Speech pathology services for primary progressive aphasia: Exploring an emerging area of practice

C Taylor, RM Kingma, K Croot, L Nickels - Aphasiology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical dementia syndrome
characterised by the gradual dissolution of language without impairment of other cognitive …

Speech and language therapy for primary progressive aphasia across the UK: A survey of current practice

A Volkmer, A Spector, JD Warren… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) describes a heterogeneous group of
language‐led dementias. People with this type of dementia are increasingly being referred …

Speech and language therapy for primary progressive aphasia: Referral patterns and barriers to service provision across the UK

A Volkmer, A Spector, JD Warren, S Beeke - Dementia, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To assess the extent of UK speech and language therapy engagement in
assessment and management of primary progressive aphasia, determine the factors …

Long-term follow-up in primary progressive aphasia: clinical course and health care utilisation

L Riedl, D Last, A Danek, J Diehl-Schmid - Aphasiology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a rare disorder. Data on health care
utilisation and care-relevant symptoms are scarce. Aims: The study aimed at finding out how …

'Like going into a chocolate shop, blindfolded': What do people with primary progressive aphasia want from speech and language therapy?

M Loizidou, E Brotherhood, E Harding… - … Journal of Language …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) describes a group of language‐led
dementias. PPAs are complex, diverse and difficult to diagnose, and therefore conventional …

“They are dealing with people's lives…”: Diagnostic and post-diagnostic healthcare experiences in primary progressive aphasia

T Ho, A Whitworth, D Hersh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The healthcare experience is a multifaceted and varied process, particularly for
people living with complex conditions such as primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Different …

Longitudinal treatment of primary progressive aphasia: a case study

LL Murray - Aphasiology, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of ths longitudinal study was to describe the evolving treatment regimen
provided to a woman with a 4 year history of non-fluent primary progressive aphasia (PPA) …

A life participation approach to primary progressive aphasia intervention

EJ Rogalski, B Khayum - Seminars in speech and language, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical neurodegenerative dementia syndrome
characterized by deficits in spoken and written word retrieval, word usage, and/or word …

Understanding and living with primary progressive aphasia: Current progress and challenges for the future

L Nickels, K Croot - Aphasiology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a progressive language disorder in
which aphasia is the first and most prominent symptom of degenerative brain disease. PPA …

Behavioral interventions for primary progressive aphasia

G Robinaugh, ML Henry - Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2022 - Elsevier
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by a
gradual loss of communication ability. Due to the centrality of communication deficits …