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Esther Goodhew; Robert Mayr; Katie Earing; Abdul Seckam – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: There is a growing body of evidence showing the value of community singing-based rehabilitation on psychosocial well-being and communication for people with post-stroke communication impairment (PSCI). However, there has been little consideration of the potential value an inpatient aphasia-friendly choir may have through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Therapy, Aphasia, Patients
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Teresa Julio-Ramos; Valentina Mora-Castelletto; José Conejeros-Pavez; Josette Saez-Martínez; Pía Solinas-Ivys; Pamela Donoso; Bernardita Soler-León; Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro; Camilo Quezada; Carolina Méndez-Orellana – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: The abbreviated version of the Token Test (aTT) is widely used to assess language comprehension deficits in stroke patients (SPs). However, aTT has not been validated for Latin American Spanish speakers, so clinicians tend to use cut-off scores for aTT validated in developed countries. Aims: To provide normative data for the Spanish…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Comprehension, Disabilities
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Hia Datta; Laura L. Wood; Susan Alimonti; Danielle Pugliese; Hannah Butkiewicz; Francesca Jannello; Breann Rissland; Kristen Tully – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Persons with aphasia (PWA) experience a number of communicative and social-emotional challenges. Reported experiences of PWA include but are not limited to, being misunderstood, isolated, frustrated, and infantilised. Aims: The aim of this pilot study, involving a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA), conducted over the course…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Community Attitudes, Speech Therapy
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Mirjam van Tellingen; Joost Hurkmans; Hayo Terband; Anne Marie van de Zande; Ben Maassen; Roel Jonkers – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Speech--Music Therapy for Aphasia (SMTA), a method that combines speech therapy and music therapy, is introduced as a treatment method for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). SMTA will be evaluated in a proof-ofprinciple study. The first case study is presented herein. Method: SMTA was evaluated in a study with a single-subject…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Aphasia, Speech Therapy, Intervention
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Ichikowitz, Kerri; Bruce, Carolyn; Meitanis, Vanessa; Cheung, Kelly; Kim, Yekyung; Talbourdet, Esther; Newton, Caroline – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: People with aphasia (PWA) can experience functional numeracy difficulties, that is, problems understanding or using numbers in everyday life, which can have numerous negative impacts on their daily lives. There is growing interest in designing functional numeracy interventions for PWA; however, there are limited suitable assessments…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Numeracy, Adults
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Tierney-Hendricks, Carla; Miller, Jennifer; Lopez, Ruth Palan; Conger, Sarah; Vallila-Rohter, Sofia – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Engagement is recognized as an important factor in aphasia treatment response and outcomes, yet gaps remain in our understanding of engagement and practices that promote engagement from the client perspective. Aims: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore how clients with aphasia experience engagement during their…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Patients, Rehabilitation, Experience
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Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Word retrieval skills change across the lifespan. Permanent alterations in the form of decreased accuracy or increased response time can be a consequence of both normal ageing processes or the presence of acquired and neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., aphasia and dementia). Despite the extensive literature exploring the…
Descriptors: Naming, Language Processing, Aphasia, Dementia
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Charalambous, Marina; Phylactou, Phivos; Elriz, Thekla; Psychogios, Loukia; Annoni, Jean-Marie; Kambanaros, Maria – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Evidence-based assessments for people with aphasia (PWA) in Greek are predominantly impairment based. Functional communication (FC) is usually underreported and neglected by clinicians. This study explores the adaptation and psychometric testing of the Greek (GR) version of The Scenario Test. The test assesses the everyday FC of PWA in…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Greek, Aphasia, Test Reliability
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Özdemir, Sevket; Mavis, Ilknur; Tunçer, Aylin Müge – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
Aphasia assessment is the initial step of a well-structured language therapy. Therefore, it is reasonable to underline that the assessment tools need to consider the typological and cultural characteristics of the language. A group of international researchers in the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists have been adapting the Comprehensive Aphasia…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Language Tests, Aphasia
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Yuhei Kodani; Kazuki Sekine; Yasuhiro Tanaka; Shinsuke Nagami; Katsuya Nakamura; Shinya Fukunaga; Hikaru Nakamura – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: The Scenario Test is recognised for its effectiveness in assessing the interactive aspects of functional communication in people with post-stroke aphasia (PWA). Aims: To develop a Japanese version of the Scenario Test (Scenario Test-JP) and assess its reliability and validity. Methods & Procedures: Among 66 participants, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aphasia, Communication Disorders, Translation
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Brielle C. Stark; Sarah Grace Dalton – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: It is important to capture a comprehensive language profile from speakers with aphasia. One way to do this is to evaluate spoken discourse, which is language beyond a single simple clause used for a specific purpose. While the historical trend in aphasiology has been to capture performance during isolated language tasks, such as…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Language Proficiency, Transcripts (Written Records), Speech Skills
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Alison M. Kozlowski; Ruqian Ma; Marian West; Danielle Gilboy; Jennifer Del Re – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Feeding disorders can be quite complex, with medical concerns, anatomical abnormalities, skill deficits, and behavioral or environmental components contributing to the development and maintenance of significant feeding concerns. Because of this, an interdisciplinary approach to assessment and treatment is oftentimes warranted. Within the current…
Descriptors: Children, Eating Disorders, Nutrition, Prompting
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Qingqing Liu; Weibo Li; Yuanwu Chen; Shaohua Zhang; Zengxin Sun; Yuhui Yang; Peiyuan Lv; Yu Yin – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Although existing studies have shown that both repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and music therapy have advantages in the treatment of non-fluent aphasia, the efficacy of the combination of these two methods remains to be investigated. Aims: To investigate the clinical efficacy of low-frequency rTMS combined with…
Descriptors: Repetition, Stimulation, Brain, Aphasia
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Brisebois, Amélie; Brambati, Simona Maria; Rochon, Elizabeth; Leonard, Carol; Marcotte, Karine – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Discourse analysis has recently received much attention in the aphasia literature. Even if post-stroke language recovery occurs throughout the longitudinal continuum of recovery, very few studies have documented discourse changes from the hyperacute to the chronic phases of recovery. Aims: To document a multilevel analysis of discourse…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Human Body, Brain, Neurological Impairments
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Kim, Esther S.; Mauriks, Kira; Wilson, Carlee; Auch, Leah; Koo, Herman; Swensrude, Daralynn; Laccett, Jessica; Ruelling, Andrea – Topics in Language Disorders, 2023
Purpose: Communication access is a human right, but many individuals with communication impairments face challenges accessing their environments. As part of a larger study investigating barriers and facilitators to communication access in the retail/service industry, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the experiences of people…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Barriers, Communication (Thought Transfer), Retailing
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