2023
Neural Changes in Children With Residual Speech Sound Disorder After Ultrasound Biofeedback Speech Therapy.
Spencer C, Vannest J, Preston J, Maas E, Sizemore E, McAllister T, Whalen D, Maloney T, Boyce S. Neural Changes in Children With Residual Speech Sound Disorder After Ultrasound Biofeedback Speech Therapy. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2023, 66: 3223-3241. PMID: 37524116, PMCID: PMC10558148, DOI: 10.1044/2023_jslhr-22-00430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual speech sound disorderFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSpeech sound disordersUltrasound visual feedbackSpeech therapy programSound disordersTD groupSpeech productionFunctional connectivityLeft visual association cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imaging experimentSeed-to-voxel approachRegion-of-interest approachSpeech therapySyllable repetition taskVisual association cortexTherapy programLongitudinal changesPatterns of activitySpeech motorWord probesNeural differencesLeft insulaNeural changesConnectivity differences
2022
Baseline Stimulability Predicts Patterns of Response to Traditional and Ultrasound Biofeedback Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorder.
McAllister T, Eads A, Kabakoff H, Scott M, Boyce S, Whalen D, Preston J. Baseline Stimulability Predicts Patterns of Response to Traditional and Ultrasound Biofeedback Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorder. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2022, 65: 2860-2880. PMID: 35944047, PMCID: PMC9911120, DOI: 10.1044/2022_jslhr-22-00161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual speech sound disorderSpeech sound disordersCourse of treatmentSound disordersUltrasound biofeedbackPredictors of response to treatmentResponse to traditional treatmentClinically significant responseBiofeedback treatmentTraditional treatmentResponse to treatmentSensory acuityModel-based cluster analysisAcoustic measurementsPhase of treatmentIndividuals aged 9Individual interventionsBiofeedback phasesTraditional interventionsBaseline stimulationAcuityTreatment phaseSomatosensory domainAged 9Clinical intuitionCharacterizing sensorimotor profiles in children with residual speech sound disorder: a pilot study
Kabakoff H, Gritsyk O, Harel D, Tiede M, Preston J, Whalen D, McAllister T. Characterizing sensorimotor profiles in children with residual speech sound disorder: a pilot study. Journal Of Communication Disorders 2022, 99: 106230. PMID: 35728449, PMCID: PMC9464712, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with lower accuracySpeech productionMotor skillsModels of speech productionResidual speech sound disorderSpeech sound disordersPredictor of accuracySomatosensory acuityPost-treatmentSound disordersSpeech errorsSpeech accuracyPilot studySensorimotor profileMotor planningReduced motor skillsProduction accuracySensorimotor measuresPredictive relationshipAuditory acuityStimulation taskSpeechLifelong challengesPre-treatmentSpeech outcomes