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 …

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 …

Background: There are many validated and widely used assessments within aphasiology.
Few, however, describe language and life with aphasia from the perspective of the person …

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 …

This article suggests outcome measurement practices in aphasia in line with the World
Health Organization's definition of health, as well as with current legislation. That is, the …

Background: There is an increasing need in speech and language therapy for clinicians to
provide intervention in the context of the broader life‐quality issues for people with aphasia …

Background: Although aphasia affects quality of life (QoL), the impact within specific
domains (eg, psychosocial, communication) is poorly understood. Moreover, the complex …

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: Health‐related quality of life (HRQL) measures are increasingly used to help
us understand the impact of disease or disability on a person's life and to measure the …

Background: The use of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures is important for
understanding the impact of aphasia from the perspective of the person with aphasia …