[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Personal storytelling in aphasia: A single case study of LUNA therapy

L Dipper, M Cruice - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: There is growing consensus that aphasia treatment should support everyday
real-life communication. Intervention that targets narrative discourse may offer the essential …

Creating a novel approach to discourse treatment through coproduction with people with aphasia and speech and language therapists

M Cruice, S Aujla, J Bannister, N Botting, M Boyle… - Aphasiology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Although spoken discourse is an outcome prioritised by all stakeholders in
aphasia rehabilitation, assessment and treatment of discourse are not routine clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Creating a theoretical framework to underpin discourse assessment and intervention in aphasia

L Dipper, J Marshall, M Boyle, D Hersh, N Botting… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Discourse (a unit of language longer than a single sentence) is fundamental to everyday
communication. People with aphasia (a language impairment occurring most frequently after …

Using narrative as a bridge: Linking language processing models with real-life communication

A Whitworth - Seminars in speech and language, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
In chronic aphasia, maximizing generalization of improved language abilities from clinical
tasks to everyday communication can require the same systematic planning process as the …

Taking words to a new level: a preliminary investigation of discourse intervention in primary progressive aphasia

A Whitworth, J Cartwright, A Beales, S Leitão… - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Despite a growing literature characterising connected speech and discourse
impairments associated with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), intervention in PPA has …

Dosage, intensity, and frequency of language therapy for aphasia: A systematic review–based, individual participant data network meta-analysis

Rehabilitation and Recovery of People with Aphasia … - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Optimizing speech and language therapy (SLT) regimens for
maximal aphasia recovery is a clinical research priority. We examined associations between …

Treatment for improving discourse in aphasia: a systematic review and synthesis of the evidence base

L Dipper, J Marshall, M Boyle, N Botting, D Hersh… - Aphasiology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Improved discourse production is a priority for all key stakeholders in aphasia
rehabilitation. A Cochrane review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for aphasia found …

Communication and well-being outcomes of a hybrid service delivery model of intensive impairment-based treatment for aphasia in the hospital setting: a pilot study

R Wenke, E Cardell, M Lawrie… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the effects of an intensive hybrid service delivery
model (ie, combining face-to-face individual, computer and group therapy) on …

UK speech and language therapists' views and reported practices of discourse analysis in aphasia rehabilitation

M Cruice, N Botting, J Marshall, M Boyle… - … journal of language …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Discourse assessment and treatment in aphasia rehabilitation is a priority focus
for a range of stakeholder groups. However, a significant majority of speech and language …