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MVCC Speech Therapy Pseudoscience in Media Report

 

This paper involves watching a YouTube, reading a blog, or listening to a Podcast pertaining to treatment or assessment in speech-language pathology (not already described in class or the assigned reading). Students are required to use the 10 criteria described in the Finn, Bothe & Bramlett article to judge the content on the pseudoscience continuum.

  1. Your Name
  2. Table of Results including yes or no answers to each of the 10 criteria (e.g., untestable, unchanged, confirming evidence, anecdotal evidence, inadequate evidence, avoiding peer review, disconnected, new terms, grandiose outcomes, holistic).
  3. The PICO foreground question (FQ) used to search for evidence about the treatment technique.
  4. References for at least 2 peer-reviewed articles that refute or support the treatment or evaluation technique (NOTE: references should be in APA format).
  5. A narrative that includes (but is not limited to) the following:
    1. (1-2 parag) Name and description of the treatment technique
    2. (2-3 parag) What research says or fails to say about this treatment technique
    3. (3-4 parag) How you determined your rating (yes/no) for each of the 10 pseudoscience criteria.
  6. (1 parag) A conclusion exploring how these findings might affect your use of this treatment technique in clinical practice.

The PICO question for this topic is: Are non-speech oral motor exercises an effective intervention plan for kids with speech sound disorders when compared to articulation therapy exercises?

P: Kids with speech sound disorders

I: non-speech oral motor exercise

C: non-speech oral motor exercise vs. articulation therapy

O: Effectiveness

The blog related to the question: https://www.speechbuddy.com/blog/speech-therapy-techniques/non-speech-oral-motor-exercises-to-treat-speech-disorders/