RSS 1.0Clinical Speech & Language Studies (Scholarly Publications)
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An intensive neurorehabilitation programme with sEMG biofeedback to improve swallowing in Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD): A feasibility study
(2023)Background: Studies suggest swallow intervention programmes that incorporate visual biofeedback and motor programming principles can improve swallowing and quality of life for people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease ... -
Swallowing Outcomes in Dysphagia in Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Protocol for a scoping review
(2024)Background: Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromotor disease characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy. Among the clinical manifestations, swallowing difficulties can be associated with this disease and ... -
Rehabilitation interventions for oropharyngeal dysphagia in people with Parkinson's disease
(2024)Parkinson’s disease is estimated to aEect 0.3% of people in industrialised countries, reaching 1% in people over 60 years old and 3% in people over 80 years ( Balestrino 2020 ; Ball 2019 ; Hirsch 2016 ). Swallowing ... -
Development of a Core Outcome Set for Dysphagia Interventions in Parkinson's disease (COS-DIP)
(2024)Introduction: Current clinical trials on swallowing disorders (dysphagia) in Parkinson's disease (PD) apply a high variety of outcomes and different outcome measures making comparative effectiveness research challenging. ... -
Underserved groups in dysphagia intervention trials in Parkinson¿s disease: A scoping review
(2024)Background: Underserved groups in Parkinson's disease (PD) intervention studies are well recognised. However, it remains unclear whether these exclusions apply to oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) intervention studies in PD. ... -
The prevalence and nature of communication and swallowing difficulties among adults with Long-COVID.
(2023)BACKGROUND: Long-COVID is an illness which can be experienced after contracting COVID-19, which has affected millions worldwide to date. Long-COVID is characterised by symptoms of COVID-19 which persist 12 weeks post ... -
The Lived Experiences of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults Living with Fibromyalgia
(2024)Background: Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition which has recently been linked with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia). However, to date, sample sizes within completed research are small and study ... -
Surveying the international prevalence and nature of eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties in adults presenting with Fibromyalgia
(2024)Fibromyalgia is a centralized pain syndrome characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep and sensory issues. Fibromyalgia is present in up to 8% of the global population, disproportionally affecting females. Research ... -
Exploring the lived experiences and perspectives of individuals with communication and swallowing difficulties associated with Long-COVID.
(2024)BACKGROUND: Long-COVID occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection. Long- COVID can affect individuals who experience both mild and severe acute COVID-19 and can involve and affect ... -
EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN (0-12) WITH ASD AND EATING ISSUES Protocol for Scoping Review
(2022)Background: Approximately 40-90% of people on the autism spectrum are considered to present with challenging eating and mealtime behaviours (2) and are five times more likely to experience eating difficulties than neurotypical ... -
The influence of bias in randomized controlled trials on rehabilitation intervention effect estimates: what we have learned from meta-epidemiological studies.
(2023)This study aimed to synthesize evidence from studies that addressed the influence of bias domains in randomized controlled trials on rehabilitation intervention effect estimates and discuss how these findings can maximize ... -
Swallowing outcomes in dysphagia intervention in parkinson's disease: A scoping review
(2023)Objectives: To identify all outcomes, their definitions, outcome measurement instruments (OMIs), timepoints and frequency of measurement applied in clinical trials in oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) interventions in Parkinson's ... -
Clinical applications of speech synthesis
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Use of Pharyngeal High-Resolution Manometry to Evaluate Dysphagia in Adults with Motor Neurone Disease: A Scoping Review
(2022)There has been a recent shift towards proactive dysphagia intervention in motor neurone disease (MND) to maintain physiological reserve. Pharyngeal high-resolution manometry (PHRM) can quantify swallowing pathophysiology ... -
The BCH message banking process, voice banking, and double dipping
(2021)Significant advances have been made in interventions to maintain communication and personhood for individuals with neurodegenerative conditions. One innovation is Message Banking, a clinical approach first developed at ... -
Conversation Patterns between Children with Severe Speech Impairment and their Conversation Partners in Dyadic and Multi-person Interactions
(2021)Active engagement in interactions is crucial for the development of identity, social competence, and cognitive abilities. For children with severe speech impairment (SSI) who have little or no intelligible speech, active ... -
Swallowing Outcome Measures in Dysphagia Interventions in Parkinson s Disease: Protocol for a Scoping Review
(TCD, 2021)Background: Combining trial results to direct people with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) for treatment is difficult because of the high variability of how outcomes are being defined and measured, ... -
Effect of effortful swallow on pharyngeal pressures during swallowing in adults with dysphagia: A pharyngeal high-resolution manometry study
(2021)Purpose: Evidence base to support use of the effortful swallow in clinical populations with dysphagia is currently lacking. This study aims to quantify the effects of effortful swallowing on pharyngeal swallowing ... -
A Systematic and Scoping Review on the Psychometrics and Clinical Utility of the V-VST in the Clinical Screening and Assessment of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
(2021)(1) Background: The volume-viscosity swallow test (V-VST) is a clinical tool for screening and diagnosis of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). Our aims were to examine the clinical utility of the V-VST against videofluoroscopy ...
