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Esther Goodhew; Robert Mayr; Katie Earing; Abdul Seckam – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: There is a growing body of evidence showing the value of community singing-based rehabilitation on psychosocial well-being and communication for people with post-stroke communication impairment (PSCI). However, there has been little consideration of the potential value an inpatient aphasia-friendly choir may have through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Therapy, Aphasia, Patients
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Molly X. Manning; Caoimhe Cleary; Caitriona McCaughey – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Supporting psychosocial well-being in aphasia is necessarily person-centred, interdisciplinary and coordinated. Shortcomings in such support are described in Ireland and elsewhere. Speech and language therapists (SLTs) are integral; and describing current practice and barriers they experience is important for enhancing service…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Psychological Patterns
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Clàudia Roca; Ignasi Ivern; Ignacio Cifre; Olga Bruna – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: In the Spanish and Catalan context, there is currently a lack of standardized, linguistically adapted tools to assess people with communication disorders. This lack is especially evident when it comes to instruments designed to assess functional communication. Aims: The main objective of this study is to adapt the instrument entitled…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Foreign Countries, Communication Disorders, Spanish Speaking
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Marina Charalambous; Phivos Phylactou; Marios Serafim; Pinelopi Vlotinou; Anastasios M. Georgiou; Eliada Pampoulou; Maria Papaioannou; Fotini Georgiou; Lakis Palazis – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Aphasia, a communication disorder mainly resulting from stroke, poses challenges to the meaningful interactions between healthcare professionals and people with aphasia (PWA). Little is known about the knowledge and skills of Cypriot healthcare professionals when interacting with PWA in clinical settings. This study explores the…
Descriptors: Patients, Aphasia, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy
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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
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Xiaoyi Wang – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effects of multimodal language rehabilitation on second language acquisition and recovery in bilingual aphasic patients. Methods: The data of 78 bilingual aphasic patients who underwent language rehabilitation at the language rehabilitation team consisting of students and experts in this field…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Outcomes of Treatment
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Battista, Petronilla; Piccininni, Marco; Montembeault, Maxime; Messina, Annachiara; Minafra, Brigida; Miller, Bruce L.; Henry, Maya L.; Gorno Tempini, Maria Luisa; Grasso, Stephanie M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background and Objectives: In Italy, approximately 650 individuals receive a diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) every year. Unfortunately, the frequency with which patients are referred to speech-language services is suboptimal, likely due to skepticism regarding the value of speech-language therapy in the context of neurodegeneration.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Therapy, Allied Health Personnel
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Quique, Yina M.; Evans, William S.; Ortega-Llebaría, Marta; Zipse, Lauryn; Walsh Dickey, Michael – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Script training is a well-established treatment for aphasia, but its evidence comes almost exclusively from monolingual English speakers with aphasia. Furthermore, its active ingredients and profiles of people with aphasia (PWA) that respond to this treatment remain understudied. This study aimed to adapt a scripted-sentence learning…
Descriptors: Patients, Profiles, Spanish Speaking, Aphasia
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Henriksson, Ingrid; Laakso, Katja – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: Reading is most often affected in aphasia and this has an impact on most aspects of everyday life. Being able to read makes a significant difference to how well a person can participate in society. In this study, people with aphasia recount their experiences of being in a book club. Aims: This small scale, exploratory study employs a…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Books, Clubs, Librarians
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Miller, Nick; Bloch, Steven – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2017
Background: A large number of people who experience a stroke are affected by dysarthria. This may be in isolation or in association with aphasia and/or dysphagia. Despite evidence highlighting the psychological and social impact of having post-stroke dysarthria and a number of clinical guidelines that make recommendations for appropriate…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Speech Impairments, Aphasia, Language Impairments
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Isaksen, Jytte Kjaergaard – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2014
Background: Measuring or evaluating outcomes is a common activity for many speech-language therapists (SLTs). A major focus has been on external forces claiming outcome evaluation to optimize quality and the use of resources without integrating the viewpoints of SLTs. Aims: To identify the purpose of outcome evaluation by letting SLTs identify not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aphasia, Outcome Measures, Allied Health Personnel
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Colon De Carvajal, Isabel; Teston-Bonnard, Sandra – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2015
Resolving the inability to produce a word through a gestural realization is often a compensatory strategy used with aphasic patients. However, context and interpersonal knowledge between participants are also essential factors for finding or guessing the right word or the right gesture. In the "Interactions between Aphasic people &…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Speech Impairments, Nonverbal Communication, Interpersonal Communication
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Haj-Tas, Maisa Atef; Alaraifi, Jehad Ahmad – Education, 2015
Goal: The goal of this study was to measure the percentage of patients who exhibited communication disorders in the Speech and Hearing Clinic (HSC) at the University of Jordan (UJ); percentages were examined by patient age and gender. Method: The profiles of 1,140 patients who presented with communication disorders were studied. Patients attended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patients, Profiles, Clinics
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Mol, Lisette; Krahmer, Emiel; van de Sandt-Koenderman, Mieke – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: To study the independence of gesture and verbal language production. The authors assessed whether gesture can be semantically compensatory in cases of verbal language impairment and whether speakers with aphasia and control participants use similar depiction techniques in gesture. Method: The informativeness of gesture was assessed in 3…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Nonverbal Communication, Speech, Severity (of Disability)
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Kopkalli-Yavuz, Handan; Mavis, Ilknur; Akyildiz, Didem – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
Studies investigating voicing onset time (VOT) production by speakers with aphasia have shown that nonfluent aphasics show a deficit in the articulatory programming of speech sounds based on the range of VOT values produced by aphasic individuals. If the VOT value lies between the normal range of VOT for the voiced and voiceless categories, then…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Aphasia, Patients, Foreign Countries
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