Aphasia

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

Overview

Research study which uses speech language pathologists to review videotapes of communicators with aphasia, in order to determine if the AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)-Aphasia Categorical Framework could be used as an effective communicat

Overview

"This single case study investigated speech and language outcomes for an adult with aphasia and apraxia of speech after she participated in treatment using modified Motor Learning Guided (mMLG) treatment delivered via telepractice...Overall findings suggest that a combined speech and language approach, as represented in mMLG, yielded improved outcomes in language and comprehensibility for [the] client." --Abstract.

Overview

"Visual scene displays (VSDs) incorporate personally relevant photographs arranged on a communication device to support conversation by people with chronic aphasia. This study employed a multiple baseline design to explore the effects of teaching a VSD on storytelling by a person with moderate aphasia (PWA) with concomitant impairments." --Abstract.

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

Overview

Purpose of project is to present methods and materials that the writer found helpful in her work as a language therapist in private practice and in a hospital clinic.

Overview

A participant with chronic nonfluent aphasia learned to use a high-tech Visual Scene Display (VSD) application installed on an iPad to improve the quality of his storytelling conversations with unfamiliar partners. The findings suggest that it is possible to teach a person with aphasia to use a VSD to support storytelling conversations. -- Abstract.