Clinical Speech & Language Studies: Recent submissions
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The effects of vocal loading and steam inhalation on acoustic, aerodynamic and self-perceived voice measures in adults
Background Vocal fatigue is one of the most frequent underlying symptoms of many vocal health conditions. A variety of vocal loading tasks (VLTs) have been developed for research purposes to induce the laryngeal system to ... -
The Implementation of IDDSI Framework in Irish Residential Healthcare Settings: A Survey
Background The International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) was found to standardize the terminology of diet modification for people living with dysphagia. Diet modification plays a vital role in managing ... -
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 ... -
White Paper by the European Society for Swallowing Disorders: Screening and Non Instrumental Assessment for Dysphagia in Adults
(2021)This White Paper by the European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD) reports on the current state of screening and non-instrumental assessment for dysphagia in adults. An overview is provided on the measures that are ... -
Management of Cognitive Communication Difficulties in Dementia: A Cross Sectional Survey of Speech and Language Therapists
(Dementia Network, 2020)Background: Cognitive communication difficulties are a characteristic feature of dementia. Speech and language therapists (SLTs) have an important role in managing cognitive communication ... -
Biofeedback to improve swallowing function in persons wiht dysphagia and Parkinson Disease: an intervention study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2021)This thesis is concerned with a therapeutic approach aimed at improving swallow function in people with Idiopathic Parkinson?s disease (IPD) and swallowing disorders.The neural impairments in IPD manifest as reduced ability ... -
ESSD commentary on oropharyngeal dysphagia management during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2020)Since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic a Global Public Health Emergency, experts in swallowing are seeking guidance on service delivery and clinical procedures. The European Society for Swallowing ... -
Constructing narratives to describe video events using aided communication
(2018)Narratives are a pervasive form of discourse and a rich source for exploring a range of language and cognitive skills. The limited research base to date suggests that narratives generated using aided communication may be ... -
Revised IALP Education Guidelines (September 1, 2009): IALP Guidelines for Initial Education in Speech-Language Pathology
(2010)Since the original adoption, many cultural, political and educational changes have taken place globally. Several countries are developing an awareness of the need to provide services to persons with disabilities. Others ... -
Evaluating language assessments with members of the travelling community.
(2012)Background and objective: The Irish Travelling Community is a cultural group using a unique dialect – Traveller English. It has been established that some standardized, norm-referenced language measures are biased against ... -
Profiling Communication Ability in Dementia (P-CAD): Development and Validation of a Functional Cognitive-Communication Assessment
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2020)Introduction: Cognitive communication difficulties are characteristic of dementia with negative impact. (Bayles and Tomoeda, 2007, Hickey and Bourgeois, 2018). There is a perception that little can be done to help communication ... -
Women and education in Ireland: Factors linked to the cessation of formal education in adolescence and re-entry into formal education in midlife
(2001)A higher education puts a woman in control of herself and that lasts a lifetime. According to DeMott (1990), the resource most widely used as a tool for upward mobility is education. However, for many women, the opportunity ... -
Communication difficulties in adults with Intellectual Disability: Results from a national cross-sectional study
(2020)Background: People with an intellectual disability (ID) are vulnerable to communication impairments, with consequences for employment, education, and social participation. Aims: To identify the communication skills ... -
Prevalence and risk factors for choking in adults with intellectual disability: Results from a national cross sectional study
(2020)Background: Choking is a serious and under-recognized condition for adults with Intellectual Disability(ID), with health, psychological and potentially fatal consequences. This study aims to determine the prevalence of ...
