Pure-tone audiometry and dichotic listening in primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer's disease
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2024 Nov 8:17470218241287349. doi: 10.1177/17470218241287349. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHearing is multifaceted, and the relative contributions of peripheral and central hearing loss are rarely considered together in the context of dementia. Here, we assessed peripheral (as measured with pure-tone audiometry) and central (as measured with dichotic listening) hearing …
Automatic Speech Recognition in Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2024 Sep 12;67(9):2964-2976. doi: 10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00049. Epub 2024 Aug 6.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Transcribing disordered speech can be useful when diagnosing motor speech disorders such as primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS), who have sound additions, deletions, and substitutions, or distortions and/or slow, segmented speech. Since transcribing speech can …
An international core outcome set for primary progressive aphasia (COS-PPA): Consensus-based recommendations for communication interventions across research and clinical settings
Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Nov 13. doi: 10.1002/alz.14362. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Interventions to treat speech-language difficulties in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) often use word accuracy as a highly comparable outcome. However, there are more constructs of importance to people with PPA that have received less attention.METHODS: Following Core Outcome Set …
Effects of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Bilingual Logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia
J Alzheimers Dis Rep. 2024 Sep 18;8(1):1253-1273. doi: 10.3233/ADR-240034. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a language-based dementia, causing progressive decline of language functions. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can augment effects of speech-and language therapy (SLT). However, this has not been investigated in bilingual patients with PPA.OBJECTIVE: We …
Functional correlates of executive dysfunction in primary progressive aphasia: a systematic review
Front Aging Neurosci. 2024 Oct 18;16:1448214. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1448214. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Recent research has recognized executive dysfunction as another component affected in Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). This systematic review aimed to examine what information distinctive neurophysiological markers can provide in the evaluation of executive function (EF) deficits in PPA, and to what effect …
Dysregulated Neurofluid Coupling as a New Noninvasive Biomarker for Primary Progressive Aphasia
Neuroimage. 2024 Nov 13:120924. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120924. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAccumulation of pathological tau is one of the primary causes of Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). The glymphatic system is crucial for removing metabolite waste from the brain whereas impairments in glymphatic clearance in PPA are poorly understood. Thus, this study aims …
The Flu-ID: A New Evidence-Based Method of Assessing Fluency in Aphasia
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Nov 4;33(6):2972-2990. doi: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00424. Epub 2024 Oct 7.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Assessing fluency in aphasia is diagnostically important for determining aphasia type and severity and therapeutically important for determining appropriate treatment targets. However, wide variability in the measures and criteria used to assess fluency, as revealed by a …
Micro- and Macrostructural Language Features in Vertebrobasilar or Carotid System Stroke Without Diagnosis of Aphasia
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Nov 4;33(6):3040-3050. doi: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00201. Epub 2024 Oct 7.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the macro- and microstructural features of language in patients with ischemic stroke without aphasia.METHOD: Participants were grouped according to arterial system damage and given the Aphasia Language Assessment Test (ADD) to …
Bringing Gratitude to Aphasia Intervention: A Scoping Review of Gratitude Interventions for Adults with Chronic Health Conditions
Semin Speech Lang. 2024 Aug;45(4):283-299. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1791647. Epub 2024 Oct 28.ABSTRACTAphasia negatively impacts mental health, disrupting social connections and meaningful life activities. Gratitude interventions for healthy adults positively impact well-being, physical health, and mental health. A systematic review of gratitude interventions for people living with chronic health conditions was conducted …
Discourse-Level Communication Success in Aphasia: Unveiling Its Significance through Observer's Ratings
Semin Speech Lang. 2024 Aug;45(4):381-400. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1789622. Epub 2024 Oct 3.ABSTRACTAudrey Holland (1982) compared test scores to observers' ratings of conversational communicative success in people with aphasia (PWA). This springboarded a body of evidence employing observers to rate discourse. We review the utility of those ratings for assessing PWA's communication success. …
Dissociation of White Matter Bundles in Different Recovery Measures in Poststroke Aphasia
Stroke. 2024 Nov;55(11):2643-2651. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.047229. Epub 2024 Oct 28.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Poststroke aphasia (PSA) recovery shows high variability across individuals and at different time points. Although diffusion biomarkers from the ventral and dorsal streams have demonstrated strong predictive power for language outcomes, it is still unclear how these biomarkers relate to the various …
The impact of speech rhythm and rate on comprehension in aphasia
Cortex. 2024 Nov;180:126-146. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2024.09.006. Epub 2024 Oct 5.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Speech comprehension impairment in post-stroke aphasia is influenced by speech acoustics. This study investigated the impact of speech rhythm (syllabic isochrony) and rate on comprehension in people with aphasia (PWA). Rhythmical speech was hypothesised to support comprehension in PWA by reducing …
What Impacts What: Clinicians' Perspectives of Causality in Aphasia Rehabilitation
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Nov 4;33(6):3012-3025. doi: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00174. Epub 2024 Oct 7.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Determining the prognosis of aphasia recovery is an important task for clinicians in the rehabilitation of persons with aphasia. Although there are many variables identified as impactful to aphasia recovery, it is less clear (a) how clinicians …
Decoding sound content in the early visual cortex of aphantasic participants
Curr Biol. 2024 Nov 4;34(21):5083-5089.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.008. Epub 2024 Oct 16.ABSTRACTListening to natural auditory scenes leads to distinct neuronal activity patterns in the early visual cortex (EVC) of blindfolded sighted and congenitally blind participants.1,2 This pattern of sound decoding is organized by eccentricity, with the accuracy of auditory information increasing …
The relationship between oropharyngeal dysphagia and dehydration in older adults
BMC Geriatr. 2024 Oct 26;24(1):885. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-05492-2.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Relationship between dysphagia and dehydration has not been studied widely. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of dysphagia and dehydration in geriatric outpatient clinic, to evaluate the relationship between these two conditions.METHODS: The cross-sectional study included 1345 …
Processing of Visual Speech Cues in Speech-in-Noise Comprehension Depends on Working Memory Capacity and Enhances Neural Speech Tracking in Older Adults With Hearing Impairment
Trends Hear. 2024 Jan-Dec;28:23312165241287622. doi: 10.1177/23312165241287622.ABSTRACTComprehending speech in noise (SiN) poses a challenge for older hearing-impaired listeners, requiring auditory and working memory resources. Visual speech cues provide additional sensory information supporting speech understanding, while the extent of such visual benefit is characterized by large variability, which might be accounted for by …
Age-Related Diversification and Specialization in the Mental Lexicon: Comparing Aggregate and Individual-Level Network Approaches
Cogn Sci. 2024 Nov;48(11):e70008. doi: 10.1111/cogs.70008.ABSTRACTThe mental lexicon changes across the lifespan. Prior work, aggregating data among individuals of similar ages, found that the aging lexicon, represented as a network of free associations, becomes more sparse with age: degree and clustering coefficient decrease and average shortest path length increases. …
Communication, Contact, and Intergenerational Dynamics: Aging in Not-So-Normal Times
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2024 Nov 5:914150241297347. doi: 10.1177/00914150241297347. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis Epilogue extends themes from the Special Issue, with a particular focus on how communication operates during times of social disruption. Three forms of disruption are discussed: societal-global disruption (manifested in the Covid-19 pandemic), individual-relational disruption (manifested in a …
Effects of a social network enhancement intervention for older adults: a feasibility study
BMC Geriatr. 2024 Nov 7;24(1):918. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-05442-y.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Social networks play a critical role in the mental health of older adults. This pilot study investigates the feasibility of a newly developed intervention to enhance older adults' social networks. This intervention was designed on the Theory of Mind's foundation and …
A Digital Self-Administered Check-Up Assessment and Evaluation of Risk Communication in Older People
Int J Older People Nurs. 2024 Nov;19(6):e12667. doi: 10.1111/opn.12667.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Digital health tools can significantly contribute to the continuum of care and support for persons with their self-management role. Despite the increasing adoption of digital health tools, little is known about the uptake and comfort of use among older persons.…
Theoretical Approaches to Communicative Practices in the Study of Intergenerational Communication and Aging
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2024 Nov 10:914150241297398. doi: 10.1177/00914150241297398. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIntergenerational communication and aging is a thriving interdisciplinary, methodologically diverse field having significant implications for understanding the aging process. This opening article to the special issue provides a brief overview of this research domain, with particular attention to theoretical …
Increasing Motivation Increases Intelligibility Benefits of Perceptual Training in Dysarthria
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Nov 6:1-12. doi: 10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00196. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Perceptual training offers a promising, listener-targeted option for improving intelligibility of dysarthric speech. Cognitive resources are required for learning, and theoretical models of listening effort and engagement account for a role of listener motivation in …
Communication-oriented group therapy for non-progressive dysarthria: A randomised controlled trial in an inpatient setting
Int J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Nov 1:1-16. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2024.2388065. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: To examine the effectiveness of communication-oriented group therapy for non-progressive dysarthria regarding functional speech and communicative participation.METHOD: Prospective two-arm randomised controlled trial, targeting communication-oriented dysarthria group therapy (DGT). A non-specific social group program served as the …
