Background: Recently, the use of mobile computer technology in health management has
received attention in research and clinical domains. The role of mobile devices such as …

Background: Aphasia is likely to impact adversely on the ability to use the Internet
successfully, as linguistic skills are important for many aspects of Internet use. Despite this …

This paper explores the issue of empowering participants in design when they do not have
the language skills integral to many design methods. We describe the challenges, solutions …

Purpose: In the aphasia literature, motivation has been described as potentially influencing
rehabilitation outcomes, and there are reports that researchers and clinicians have acted to …

Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the usability of delivering the Phonological
Components Analysis treatment for anomia (Leonard, Rochon, & Laird, 2008) remotely via …

Symbol-based dictionaries of text, images and sound can help individuals with aphasia find
the words they need, but are often seen as a last resort because they tend to replace rather …

Background: Using gesture as a compensatory communication strategy may be challenging
for people with severe aphasia. Therapy can improve skills with gesture, at least in elicitation …

Background: E-readers may facilitate reading in aphasia through “aphasia-friendly” features
such as altering text size and formatting, and text-to-speech functions. However, no previous …

This paper reports the experience of participating in usability testing from the perspective of
a person with aphasia. We briefly report adaptations to classic usability testing to enable the …

Accessibility research aims to aid humans that experience minor or major disabilities and
conditions. However, researchers might have limited exposure to certain disabilities …