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Accessibility & LanguageHealth Sciences
Prof Renée Speyer
PhD
Contact Details
Established Professor
E: Renee.Speyer@universityofgalway.ie
E: Renee.Speyer@universityofgalway.ie
Biography
Research Interests
Peer Reviewed Journals
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| (2024) | 'Understanding how young people transitioning from out-of-home care acquire and develop independent living skills and knowledge: A systematic review of longitudinal studies'
Starr, Michael and Cordier, Reinie and Pakpahan, Eduwin and Robinson, Matthew and Speyer, Renée and Chung, Donna (2024) 'Understanding how young people transitioning from out-of-home care acquire and develop independent living skills and knowledge: A systematic review of longitudinal studies'. PLOS ONE, 19 (6) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2024) | 'Content validity of measures in early numeracy in children up to eight years: A COSMIN systematic review'
Speyer, Renée and Hakkarainen, Airi and Yoon, Sangwon and Kim, Jae-Hyun and Windsor, Catriona and Wilkes Gillan, Sarah and Littlefair, David and Cordier, Reinie (2024) 'Content validity of measures in early numeracy in children up to eight years: A COSMIN systematic review'. PLOS ONE, 19 (9) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2024) | 'Parent and caregiver report questionnaires for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review'
Windsor, Catriona and Yoon, Sangwon and Zhang, Tingwei and Lee, Chung Eun and Hagen, Åste Marie Mjelve and Hoff, David and Heijnen, Bas. J. and Speyer, Renée (2024) 'Parent and caregiver report questionnaires for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review'. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2024) | 'A Psychometric Evaluation of the Dysphagia Handicap Index Using Rasch Analysis'
Cordier, Reinie and Joosten, Annette Veronica and Heijnen, Bas J. and Speyer, Renée (2024) 'A Psychometric Evaluation of the Dysphagia Handicap Index Using Rasch Analysis'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13 (8) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2023) | 'Identification of a know-do gap: An observational study of the assessment and treatment of dysphagia during inpatient stroke rehabilitation in primary healthcare in Norway'
Moore, Jennifer L. and Rosseland, Ingvild and Nordvik, Jan E. and Glittum, Jonas and Halvorsen, Joakim and Henderson, Christopher E. and Speyer, Renée (2023) 'Identification of a know-do gap: An observational study of the assessment and treatment of dysphagia during inpatient stroke rehabilitation in primary healthcare in Norway'. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 31 (1) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2023) | 'Expert Consensus on Clinical Decision Making in the Disease Trajectory of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults: An International Delphi Study'
Speyer, Renée and Balaguer, Mathieu and Cugy, Emmanuelle and Devoucoux, Clémence and Morinière, Sylvain and Soriano, Gaëlle and Vérin, Eric and Woisard, Virginie (2023) 'Expert Consensus on Clinical Decision Making in the Disease Trajectory of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults: An International Delphi Study'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12 (20) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2023) | 'Standardized Measures Used Regularly by Speech-Language Pathologists when Assessing the Language Abilities of School-Aged Children: A Survey'
Denman, Deborah and Cordier, Reinie and Munro, Natalie and Kim, Jae-Hyun and Speyer, Renée (2023) 'Standardized Measures Used Regularly by Speech-Language Pathologists when Assessing the Language Abilities of School-Aged Children: A Survey'. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 75 (5) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2023) | 'Development of a Visuoperceptual Measure for Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (V-FEES) in Adults with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: An International Delphi Study'
Cordier, Reinie and Speyer, Renée and Langmore, Susan and Denman, Deborah and Swan, Katina and Farneti, Daniele (2023) 'Development of a Visuoperceptual Measure for Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (V-FEES) in Adults with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: An International Delphi Study'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12 (12) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2023) | 'Friendship interventions for children with neurodevelopmental needs: A systematic review and meta-analysis'
Cordier, Reinie and Parsons, Lauren and Wilkes-Gillan, Sarah and Cook, Matthew and McCloskey-Martinez, Matthew and Graham, Pamela and Littlefair, David and Kent, Cally and Speyer, Renée (2023) 'Friendship interventions for children with neurodevelopmental needs: A systematic review and meta-analysis'. PLOS ONE, 18 (12) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2023) | 'Reliability and Validity of Non-Instrumental Clinical Assessments for Adults with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review'
Cordier, Reinie and Speyer, Renée and Martinez, Matthew and Parsons, Lauren (2023) 'Reliability and Validity of Non-Instrumental Clinical Assessments for Adults with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12 (2) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2023) | 'Qualifications, professional roles and service practices of nurses, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists in the management of adults with oropharyngeal dysphagia: a Nordic survey'
Rivelsrud, Maribeth Caya and Hartelius, Lena and Speyer, Renée and Løvstad, Marianne (2023) 'Qualifications, professional roles and service practices of nurses, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists in the management of adults with oropharyngeal dysphagia: a Nordic survey'. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 49 (3) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2022) | 'Neurostimulation in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials\textemdashPart II: Brain Neurostimulation'
Ren\'ee Speyer and Anna-Liisa Sutt and Liza Bergström and Shaheen Hamdy and Timothy Pomm\'ee and Mathieu Balaguer and Anett Kaale and Reinie Cordier (2022) 'Neurostimulation in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials\textemdashPart II: Brain Neurostimulation'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (4) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2022) | 'Behavioural Interventions in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials'
Speyer, Renée and Cordier, Reinie and Sutt, Anna-Liisa and Remijn, Lianne and Heijnen, Bas Joris and Balaguer, Mathieu and Pommée, Timothy and McInerney, Michelle and Bergström, Liza (2022) 'Behavioural Interventions in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (3) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2022) | 'Effects of Oral Health Interventions in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review'
Lianne Remijn and Fabiola Sanchez and Bas J. Heijnen and Catriona Windsor and Ren\'ee Speyer (2022) 'Effects of Oral Health Interventions in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (12) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2022) | 'Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults in Different Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses'
Rivelsrud, Maribeth Caya and Hartelius, Lena and Bergström, Liza and Løvstad, Marianne and Speyer, Renée (2022) 'Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults in Different Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses'. Dysphagia, 38 (1) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2022) | 'A Visuoperceptual Measure for Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies (VMV): A Pilot Study of Validity and Reliability in Adults with Dysphagia'
Swan, Katina and Speyer, Renée and Scharitzer, Martina and Farneti, Daniele and Brown, Ted and Cordier, Reinie (2022) 'A Visuoperceptual Measure for Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies (VMV): A Pilot Study of Validity and Reliability in Adults with Dysphagia'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (3) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2022) | 'Neurostimulation in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials\textemdashPart I: Pharyngeal and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation'
Ren\'ee Speyer and Anna-Liisa Sutt and Liza Bergström and Shaheen Hamdy and Bas Joris Heijnen and Lianne Remijn and Sarah Wilkes-Gillan and Reinie Cordier (2022) 'Neurostimulation in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials\textemdashPart I: Pharyngeal and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (3) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2022) | 'Reply to Dziewas, R.; Bath, P.M. Endpoints in Dysphagia Trials. Comment on “Speyer et al. Neurostimulation in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials—Part I: Pharyngeal and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 776â€'
Speyer, Renée and Sutt, Anna-Liisa and Bergström, Liza and Hamdy, Shaheen and Heijnen, Bas Joris and Remijn, Lianne and Wilkes-Gillan, Sarah and Cordier, Reinie (2022) 'Reply to Dziewas, R.; Bath, P.M. Endpoints in Dysphagia Trials. Comment on “Speyer et al. Neurostimulation in People with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials—Part I: Pharyngeal and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 776â€'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (12) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2022) | 'Advances in Management of Voice and Swallowing Disorders'
Ren\'ee Speyer (2022) 'Advances in Management of Voice and Swallowing Disorders'. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11 (9) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Non-pharmacological Interventions for Adults with Autism: a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials'
Ren\'ee Speyer and Yu-Wei Chen and Jae-Hyun Kim and Sarah Wilkes-Gillan and Anders Johan Nordahl-Hansen and Ho Ching Wu and Reinie Cordier (2021) 'Non-pharmacological Interventions for Adults with Autism: a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials'. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Relationship between phoneme-level spectral acoustics and speech intelligibility in healthy speech: a systematic review'
Timothy Pomm\'ee and Mathieu Balaguer and Julien Pinquier and Julie Mauclair and Virginie Woisard and Ren\'ee Speyer (2021) 'Relationship between phoneme-level spectral acoustics and speech intelligibility in healthy speech: a systematic review'. Speech, Language and Hearing, 24 (2):105-132 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'White Paper by the European Society for Swallowing Disorders: Screening and Non-instrumental Assessment for Dysphagia in Adults'
Ren\'ee Speyer and Reinie Cordier and Daniele Farneti and Weslania Nascimento and Walmari Pilz and Eric Verin and Margaret Walshe and Virginie Woisard (2021) 'White Paper by the European Society for Swallowing Disorders: Screening and Non-instrumental Assessment for Dysphagia in Adults'. Dysphagia, 37 (2):333-349 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'What Influences Speech-Language Pathologists\textquotesingle Use of Different Types of Language Assessments for Elementary School\textendashAge Children?'
Deborah Denman and Reinie Cordier and Jae-Hyun Kim and Natalie Munro and Ren\'ee Speyer (2021) 'What Influences Speech-Language Pathologists\textquotesingle Use of Different Types of Language Assessments for Elementary School\textendashAge Children?'. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, :1-18 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Research using population-based administration data integrated with longitudinal data in child protection settings: A systematic review'
Chikwava, Fadzai and Cordier, Reinie and Ferrante, Anna and O’Donnell, Melissa and Speyer, Renée and Parsons, Lauren (2021) 'Research using population-based administration data integrated with longitudinal data in child protection settings: A systematic review'. PLOS ONE, 16 (3) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Effects of interventions for social anxiety and shyness in school-aged children: A systematic review and meta-analysis'
Cordier, Reinie and Speyer, Renée and Mahoney, Natasha and Arnesen, Anne and Mjelve, Liv Heidi and Nyborg, Geir (2021) 'Effects of interventions for social anxiety and shyness in school-aged children: A systematic review and meta-analysis'. PLOS ONE, 16 (7) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Consensus on Terminology for Describing Child Language Interventions: A Delphi Study'
Deborah Denman and Jae-Hyun Kim and Natalie Munro and Ren\'ee Speyer and Reinie Cordier (2021) 'Consensus on Terminology for Describing Child Language Interventions: A Delphi Study'. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, :1-16 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Using Classical Test Theory to Determine the Psychometric Properties of the Deglutition Handicap Index'
Ren\'ee Speyer and Reinie Cordier and Clara Bouix and Yohan Gallois and Virginie Woisard (2021) 'Using Classical Test Theory to Determine the Psychometric Properties of the Deglutition Handicap Index'. Dysphagia, [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2021) | 'Management of Dysphagia in Nursing Homes: A National Survey'
Mina C. N. Engh and Ren\'ee Speyer (2021) 'Management of Dysphagia in Nursing Homes: A National Survey'. Dysphagia, 37 (2):266-276 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2020) | 'Visuoperceptual Analysis of the Videofluoroscopic Study of Swallowing: An International Delphi Study'
Katina Swan and Reinie Cordier and Ted Brown and Ren\'ee Speyer (2020) 'Visuoperceptual Analysis of the Videofluoroscopic Study of Swallowing: An International Delphi Study'. Dysphagia, 36 (4):595-613 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2020) | 'Factors Influencing Speech-Language Pathologists’ Application of Terminology for Describing Pediatric Language Assessments'
Denman, Deborah and Wilson, Nathan J. and Munro, Natalie and Kim, Jae-Hyun and Speyer, Renée and Cordier, Reinie (2020) 'Factors Influencing Speech-Language Pathologists’ Application of Terminology for Describing Pediatric Language Assessments'. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 42 (4) [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2020) | 'A Systematic Review Comparing the Play Profiles of Children with Special Health Care Needs with Typically Developing Children'
Munambah, Nyaradzai and Cordier, Reinie and Speyer, Renée and Toto, Sivuyisiwe and Ramugondo, Elelwani L. (2020) 'A Systematic Review Comparing the Play Profiles of Children with Special Health Care Needs with Typically Developing Children'. BioMed Research International, 2020 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2019) | 'A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventions to Improve Play Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder'
Cally Kent and Reinie Cordier and Annette Joosten and Sarah Wilkes-Gillan and Anita Bundy and Ren\'ee Speyer (2019) 'A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventions to Improve Play Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder'. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 7 (1):91-118 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2018) | 'Measurement properties of self-report questionnaires on health-related quality of life and functional health status in dysphonia: a systematic review using the COSMIN taxonomy'
Ren\'ee Speyer and Jae-Hyun Kim and Kenji Doma and Yu-Wei Chen and Deborah Denman and Debra Phyland and Lauren Parsons and Reinie Cordier (2018) 'Measurement properties of self-report questionnaires on health-related quality of life and functional health status in dysphonia: a systematic review using the COSMIN taxonomy'. Quality of Life Research, 28 (2):283-296 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2017) | 'Health-Related Quality of Life and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review'
Ellie Jones and Ren\'ee Speyer and Berit Kertscher and Deborah Denman and Katina Swan and Reinie Cordier (2017) 'Health-Related Quality of Life and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Systematic Review'. Dysphagia, 33 (2):141-172 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2017) | 'Psychometric Characteristics of Non-instrumental Swallowing and Feeding Assessments in Pediatrics: A Systematic Review Using COSMIN'
Ren\'ee Speyer and Reinie Cordier and Lauren Parsons and Deborah Denman and Jae-Hyun Kim (2017) 'Psychometric Characteristics of Non-instrumental Swallowing and Feeding Assessments in Pediatrics: A Systematic Review Using COSMIN'. Dysphagia, [DOI] [Details] |
