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Intensive and Comprehensive Aphasia Therapy--A Survey of the Definitions, Practices and Views of Speech and Language Therapists in the United Kingdom
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Monnelly, Katie; Marshall, Jane; Dipper, Lucy; Cruice, Madeline – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Research evidence suggests aphasia therapy must be delivered at high intensity to effect change. Comprehensive therapy, addressing all domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, is also called for by people with aphasia and their families. However, aphasia therapy is rarely intense or…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Speech Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
Measuring Communication as a Core Outcome in Aphasia Trials: Results of the ROMA-2 International Core Outcome Set Development Meeting
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Wallace, Sarah J.; Worrall, Linda; Rose, Tanya A.; Alyahya, Reem S. W.; Babbitt, Edna; Beeke, Suzanne; de Beer, Carola; Bose, Arpita; Bowen, Audrey; Brady, Marian C.; Breitenstein, Caterina; Bruehl, Stefanie; Bryant, Lucy; Cheng, Bonnie B. Y.; Cherney, Leora R.; Conroy, Paul; Copland, David A.; Croteau, Claire; Cruice, Madeline; Dipper, Lucy; Hilari, Katerina; Howe, Tami; Kelly, Helen; Kiran, Swathi; Laska, Ann-Charlotte; Marshall, Jane; Murray, Laura L.; Patterson, Janet; Pearl, Gill; Quinting, Jana; Rochon, Elizabeth; Rose, Miranda L.; Rubi-Fessen, Ilona; Sage, Karen; Simmons-Mackie, Nina; Visch-Brink, Evy; Volkmer, Anna; Webster, Janet; Whitworth, Anne; Le Dorze, Guylaine – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Evidence-based recommendations for a core outcome set (COS; minimum set of outcomes) for aphasia treatment research have been developed (the Research Outcome Measurement in Aphasia--ROMA, COS). Five recommended core outcome constructs: communication, language, quality of life, emotional well-being and patient-reported…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Aphasia, Foreign Countries
Facilitating the Involvement of People with Aphasia in Stroke Research by Developing Communicatively Accessible Research Resources
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Pearl, Gill; Cruice, Madeline – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
People with aphasia can be marginalized by a communicatively inaccessible society. Compounding this problem, routinized exclusion from stroke research leads to bias in the evidence base and subsequent inequalities in service provision. Within the United Kingdom, the Clinical Research Network of the National Institute of Health identified this…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Communication Problems, Brain, Neurological Impairments
UK Speech and Language Therapists' Views and Reported Practices of Discourse Analysis in Aphasia Rehabilitation
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Cruice, Madeline; Botting, Nicola; Marshall, Jane; Boyle, Mary; Hersh, Deborah; Pritchard, Madeleine; Dipper, Lucy – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
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 therapists (SLTs) infrequently conduct discourse analysis, and do not feel competent in doing so. Known barriers identified in other countries, specifically a lack of…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Aphasia, Rehabilitation, Foreign Countries
Beginning to Teach the End: The Importance of Including Discharge from Aphasia Therapy in the Curriculum
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Hersh, Deborah; Cruice, Madeline – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: Discharging clients with long-term aphasia from therapy services constitutes a challenging dilemma for practising clinicians for a multitude of reasons. Although discharge was raised and discussed as a contentious issue in the field of aphasiology ten years ago, it remains an aspect of practice which is complex and underexplored. We…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel