A Review of International Experience for Telerehabilitation of Post-stroke Patients with Aphasia and Cognitive Problems

Aphasia Study, Research, Telepractice

Rehabilitation researchers from two Medical Universities and a University of Science and Technology in Moscow, Russia have reviewed articles on telerehabilitation for persons with post-stroke aphasia and cognitive problems. Their interest stems from service delivery challenges caused by pandemic-related restrictions on meeting in person, as well as difficulties in reaching patients at remote locations. The…

Predicting recovery in acute poststroke aphasia

Aphasia Study, Research

Aphasiology researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of South Carolina have analyzed relationships in research data to advance understandings of deficit and recovery patterns in persons with stroke-induced aphasia during the first 6 months after stroke. Specific goals of this work were to relate observed improvements in confrontation naming and spontaneous speech performance…

Effects of melodic intonation therapy in patients with chronic nonfluent aphasia

Aphasia Study, Rehab and Therapy, Research, Treatment

Researchers from the Departments of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have published a study of how persons with large left-hemisphere lesions and chronic non-fluent aphasia respond – behaviorally and neuroplastically – to intensive Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT). The goals of this proof-of-concept study are to characterize – following…

Stimulus and Person-Level Variables Influence Word Production

Aphasia Study, Research, Treatment

Aphasia researchers at Boston University have published the results of a retrospective analysis of clinical records from persons with chronic aphasia, to probe influences of selected factors on subjects’ confrontation naming performance, and on patterns of naming improvements after therapeutic intervention. Broadly, the goals of the study were to characterize relationships – firstly – of…

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

Aphasia Study, Research, Treatment

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

Aphasia Study, Research, Treatment

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…

A retrospective study of long-term improvement on the Boston Naming Test

Aphasia Study, Research

Researchers at the University of Arizona conducted a retrospective analysis of data on confrontation naming in persons with aphasia (PWA) who had participated in their institution’s various aphasia programs, and who had been administered the Boston Name Test (BNT) at least twice. Their purpose was to study the long-term patterns of BNT score improvements, specifically…

Understanding the impact of group therapy on health-related quality of life of people with aphasia

Aphasia Study, Rehab and Therapy, Research

https://vimeo.com/765759673#t=0 Researchers from three disciplines at Canada’s University of Alberta – Speech-Language Pathology, Physical Therapy, and Nursing – studied the effects of participation in group therapy on the health-related quality of life in persons with aphasia. The goals were to establish, on the basis of a scoping review of published research, current evidence regarding 2…

Aphasia-friendly medication instructions: effects on comprehension in persons with and without aphasia

Aphasia Study, Brain, Research

https://vimeo.com/756945861 Researchers from three disciplines at Duquesne University – Speech-Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, and Nursing – studied the effects of simplifying written instructions for medications in contrasting groups of persons with aphasia (PWA) and persons without aphasia (PWoA). The goal was to answer three questions. 1. What are the group comprehension differences between PWA ~…

Applying adaptive distributed practice to self-managed computer-based anomia treatment: a single-case experimental design.

Aphasia Study, Rehab and Therapy, Research, Speech and Language, Technology

Researchers from Northwestern University’s Center for Education in Health Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders studied therapeutic effects of a computer-based application for self-managed practice of verbal naming in two persons with moderate chronic aphasia. Flashcard software was used to present either a drawing or a written description of…