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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Avi Besser, Sari Lotem, Virgil Zeigler-Hill
Summary: This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between levels of psychological stress and vocal symptoms among Israeli academic college professors during the transition to online synchronous teaching due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The findings revealed that there was an increase in psychological stress but not vocal symptoms during the transition. Psychological stress during this transition was associated with vocal symptoms, especially for those who had high levels of psychological stress during previous teaching periods.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Jerome R. Lechien, Carlos M. Chiesa-Estomba, Pierre Cabaraux, Quentin Mat, Kathy Huet, Bernard Harmegnies, Mihaela Horoi, Serge Daniel Le Bon, Alexandra Rodriguez, Didier Dequanter, Stephane Hans, Lise Crevier-Buchman, Baptiste Hochet, Lea Distinguin, Younes Chekkoury-Idrissi, Marta Circiu, Fahd El Afia, Maria Rosaria Barillari, Giovanni Cammaroto, Nicolas Fakhry, Justin Michel, Thomas Radulesco, Delphine Martiny, Philippe Lavigne, Lionel Jouffe, Geraldine Descamps, Fabrice Journe, Eleonora M. C. Trecca, Julien Hsieh, Irene Lopez Delgado, Christian Calvo-Henriquez, Sebastien Vergez, Mohamad Khalife, Gabriele Molteni, Giuditta Mannelli, Giovanna Cantarella, Manuel Tucciarone, Christel Souchay, Pierre Leich, Tareck Ayad, Sven Saussez
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence and clinical features of dysphonia in European patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19. The results showed that approximately a quarter of patients experienced dysphonia, with females and smokers being more susceptible. Dysphonic patients were more symptomatic than those without dysphonia, and there were significant associations between dysphonia severity and respiratory difficulties, swallowing difficulties, and cough.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Vanessa Veis Ribeiro, Ana Paula Dassie-Leite, Eliane Cristina Pereira, Allicia Diely Nunes Santos, Perla Martins, Roxane de Alencar Irineu
Summary: This study analyzed the vocal self-perception of individuals who wore face masks for essential activities and those who wore them for professional and essential activities during the pandemic. The results showed that wearing face masks increased the perception of vocal effort, speech intelligibility difficulties, auditory feedback issues, and coordination problems between speech and breathing. Individuals who wore face masks for professional and essential activities had a greater perception of vocal fatigue and discomfort.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Maral Asiaee, Amir Vahedian-azimi, Seyed Shahab Atashi, Abdalsamad Keramatfar, Mandana Nourbakhsh
Summary: This study compared the acoustic parameters of voice between COVID-19 patients and healthy individuals, revealing significant differences mainly attributed to pulmonary and laryngological involvements in patients.
Review
Acoustics
Pierre-Amaury Grumiaux, Srdan Kitic, Laurent Girin, Alexandre Guerin
Summary: This article presents a survey of deep learning methods for single and multiple sound source localization, specifically focusing on indoor environments with reverberation and diffuse noise. The article provides an extensive overview of the literature on neural network-based sound source localization, organized by neural network architecture, input features, output strategy, data types, and model training strategy. Tables summarizing the literature survey are provided for quick reference.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2022)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Nienke C. Homans, Jantien L. Vroegop
Summary: The study found that wearing surgical masks can have a negative impact on speech perception for patients with moderate to severe hearing loss, with even worse performers experiencing similar effects when wearing face shields. The sound distortion was greater for face shields compared to surgical masks.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY
(2022)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Nathalie Charlotte
Summary: This is a case study documenting a high transmission rate of SARS-CoV-2 associated with an indoor choir rehearsal in France at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Out of 27 participants, 19 were diagnosed with COVID-19 within 1 to 12 days after the rehearsal, with 36% requiring hospitalization and 21% being admitted to an ICU. The researchers recommend the suspension of indoor choir practices in the absence of effective barrier measures.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Robert H. Eikelboom, Rebecca J. Bennett, Vinay Manchaiah, Bhavisha Parmar, Eldre Beukes, Saima L. Rajasingam, De Wet Swanepoel
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to audiologists having a more positive attitude towards and greater use of telehealth, but with some reservations. Telehealth was considered adequate for many audiology services, although hearing assessment and device fitting by telehealth received least support. Important barriers included technologies related to the client or remote site, and more clinician training was identified as a common theme.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY
(2022)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Deborah R. Campbell, Howard Goldstein
Summary: This survey examined the evolution of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the technology used, connectivity, implementation of services, and attitudes of pediatric speech-language pathology clinicians. The results showed that while some barriers were eliminated, there are still persistent issues, and judgments about the effectiveness and appropriateness of telehealth varied based on the age and communication disorder of children.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Giovanni Saggio, Giovanni Costantini
Summary: Voice signals are analyzed for communication and medical purposes, revealing individual health conditions. However, baseline features of healthy voice vary depending on gender, age, and ethnicity. This study aims to address the lack of global research on healthy voice characteristics.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Daniela Parrino, Andrea Frosolini, Chiara Gallo, Romolo Daniele De Siati, Giacomo Spinato, Cosimo de Filippis
Summary: This study reported three cases of sudden unilateral tinnitus following BNT162b2 mRNA-vaccine injection, with rapid resolution in 2 out of 3 cases. The mechanism responsible for its development remains unclear, possibly involving a hypersensitivity reaction, an abnormal autoimmune response, or a vasculitic event. Large-scale and well-designed studies are needed to improve surveillance of the COVID-19 vaccine and better define possible adverse reactions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Andrew Kertesz
Summary: Since its publication, the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) has been widely used to assess patients with aphasia in clinical and research settings. It is the most commonly used comprehensive aphasia test, providing valuable insights into the severity and nature of language impairment as well as the affected brain structures. The WAB also allows for the study of linguistic features and cognitive aspects of aphasia, and its use in neuroimaging research has enabled functional, anatomical, and biological correlations of language.
Review
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Ray D. Kent, Yunjung Kim, Li-Mei Chen
Summary: This study aimed to provide an overview of research on oral and laryngeal diadochokinesis (DDK) in children and adults. A total of 360 articles were included in the review. DDK plays an important role in clinical practice and research, and its clinical value can be optimized by considering task parameters, analysis methods, and population of interest.
JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH
(2022)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Z. Asli Oskovi-Kaplan, A. Seval Ozgu-Erdinc, Gul Nihal Buyuk, U. Yasemin Sert-Dinc, Cavide Ali-Algan, Baris Demir, Dilek Sahin, H. Levent Keskin, Cuneyt Tayman, Ozlem Moraloglu-Tekin
Summary: This study compared the newborn hearing test results of pregnant women infected with COVID-19 with those who were not infected, and found that COVID-19 infection during pregnancy was not significantly associated with hearing loss in newborns.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Karianne Berg, Jytte Isaksen, Sarah J. Wallace, Madeline Cruice, Nina Simmons-Mackie, Linda Worrall
Summary: This study aimed to establish consensus on a definition of aphasia among aphasia researchers. After three rounds of surveys, consensus could not be achieved due to divided opinions on the proposed amendments. Further debate is needed to discuss the use of the term "communication disability" to describe aphasia and the type of lesion associated with aphasia.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Michelle Stankovic, Britta Biedermann, Takeshi Hamamura
Summary: Emerging evidence suggests that bilinguals have different decision-making strategies in their foreign language, known as the Foreign Language Effect. When faced with moral dilemmas, bilinguals are more likely to choose the utilitarian option. This meta-analysis examined the role of linguistic variables (proficiency, immersion, and language similarity) in moderating the utilitarian response to moral dilemmas in a foreign language. The findings revealed a moral Foreign Language Effect in personal dilemmas, which was influenced by self-reported reading proficiency. Bilinguals with higher reading proficiency were less likely to make a utilitarian choice. Overall, our study suggests that not all bilinguals experience the Foreign Language Effect, and lower self-reported reading proficiency is a key indicator of potential changes in response tendencies to moral dilemmas in a foreign language.
BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
(2022)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Amanda M. Lauer, Sergio Vicencio Jimenez, Paul H. Delano
Summary: The role of the mammalian auditory olivocochlear efferent system in hearing is still debatable. Its ability to protect against noise exposure is clear, but its primary function in the absence of industrial noise remains controversial. While animal models have shown its role in selective attention, studies in humans have yielded conflicting results. There is a need for further research on other proposed functions of this system.
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Alessandro Castiglione, Claes Moller
Summary: Usher syndrome is a common genetic condition that causes combined loss of hearing and vision. It can be divided into three main clinical types, each caused by mutations in different genes. This review provides an overview of the causative genes, diagnosis, prognosis, epidemiology, rehabilitation, research, and new treatments for Usher syndrome.
AUDIOLOGY RESEARCH
(2022)
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Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Jonathan Kil, E. Emily Harruff, Ryan J. Longenecker
Summary: The global impact of hearing loss and related auditory dysfunction, including tinnitus and hyperacusis, on human health is significant and growing, with research indicating that these conditions involve numerous genetic variations and molecular mechanisms. Investigational new drugs have been tested and repurposed in clinical trials, but there are currently no FDA-approved therapeutics for any auditory related indications.
Review
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Jamie H. Azios, Katie A. Strong, Brent Archer, Natalie F. Douglas, Nina Simmons-Mackie, Linda Worrall
Summary: Social isolation and loneliness are common after aphasia, and maintaining friendships is crucial for the well-being of individuals with aphasia. Research is needed to understand factors influencing friendship networks and to develop interventions that support the maintenance of friendships in this population.
