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…

Evaluation of an Online Intervention for Improving Stroke Survivors’ Health-Related Quality of Life: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Research, Stroke, Technology, Telepractice

Health researchers from universities, hospitals, and medical research institutes around Australia have evaluated the effectiveness of an online intervention whose purpose is to improve the health-related quality of life of stroke survivors. The instrument, entitled Prevent 2nd Stroke (P2S), is a behavior-change intervention designed to promote medically advisable health-related behaviors among stroke survivors. The goal…

People with Aphasia Share Their Views on Self-Management and the Role of Technology to Support Self-Management of Aphasia

Communication Impairments, Speech and Language, Technology

Investigators at the Aphasia Research Centre, University of Queensland – together with colleagues elsewhere Australia – have reported research on how persons with aphasia (PWA) regard self-management, including how they view and employ technologies that facilitate self-management. The goals of this investigation were to: (1) refine our understanding of what, in actual practice, self-management means…

Maintaining Research Fidelity: Remote Training and Monitoring of Clinical Assistants in Aphasia Research

Research, Technology, Telepractice

Researchers from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge have published an article on techniques for maintaining methodological integrity while working with clinical assistants who are remotely trained and monitored in the collection and reporting of data for aphasia research. The goals of the work are to present a structured…

The Application of Lexical Retrieval Training in Tablet-Based Speech-Language Intervention

AAC, Communication Impairments, Research, Technology

Researchers from MGH’s Institute for Health Professions and Harvard’s Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology published a study comparing behaviors and outcomes in persons with chronic aphasia who practiced lexical retrieval using tablet-based therapy materials. During practice, half the users were discouraged from using the app’s ‘cue button’ – which spoke the answer…

The Effectiveness of a Customized App on a Patient with Aphasia

Communication Impairments, Efficacy, Research, Technology

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.