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Direct linkSayed Mohammad Mahdi Vaghei; Mozhgan Asadi; Banafshe Mansuri – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Remote assessment through telehealth offers potential benefits for people with aphasia (PWA), particularly where in-person services are limited. However, its diagnostic validity in developing countries remains underexplored due to differences in infrastructure and digital literacy. Aims: To compare in-person and remote administration…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Aphasia, Indo European Languages, Adults
Sarah-Maria Thumbeck; Philipp Schmid; Sophie Chesneau; Frank Domahs – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: People with aphasia (PWA) frequently experience difficulties in understanding longer written content such as paragraphs or books. Reading strategies are a promising approach to treat text-level reading comprehension deficits in PWA. Nevertheless, empirical evidence for their efficacy remains rare. Aims: The primary objective of this…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Program Effectiveness
Mirjam van Tellingen; Joost Hurkmans; Hayo Terband; Anne Marie van de Zande; Ben Maassen; Roel Jonkers – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Speech--Music Therapy for Aphasia (SMTA), a method that combines speech therapy and music therapy, is introduced as a treatment method for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). SMTA will be evaluated in a proof-ofprinciple study. The first case study is presented herein. Method: SMTA was evaluated in a study with a single-subject…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Aphasia, Speech Therapy, Intervention
Amanda Comer; Sarah Northcott; Nicholas Behn; Abi Roper; Niamh Devane; Katerina Hilari – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Stroke care in the UK was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many services switching to telehealth. Post-pandemic, a UK survey of speech and language therapists (SLTs) working with people with aphasia (PWA) showed the vast majority planned to continue to use telehealth alongside in-person intervention. Telehealth is…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Speech Language Pathology, Aphasia, Allied Health Personnel
Wallace, Sarah J.; Worrall, Linda; Rose, Tanya A.; Alyahya, Reem S. W.; Babbitt, Edna; Beeke, Suzanne; de Beer, Carola; Bose, Arpita; Bowen, Audrey; Brady, Marian C.; Breitenstein, Caterina; Bruehl, Stefanie; Bryant, Lucy; Cheng, Bonnie B. Y.; Cherney, Leora R.; Conroy, Paul; Copland, David A.; Croteau, Claire; Cruice, Madeline; Dipper, Lucy; Hilari, Katerina; Howe, Tami; Kelly, Helen; Kiran, Swathi; Laska, Ann-Charlotte; Marshall, Jane; Murray, Laura L.; Patterson, Janet; Pearl, Gill; Quinting, Jana; Rochon, Elizabeth; Rose, Miranda L.; Rubi-Fessen, Ilona; Sage, Karen; Simmons-Mackie, Nina; Visch-Brink, Evy; Volkmer, Anna; Webster, Janet; Whitworth, Anne; Le Dorze, Guylaine – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Evidence-based recommendations for a core outcome set (COS; minimum set of outcomes) for aphasia treatment research have been developed (the Research Outcome Measurement in Aphasia--ROMA, COS). Five recommended core outcome constructs: communication, language, quality of life, emotional well-being and patient-reported…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Aphasia, Foreign Countries
Johansson-Malmeling, Charlotte; Antonsson, Malin; Wengelin, Åsa; Henriksson, Ingrid – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Intervention studies aimed to improve the written production of single words by persons with aphasia have yielded promising results and there is growing interest in interventions targeting text writing. The development of technical writing aids offers opportunities for persons with aphasia, and studies have shown that using them can…
Descriptors: Intervention, Aphasia, Writing Skills, Males
Law, Thomas; Wei, Yifeng; Wong, Kay H. Y.; Hu, Yunyi; Tong, Michael C. F.; Lee, Kathy Y. S. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: With a rapidly aging population in mainland China, dysphagia has become one of the common geriatric disorders which creates a huge demand on speech and language therapists (SLTs). The major challenge is the shortage of SLTs in China. In addition, frontline practitioners in mainland China may not be well equipped with the knowledge and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy
Power, Emma; Falkenberg, Kate; Barnes, Scott; Elbourn, Elise; Attard, Michelle; Togher, Leanne – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: Training conversation partners of people with aphasia who use facilitative communication strategies is one method that can improve access to healthcare for people with aphasia. However, the efficacy of communication partner training (CPT) has been investigated almost exclusively in the context of face-to-face (F2F) delivery. Online…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Electronic Learning, Synchronous Communication, Delivery Systems
Shrubsole, Kirstine; Worrall, Linda; Power, Emma; O'Connor, Denise A. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Effective implementation strategies to improve speech and language therapists' (SLTs) aphasia management practices are needed. Australian SLTs working in the acute setting have reported inconsistent implementation of post-stroke aphasia guideline recommendations. Therefore, implementation efforts to address these gaps are necessary.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Foreign Countries
Purves, Barbara A.; Petersen, Jill; Puurveen, Gloria – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2013
Purpose: In contrast to clinician-as-expert models, social models of clinical practice typically acknowledge people with aphasia as equal partners in intervention. Given this, there may be a place within speech-language pathology education for programs situating people with aphasia as experts. This paper describes an aphasia mentoring program that…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Mentors, Expertise, Speech Language Pathology
Mumby, Katharyn; Whitworth, Anne – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: Despite recognition of the need for increased long-term support for people with aphasia following stroke, there remains limited evidence for effective service-level interventions. Aims: To evaluate the outcomes and experiences of people participating in the Communication Hub for Aphasia in North Tyneside (CHANT), a 2-year partnership…
Descriptors: Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Quality of Life
