@SpeechLangHear is thrilled to launch this bumper special issue on swallowing disorders across the lifespan All open access for 9 mths - enjoy! @biancajSLT @swallowneurolab @laureliewall @CELIAHARDING13 @SuzannePurdy3 @JulieRegan_ @AliciaVosePhD

Short-term and working memory capacities decline with age and older individuals’ abilities are more affected by noise.

Speech perception in noise: no interaction between working memory and degree of speech degradation

Psychometric features of Acoustic Voice Quality Index, version 03.01, in Persian language

Safety and acceptability of a modified swallowing impairment screening assessment via nasendoscopy following head and neck cancer treatment: a feasibility study

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) services in South African lag behind high-income countries internationally. Wide spread, integrated, and inter-disciplinary EHDI services that are linguistically and culturally responsive are needed.

Dependency network approach to the oral production of English- and Chinese-speaking healthy older adults

Effect of speech rate and complexity on sentence comprehension in Alzheimer’s disease

Validating the Malaysian Mandarin paediatric speech perception (MyMaPS) test: examining age sensitivity and test-retest reliability

The role of speech-language therapists with children and young people who have experienced maltreatment: a systematized review. Highlights an important role for SLPs in the provision of targeted support.

Differential language performance of Mandarin-speaking children with and without hearing loss

Early detection and intervention services for children with hearing loss in Western and South Asian developing countries: a scoping review

A survey on professionals’ beliefs and practices related to emergent literacy skills in children with autism spectrum disorder. Need for resources, parental support programmes to assist literacy in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Physical activity interventions for adults with hearing loss: a systematic review Both papers found overall improvements for physical function - aerobic fitness and muscle strength in adults with hearing loss.

This study offers preliminary data on telehealth experiences in USA and Egypt that may direct future research into ways to increase service delivery and access.

Smartphone-based video-otoscopy performed by non-ENT physicians as a complementary tool to conventional otoscopy for tympanic membrane diagnosis Ignacio A. Cortés Fuentes, Úrsula Zelada B. & Pedro Zitko M.

Language learning environments for Arabic-speaking children in New Zealand: Family demographics and children’s Arabic language exposure Zainab Aldawood, Linda Hand & Elaine Ballard

Comparing public school teachers’ attitudes toward stuttering in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Egypt Lejla Junuzovic-Zunic, Eman Mostafa & Kenneth O. St. Louis

This study examined multisyllabic words in the speech of Jordanian Arabic-speaking children (JASC) regarding syllable structure, notable phonological processes, and stress assignment.

Implementing a newborn hearing screening system for early detection of hearing loss and early cochlear implantation before age two, providing intensive speech therapy services, training classroom teachers - all important

Providing accessible speech-language pathology education to rural students and providing quality support and professional development in workplaces - beneficial in addressing current workforce shortages.