Introduction: Maxillary hypoplasia refers to undergrowth of the upper jaw and results in malocclusion of varying severity. While the prevalence of severe maxillary hypoplasia in the general population of the United States is 0.3%, the prevalence among patients with a cleft palat…
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Although understanding and accommodating client preferences is important for effective healthcare, few speech-language pathology studies have examined these preferences. This investigation explores gender diverse individuals’ preferences for gender-affirming voice modification (…
Previous studies across a variety of different languages have shown that eleven-month-olds tested via the head-turn preference paradigm show a preference for familiar words over unfamiliar words, as demonstrated by longer look times. This study examined the effect of chronic oti…
Speech sound disorders (SSDs) are the most prevalent type of communication disorder in children. Clinically, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) rely on behavioral methods for assessing and treating SSDs. Though clients typically experience improved speech outcomes as a result o…
Current methods of diagnosis for developmental dyslexia rely on family history report and cognitive and language behavioral testing. However, relying on these measures alone to predict dyslexia in at-risk children can result in low sensitivity and specificity, with dyslexic indi…
This study evaluated the feasibility and construct validity of four parallel measures of listening comprehension and reading comprehension for individuals with Down syndrome and peers with typical developmental histories. Participants include 19 individuals with Down syndrome (M…
The purpose of the current study was to gain a better understanding of speech adaptation by examining kinematic and acoustic adaptation to bite block perturbation over time. Fifteen native American English speakers (7 female, 8 male) with no history of speech, language, or heari…
Many children experience instability in their home life via homelessness or foster care. Speech-language pathologists often work with children in these difficult situations, but research guiding this area of practice is relatively sparse. This study examined the relation of out …
Purpose : The purpose of this study is to explore the phonological development of Spanish-speaking preschoolers who are acquiring African American English (AAE) in North Carolina (NC). Understanding the phonological structure of the Spanish-AAE language combination will improve …
Bi-allelic mutations in genes encoding the subunits of the adaptor protein complex 4 (AP-4) complex lead to childhood-onset forms of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). To systematically document the clinical presentation and natural history of AP-4-related HSP we developed an …
Telepractice holds substantial promise in facilitating equitable access and cost-effective services for all school-age children, regardless of geographic locations, physical conditions, or socioeconomic status. The overwhelmingly positive evidence on telepractice intervention ou…
It remains largely unclear what factors determine who responds to aphasia therapy and to what degree. The current study sought to ameliorate this issue by addressing three aims: 1) To identify baseline predictors that dissociate between therapy responders and nonresponders, 2) t…
After brain injury, some people develop anomia and need word retrieval therapy, which relies on an inadequately understood semantic system. The juxtaposition of some findings suggest temporal pole as an abstract, taxonomic semantic hub and the angular gyrus as a concrete, themat…
This study explored the effects of a three-week vocabulary intervention for three Spanish-dominant bilingual preschoolers with expressive language delay. The project addressed the relative and absolute treatment differences among the young bilinguals receiving treatment for over…
This research examined pure tone audiometric thresholds, speech recognition scores and use of hearing protection devices among carpentry workers and landscape workers. Previous studies show that blue-collar workers wear hearing protection devices more often than trade workers, t…
This retrospective, longitudinal study compared single-word reading progress in children with dyslexia only versus children with dyslexia plus spoken language impairments. Forty-eight grade school students received speech-language testing prior to admissions (PreAd), single-word…
This dissertation focused on understanding the perceptions built around autism in the Turkish context through an inquiry of lived experiences of individuals who have close contact with individuals on the autism spectrum. The nature of the experiences of two main groups of the pa…
Background: Successfully assessing and treating aphasia in multilingual people requires a detailed understanding of the mechanisms underlying language processing in the multilingual population, and the potential impairments to those mechanisms. The balance between spreading acti…