Primary objective: To investigate the nature and patterns of conversational topics discussed
by individuals with severe TBI and familiar communication partners at 3 and 6 months post …

Abstract Purpose: Across Australia and New Zealand, speech-language pathologists (SLPs)
routinely assess and treat adults with cognitive-communication disorders following traumatic …

Abstract Purpose The Basic Outcome Measure Protocol for Aphasia (BOMPA) is a practical
tool that allows for a quick self-report on quality of life from the perspective of the person with …

Primary objective: To investigate whether the degree of participation by people with severe
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and the degree of support by their communication partners …

Background: A previous clinical trial of training communication partners of people with
traumatic brain injury (TBI) demonstrated positive outcomes [Togher, Power, McDonald …

Purpose: Communication partner training is an increasingly common approach to improve
the possibilities for people with communication disorders to participate in everyday …

Background: The importance of conversation partners (CPs) for persons with aphasia (PwA)
was recently highlighted. Trained CPs are shown to increase communicative access and …

Communication disorders after traumatic brain injury (TBI) result from a constellation of
cognitive and social communication deficits. This chapter focuses on assessment of TBI …

Objective While dementia can negatively affect communication, positive interactions can be
facilitated by the conversation partners of people with dementia. There are few assessment …

Discourse is commonly occurring and encompasses many forms of everyday
communication. Within the context of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and associated cognitive …