Sailing

Overview "We investigated the effects of a 10-week recreational sailing program on communication, quality of life, and confidence for two individuals with chronic mild-moderate aphasia. This study employed a pretest/posttest design in which the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, the Assessment for Living with Aphasia, two discourse prompts, and an adapted Communication Confidence Questionnaire were administered to participants before and after the intervention period. Intervention consisted of a...

Overview "This study employed a pretest-posttest design to investigate the effects on language, communication, communicative confidence, and quality of life for a person with aphasia following his participation in a 10-week recreational sailing program. BD, a person with longstanding severe aphasia, participated in this study. Following treatment, the participant demonstrated improvements in communication effectiveness and quality of life, as reflected by scores on the Boston Assessment of Severe...