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Molly X. Manning; Caoimhe Cleary; Caitriona McCaughey – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Supporting psychosocial well-being in aphasia is necessarily person-centred, interdisciplinary and coordinated. Shortcomings in such support are described in Ireland and elsewhere. Speech and language therapists (SLTs) are integral; and describing current practice and barriers they experience is important for enhancing service…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Psychological Patterns
Sparks, Freya; Dipper, Lucy; Coffey, Margaret; Hilari, Katerina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: After total laryngectomy, surgical voice restoration is used to establish communication via tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis. Once voice is established, there is a paucity of information on what speech and language therapists (SLTs) should do to improve tracheoesophageal voice quality to ensure functional communication. No existing…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Rehabilitation, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
Mulgrew, Linda; Duffy, Orla; Kennedy, Lynda – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: An increasing number of children in the UK and Ireland are growing up speaking more than one language. The many advantages of bilingualism are acknowledged; however, this increased linguistic diversity presents particular challenges for speech and language therapists (SLTs). The case is often more complex with speakers of minority…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Bilingualism, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Therapy
Rouse, Rachel; Regan, Julie – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Speech and language therapists (SLTs) working with dysphagia have had to radically alter diagnostic and rehabilitation services during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, hereafter referred to as coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Given the aerosol-generating procedures inherent in swallow assessment…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Eating Disorders, Rehabilitation
Frizelle, Pauline; Mullane, Elaine; O'Shea, Aoife; Ceroni, Anna; Dahly, Darren; Horgan, Anne; Levickis, Penny; Mckean, Cristina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Despite the public health implications of language difficulties associated with social disadvantage, there is a dearth of effectiveness studies investigating the effects of targeted speech and language programmes in this area. Aims: To determine the effects of a targeted selective community-based child language intervention programme…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Intervention, Speech Communication
Egan, Aisling; Andrews, Carolyn; Lowit, Anja – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: There is increasing recognition of the impact that dementia has upon swallowing and at mealtimes, and the significant effect this can have on people with dementia's health and well-being. However, there remains a paucity of evidence for assessment and intervention practices for dysphagia and mealtime difficulties. Furthermore, there is…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Intervention, Dementia, Barriers
Quigley, Duana; Loftus, Laura; McGuire, Aoife; O'Grady, Kerrie – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: Placements are a core component of learning within speech and language therapy (SLT) undergraduate and postgraduate university programmes. They facilitate the development of students' professional and clinical competencies and socialization into the profession. It is indicated that an optimal environment for placement learning often…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Medical Students, Student Attitudes
Moloney, Jennifer; Walshe, Margaret – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: There is increasing recognition that dysphagia has significant implications for a person's psychological well-being, social participation and quality of life (QOL). However, a paucity of research exists regarding the clinical management of this area. To inform future research and the development of appropriate and beneficial resources…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Disabilities, Quality of Life, Allied Health Personnel
Conway, Aifric; Walshe, Margaret – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Dysarthria is a commonly acquired speech disorder. Rising numbers of people surviving stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) mean the numbers of people with non-progressive dysarthria are likely to increase, with increased challenges for speech and language therapists (SLTs), service providers and key stakeholders. The evidence base…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Disorders, Speech Impairments, Head Injuries
O Malley-Keighran, Mary-Pat; Coleman, Mary – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2014
Background: Individual attitudes and more general attitudes in society can negatively influence the functioning of people with communication disorders according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) "International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health" (ICF) (2002). Personal narratives have been recommended as the best…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Disorders, Personal Narratives, Qualitative Research
Archer, S. K.; Wellwood, I.; Smith, C. H.; Newham, D. J. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background: Dysphagia is common after stroke, leading to adverse outcome. There is a paucity of high-quality evidence for dysphagia therapy, thus making it difficult to determine the best approaches to treatment. Clinical decisions are often based on usual practice, however no formal method of monitoring practice patterns exists. Aims: To…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
Regan, Julie; Walshe, Margaret; McMahon, Barry P. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: The assessment of adequate upper oesophageal sphincter (UOS) opening during swallowing is an integral component of dysphagia evaluation. Aims: To ascertain speech and language therapists' (SLTs) satisfaction with current methods for assessing UOS function in people with dysphagia and to identify challenges encountered by SLTs with UOS…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Speech Therapy
Byrne, Aine; Pettigrew, Catharine M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: One of the major barriers to effective team working among healthcare professionals is a lack of knowledge of each other's roles. The importance of understanding Irish healthcare students' attitudes towards team working and each other's roles led to the development of this study. Aims: The aims were to investigate allied health…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teamwork, Occupational Therapy, Foreign Countries
O'Connor, Siobhan; Pettigrew, Catharine M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: There is currently a paucity of research investigating what speech and language therapists, in particular, perceive are the greatest barriers to implementing evidence-based practice. Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived barriers that are faced by speech and language therapists in southern Ireland when…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Questionnaires
Smith, Martine; Sandberg, Annika Dahlgren; Larsson, Maria – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: Effective literacy skills are crucial in supporting communication for children with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI). Reading and spelling difficulties are reported to be over-represented in this group, even where language and cognitive skills are age appropriate. Aims: To compare the performance of children with SSPI on a…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Mental Age, Spelling, Speech Impairments
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