OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of teacher continued professional development on student language outcomes	23
Issue Information	22
The perspectives of Australian speech pathologists in providing evidence‐based practices to children with autism	20
Consensus on an assessment protocol for children with speech sound disorders in Sri Lanka	19
Parkinson's disease impacts feedback production during verbal communication	18
Telehealth practice in aphasia: A survey of UK speech and language therapists, with a focus on assessment	17
The impact of developmental language disorder in a defendant's description on mock jurors’ perceptions and judgements	17
Detecting autism from picture book narratives using deep neural utterance embeddings	16
Communicative participation outcomes in individuals with Parkinson's disease receiving standard care speech‐language therapy services in community settings	16
Cognitive decline assessment using semantic linguistic content and transformer deep learning architecture	16
Development of mobile compatible software for cognitive–communication disorder in individuals with Alzheimer's disease	14
Masking care: A qualitative investigation of the impact of face masks on the experience of stroke rehabilitation from the perspective of staff and service users with communication difficulties	14
The oral language and emergent literacy skills of preschoolers: Early childhood teachers’ self‐reported role, knowledge and confidence	14
‘I don't really know where I stand because I don't know if I took something away from her’: Moral injury in South African speech–language therapists and audiologists due to patient death and dying	14
Pre‐ and post‐operative voice therapy (PaPOV): Development of an intervention for patients with benign vocal fold lesions	13
Caregiver burden interventions in speech–language pathology: A systematic review	13
Issue Information	13
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A qualitative systematic review of family caregivers’ experiences of artificial nutrition and hydration at home: A meta‐ethnography	12
A preliminary epidemiologic study of social (pragmatic) communication disorder in the context of developmental language disorder	12
Language assessment of Polish‐English bilingual children by speech and language therapists who do not speak Polish: A feasibility study of a novel scoring schema for Sentence‐Repetition‐Tasks	12
Acoustic characteristics of fricatives, amplitude of formants and clarity of speech produced without and with a medical mask	12
PD Check‐In: The development and trial of a supported self‐management program for people with Parkinson's disease following intensive speech intervention	11
Electropalatography (EPG) activities in Japan and the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on EPG research and therapy: A report of presentations at the 7th EPG Symposium	11
Experiences of South African speech–language therapists providing telepractice during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative survey	11

Telehealth and in‐person placements: Same, same, but different. A mixed methods investigation of speech and language therapy students’ and practice educators’ experiences and perceptions	11
Assessment and management of late radiation‐associated dysphagia after treatment for head and neck cancer: A scoping review and survey of UK speech and language therapists	11
Abstracts from RCSLT Conference 2023: Embracing the future together	11
Aphasia partnership training: What outcomes do people with aphasia, family members and speech and language therapists expect?	11
Ensuring treatment fidelity in intervention studies: Developing a checklist and scoring system within a behaviour change paradigm	11
Exploring neuropsychological underpinnings of poor communication after traumatic brain injury: The role of apathy, disinhibition and social cognition	10
A systematic review of language and communication intervention research delivered in groups to older adults living in care homes	10
Parents’ linguistic strategies in interaction with their children with history of cleft lip and/or palate	10
Considerations for paediatric student‐led telepractice in speech‐language therapy: A pilot observational study from South Africa	10
Description of connected speech across different elicitation tasks in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia	10
Intensive and comprehensive aphasia therapy—a survey of the definitions, practices and views of speech and language therapists in the United Kingdom	10
Do you like my voice? Stakeholder perspectives about the acceptability of synthetic child voices in three South African languages	10
Acute post‐stroke aphasia management: An implementation science study protocol using a behavioural approach to support practice change	10
Enhanced rapid review of the applicability of ultrasound in the assessment of sucking, swallowing and laryngeal function in the paediatric population	9
Mental capacity legislation and communication disability: A cross‐sectional survey exploring the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the provision of specialist decision‐making support by UK SLTs	9
UK speech and language therapists’ assessment of children's expressive language, and functional impairment and impact, following the CATALISE publications	9
Factors influencing the success of telepractice during the COVID‐19 pandemic and preferences for post‐pandemic services: An interview study with clinicians and parents	9
Preliminary evidence supporting the clinical utility of an Analog Task of Prosocial Helping	9
The development of a novel, standardized, norm‐referenced Arabic Discourse Assessment Tool (ADAT), including an examination of psychometric properties of discourse measures in aphasia	9
You may point, but do not touch: Impact of gesture‐types and cognition on language in typical and atypical development	9
Applying behaviour change theory to speech and language therapy intervention for inducible laryngeal obstruction	9
Dysphagia therapy in adults with a tracheostomy: A scoping review protocol	9
Evaluating the effect of a non‐linguistic cognitive intervention on functional communication in global aphasia: A case series study	8
Effects of voice therapy in children with vocal fold nodules: A systematic review	8
‘Do it afraid’: An arts‐based reflexive collective case study exploring youth responses to post‐concussion communication changes in daily life	8
Stability of language difficulties among a clinical sample of preschoolers	8
A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of parent‐based models of language intervention for 2‐ to 3‐year‐old children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in areas of social	8
How speech and language therapists and parents work together in the therapeutic process for children with speech sound disorder: A scoping review	8
The comprehension of grammaticalized implicit meanings in SPCD and ASD children: A comparative study	8
Morphosyntactic abilities in young children with Down syndrome: Evidence from the Greek language	8
Acoustic characteristics associated with liquid swallowing sounds of different bolus consistencies in young healthy adults	8
“They Can't Believe They're a Tiger”: Insights from pediatric speech‐language pathologist mobile app users and app designers	8
Assessing parent interaction with deaf infants: A quantitative survey of UK professional practice	8
Word‐finding difficulties in Parkinson's disease: Complex verbal fluency, executive functions and other influencing factors	8
Collaborative talk in healthcare interactions between students and people with aphasia	8
Evaluation devices in the narratives of deaf/hard of hearing and hearing Arabic‐speaking adolescents	8
‘It depends on who I'm with’: How young people with developmental language disorder describe their experiences of language and communication in school	7
Language intervention in bilingual children with developmental language disorder: A systematic review	7
I remembered the chorm! Word learning abilities of children with and without phonological impairment	7
Interactions with youth justice and associated costs for young people with speech, language and communication needs	7
Cross‐neurotype communication from an autistic point of view: Insights on autistic Theory of Mind from a focus group study	7
Using Conversation Analysis to explore assessments of decision‐making capacity in a hospital setting	7
Recommendations of good practice to prevent aspiration pneumonia in older adults at risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia living in nursing homes: A modified e‐Delphi study protocol	7
Prosodic skills of Spanish‐speaking children with developmental language disorder	7
Oral‐diadochokinesis between Parkinson's disease and neurotypical elderly among Malaysian‐Malay speakers	7
A preliminary investigation on core lexicon analysis in dementia of the Alzheimer's type	7
Benefits of a targeted rehabilitation of number transcoding in secondary acalculia: A single‐case experimental design	6
Family carers’ experiences of dysphagia after a stroke: An exploratory study of spouses living in a large metropolitan city	6
Allied health professional research engagement and impact on healthcare performance: A systematic review protocol	6
Rethinking speech sound disorder (SSD) in non‐syndromic cleft lip and palate: The importance of recognizing phonological and language difficulties	6

Insights into social communication following traumatic brain injury sustained in older adulthood	6
The effects of endovascular clot retrieval and thrombolysis on dysphagia in an Australian quaternary hospital: A retrospective review	6
Methodologies for assessing morphosyntactic ability in people with Alzheimer's disease	6
‘Am I a good enough therapist?’: Self‐doubt among speech and language therapists	6
Issue Information	6
A realist synthesis of interprofessional collaborative practices in early intervention for children with speech, language and communication needs	6
Making the case for the collection of a minimal dataset for children with speech sound disorder	6
Adapting in interaction involving Mandarin speakers with aphasia: A conversation analysis of turn initial responses to healthcare professionals’ questions	6
Supporting adjective learning by children with Developmental Language Disorder: Enhancing metalinguistic approaches	6
Procedural learning and school‐age language outcomes in children with and without a history of late talking	6
The effect of real word stimuli versus non‐word stimuli on oral diadochokinetic rates across the life span: An item discrimination analysis	6
The UK C‐BiLLT: Validity and reliability of an online assessment of spoken language comprehension for children with severe motor disorders	6
Automated assessment of hyoid movement during normal swallow using ultrasound	6
A systematic review of early speech interventions for children with cleft palate	6
Creating the conditions for robust early language development for all: Part two: Evidence informed public health framework for child language in the early years	5
What could go wrong? Non‐standardized versus standardized food texture classification	5
The impact of subtle language and communication difficulties on the daily lives of autistic children without intellectual disability: Parent perspectives	5
Speech–language pathology students’ perceptions of simulation‐based learning experiences in stuttering	5
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Scandcleft randomized trials of primary surgery for unilateral cleft lip and palate: Speech proficiency at 10 years of age	5
Behavioural interventions for swallowing in subjects with Parkinson's disease: A mixed methods systematic review	5
Speech pathology prescribing in the outpatient setting: A review of requirements, considerations and barriers	5
Acknowledging a Stutter Affects the Impression One Makes in a Job Interview	5
Effect of delayed auditory feedback on stuttering‐like disfluencies	5
Light verb production in healthy ageing and dementia	5
A scoping review of oral language and social communication abilities in children with Tourette syndrome	5
‘It gives you encouragement because you're not alone’: A pilot study of a multi‐component social media skills intervention for people with acquired brain injury	5
Communication partner training for aged‐care workers: A scoping review	5
Development and norming of the Hungarian CDI‐III: A screening tool for language delay	5
Language gains in 4–6‐year‐old children with developmental language disorder and the relation with language profile, severity, multilingualism and non‐verbal cognition	5
Staff perceptions and experiences of using Key Word Signing with children with Down syndrome and their peers in the first year of mainstream primary education	5
Evaluation of the implementation of a speech and language therapist‐led referring model for VFSS using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)	5
Parent rating of intelligibility: A discussion of the construct validity of the Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) and normative data of the Swedish version of the ICS	5
Applying behaviour change theory to parent‐led language interventions for children in the early years	5
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The development of a parent report instrument of early communication and language skills of infants and toddlers in mainland China	5
An intensive neurorehabilitation programme with sEMG biofeedback to improve swallowing in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD): A feasibility study	5
Rehabilitation of post‐stroke aphasia in Ghana	5
Making oral comprehension interventions TIDieR: A narrative synthesis of interventions improving comprehension in children from 1 to 5 years with language difficulties	5
The use of music and music‐related elements in speech‐language therapy interventions for adults with neurogenic communication impairments: A scoping review	5
Development and validation of MyCommunication—Adults, a self‐report communicative participation measure	5
Assessment of patients with head and neck cancer using the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory: Results of a study into its comprehensiveness, comprehensibility and relevance to clinical practice	4
Managing ongoing swallow safety through information‐sharing: An ethnography of speech and language therapists and nurses at work on stroke units	4
How language affects social cognition and emotional competence in typical and atypical development: A systematic review	4
Corrigendum for Trimble & Patterson (2020), ‘Cough reflex testing in acute stroke: A survey of current UK service provision and speech and language therapist perceptions’	4
Evaluation of a pilot to introduce simulated learning activities to support speech and language therapy students’ clinical development	4
Caregiver object labels within supported and coordinated joint engagement during interaction with toddlers at elevated and typical likelihood of autism	4
Benefits of Adding a Psychomotor Therapy Over a Combined‐Approach Treatment in Adults who Stutter: A Randomized Controlled Trial	4
The role of lexical and prosodic characteristics of mothers’ child‐directed speech for the early vocabulary development of Italian children with cochlear implants	4
Translation and Validation of the TOR‐BSST Into Turkish for Stroke Patients	4
Creating opportunities to communicate and connect in a global pandemic: Exploring the experiences of people with aphasia of an online conversation partner scheme	4
Aphasia severity and factors predicting language recovery in the chronic stage of stroke	4
A qualitative exploration of how oral trials are used in dysphagia management in one inpatient hospital	4
Effects of multitasker babble noise on speech intelligibility in children with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI)	4
Speech and language therapists' management practices, perceived effectiveness of current treatments and interest in neuromuscular electrical stimulation for acquired dysarthria rehabilitation: An inte	4
The impact of participation in research for speech and language therapy departments and their patients: A case example of the Big CACTUS multicentre trial of self‐managed computerized aphasia therapy	4
Identifying critical behaviours for building engagement in telepractice early intervention: An international e‐Delphi study	4
Exploring word‐referent mapping in Mandarin‐speaking late‐talkers at 33 months and its language predictors at 27 months: An eye‐tracking study	4
Embedding key word sign prompts in a shared book reading activity: The impact on communication between children with Down syndrome and their parents	4
Articulatory–kinematic changes in speech following surgical treatment for oral or oropharyngeal cancer: A systematic review	4
Investigating current clinical practice in assessment and diagnosis of voice disorders: A cross‐sectional multidisciplinary global web survey	4
Assessment of communicative competence in adult patients with minimum response in intensive care units: A scoping review	4
Psychological impact of COVID‐19 on speech and language therapists working with adult dysphagia: A national survey	4
Challenges in skill acquisition and memory retention in children with developmental language disorder	4
Lidcombe Program translation to community clinics in Australia and England	4
Similar gaze behaviour during dialogue perception in congenitally deaf children with cochlear Implants and normal hearing children	4
Virtual INSIGHT: Improving natural social interaction: Group reHabilitation after traumatic brain injury	4
Telehealth administration of narrative and procedural discourse: A UK and US comparison of traumatic brain injury and matched controls	4
Examining the understandings of young adult South African men who stutter: The question of disability	4
‘It's been an extraordinary journey’: Experience of engagement from the perspectives of people with post‐stroke aphasia	4
Implementation of a speech and language therapy‐led referring model for videofluoroscopic swallow studies: An evaluation of service outcomes	4
Word type and modality in the emerging expressive vocabularies of preschool children with Down syndrome	4
‘Like going into a chocolate shop, blindfolded’: What do people with primary progressive aphasia want from speech and language therapy?	4
Interdisciplinary considerations for diagnosing aphasia in the schizoaffective patient: A case report	4
Reading fluency in Spanish patients with Parkinson's disease: A reading prosody examination	4
Intelligibility and comprehensibility: A Delphi consensus study	4
Communication partner training with familiar partners of people with aphasia: A systematic review and synthesis of barriers and facilitators to implementation	4
The impact of PD Check‐In on self‐management skills for maintenance of speech after intensive treatment	4
Characteristics of drawing deficits in people with aphasia: Differences between symbolic and realistic drawn objects	4