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Auteurs québécois: Joël Macoir, Monica Lavoie et Laura Monetta
ARTICLES
Aphasie primaire progressive
A Combined Speech-Language and Counseling Intervention for Primary Progressive Aphasia: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Outcomes
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2026 Apr 21:1-19. doi: 10.1044/2026_JSLHR-25-00390. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) face negative psychosocial repercussions, yet few studies have investigated counseling for this population. In a prior study, a novel intervention encompassing script training and aphasia-modified cognitive behavioral therapy was …
Retrospective Study on the Effects of Intensive Speech Therapy Combined with Two Courses of High-Frequency rTMS on Language Function in Patients with Aphasia
NeuroRehabilitation. 2026 Apr 9:10538135261439938. doi: 10.1177/10538135261439938. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPurposeThe longitudinal effects of combining intensive speech therapy (ST) with two separate courses of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (HF-rTMS) for aphasia remain unclear. This study retrospectively investigated longitudinal changes in language function in patients who underwent this combined protocol.MethodsSixteen patients with …
Inner Speech Can Predict Naming Treatment Outcomes in Aphasia: A Pilot, Single-Subject Design Study
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2026 Apr 9:1-15. doi: 10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00357. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: This single-subject design study examined whether self-reported inner speech (IS)-the subjective experience of retrieving a word internally-can predict item-level outcomes in a cueing-based naming treatment for individuals with poststroke aphasia.METHOD: Five adults with …
Characterizing the linguistic profiles, training needs, and caseloads of speech language pathologists providing clinical services to multilingual people with aphasia: The international Multilingual Aphasia Practices (MAP) consensus group survey
PLoS One. 2026 Apr 9;21(4):e0346488. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346488. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTGlobally, there is still limited understanding of how Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) assess and treat multilingual people with aphasia (MPWA). This article presents results from the Multilingual Aphasia Practices (MAP) survey-an extensive international study involving 407 SLPs working across 60 countries. The MAP survey explored: 1) …
A Provisional Theory of Change and Basic Logic Model for Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2026 Apr 10;69(4):1759-1782. doi: 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00519. Epub 2026 Mar 23.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: People with aphasia have a comprehensive range of needs due to their language impairment and its resulting impact on everyday life. Aphasia can be compounded by environments and contexts that are not aphasia friendly. This calls for …
Speech therapy for poststroke aphasia: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
PeerJ. 2026 Apr 15;14:e21118. doi: 10.7717/peerj.21118. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Various speech therapies are available for treating poststroke aphasia; however, the effects of these strategies on poststroke aphasia have yet to be compared. We conducted a network meta-analysis to investigate the effects of different speech therapies on quality of life and language performance …
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2026;126(4. Vyp. 2):86-91. doi: 10.17116/jnevro202612604286.ABSTRACTStroke remains a leading cause of disability worldwide. Cognitive impairment is a major consequence, with post-stroke aphasia developing in approximately 30% of patients after a first stroke. Speech impairments substantially reduce quality of life, complicate rehabilitation, and hinder reintegration into …
Post-Ictal aphasia in focal Epilepsy: Speech-language pathologist Perspectives and insights
Brain Lang. 2026 Apr 30;277:105766. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2026.105766. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence and speech characteristics of post-ictal aphasia (P-IA) in people with epilepsy (PWE) undergoing long-term video-EEG (VEEG) monitoring (LTM). To investigate the relationship between anatomical and electroclinical data and specific post-ictal speech deficits.METHODS: A multidisciplinary …
Communication Difficulties Among Older Adults With Different Degrees of Cognitive Impairment
Brain Behav. 2026 Apr;16(4):e71372. doi: 10.1002/brb3.71372.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The prevalence of dementia has been increasing, and communication difficulties among people with cognitive impairment are burdensome and frustrating for both older adults and caregivers. However, subjective communication difficulties have rarely been examined in the context of communication as a two-way interaction. The …
Identifying Older Adults' Communication Support Needs and Preferences: A Scoping Review of Measurement Instruments
Gerontologist. 2026 Apr 7:gnag033. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnag033. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Communication changes in older adults affect independence, social participation, and quality of life. In aged care settings, timely identification of communication support needs and preferences is essential to upholding older people's rights and ensuring person-centred care, yet …
Short-term hearing aid use reduces auditory cortical responses to speech-in-noise listening among older adults with age-related hearing loss
Front Aging Neurosci. 2026 Apr 16;18:1690956. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2026.1690956. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTAge-related hearing loss (ARHL) is an increasingly common feature of aging and has been linked to poorer psychosocial wellbeing and increased dementia risk. Individuals with ARHL experience speech perception difficulties in noisy environments, wherein the brain must "turn up the volume" or upregulate …
Cortical morphological changes in stroke-associated dysarthria patients
Front Neurol. 2026 Mar 19;17:1766268. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2026.1766268. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Post-stroke dysarthria (DYS) severely affects communication, yet cortical morphological alterations remain insufficiently characterized. This study applied surface-based morphometry (SBM) to examine cortical changes in DYS and their association with dysarthria severity assessed by the Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment (FDA).METHODS: Forty-eight DYS patients and 72 …
Multidimensional Measurements of Dysarthria in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2026 May-Jun;61(3):e70239. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.70239.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a heterogeneous neuromuscular disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness and myotonia. Dysarthria is a known symptom of DM1, but literature is lacking about the patient's own perception in relationship to dysarthria characteristics and severity.AIMS: …
Singing-Based Interventions for Treating Hypokinetic Dysarthria in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review
J Music Ther. 2026 Feb 11;63(1):thag009. doi: 10.1093/jmt/thag009.ABSTRACTParkinson's disease (PD) progressively affects motor functions, often resulting in hypokinetic dysarthria, characterized by reduced speech articulation and vocal intensity. Over the last few decades, singing-based interventions have demonstrated potential therapeutic benefits for treating neurological speech disorders. To review the effectiveness of …
Neural processing of speech in noise recognition in preschool children with different auditory processing abilities: a fNIRS study
Hear Res. 2026 Apr;474:109614. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2026.109614. Epub 2026 Mar 10.ABSTRACTThis study aims to investigate differences in brain oxyhemoglobin concentrations among preschool children with varying auditory processing (AP) abilities, as screened by the Preschool Auditory Processing Assessment Scale (PAPAS). The study selected 36 children with AP deficits and 52 typically developing (TD) children as …
Speech signal acoustic analysis in the diagnosis of neurological and mental diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2026;126(3):38-44. doi: 10.17116/jnevro202612603138.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To assess speech signal acoustic parameters for the diagnosis of neurological and mental diseases.MATERIAL AND METHODS: The data were searched in accordance with the PRISMA requirements and guidelines across the PubMed, Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials.gov, CyberLenink, and eLibrary …
Auteurs québécois: Joël Macoir, Monica Lavoie et Laura Monetta
Executive-linguistic coordination in aging: the impact of education on alternating and constrained verbal fluency
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2026 Apr 18:1-17. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2026.2662239. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTVerbal fluency tasks provide a sensitive measure of lexical retrieval and executive control. Beyond classical semantic and phonemic paradigms, complex variants such as the Alternating Fluency Task (EAF) and the Orthographic Constrained Semantic Fluency Task (EOCSF) …
Impairment of written word production in logopenic primary progressive aphasia: dissociating phonological and orthographic contributions
Front Hum Neurosci. 2026 Apr 7;20:1812997. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2026.1812997. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Written language impairment is a frequent but still incompletely understood feature of the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA), and although spoken language deficits have been extensively studied, less is known about the mechanisms underlying impaired written word production and the …
