This study investigated change in life participation in people with aphasia (PWA) before and
after a stroke from their perspectives. Language, cognitive, and communicative confidence …

When clinicians are operating under a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) while
treating persons with aphasia (PWAs), one measurement used to quantify outcomes is …

Background: Although the social approach to managing aphasia is designed to improve the
quality of life (QOL) of the aphasic person, the influence of being aphasic on different facets …

Abstract The Assessment for Living With Aphasia (ALA; Kagan et al., 2013) was developed
in order to address the need for a communicatively accessible aphasia-related quality of life …

Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that currently affects about one million
people in the United States. Although people with aphasia receive rehabilitation services …

Background: Speech pathologists infrequently address the quality of aphasic people's lives
in a direct manner in rehabilitation, most likely due to the difficulty in grasping the role of …

Background: This study examined responses of persons with aphasia (PWAs) to a general
question about their speech. Aims: The goal was to describe their evaluative responses as …

Background: Recent legislation in the United States has called for greater use of patient-
reported outcomes to assess treatment effectiveness. Life satisfaction is a patient-reported …

This study sought to obtain authentic information about life participation after stroke and
aphasia. An interview was conducted with 40 individuals from diverse backgrounds and …

Abstract The Assessment for Living with Aphasia (ALA) is a pictographic, self-report
measure of aphasia-related quality-of-life. Research was undertaken to assess test–re-test …