5 Minute Research

If a client with dysphonia can’t get to the clinic, can telepractice deliver the same results? 

What if a smartphone app could improve both music perception and speech perception for kids with cochlear implants? Today’s episode will discuss how it might already be happening.

We talk a lot about decoding in early literacy, but what about language comprehension? Today’s episode will discuss why structured language comprehension curriculums (like Story Champs) could be a game‑changer for school‑based SLPs and why almost nobody is using them…YET

If you screen multilingual kindergartners with an English‑only language screener, you won’t just miss kids, you’ll mislabel them. Today’s episode shows exactly how big the problem is, and what SLPs can do instead

Home exercise programs are supposed to help people with aphasia keep improving between sessions, but adherence is only 30–50%. Today we will talk about why? 

When families face cultural, linguistic, and system barriers, information alone isn’t enough. Community is the intervention. Today’s episode shows how one partnership built a support network that has lasted more than 20 years

Feeding and swallowing in schools isn’t just clinical ; it’s ethical, legal, and educational. When safety, inclusion, and scope of practice collide, school‑based SLPs need a roadmap.

We often talk about vocabulary challenges in children with DLD, but what happens when those children grow up? This new study gives us an idea of what is going on later in life. 

If you think babies just sit quietly during book reading, this study will change your mind . Even 6‑month‑olds are active communicators, and the type of book you choose shapes how they participate

If you’ve ever wondered how phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and vocabulary actually connect in preschoolers with speech sound disorders, this new study gives us some insight, and the findings might shift how we support early literacy