2023

A Usability Study of Internet-Based Therapy for Naming Deficits in Aphasia

Canadian researchers from universities and rehabilitation institutes in Toronto and Ottawa have collaborated to study a therapeutic, internet-based application for persons with aphasia (PWA) who have naming challenges. The primary aim of the study was to assess the usability – for treating clinicians and intervention recipients both – of an application built to deliver the…

Motivation theory and practice in aphasia rehabilitation: a scoping review

Investigators from Cal State University – Northridge, with in-state colleagues from the Veterans Administration Healthcare System, published a scoping review of articles that mention the concept of ‘motivation’ in discussions of aphasia rehabilitation research or clinical work. The authors’ purpose was to identify and characterize the range of beliefs and practices that inform such uses…