histories of otitis media, and 21 adults. Thresholds of 70.7% were obtained for detection of spectral modulation in signals with low modulation rates (0.5-2.0 cycles per octave) using transformed up-down procedures. Standard scores for vocabulary and percent correct scores for phonological sensitivity were also obtained.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The three hypotheses were supported: (a) Even children with no significant histories of otitis media had higher (poorer) spectral modulation detection thresholds than adults; (b) children with significant histories of otitis media had higher spectral modulation detection thresholds than children without those histories; and (c) Spectral modulation detection thresholds were strongly correlated with phonological sensitivity, but not with vocabulary size for children.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The central auditory pathways have a protracted developmental course that can be disrupted by temporary hearing loss early in life. This disruption in auditory development has cascading effects on suprathreshold functions, as well as on the language phenomena dependent upon development of those suprathreshold functions. These findings have implications beyond children with histories of otitis media.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"5067-5085"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Communication in Complex Situations: The Combined Influence of Dysarthria and Sensorineural Hearing Loss on Speech Perception in Everyday Noisy Environments.","authors":"Sarah E Yoho, Eric W Healy, Tyson S Barrett, Stephanie A Borrie","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00862","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00862","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Here, we investigated how intelligibility is impacted in underappreciated, highly complex, but real-world communication scenarios involving two clinical populations-when the speaker has dysarthria and the listener has hearing loss, in noisy everyday environments. As a second aim, we examined the potential for modern noise reduction to mitigate the noise burden when listeners with hearing loss are attempting to understand a speaker with dysarthria.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Thirteen adults with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) listened and transcribed dysarthric speech under three processing conditions: quiet, noise, and noise reduced. The intelligibility scores of listeners with SNHL were compared with previously reported data collected from adults without hearing loss (Borrie et al., 2023).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Listeners with SNHL performed significantly poorer than typical-hearing listeners when listening to speech produced by a speaker with dysarthria-an intelligibility disadvantage that was exacerbated when background noise was present. However, it was also found that a time-frequency-based noise reduction technique was able to effectively restore the intelligibility of dysarthric speech in noise to approximate levels in quiet for listeners with hearing loss.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results highlight the substantial intelligibility burden placed upon a communication dyad consisting of a speaker with dysarthria and a listener with hearing loss, when background noise is present. Given the etiologies of dysarthria and hearing loss, and presence of noise in many everyday communication environments, this scenario is not uncommon. As such, these results are an important first step toward understanding the challenges experienced when communication disorders interact. The finding that noise reduction techniques can mitigate much of the noise burden provides a promising future direction for research that seeks to manage communication with two clinical populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4708-4719"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12533689/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145088840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<i>Mom</i>, <i>Dad</i>, and <i>Ball:</i> Manner of Articulation Sequences Within Children's Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words.","authors":"Barbara L Davis, Katsura Aoyama, K Vest, Leigh A Loewenstein","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00811","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00811","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Previous studies of early speech acquisition have established characteristics of phonemes and syllable structures produced by young children. Fewer studies compared patterns in children's within-word phoneme sequences of the target words with their actual productions. Additionally, studies of consonant sequences are more frequently focused on place of articulation than manner of articulation. This study aims to investigate consonant sequences in manner of articulation within children's actual productions as well as their target sequences.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The data were taken from a larger longitudinal study in the English Davis corpus. Consonant sequences in 3,328 tokens of consonant-vowel-consonant (C₁VC₂) target word forms from 18 children were analyzed. The data for this study were taken from sessions when the children produced one word at a time (ages range from 0;10 to 2;0 [years;months]). Phoneme sequences within the children's target words and their actual productions of those words were compared to examine consonant manner of articulation in first (C₁) and second (C₂) consonants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Approximately 50% of C₁VC₂ target words contained repeated manner sequences (e.g., stop-stop, <i>dog</i>; nasal-nasal, <i>mine</i>). The other 50% contained variegated manner sequences (e.g., stop-nasal, <i>down</i>, <i>done</i>). When target words contained repeated manner sequences (e.g., stop-stop), children's actual productions matched the target sequence more frequently than when the target words contained variegated sequences (e.g., stop-nasal).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results showed that word-level characteristics (i.e., repeated or variegated sequence) in target words are important for children's success in matching their production to their target sequences during the early period of speech and language development. The same pattern was previously observed for consonant place sequences in C₁VC₂ words <i>and</i> place and manner sequences in consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel words.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"4688-4707"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12533688/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145215474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hard of Hearing Listeners Show Rollover at Moderate to High Levels for Speech Materials With and Without Semantic Context Information.","authors":"Lukas Jürgensen, Tobias Neher, Michal Fereczkowski","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00804","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00804","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>At low levels, a level increase typically leads to better speech intelligibility (SI) due to more audibility. At high levels, a level increase can lead to poorer SI and, thus, \"rollover.\" In a previous study conducted with listeners with normal audiometric thresholds, we found rollover with sentences without semantic context but not with semantic context, suggesting that context information can \"mask\" rollover. Here, we investigated if equivalent results can be found for listeners with elevated audiometric thresholds.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>SI scores were measured for two groups of older hard of hearing adults with individual linear amplification. Testing was performed in speech-shaped noise with context-rich and context-free sentences. One group was tested at speech levels of 65 and 75 dB SPL. The other group was tested at a level approximating maximal SI, that is, the individual aided most comfortable level (aMCL) + 10 dB, and at 85 dB SPL. Linear mixed-effects models were used to test for level-dependent changes in SI for the two sentence materials.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Rollover occurred for both groups and sentence materials. For the measurements made at 65 and 75 dB SPL, SI decreased by 7.1% for both sentence materials. For the measurements made at aMCL +10 dB and 85 dB SPL, SI decreased by 9.3% for the context-free sentences and by 10.4% for the context-rich sentences.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Linearly aided hard of hearing listeners show rollover at moderate to high levels for sentence materials with and without semantic context information.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"5055-5066"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145088832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Automatically Calculated Context-Sensitive Features of Connected Speech Improve Prediction of Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease.","authors":"Graham Flick, Rachel Ostrand","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00297","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00297","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Early detection is critical for effective management of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias. One promising approach for predicting AD status is to automatically calculate linguistic features from open-ended connected speech. Past work has focused on individual word-level features such as part of speech counts, total word production, and lexical richness, with less emphasis on measuring the relationship between words and the context in which they are produced. Here, we assessed whether linguistic features that take into account where a word was produced in the discourse context improved the ability to predict AD patients' Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores and classify AD patients from healthy control participants.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Seventeen linguistic features were automatically computed from transcriptions of spoken picture descriptions from individuals with probable or possible AD (<i>n</i> = 176 transcripts). This included 12 word-level features (e.g., part of speech counts) and five features capturing contextual word choices (linguistic surprisal, computed from a computational large language model, and properties of words produced following filled pauses). We examined whether (a) the full set jointly predicted MMSE scores, (b) the addition of contextual features improved prediction, and (c) linguistic features could classify AD patients (<i>n</i> = 130) versus healthy participants (<i>n</i> = 93).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Linguistic features accurately predicted MMSE scores in individuals with probable or possible AD and successfully identified up to 87% of AD participants versus healthy controls. Statistical models that contained linguistic surprisal (a contextual feature) performed better than those that included only word-level and demographic features. Overall, AD patients with lower MMSE scores produced more empty words, fewer nouns and definite articles, and words that were higher frequency yet more surprising given the previous context.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results provide novel evidence that metrics related to contextualized word choices, particularly the surprisal of an individual's words, capture variance in degree of cognitive decline in AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145294990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On How Vocal Cues Impact Dynamic Credibility Judgments: Mouse-Tracking Paradigm Examining Speaker Confidence and Gender Through Voice Morphing.","authors":"Zhikang Peng, Chaoyi Wang, Xiaoming Jiang","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00849","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00849","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to explore how vocal cues of confidence and gender influence the dynamic mechanisms involved in reasoning about speaker credibility.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using a mouse-tracking paradigm, 52 participants evaluated speaker credibility based on semantically neutral statements that varied in morphed levels of gender (Experiment 1) and confidence (Experiment 2). Participants' mouse trajectories and reaction times were recorded to assess their credibility judgments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings revealed that perceived confidence significantly impacted credibility judgments and mouse trajectories, while gender did not. Higher levels of perceived confidence resulted in more credible assessments, demonstrated by direct mouse trajectories and quicker reaction times. Moreover, mouse trajectories reflected cognitive mediation effects between confidence and credibility judgments, indicating that vocal cues influence both the final judgments and the dynamic inference process during speaker credibility assessment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study highlights the critical role of vocal cues, particularly confidence, in shaping perceptions of speaker credibility. It suggests that these vocal cues not only affect final credibility judgments but also play a significant role in the dynamic reasoning process involved in social inference.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.30265942.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145260523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Experience of a First Hearing Aid Fitting: Perspectives From Adults With Hearing Loss, Their Relatives, and Hearing Care Professionals.","authors":"Katherine Simoneau, Laurie Cormier, Mathilde Lefebvre-Demers, Marc-Olivier Blackburn, Claudia Côté, Normand Boucher, Claire Croteau, Mathieu Hotton","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study is the first step in a project aimed at developing an intervention program for new hearing aid (HA) users and their relatives in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The objectives were to describe the experience of a first HA fitting from the perspective of adults with hearing loss and their relatives, to identify facilitators and barriers to the fitting process, and to identify elements that should be included in an intervention program to support HA adoption and use. Satisfaction regarding HAs and fitting services was also assessed after fitting.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A mixed-methods design combining qualitative and quantitative data sources was used. Interviews were conducted with 10 new HA users, seven relatives, and 10 hearing care professionals. HA users also completed a questionnaire to assess their satisfaction with HAs and services after fitting. A qualitative content analysis was done on the data obtained from the interviews, and descriptive statistics were used to analyze data on satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Identified facilitators and barriers to HA fitting for new users were related to professional services, HAs, relatives, and personal factors. Elements for inclusion in the intervention program were categorized into two groups: information to provide and support to offer. Participants reported a high satisfaction level with HAs (<i>M</i> = 87.6 ± 7.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Several factors can influence the success of a first HA fitting, including aspects related to technology, professional services, and psychosocial elements. Participants suggested important components to include in the intervention for first-time fittings. These results will be used to develop an intervention program for new HA users and their relatives.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.30235315.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145254429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Translation and Validation of Leicester Cough Questionnaire in Kannada.","authors":"Yamini Venkatraman, Vishak Acharya, Sindhu Kamath, Dhanshree R Gunjawate, Radish Kumar Balasubramanium","doi":"10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) is a widely used patient reported outcome measure to profile the impact of cough on an individual's quality of life. It has been translated and validated in many languages but is unavailable in Kannada, a South Indian language. This research focused on translating and validating the LCQ in Kannada among individuals with chronic cough.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The LCQ-Kannada was cross-culturally adapted using a rigorous, standard translation procedure and validated in a chronic cough cohort. One hundred fifty-nine participants were enrolled based on eligibility criteria. Participants completed three questionnaires: LCQ-Kannada, Cough Symptom Score (CSS), and Cough Visual Analog Scale (CVAS). The translated questionnaire was evaluated for internal consistency, test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and responsiveness.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The LCQ-Kannada obtained a high overall and domain-specific internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha coefficient values between .75 and .93. The repeatability was tested in 10% of the participants, and significant test-retest reliability scores were obtained (intraclass coefficients: .50-.91). The LCQ-Kannada correlated significantly with CVAS and CSS with coefficient values between .61-.74 and .52-.66, respectively (<i>p</i> < .001). Responsiveness was measured in 26 participants who reported improvement with treatment and had a significant change in LCQ-Kannada scores (mean improvement: 1.74-6.21; <i>p</i> < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The LCQ-Kannada is a reliable and valid clinical tool for individuals with chronic cough.</p>","PeriodicalId":520690,"journal":{"name":"Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145254444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}