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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsApraxiasBiofeedback, PsychologyChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansLanguage Development DisordersSpeechSpeech Sound DisorderSpeech TherapyStutteringConceptsResidual 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 intuition
2019
Remediating Residual Rhotic Errors With Traditional and Ultrasound-Enhanced Treatment: A Single-Case Experimental Study.
Preston J, McAllister T, Phillips E, Boyce S, Tiede M, Kim J, Whalen D. Remediating Residual Rhotic Errors With Traditional and Ultrasound-Enhanced Treatment: A Single-Case Experimental Study. American Journal Of Speech-Language Pathology 2019, 28: 1167-1183. PMID: 31170355, PMCID: PMC6802922, DOI: 10.1044/2019_ajslp-18-0261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBiofeedback, PsychologyChildFeedback, SensoryFemaleHumansMalePhoneticsSpeechSpeech Sound DisorderSpeech TherapyTreatment OutcomeConceptsUltrasound visual feedbackSingle-case experimental studySpeech sound learningTreatment orderResidual rhotic errorsGroup-level studiesUntreated wordsStages of learningGroup-level comparisonsSound learningRhotic errorsNaive listenersTraditional treatmentTreatment conditionsTreatment responseAged 9SessionsVocalizationsIndividual variationMonitor progressVisual feedbackChildrenReverse treatment orderParticipants
2018
Tongue shapes for rhotics in school-age children with and without residual speech errors
Preston J, McCabe P, Tiede M, Whalen D. Tongue shapes for rhotics in school-age children with and without residual speech errors. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 2018, 33: 334-348. PMID: 30199271, PMCID: PMC6409154, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2018.1517190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentBiofeedback, PsychologyChildFemaleHumansMaleSpeech Sound DisorderTongueUltrasonographyTreatment for Residual Rhotic Errors With High- and Low-Frequency Ultrasound Visual Feedback: A Single-Case Experimental Design
Preston J, McAllister T, Phillips E, Boyce S, Tiede M, Kim J, Whalen D. Treatment for Residual Rhotic Errors With High- and Low-Frequency Ultrasound Visual Feedback: A Single-Case Experimental Design. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2018, 61: 1-18. PMID: 30073249, PMCID: PMC6198924, DOI: 10.1044/2018_jslhr-s-17-0441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasound visual feedbackVisual feedbackMultiple-baseline across-subjects designResidual speech errorsSpeech sound learningSpeech therapyTreatment orderAcross-subjects designTreatment conditionsResidual rhotic errorsConsistent with empirical workGroup-level analysisUntreated wordsSpeech errorsSound learningMeasure generalizationRhotic errorsSpeech targetsHF-LFTreatment phaseParticipantsSpeechLF conditionsLF-HFEmpirical work