Adapting therapy for a new world: storytelling therapy in EVA Park

M Carragher, G Steel, R Talbot, N Devane, ML Rose… - Aphasiology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Storytelling is fundamental to human communication yet is under-represented
in aphasia therapy research and clinical practice. Access to care may be one obstacle; in the …

Measuring global coherence in people with aphasia during unstructured conversation

MC Leaman, LA Edmonds - American Journal of Speech-Language …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Global coherence is an essential macrolinguistic discourse skill that speakers use
to formulate discourse to convey meaning with maintenance to a topic. When global …

Research gaps in Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs: A qualitative study

VL Scharp, CA Off, M Wilson, KJ Roberts - Aphasiology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs (ICAPs) provide a
variety of therapies for cohorts of individuals with aphasia. Converging evidence for proof of …

Quality of measurement in core lexicon measures

H Kim, AM Schoemann, HH Wright - Journal of Speech, Language, and …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Core lexicon measures have received growing attention in research. They are
intended to provide clinicians with a clinician-friendly means to quantify word retrieval ability …

Two-year longitudinal evaluation of community aphasia center participation on linguistic, functional communication, and quality of life measures across people with a …

LA Edmonds, J Morgan - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate potential changes on a hierarchy of
language tasks and measures of functional communication and quality of life in a group of …

How do speakers with and without aphasia use syntax and semantics across two discourse genres?

L Dipper, M Pritchard, E Walkden, M Cruice - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Discourse is an increasing focus of assessment in clinical and research
settings because it reflects everyday communication. Everyday communication is likely to …

A feasibility randomised waitlist-controlled trial of a personalised multi-level language treatment for people with aphasia: The remote LUNA study

L Dipper, N Devane, R Barnard, N Botting, M Boyle… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Stroke survivors with aphasia want to improve their everyday talking
(discourse). In current UK practice, 90% of speech and language therapists believe …

Discourse measurement in aphasia research: have we reached the tipping point? A core outcome set… or greater standardisation of discourse measures?

SJ Wallace, LE Worrall, T Rose, G Le Dorze - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In their lead article, Dietz and Boyle (This issue) consider the evolution of discourse outcome
measurement in aphasia rehabilitation, positing an urgent need for standardisation. We are …

Automation of the northwestern Narrative Language analysis system

D Fromm, B MacWhinney, CK Thompson - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose Analysis of spontaneous speech samples is important for determining patterns of
language production in people with aphasia. To accomplish this, researchers and clinicians …

Discourse measurement in aphasia: Consensus and caveats

A Dietz, M Boyle - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Our intention was to use this clinical forum to start a dialogue regarding the multitude of
discourse outcome measures currently used in studies of aphasia. Based on the …