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A study of 450 life narratives found that different psychopathic traits leave distinct linguistic fingerprints, challenging the cold, flat-speech stereotype. bit.ly/4zlbliR
Many SLPs feel underprepared to apply their skills beyond direct patient care. Watch this new 5-star rated course now to explore non-clinical career pathways and strategies for career growth and reinvention. #slpeepsshr.link/xrmnc
Dysphagia is often overshadowed in Parkinson’s disease yet linked to aspiration pneumonia, and this audit looks at how well hospitals follow swallow screening recommendations for these patients. bit.ly/4ia1QLY
Early preclinical findings suggest tongue exercise may help surviving neurons compensate in ALS, with possible implications for preserving speech and swallowing. bit.ly/4hU3cvm
Tomorrow's live webinar has space still available! Save your spot now for 'Audiogram Reading Foundations and Applications, Part 2,' presented in partnership with RIT/NTID. #slpeeps: bit.ly/4snVkGc
Smartphone recordings of short sentences helped an AI model flag vocal patterns linked to type 2 diabetes with roughly 72% balanced accuracy, another sign that voice may play a bigger role in health screening. bit.ly/4sfySP8
Worth a read: the first consensus guidelines on stuttering are sparking debate about brain-based causes, new treatment ideas, and the role SLPs play going forward: bit.ly/47uJa4G
Get the practical tools to design and integrate simulation-based learning into your educational or clinical training programs. Watch now to explore how to adapt simulation frameworks from other health disciplines for SLP-specific contexts. shr.link/lk8wl
An SLP explains why coughing during meals is a dysphagia red flag families often miss in aging parents, and why a swallowing evaluation referral matters: bit.ly/4yBwFPV
A new prospective study of 1,093 stroke patients found that 38.8% had dysphagia within 96 hours of onset, with dysarthria and infratentorial stroke among the key risk flags worth watching for in your early screening and caseload planning: bit.ly/4yrLnsk
Join us for tomorrow afternoon's live webinar, 'Are we Having Fun Yet? Reading Comprehension and Motivation,' that will explore the powerful motivation-comprehension connection that can either fuel reading motivation or accelerate reading failure. Register here, #slpeeps: bit.ly/4zK2Hdq
Just one to two minutes of connected speech was enough for an automated tool to tell PPA variants apart with about 79% accuracy, giving clinicians another way to support diagnosis: bit.ly/4zC21Xf
Stanford researchers found that language models predicted which children aged 9 to 13 would develop mental health conditions six years later, with speech style mattering more than content, though larger replication is still needed. bit.ly/3W8eWSo
Build positive therapeutic relationships by integrating counseling into your clinical practice. This week's #5StarFriday course is a 17-hour textbook course that offers a framework and practical tools for addressing the emotional and psychosocial aspects of communication disorders. #slpeepsshr.link/f6vlk
When a child talks freely at home but not at school, this article urges follow-up for selective mutism instead of reassurance that the child is just shy, a useful read for your referral partners. bit.ly/4evzpH1
Stanford researchers found that language models predicted which children aged 9 to 13 would develop mental health conditions six years later, with speech style mattering more than content, though larger replication is still needed. bit.ly/3W8eWSo
Language sample analysis can feel daunting with adolescents. This course tackles common barriers, from choosing age-appropriate sampling tasks to identifying key grammatical targets and working within real-world time constraints, with case studies of adolescents with language disorders and typical language development. #slpeepsshr.link/wm55c
A Norwegian cohort of more than 200,000 children found no broad link between prenatal COVID-19 and neurodevelopmental disorders, though one sensitivity analysis flagged a speech and language signal that still needs replication. bit.ly/4i2JcFy
In 104 people with early Parkinson’s disease, speech impairment tracked with both dopamine loss and striatal connectivity changes in men, but only with connectivity changes in women. bit.ly/4dFsD1e
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