With Perspectives becoming available to all ASHA members in January, today is the last day of this account. Be sure to follow @ashajournals.bsky.social for Perspectives updates in 2026 and beyond! It has been a pleasure interacting with you all on Bluesky!

This article from #ASHASIG2 looks at a new intervention for sentence production that can be tailored to people with aphasia https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00053 #SLPeeps #SLP2B

Swallowing disorders can make up a large percentage of an SLP's caseload, but as a relatively recent addition to an SLP's scope of practice, many haven't received enough dysphagia training in their coursework. Learn more from #ASHASIG10 https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00105

Parents of children with speech sound disorders can find hundreds of videos related to speech therapy on Youtube. This study from #ASHASIG1 aimed to find out if these parents could recognize credible, understandable, and actionable videos https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00119

It’s Research Tuesday! In this article from JSLHR, authors argue that developmental language disorder (DLD) exists on a spectrum. This understanding could improve diagnosis and prognosis of #DLD. Read more: https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00089 @sigperspectives.bsky.social#DLD

Looking to publish with Perspectives in 2026? Check out our Calls for Papers to learn about how you can contribute to two forthcoming forums on women who stutter and Doctorate of Audiology Student Capstone Projects! https://academy.pubs.asha.org/asha-journals-author-resource-center/calls-for-papers/

#AJSLP study findings reveal gaps in early-intervention SLPs' knowledge/practices re. chilidhood #apraxia of speech (CAS). Hesitation to diagnose or disclose CAS in young children may delay appropriate intervention. https://on.asha.org/4pAaxS6 @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social#AJSLP

🔐💰 Article about the F-words by @helenlong.bsky.social, Jalisa Mayfield, Kristin Szymanek in @ashajournals.bsky.social' @sigperspectives.bsky.social doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🫢 F-words? These: Functioning Fitness Family Friendships Fun Future, and Freedom 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #ICF (@who.int, 2001)

Many individuals with hearing loss don't seek hearing aids and when they do, they are sometimes returned. This study from #ASHASIG6 looked objective and subjective measures related to hearing aid retention https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00203 #AuDPeeps #AuD2B

How can SLPs use the F-Words to guide family-centered, collaborative care? This review from #ASHASIG17 explores applications for communication & mealtime participation https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00137 @helenlong.bsky.social#ASHASIG17#SLPeeps

A new forum in the American Journal of Audiology highlights how audiologists can leverage technology to break down barriers like age and geographic location and expand their services https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2025/12/telepractice-and-auditory-rehabilitation-in-u-s-service-members-and-veterans/

Clinical placements can help prepare graduate students to enter school-based settings, but in this article from #ASHASIG11, authors find that clinical placements are widely inconsistent https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00098 @mghinstitute.bsky.social#ASHASIG11#SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Cepstral analysis is a helpful tool for voice assessment. This review from #ASHASIG3 breaks down and simplifies the concepts and clinical applications of cepstral analysis for voice clinicians, educators, and students https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00091 #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Welcome to Research Tuesday! SLPs can help people with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction using a holistic treatment approach. Learn more: https://at.asha.org/RI @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps

This article from #ASHASIG11 shows how simulation-based training gives students a practical and supportive environment to practice "professional" written communication skills such as politeness, formality, accuracy, and timeliness https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00271 #SLP2Be

AJSLP is closing out 2025 with a whole issue of aphasiology resources for clinicians! Learn about the special issue full of articles developed from the 53rd Clinical Aphasiology Conference in Context! https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2025/12/the-latest-aphasia-resources-for-clinicians-in-ajslp/

Beginning in 2026, Perspectives will be made available to all ASHA members! When that happens, you'll be able to find posts about Perspectives articles on the @ashajournals.bsky.social account. Please follow them if you're not already doing so to ensure you don't miss anything next year!

As the field of speech-language pathology continues to work toward more inclusive and culturally responsive treatment, instructors may wish to include more gender-inclusive language into the CSD curriculum. Learn how in the latest from #ASHASIG10 https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00123

COVID-19 can exacerbate preexisting conditions in dysphagia patients, including leading to aspiration pneumonia. This article from #ASHASIG13 shows how clinicians working with this population can achieve positive patient outcomes https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00079 #SLPeeps #SLP2B

Children who develop resilience may see fewer adverse impacts of speech disorders. This article from #ASHASIG20 looks at a caregiver-led intervention that uses books to help children with speech sound disorders improve their resilience https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00042 #SLPeeps

Have you checked out the December issue of Perspectives yet? Check out the intro to a forum from #ASHASIG3 on breath pattern disorders. Learn more about the role SLPs play in treating these disorders in one of FOUR forums in this massive issue! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00189

Happy Research Tuesday! Learn about a test you can use to identify vestibular deficits in people with tinnitus and without hearing loss. Read this article now: https://at.asha.org/Rn @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #AuDPeeps

The December issue of Perspectives is live! Read more than 50 articles, including 4 forums! Learn about breath pattern disorders, asynchronous telepractice, neurodiversity around the world, new research in audiology &more https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2025/12/four-forums-headline-perspectives-issue/

Can vocal tract exercises improve speech and health-related quality of life for individuals with structurally competent velopharyngeal mechanisms and mild passive speech errors? Read more from #ASHASIG5 https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00165 #SLPeeps

In this commentary from #ASHASIG1, authors discuss gestalt language processing and the natural language acquisition protocol https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00055

Dysfunctional breathing occurs in laryngeal breathing disorders and voice disorders. The Integrative Breathing Therapy treatment approach offers insights for a multidisciplinary approach. Learn more from #ASHASIG3 https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00305 @rosalbacourtney.bsky.social#ASHASIG3

The latest article from #ASHASIG13 shows how you can use AAC to help individuals with Down Syndrome understand and express themselves during swallowing assessments https://pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00100

Caregiver Oral Reading Prosody Is Associated With Preschoolers' Storybook Listening Comprehension, #JSLHR study finds. https://on.asha.org/3X9saM2 @jenniferzuk.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social#JSLHR

#JSLHR study shows associations between word-finding ability in natural speech & general executive function across the adult lifespan, supporting natural speech analysis as a convenient, sensitive assessment of general cognitive ability. https://on.asha.org/487Lz5e @sigperspectives.bsky.social#JSLHR

Welcome to Research Tuesday! Millions of Americans have hearing loss, but what factors influence whether or not they seek help or use hearing aids? Learn more from JSLHR: https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00407 @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social

#JSLHR study evaluated the feasibility & effectiveness of the comprehensive, high-dose aphasia treatment (CHAT) program, a modified-ICAP, when implemented by a public rehabilitation facility in Brisbane, Australia. https://on.asha.org/4o1wLL9 @sigperspectives.bsky.social#JSLHR

The Test of Listening Difficulties–Universal (ToLD-U) appears to be suitable for assessing speech understanding in children & in adults under realistic, challenging listening conditions. https://on.asha.org/3LPyWUL @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social

Identifying individuals with computer-mediated communication (CMC) impairment can be difficult, as texting, e-mailing, and phone calls are not included on most language screens. Learn how a chatbot can help you screen for CMC impairment https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00064 #ASHASIG2

Labeling pictures with words supports short-term memory more than relying on prior procedural learning. Early implanted children benefit from verbal recoding as much as their typically hearing peers. https://on.asha.org/3LT7m96 @memoryangela.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social

F0 variation ranges & its SD during production of Mandarin 3rd tones, along w/ phonation duration of third-tone syllables, can serve as objective acoustic parameters for diagnosis & severity evaluation of ADLD in native Mandarin speakers. https://on.asha.org/48240bd @sigperspectives.bsky.social

The latest from #ASHASIG14 looks at Spanish-speaking caregivers attitudes and perception toward their child's augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system. Authors also evaluate a coaching program delivered in Spanish https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00016 @usf.edu#ASHASIG14

Respiratory muscle strength training has shown to to improve sleep apnea severity, but can it improve digestive and swallow function. This article from #ASHASIG13 suggests that this training can improve upper esophageal sphincter function https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00034

The December issue contains the largest forum ever published in Perspectives, a collection of papers based off of Doctorate of Audiology Capstone Projects. Read more about this unique forum, an effort from all four audiology SIGs, in the introduction! https://on.asha.org/49nXspV

It’s another #ResearchTuesday 📚! Voice quality assessments in the clinic typically require external microphones, but as smartphone technology advances, are these microphones up to the task? Find out! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00140

Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction is frequently misdiagnosed, and is often mistaken for asthma or other conditions. This article from #ASHASIG3 provides SLPs with a clinical primer on identifying, evaluating, and managing this condition https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00085

Participating in organized sports can improve psychosocial outcomes in children with hearing loss, but a number of factors and barriers influence how likely these children are to participate. Learn more in this article from #ASHASIG9 https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00111 @westernu.ca

It's #ResearchTuesday! At the onset of the #COVID19 pandemic, many school-based SLPs shifted to telepractice in less than ideal circumstances. This could have negatively affected how many view the science. https://on.asha.org/46RPZgR @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social#ResearchTuesday

A collaborative, multidisciplinary effort among healthcare professionals could remove roadblocks to esophageal screening during the Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study. Learn more in the latest from #ASHASIG13 https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00143 #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

We're expanding our Special Collections with two new collections focused on Generative AI and School Service Delivery! Each contains articles from ASHA Journals together with other resources from around ASHA. Read more in our latest post on Context! https://on.asha.org/3WOiV3Q

Next month, #ASHASIG17 presents a forum in the December issue of Perspectives focused on presenting a global perspective on embracing neurodiversity. Check out a preview of the forum by reading the introduction now! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00149 #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Co-teaching is necessary to support children who use augmentative and alternative communication, ensuring all teachers and staff have AAC access & know how to use it in the classroom. Read some real-world examples in this tutorial from #ASHASIG12 https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00054

A forum from #ASHASIG18 in the December issue of Perspectives will dive into asynchronous telepractice in audiology and speech-language pathology. Can't wait to learn more? You can read the introduction now! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00163 #SLPeeps #AuDPeeps

Individuals with poststroke aphasia face job loss after stroke. This article from #ASHASIG2 shows how SLPs can guide conversations and support adults with aphasia who wish to return to work https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00021 #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Calling all researchers! #ASHASIG17 is developing a forum on women who stutter across cultures, and they're looking for your contributions! Read the Call for Papers to read more about this planned forum, and how you can contribute! https://on.asha.org/49r7Pco

This article from #ASHASIG1 looks at the knowledge of autism and specific training that SLPs have, comparing results to a similar study published in 2008. Although authors found expanded course offerings, there is still work to be done https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00205