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The Role of Laryngeal Hypersensitivity in Dysphagia: A Scoping Review with Embedded Stakeholder Involvement
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Sophie Chalmers; Fiona Gillies; Sarah Wallace – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Based on stakeholder conversations, speech and language therapists have anecdotally observed cases of dysphagia with suspected laryngeal hypersensitivity. These presentations have been coined as 'muscle tension dysphagia' often with concurrent laryngeal sensitivity symptoms. However, the role of laryngeal hypersensitivity in dysphagia…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Therapy, Allied Health Personnel
Interdisciplinary Considerations for Diagnosing Aphasia in the Schizoaffective Patient: A Case Report
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Warner, Heather; Cometz, Alexa – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Patients with schizophrenia present with both cognitive impairment as well as language difficulties. There are similarities in the language output of patients with schizophrenia and patients with aphasia, thus a differential diagnosis of patients who present with a question of dual diagnoses can be a clinical challenge. This case…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Clinical Diagnosis, Aphasia, Schizophrenia
?It's All Communication': Family Members' Perspectives on the Communication Needs for Themselves and Their Relatives with Primary Progressive Aphasia
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Katharine Davies; Tami Howe; Jeff Small; Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Communication disabilities, such as primary progressive aphasia (PPA), impact family members as well as the individuals with the condition. To provide adequate communication care to people with PPA (PwPPA) and their family members, it is crucial to understand the communication needs from the family members' perspectives. To date,…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Communication Disorders, Aphasia, Clinical Diagnosis
Access, Referral, Service Provision and Management of Individuals with Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Survey of Speech-Language Therapists in Italy
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Battista, Petronilla; Piccininni, Marco; Montembeault, Maxime; Messina, Annachiara; Minafra, Brigida; Miller, Bruce L.; Henry, Maya L.; Gorno Tempini, Maria Luisa; Grasso, Stephanie M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background and Objectives: In Italy, approximately 650 individuals receive a diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) every year. Unfortunately, the frequency with which patients are referred to speech-language services is suboptimal, likely due to skepticism regarding the value of speech-language therapy in the context of neurodegeneration.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Therapy, Allied Health Personnel
Prognostication in Post-Stroke Aphasia: How Do Speech Pathologists Formulate and Deliver Information about Recovery?
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Cheng, Bonnie B. Y.; Worrall, Linda E.; Copland, David A.; Wallace, Sarah J. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: Prognostication is a complex clinical task that involves forming a prediction about recovery and communicating prognostic information to patients and families. In aphasia, recovery is difficult to predict and evidence-based guidance on prognosis delivery is lacking. Questions about aphasia prognosis commonly arise, but it is unknown…
Descriptors: Prediction, Aphasia, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
A Case Series of Verbal Semantic Processing in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Evidence from the N400 Effect
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Stalpaert, Jara; Cocquyt, Elissa-Marie; Miatton, Marijke; Sieben, Anne; Van Langenhove, Tim; van Mierlo, Pieter; De Letter, Miet – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: The semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is typically associated with a loss of semantic knowledge. Research on the semantic processing in the other clinical variants of PPA is, however, rather sparse and limited to off-line behavioural studies. Aims: This study aimed to investigate verbal semantic processing in…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Semantics, Verbal Communication, Diagnostic Tests
A Taiwanese Mandarin Main Concept Analysis (TM-MCA) for Quantification of Aphasic Oral Discourse
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Kong, Anthony Pak-Hin; Yeh, Chun-Chih – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Various quantitative systems have been proposed to examine aphasic oral narratives in English. A clinical tool for assessing discourse produced by Cantonese-speaking persons with aphasia (PWA), namely Main Concept Analysis (MCA), was developed recently for quantifying the presence, accuracy and completeness of a narrative. Similar…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Mandarin Chinese, Oral Language, Narration