Uncertainty, vulnerability, and isolation: Factors framing quality of life with aphasia in a South African township

C Legg, C Penn - Reframing disability and quality of life: A global …, 2013 - Springer
Research into quality of life with aphasia has predominantly drawn on a universalist
framework of understanding of quality of life that has entrenched disembodied constructions …

[PDF][PDF] An ethnography of adults living with aphasia in Khayelitsha

CF Legg - 2010 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
This thesis is concerned with the experience of aphasia in Khayelitsha, a township on the
outskirts of Cape Town characterised by poverty, violence, limited resources and a culture …

The social approach: another new fashion in speech-language pathology?

L Worrall - Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
One of the clients who frequents one of our aphasia groups was asked'What do you want to
achieve by coming to speech therapy?” His first response was” to speak better” and then he …

in a South African Township

C Legg, C Penn - Reframing Disability and Quality of Life: A …, 2013 - books.google.com
Aphasia is an acquired language impairment resulting from injury, usually due to stroke, to
the language centers of the brain. About 20% of stroke survivors present with aphasia which …

[图书][B] Perceptions of speech-language pathologists and family members of terminally ill veterans regarding the effectiveness of therapy

J Garrett - 2003 - search.proquest.com
Objective. To examine satisfaction with speech-language therapy services provided to
terminally ill veterans from the perspective of family members of the veterans, and to …