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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"severe aphasia"”.
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Computer gesture therapy for adults with severe aphasia
Aphasia intervention has made increasing use of technology in recent years. The evidence base, which is largely limited to the investigation of spoken language outcomes, indicates positive treatment effects for people with mild to moderate levels of aphasia. Outcomes for those with severe aphasia …
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Effects of Semantic + Multimodal Communication Program for Switching Behavior in Severe Aphasia
Treatment for severe aphasia includes teaching alternative modalities to improve communicative effectiveness by circumventing deficits in verbal expression. Traditionally, alternative communication modalities are trained separately to augment or replace verbal output. However, adults with aphasia …
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A comparison of decontextualized and contextualized reading skills in persons with severe aphasia
… Clinically, this suggests that persons with severe aphasia can read well enough to use partner supported conversations that utilize reading comprehension.
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Efficacy of computer-based voice output communicaton intervention in persons with chronic severe aphasia
… in a group of individuals with either global or severe Broca's aphasia. Additionally, this study collected data on the social validity of CBVOCS intervention from participants and other stakeholders. Specifically, nine individuals with severe Broca's or global aphasia (six females and three …
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Effectiveness of Staged Partner Training on Conversational Interactions Involving a Person with Severe Aphasia
… conversational partner and a participant with severe aphasia. Conversational variables were analyzed across four conditions: Condition A -- baseline; Condition B -- general aphasia communication strategies; Condition C -- augmented expression strategies; and Condition D -- augmented …
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Conversation between nurses and patients with aphasia : how to stay out of trouble
… by nursing staff interacting with patients with aphasia in a rehabilitation health care setting. Six dyads, each comprising of a qualified nurse and an adult with moderate to severe aphasia, were videotaped conversing in the hospital, yielding an hour of data. The conversations were transcribed …
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Quantitative Differences in the Conversational Performance of People with Severe Expressive Aphasia Using Three Types of Visual Screen Displays on Speech Generating Devices
… interactions between six people with severe aphasia and their peer communication partners across three conditions involving a type of augmentative communication intervention, speech generating devices (SGDs). Researchers assessed these variables across four conditions involving the …
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RELIABILITY OF PROXY RESPONDENTS WHO REPORT COMMUNICATIVE PARTICIPATION FOR PERSONS WITH APHASIA
… of communicative participation for persons with aphasia (PWA) to determine if proxy report can be used to assess communicative participation status. Method: The current study included 7 PWA- proxy pairs. All participants were administered the Communicative Participation Item Bank General Short …
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RELIABILITY OF PROXY RESPONDENTS WHO REPORT COMMUNICATIVE PARTICIPATION FOR PERSONS WITH APHASIA
… of communicative participation for persons with aphasia (PWA) to determine if proxy report can be used to assess communicative participation status. Method: The current study included 7 PWA- proxy pairs. All participants were administered the Communicative Participation Item Bank General Short …