Aphasia Performance Improvements from App Use
A collaborative project involving speech pathologists, rehabilitation specialists, and technology developers from Australia, Singapore, and Pennsylvania produced a therapeutic Word Trainer Application
Reevaluating the Role of AAC in Aphasia Rehabilitation
Aphasia specialists at universities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska have collaborated on an article that reevaluates the role of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in aphasia rehabilitation.
Aphasia Rebahilitation and Limb Motor Deficits
This article explores the various ways in which aphasia rehabilitation might be improved through deliberate and purposeful pairing of speech-language therapy with physical therapy that targets – in particular – functional use of the hands and upper limbs.
Perceptions of the Concept of “Recovery from Stroke”
This month we review classic applied research in medical rehabilitation that for seven years has instructed those who serve stroke survivors and their families.
The Effectiveness of a Customized App on a Patient with Aphasia
Researchers from the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of North Carolina have published a feasibility study reporting therapeutic effects in a person with aphasia (PWA) and accompanying apraxia of speech (AOS), who received treatment for AOS through a customized therapy app that permitted home practice of self-modeled video stimuli.
Temple University Study: The Effectiveness of Group Conversation
U.S. researchers at Temple University (Philadelphia) and Boston University have studied effects of group conversation treatment delivered in contrasting circumstances on outcome assessments in persons with chronic aphasia.
Review of Aphasia Research and Treatment Fidelity
Aphasia investigators from Australia have published a systematic review of peer-reviewed articles since 2012 that report on randomized controlled trials (RCT) investigating aphasia therapy efficacy.
Boston University: Which Cognitive Factors Predict Recovery?
Researchers from Boston University published results of 2 retrospective analyses of data from chronic persons with aphasia (PWA) who participated in treatment programs
Australian Aphasia Study: Factors That Slow Rehabilitation
Aphasiologists from Australia have published a collaborative study with colleagues from 5 other nations (New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK, and Ireland) to assess the current state of affairs regarding: (a) increasing the intensity of aphasia rehabilitation services; (b) increasing also its comprehensiveness; and (c) initiating Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs (ICAP)
Joint Vanderbilt and Boston University Study: Aphasia, Music, and Lyrics
Researchers from the Vanderbilt Brain Institute (TN) and Boston University (MA) have studied song completion in persons with aphasia (PWA).