A foundation principle of professionalism is listening carefully to clients' needs. This paper
reviews current studies that have sought to listen to the needs of people with aphasia and …

Functional aphasiology is arguably in crisis. Increasing pressure on measurement of
functional communication, in the context of the medical marketplace, is highlighting clinical …

This chapter on pragmatic aspects of the assessment and treatment of aphasic adults will
cover a number of topics that are important for understanding the goals and methods of …

The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a scripted modular intervention
programme called Speaking Out. Speaking Out is administered by trained volunteers in the …

Background: ICF dimensions Activity and Participation could be used to describe or assess
functional communication. The new definition of functional communication contains all the …

This paper presents a preliminary investigation into the descriptive adequacy of a linguistic
approach to the analysis of clinical interaction. The analyses involved description of Generic …

Abstract Employing Systemic Functional Linguistics, this paper presents a critical discourse
analysis of talk about goals for aphasia therapy by five people with aphasia, their five family …

Background: Many people with severe or moderate aphasia begin to use nonverbal
methods of communication spontaneously, but some need special training to do so. Use of …

Carol Frattali's excellent consideration of the need for new functional assessments of
communication is timely, necessary and reflective of our field's commitment to first rate …