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Nan Bernstein Ratner – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Our purpose is to highlight the contributions of TalkBank initiatives to improved understanding of clinical impairments in adult and child speakers and examine remaining challenges and proposed solutions. We review the origins and development of TalkBank initiatives that have targeted a wide array of typical and atypical child and adult…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Language Impairments, Speech Impairments, Evaluation Methods
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Jacinta M. Saldaris; Jeremiah Ayalde; Samali Kankanange; Jessica Keeley; Helen Leonard; Peter Jacoby; Eric D. Marsh; Tim A. Benke; Scott T. Demarest; Jenny Downs – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Communication impairments are a leading concern for parent caregivers of individuals with rare neurodevelopmental disorders (RNDDs). Clinical trials of disease modifying therapies require valid and responsive outcome measures that are relevant to individuals with RNDDs. Identifying and evaluating current psychometric properties for…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Communication Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Evaluation Methods
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Miriam C. Boesch; M. Alexandra Da Fonte; Melissa J. Cavagnini; Kaitlyn R. Shaw; Keren E. Deneny; Margaret F. Davis – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2024
Students with complex communication needs have increasingly been using non-dedicated communication systems, such as mobile devices, to support their communication needs. This in turn, has led to an increased used of augmentative and alternative communication apps. The main challenge currently faced is the lack of empirically validated apps and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Evaluation Methods, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders
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Anna Caute; Abi Roper; Lucy Dipper; Brielle C. Stark – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Gesture and speech collaborate in conveying meaning, and gesture is often leveraged by people with neurogenic communication disorders, such as aphasia, cognitive-communicative impairments and primary progressive aphasia, when words fail them. Because gesture is imagistic, transitory and holistic, there are inherent challenges when…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Nonverbal Communication, Communication Disorders
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Clàudia Roca; Ignasi Ivern; Ignacio Cifre; Olga Bruna – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: In the Spanish and Catalan context, there is currently a lack of standardized, linguistically adapted tools to assess people with communication disorders. This lack is especially evident when it comes to instruments designed to assess functional communication. Aims: The main objective of this study is to adapt the instrument entitled…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Foreign Countries, Communication Disorders, Spanish Speaking
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Jane McCormack; Kerry Ttofari; Deborah Denman; Gaenor Dixon; Sharon Crosbie; Anna Cronin – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2025
Purpose: For speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working in schools, outcome measurement is an important element of practice, enabling us to evaluate the efficacy of our service provision and guiding future decision making, funding, and resource allocation. When selecting outcomes to measure, it is helpful to consider both the level at which…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Response to Intervention, Speech Impairments