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Sharon Adjei-Nicol; Carol Sacchett; Suzanne Beeke – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Global aphasia is a severe communication disorder affecting all language modalities, commonly caused by stroke. Evidence as to whether the functional communication of people with global aphasia (PwGA) can improve after speech and language therapy (SLT) is limited and conflicting. This is partly because cognition, which is relevant to…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Functional Literacy, Intervention, Case Studies
Co-Constructed Communication Therapy for Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review
Zali Hall; Elise Elbourn; Leanne Togher; Marcella Carragher – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Meaningful, varied, joyful conversation is an important therapy target for adults with language or cognitive-communication disorders following acquired brain injury (ABI). However, the complexity of daily communication is often reduced to component parts within intervention programmes, with mixed evidence of generalization to everyday…
Descriptors: Speech Therapy, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Communication Disorders
Marie-Pier McSween; Tasman Day; Jessica Hill; Sarah J. Wallace – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: There is increasing interest in the incorporation of animal-assisted services (AAS) in therapy for adults with acquired neurogenic communication disorders. AAS have the potential to enhance speech and language therapy engagement and outcomes. However, a greater understanding of the nature and potential benefits of these interventions…
Descriptors: Animals, Intervention, Adults, Neurological Impairments
Loizidou, Maria; Brotherhood, Emilie; Harding, Emma; Crutch, Sebastian; Warren, Jason D.; Hardy, Chris J. D.; Volkmer, Anna – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) describes a group of language-led dementias. PPAs are complex, diverse and difficult to diagnose, and therefore conventional models of aphasia and dementia treatment do not meet their needs. The research evidence on intervention for PPA is developing, but to date there are only a few case studies…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Dementia, Intervention, Speech Therapy
Yao, Liqun; Zhao, Hongjia; Shen, Cuiling; Liu, Fang; Qiu, Li; Fu, Lisang – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) in patients with poststroke aphasia. Method: We comprehensively searched for eligible studies from 11 electronic medical databases from their inception to February 20, 2019. Randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Magnets, Stimulation, Neurological Impairments, Aphasia
Chang, Huey Fang; Power, Emma; O'Halloran, Robyn; Foster, Abby – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Communication partners (CPs) find it challenging to communicate with people with communication disorders post-stroke. Stroke communication partner training (CPT) can enhance CPs' ability to support the communication and participation of people post-stroke. While evidence for the efficacy of aphasia-based CPT is strong, implementation…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Evidence Based Practice, Communication Disorders, Aphasia
Carlsson, Emilia; Hartelius, Lena; Saldert, Charlotta – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2014
Background: A communicative disability interferes with the affected person's ability to take active part in social interaction, but non-disabled communication partners may use different strategies to support communication. However, it is not known whether similar strategies can be used to compensate for different types of communicative…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Spouses, Communication Disorders, Neurological Impairments
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
Simmons-Mackie, Nina; Elman, Roberta J.; Holland, Audrey L.; Damico, Jack S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
A qualitative study of group therapy for aphasia was undertaken in order to discover interaction patterns and discourse management strategies that help define "social" or "conversation" group therapy for aphasia. Specifically, an analysis of the discourse of clients and therapists was conducted to identify patterns across therapists and settings.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Group Therapy, Psychotherapy, Speech Therapy
City Univ. of New York, Flushing. Queens Coll. Dept. of Communication Arts and Sciences. – 1984
Seven papers report on speech language pathology and audiology studies performed by graduate students. The first paper reports on intelligibility of two popular synthetic speech systems used in communication aids for the speech impaired, the Votrax Personal Speech System and the Echo II synthesizer. The second paper reports facilitation of tense…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Audiology, Black Dialects, Communication Disorders

Kagan, Aura; LeBlanc, Kathryn – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2002
This article provides a rationale for changing the base upon which healthcare services for individuals with stroke and aphasia can be provided. It summarizes the interaction between the Aphasia Institute and the West Greater Toronto Stroke Network who worked together to effect meaningful change. A set of guidelines is provided. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Aphasia
Brookshire, Robert H. – 1997
This book provides an overview of the causes and symptoms, and the typical courses, treatments, and outcomes of neurogenic communication disorders. Chapter 1 reviews the human nervous system and neurologic causes of adult communication disorders. Chapter 2 discusses the neurologic assessment and arriving at a diagnosis, including the neurologist's…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders
de Weck, Genevieve – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (Tranel), 1998
Child-adult dialogues are important in an interactionist approach to acquisition of language behaviors because of the scaffolding provided by adults. Different forms of scaffolding used with children with and without language impairments are reviewed, and research on scaffolding with children aged 4-6 years is reported. Discourse strategies used…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Communication Disorders, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis
Sovilla, J. Buttet, Ed.; de Weck, G., Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (Tranel), 1998
These articles on scaffolding in language and speech pathology/therapy are included in this issue: "Strategies d'etayage avec des enfants disphasiques: sont-elles specifiques?" ("Scaffolding Strategies for Dysphasic Children: Are They Specific?") (Genevieve de Weck); "Comparaison des strategies discursives d'etayage dans un conte et un recit…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Child Language, Communication Disorders, Comparative Analysis