Pub Date : 2023-05-17DOI: 10.1080/2050571x.2023.2209766
Ignacio A. Cortés Fuentes, Úrsula Zelada B., Pedro Zitko M.
{"title":"Smartphone-based video-otoscopy performed by non-ENT physicians as a complementary tool to conventional otoscopy for tympanic membrane diagnosis","authors":"Ignacio A. Cortés Fuentes, Úrsula Zelada B., Pedro Zitko M.","doi":"10.1080/2050571x.2023.2209766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571x.2023.2209766","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83117196","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}
Pub Date : 2023-05-15DOI: 10.1080/2050571x.2023.2212537
Zainab Aldawood, L. Hand, Elaine Ballard
{"title":"Language learning environments for Arabic-speaking children in New Zealand: Family demographics and children’s Arabic language exposure","authors":"Zainab Aldawood, L. Hand, Elaine Ballard","doi":"10.1080/2050571x.2023.2212537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571x.2023.2212537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91269702","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}
Pub Date : 2023-05-12DOI: 10.1080/2050571x.2023.2211452
Lejla Junuzović-Žunić, Eman Mostafa, K. S. St. Louis
{"title":"Comparing public school teachers’ attitudes toward stuttering in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Egypt","authors":"Lejla Junuzović-Žunić, Eman Mostafa, K. S. St. Louis","doi":"10.1080/2050571x.2023.2211452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571x.2023.2211452","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77506417","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}
Pub Date : 2023-03-22DOI: 10.1080/2050571x.2023.2189377
Anas I. Al Huneety, Bassil Mashaqba, Khalid G. Al-Shdifat, Eihab A Khasawneh, Baraah Thnaibat
{"title":"Multisyllabic word production by Jordanian Arabic speaking children","authors":"Anas I. Al Huneety, Bassil Mashaqba, Khalid G. Al-Shdifat, Eihab A Khasawneh, Baraah Thnaibat","doi":"10.1080/2050571x.2023.2189377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571x.2023.2189377","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"209 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75563743","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}
Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/2050571x.2023.2178760
Rana A. Alkhamra, Hatem Alkhamra
{"title":"Assessing school readiness in children with cochlear implants using an Arabic language-based test","authors":"Rana A. Alkhamra, Hatem Alkhamra","doi":"10.1080/2050571x.2023.2178760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571x.2023.2178760","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90096252","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}
Pub Date : 2023-02-14DOI: 10.1080/2050571X.2023.2177412
Chloe Cochrane, Catherine Easton, Laura Hoffman
ABSTRACT In Australia, difficulty recruiting speech-language pathologists (SLPs) into the rural health workforce contributes to reduced accessibility of services and inequitable communication and swallowing outcomes in rural communities. This research explored the experiences and perspectives of speech-language pathology graduates from a regional university regarding their pathway to the rural health workforce. Using a qualitative research design involving semi-structured focus groups, the role and interaction of factors that influenced their rural pathway were examined. The study also investigated how the pathways of speech-language pathology graduates reflected and/or deviated from those identified within other health professions. Participants included eight graduates from a regional university. All participants were female, grew up in rural areas and worked rurally. Reflexive thematic analysis with an inductive approach was conducted to identify and analyze recurring patterns of meaning. Three key themes were identified: returning home and coming ‘full circle back’, ‘having [… the] opportunity’, and working in a team is ‘very important’. A key finding of this study was that connectedness to family, friends, partners, rural communities, supervisors, and other health professionals was strongly influential in participants’ pathway to the rural health workforce. This study also revealed individualized, unique interactions between factors and variations across life stages. The findings of this study suggest that providing accessible speech-language pathology education to rural students and providing quality support and professional development in workplaces may be beneficial in addressing current workforce shortages.
{"title":"‘Each person’s experience is different’: speech-language pathologists’ perspectives regarding their pathway to the Australian rural workforce","authors":"Chloe Cochrane, Catherine Easton, Laura Hoffman","doi":"10.1080/2050571X.2023.2177412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2023.2177412","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In Australia, difficulty recruiting speech-language pathologists (SLPs) into the rural health workforce contributes to reduced accessibility of services and inequitable communication and swallowing outcomes in rural communities. This research explored the experiences and perspectives of speech-language pathology graduates from a regional university regarding their pathway to the rural health workforce. Using a qualitative research design involving semi-structured focus groups, the role and interaction of factors that influenced their rural pathway were examined. The study also investigated how the pathways of speech-language pathology graduates reflected and/or deviated from those identified within other health professions. Participants included eight graduates from a regional university. All participants were female, grew up in rural areas and worked rurally. Reflexive thematic analysis with an inductive approach was conducted to identify and analyze recurring patterns of meaning. Three key themes were identified: returning home and coming ‘full circle back’, ‘having [… the] opportunity’, and working in a team is ‘very important’. A key finding of this study was that connectedness to family, friends, partners, rural communities, supervisors, and other health professionals was strongly influential in participants’ pathway to the rural health workforce. This study also revealed individualized, unique interactions between factors and variations across life stages. The findings of this study suggest that providing accessible speech-language pathology education to rural students and providing quality support and professional development in workplaces may be beneficial in addressing current workforce shortages.","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"25 1","pages":"203 - 213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81727682","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}
Pub Date : 2023-02-09DOI: 10.1080/2050571X.2023.2173890
F. Mahomed-Asmail, L. Metcalfe, M. Graham, Karin Joubert, Vera-Genevey Hlayisi, D. Swanepoel
ABSTRACT Person-centeredness is an important aspect of healthcare service delivery endorsed by the World Health Organization. To instill person-centered care (PCC) in health training requires prioritization of PCC concepts. Focusing on Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology (SLP/A) this study aimed to (i) measure student preferences towards PCC using the modified Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (mPPOS) (ii) to determine predictors towards these preferences and (iii) describe students’ views and experiences towards PCC. A mixed-method design was followed utilizing an online survey and four focus group discussions. The survey included demographic questions, the modified Patient-Practitioner-Orientation Scale (mPPOS), the Ten-Item-Personality-Inventory (TIPI) and an open-ended question. The focus group discussions included prompting questions which facilitated an open-ended discussion. A total of 321 students (54.5% SLP) completed the online survey across all seven South African Universities, and 16 students (39% Audiology students) participated in the focus group discussions. High preference towards person-centeredness with a mean mPPOS score of 4.3 (SD 0.6) was obtained. Quantile regression analysis revealed eight common predictors towards PCC preferences. Three main categories emerged from the open-ended question and focus group discussions: (i) client-clinician relationship (ii) barriers towards PCC and (iii) PCC training. Although students have a preference for and an understanding of PCC, there are important factors to consider during training. Curriculum enhancement can nurture and foster the skills required to provide care that is more person-centered.
{"title":"Person centered care: preference, experience and predictors in speech-language pathology and audiology students","authors":"F. Mahomed-Asmail, L. Metcalfe, M. Graham, Karin Joubert, Vera-Genevey Hlayisi, D. Swanepoel","doi":"10.1080/2050571X.2023.2173890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2023.2173890","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Person-centeredness is an important aspect of healthcare service delivery endorsed by the World Health Organization. To instill person-centered care (PCC) in health training requires prioritization of PCC concepts. Focusing on Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology (SLP/A) this study aimed to (i) measure student preferences towards PCC using the modified Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (mPPOS) (ii) to determine predictors towards these preferences and (iii) describe students’ views and experiences towards PCC. A mixed-method design was followed utilizing an online survey and four focus group discussions. The survey included demographic questions, the modified Patient-Practitioner-Orientation Scale (mPPOS), the Ten-Item-Personality-Inventory (TIPI) and an open-ended question. The focus group discussions included prompting questions which facilitated an open-ended discussion. A total of 321 students (54.5% SLP) completed the online survey across all seven South African Universities, and 16 students (39% Audiology students) participated in the focus group discussions. High preference towards person-centeredness with a mean mPPOS score of 4.3 (SD 0.6) was obtained. Quantile regression analysis revealed eight common predictors towards PCC preferences. Three main categories emerged from the open-ended question and focus group discussions: (i) client-clinician relationship (ii) barriers towards PCC and (iii) PCC training. Although students have a preference for and an understanding of PCC, there are important factors to consider during training. Curriculum enhancement can nurture and foster the skills required to provide care that is more person-centered.","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"8 1","pages":"187 - 202"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75084480","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}
Pub Date : 2023-02-06DOI: 10.1080/2050571x.2023.2171955
Truong Thi Thu Ngan, T. T. Thai, Laura Hoffman, R. Unicomb, S. Hewat
{"title":"Translation and validation of the Vietnamese version of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation scale (BFNE) in adults who stutter","authors":"Truong Thi Thu Ngan, T. T. Thai, Laura Hoffman, R. Unicomb, S. Hewat","doi":"10.1080/2050571x.2023.2171955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571x.2023.2171955","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75865425","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}
Pub Date : 2023-02-06DOI: 10.1080/2050571X.2023.2171952
Annabelle Edwards, E. Froude, Leigha Dark, P. Carding
ABSTRACT Background: The literature relating to videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) training is sparse. The available evidence suggests that the learner, environment, and training design might influence VFSS analysts’ skill development. Aims: To identify the factors that VFSS analysts perceive to influence VFSS training. Methods & Procedures: In this qualitative study we interviewed nine speech pathologists from three countries who train VFSS analysts. The interviews followed a semi-structured guide to obtain data describing the trajectory of skill development and the influence of the learner, environment, and training design. We completed a thematic analysis using a simultaneously deductive and inductive approach. Outcomes & Results: Participants indicated that they believed that a trainee’s clinical experience, cognitive attributes, and learning preferences may influence their skill development. Trainers perceived a need to balance increasing the complexity of the task against maintaining the trainee’s confidence. The opportunity to practise and receive feedback was considered important. Barriers to practice were discussed. Training was perceived to have increased in complexity as the field of dysphagia has matured. Participants discussed the interacting demands of time and competency in this evolving environment. Conclusions & Implications: VFSS analytical skill development requires an investment of time by the trainee, trainer, and service. Trainers perceived that the trajectory of training and the time taken to reach competency varied according to the trainee, trainer, training design, and training environment factors. Future research into the impact of these influences and training content is needed to identify ways to provide sufficient practice and support learner differences to reduce the costs and time associated with training.
{"title":"Factors that influence success when training videofluoroscopic swallowing study analysts","authors":"Annabelle Edwards, E. Froude, Leigha Dark, P. Carding","doi":"10.1080/2050571X.2023.2171952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2023.2171952","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background: The literature relating to videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) training is sparse. The available evidence suggests that the learner, environment, and training design might influence VFSS analysts’ skill development. Aims: To identify the factors that VFSS analysts perceive to influence VFSS training. Methods & Procedures: In this qualitative study we interviewed nine speech pathologists from three countries who train VFSS analysts. The interviews followed a semi-structured guide to obtain data describing the trajectory of skill development and the influence of the learner, environment, and training design. We completed a thematic analysis using a simultaneously deductive and inductive approach. Outcomes & Results: Participants indicated that they believed that a trainee’s clinical experience, cognitive attributes, and learning preferences may influence their skill development. Trainers perceived a need to balance increasing the complexity of the task against maintaining the trainee’s confidence. The opportunity to practise and receive feedback was considered important. Barriers to practice were discussed. Training was perceived to have increased in complexity as the field of dysphagia has matured. Participants discussed the interacting demands of time and competency in this evolving environment. Conclusions & Implications: VFSS analytical skill development requires an investment of time by the trainee, trainer, and service. Trainers perceived that the trajectory of training and the time taken to reach competency varied according to the trainee, trainer, training design, and training environment factors. Future research into the impact of these influences and training content is needed to identify ways to provide sufficient practice and support learner differences to reduce the costs and time associated with training.","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":" 28","pages":"223 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72380220","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}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/2050571X.2023.2169097
H. Teagle, Sue Ann Lee
The fi rst three papers explore speech-language therapy with a speci fi c focus on practice in non-English speaking countries. First, the e ff ect of dialectal di ff erences on assessment was studied by McAllister, Hopf, and McLeod. The dialectal di ff erence, such as African American English, Australian Aboriginal English, or Singaporean English, has been considered essential to determine the presence and severity of speech sound disorders. The authors investigated Fiji English-speaking children and found that the mean percentage of consonant correct increased when Fiji English, rather than Australian English, was targeted. Second, Bathina, Garbaldi, and Venkatesh developed and validated the Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) in Tamil, a language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The authors found moderate correlations between ICS ratings with percentages of consonants, vowels, and phoneme correct and cut-o ff scores to dis-tinguish the children with speech sound disorders from those with typical development. Validation of ICS in the Tamil language would help diagnose speech sound disorders in the spoken Tamil language. In
{"title":"This themed issue of speech language and hearing journal focusses on audiology and speech sound disorders","authors":"H. Teagle, Sue Ann Lee","doi":"10.1080/2050571X.2023.2169097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2023.2169097","url":null,"abstract":"The fi rst three papers explore speech-language therapy with a speci fi c focus on practice in non-English speaking countries. First, the e ff ect of dialectal di ff erences on assessment was studied by McAllister, Hopf, and McLeod. The dialectal di ff erence, such as African American English, Australian Aboriginal English, or Singaporean English, has been considered essential to determine the presence and severity of speech sound disorders. The authors investigated Fiji English-speaking children and found that the mean percentage of consonant correct increased when Fiji English, rather than Australian English, was targeted. Second, Bathina, Garbaldi, and Venkatesh developed and validated the Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) in Tamil, a language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The authors found moderate correlations between ICS ratings with percentages of consonants, vowels, and phoneme correct and cut-o ff scores to dis-tinguish the children with speech sound disorders from those with typical development. Validation of ICS in the Tamil language would help diagnose speech sound disorders in the spoken Tamil language. In","PeriodicalId":43000,"journal":{"name":"Speech Language and Hearing","volume":"422 1","pages":"1 - 1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78116479","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}