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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
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Chao, Wu; You-qin, Mao; Hong, Chen; Hai-ying, Zhang; Yang-Li; Su-xue, Jiang; Lan, Xu; Zhong, Wang – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Background: Patients with hemorrhagic stroke have high mortality and disability rates. Nevertheless, early rehabilitation interventions can improve their outcomes. We aimed to apply capsaicin atomization as early intervention to patients with hemorrhagic stroke and explore improvements in cough and swallowing functions. Method: Patients with…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Rehabilitation, Drug Therapy, Motor Reactions
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Mallet, Karen H.; Shamloul, Rany M.; Lecompte-Collin, Jacinthe; Winkel, Jennifer; Donnelly, Beth; Dowlatshahi, Dar – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Poststroke communication deficits (PSCD) are common following stroke. Early and intensive speech and language therapy is recommended to maximize outcomes. We wanted to test the feasibility of providing telerehabilitation for patients with PSCD using mobile tablet-based technology to bridge the gap between acute stroke care and outpatient…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Patients, Communication Disorders, Telecommunications
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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
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Emilia Orologa; Kalliopi Tsakpounidou; Jan van der Merwe; Myrto Pyrrou; Hariklia Proios – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Using the FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) Heroes educational programme, this intervention sought to educate residents in a nursing home to recognise and recall the three main stroke symptoms and prepare them to act in an appropriate way, in the event of a stroke emergency. Design: Participatory action research. Setting: A nursing home…
Descriptors: Nursing Homes, Neurological Impairments, Brain, Older Adults
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Alonso-Campuzano, Cristina; Iandolo, Giuseppe; Filosofi, Fabio; Tardivo, Angela; Sosa-González, Noelia; Pasqualotto, Angela; Venuti, Paola – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Collaborative storytelling can be a helpful tool to promote cognitive and social skills in adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders. Aims: The current study aimed to explore the benefits of collaborative storytelling using traditional (TST), digital (DST), and tangible digital (TDST) methodologies. Materials and Methods: Fourteen…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Cooperation, Adolescents, Neurological Impairments
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Heather A. Shepherd; Jean-Michel Galarneau; Matthew Neill; Shazya Karmali; Kate Turcotte; Rylen A. Williamson; Stephanie Cowle; Alison Macpherson; Nick Reed; Kathryn J. Schneider; Kathy L. Belton; Isabelle Gagnon; Amanda M. Black; Carolyn A. Emery; Shelina Babul – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Background: Concussion education is recommended to increase concussion knowledge, beliefs, and reporting intentions. The Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Youth (CATT-Youth) is a 40-minute e-Learning module developed for high school-aged youth. Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate changes in concussion knowledge, beliefs, and reporting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Health Education
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Ching-Teng Yao – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are at increased risk of progression to dementia. Whether it is feasible to engage this population in expressive arts therapy and yield effects on cognition and depression for older adults with MCI remained unclear. The aim of this study examined the effects of expressive arts therapy on the…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Art Expression, Cognitive Processes, Neurological Impairments
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Kuo, Chen-li; Tsai, Tsai-Hsuan; Tung, Shen-Mei; Lin, Yueh-E – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been used by patients with acquired expressive communication disorders as an alternative to natural speech. The use of symbols to express pain, which is intangible, is challenging because designing a series of comprehensible symbols to represent personal experiences such as pain is not…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pain, Chinese, Telecommunications
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Nolte, Heike; Solomons, Regan; Springer, Priscilla; Kidd, Martin; Africa, Eileen – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) often present motor co-ordination difficulties accompanying their speech and sound delays. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a paired versus a small group gross motor intervention on selected pre-school children, pre-identified with CAS. Children pre-identified with…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Intervention, Preschool Children, Speech Impairments
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Araujo, Luize Bueno de; Mélo, Tainá Ribas; Israel, Vera Lúcia – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The objective of this study was to verify the effects on 4- to 18-month-old babies' NPMD after the family-centered Kids Intervention Therapy -- Aquatic Environment (KITE) programme. This quasi-experimental study involved 61 families. The NPMD was assessed with Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), Denver II Developmental Screening Test, context…
Descriptors: Infants, Program Effectiveness, Motor Development, Child Development
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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
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Moya-Galé, Gemma; Keller, Bryan; Escorial, Sergio; Levy, Erika S. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This study examined the effects of Speech Intelligibility Treatment (SIT) on intelligibility and naturalness of narrative speech produced by francophone children with dysarthria due to cerebral palsy. Method: Ten francophone children with dysarthria were randomized to one of two treatments, SIT or Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy…
Descriptors: French, Comprehension, Pronunciation, Cerebral Palsy
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Beaudry, Lucie; Fortin, Sylvie; Rochette, Annie – Research in Dance Education, 2019
This qualitative embedded single-case study sought to describe a dance intervention designed for people in stroke rehabilitation. Recommendations from rehabilitation therapists, and the researcher-dance educator's observations of the therapists' work and of patient participation during the intervention were captured and analyzed, from design to…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Rehabilitation, Dance Education, Intervention
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Anne W. Hunt; Kathryn Parker; Nick Reed – Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2022
This article describes the impact on the learners and health care institution of the OnTRACK-Concussion program, an innovative student-led clinic at a children's rehabilitation hospital. The clinic, developed and operated by occupational therapists, serves the community full-time year-round. Interprofessional health care learners work together to…
Descriptors: Clinics, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Hospitals
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