To determine the relationship between emergence of COVID-19 and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) family presence as well how NICU design affects these changes.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) language models continue to expand in both access and capability. As these have evolved, the number of academic journals medicine healthcare which explored policies regarding AI-generated text has increased. The implementation such requires accurate AI detection tools. Inaccurate detectors risk unnecessary penalties for human authors and/or may compromise effective enforcement guidelines against content. Yet, accuracy tools identifying human-written versus...

This study sought to determine the effectiveness of telepractice as a method delivering early intervention services families infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard hearing. A comparison group design was applied ascertain child, family, provider outcomes via compared with traditional in-person home visits. total 48 children their families, along 15 providers from 5 programs, across country participated. Children in received more intervention, although number prescribed sessions equal...

A basic understanding of the distributions study variables and relationships among them is essential to inform statistical modeling.This achieved through computation summary statistics exploratory data analysis.Unfortunately, this step tends be under-emphasized in research process, part because often tedious nature thorough analysis.The table1() function furniture package streamlines much analysis making communication simple beautiful while offering significant time-savings researcher.

Speech perception studies typically rely on trained research assistants to score orthographic listener transcripts for words correctly identified. While the accuracy of human scoring protocol has been validated with strong intra- and inter-rater reliability, process hand-scoring is time-consuming resource intensive. Here, an open-source computer-based tool automated built (Autoscore) three different human-scored data sets. Results show that not only Autoscore highly accurate, achieving...

Abstract Lexical alignment, a communication phenomenon where conversational partners adapt their word choices to become more similar, plays an important role in the development of language and social skills. While this has been studied extensively conversations preschool‐aged children parents Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) communities, research other pediatric populations is sparse. This study makes significant expansions on existing literature by focusing...

Purpose: In effortful listening conditions, speech perception and adaptation abilities are constrained by aging often linked to age-related hearing loss cognitive decline. Given that older adults frequent communication partners of individuals with dysarthria, the current study examines cognitive–linguistic predictors dysarthric in listeners. Method: Fifty-eight adult listeners (aged 55–80 years) completed a battery tasks administered via National Institutes Health Toolbox. Participants also...

Background Interstep variations in step riser height and tread depth within a stairway could negatively impact safe stair negotiation by decreasing predictability and, consequently, increasing users’ fall risk. Unfortunately, interstep are common, particularly older stairways, but its may be lessened highlighting steps’ edges using high-contrast stripe on the top front edge of each step. Objective This study aimed to determine (1) if fall-related events associated with greater (2) such...

Purpose: The research aims of this study are to determine whether listening effort, as measured by pupil dilation and perceived effort (PLE) ratings, depends on the speech is produced a speaker with dysarthria versus neurotypical speaker, listener successfully spoken phrase.Method: Thirty-four listeners completed perception task while an eye-tracking camera tracked their dilation. Phrases in were secondary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) speaker. After hearing each phrase, repeated what...

Purpose The goals of this retrospective cohort analysis were to determine real-world dose and titration patterns sacubitril/valsartan (SAC/VAL), a heart failure medication, examine whether are associated with healthcare utilization costs. Methods Adult health plan members (18-100 years old) who initiated SAC/VAL between 2020 2022 had continuous enrollment 6 months prior to, at least 3 following initiation identified. Members also have fills good adherence ( N = 2,977). Claims data used...

Generalization of perceptual learning has received limited attention in listener adaptation studies with dysarthric speech. This study investigated whether to a talker dysarthria could be predicted by the nature listener's prior familiarization experience, specifically similarity features, and level intelligibility.Following an intelligibility pretest involving ataxic dysarthria, 160 listeners were familiarized 1 7 talkers dysarthria-who differed from test terms (same, similar, dissimilar)...

The aim of this study was to investigate parent learning and support needs related hearing aid management for young children, factors that influence parent-reported hours use.A cross-sectional survey design used collect data in seven states. child's primary caregiver completed a demographic form, questionnaire explore as well their challenges with use, the patient health identify symptoms depression. Three hundred eighteen parents questionnaires.Responses were analyzed 318 children (M =...

Aims A novel professional training was developed to reduce stigma toward harm reduction and pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders.Methods The delivered over three sessions n = 147 health professionals in Utah between 2019 2020, including 40 disorder treatment professionals. Pre post-training survey measures provided evaluation information on knowledge, attitudes, planned action regarding pharmacotherapy. Items were grouped into a score, multilevel modeling, regression analyses, McNemar...

We proposed and tested a causal instantiation of the World Health Organization's International Classification Functioning, Disability (ICF) framework, linking acoustics, intelligibility, communicative participation in context dysarthria.

Acoustic-prosodic entrainment, defined as the tendency for individuals to modify their speech behaviors more closely align with of conversation partner, plays an important role in successful interaction. From a mechanistic perspective, acoustic-prosodic entrainment is, by its very nature, rhythmic activity. Accordingly, it is highly plausible that individual's rhythm perception abilities play ability successfully entrain. Here, we examine impact speaking rate and subsequent conversational...

Purpose: According to the interpersonal synergy model of spoken dialogue, interlocutors modify their communicative behaviors meet contextual demands a given conversation. Although growing body research supports this postulation for linguistic (e.g., semantics, syntax), little is understood about how applies speech rate, pitch). The purpose study test hypothesis that adjust across different conversational tasks with goals. Method: In study, 28 participants each engaged in two types...

The coevolution of adolescent social networks, alcohol use, and physical activity is studied. Previous research has independently evaluated each behavior, overlooking the potential power examining their development within a shared context. current study extends previous by dynamics friendship in conjunction, including concurrent engagement both behaviors, with nationally representative sample U.S. adolescents. Special attention paid to differing patterns peer selection assimilation across...

This study replicated, with modifications, previous research of dyad reading using texts at various levels difficulty (Morgan, 1997). The current project measured the effects above–grade-level on achievement and sought to determine influences both lead assisted readers. Results indicate that weaker readers, two, three, four grade above their instructional assistance outscored proficient less students in control group across multiple measures achievement. However, gains made by readers were...

Purpose Conversational entrainment, the phenomenon whereby communication partners synchronize their behavior, is considered essential for productive and fulfilling conversation. Lack of entrainment could, therefore, negatively impact conversational success. Although studied in many disciplines, has received limited attention field speech-language pathology, where its implications may have direct clinical relevance. Method A novel computational methodology, informed by expert assessment...