The purpose of this study was to extend previous work using a pilot delayed cohort design with more geographically and linguistically diverse group people aphasia (PWA) explore the impact virtual, adapted, aphasia-friendly yoga program; expand our original outcome measures include self-report in addition resilience, stress, sleep disturbance, pain management; continue programmatic development through participant feedback about program structure. A used document benefits for persons...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a short form the Boston Naming Test (BNT; Kaplan, Goodglass, & Weintraub, 2001) for individuals with aphasia and compare it 2 existing forms originally analyzed responses from people dementia neurologically healthy adults. Method Development new BNT–Aphasia Short Form analysis other were completed archival data 100 aphasia. authors developed using items original 60-item instrument based on item response theory. Rasch computed by Graves,...

Purpose The primary characteristics used to define acquired apraxia of speech (AOS) have evolved better reflect a disorder motor planning/programming. However, there is debate regarding the feature relatively consistent error location and type. Method Ten individuals with AOS aphasia 11 without participated in this study. In context 2-group experimental design, consistency was examined via 5 repetitions 30 multisyllabic words. influence rate, severity impairment, stimulus presentation...

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence phonomotor treatment on types errors produced during a confrontation naming task for people with aphasia (PWA).Ten PWA received 60 hr across 6 weeks. Confrontation abilities were measured before and after treatment, responses coded as correct or incorrect. Incorrect error type. Paired t tests comparing pre-, post- 3 months posttreatment accuracy type performed.Group data showed that trained items improved significantly immediately...

Background: Though treatments for anomia in aphasia typically use accuracy of trained and untrained targets to determine treatment efficacy, researchers have begun employ error analyses order more closely delineate the mechanisms involved recovery.

Purpose Although phonomotor treatment shows promise as an effective intervention for anomia in people with aphasia, responses to this are not consistent across individuals. To better understand variability, we examined the influence of 5 participant characteristics—age, time postonset, aphasia severity, naming impairment, and error profile—on generalization maintenance confrontation discourse abilities following treatment. Method Using retrospective data from 26 participants who completed a...

Purpose This retrospective analysis examined group differences in error rate across 4 contextual variables (clusters vs. singletons, syllable position, number of syllables, and articulatory phonetic features) adults with apraxia speech (AOS) aphasia only. Group the distribution type were also examined. Method Ten individuals acquired AOS 11 participated this study. In context a 2-group experimental design, influence on was via repetition 29 multisyllabic words. Error rates analyzed using...

Friendship is an essential component of quality life. The ongoing lifestyle changes and strain typically experienced by care partners people with aphasia (PWA) can impact their social network, friendships being particularly vulnerable to change. This study aimed understand the caregiving on partners' over time from perspective PWA. An online survey addressing demographics, recipients' perceptions (before during acute chronic stages caregiving) was codesigned three partner stakeholders then...

The purpose of this study was to (a) examine the feasibility a virtual, adapted, aphasia-friendly yoga program for people with aphasia; (b) evaluate evidence improvement in patient-reported outcomes and word retrieval; (c) explore immediate impact session on participant subjective emotional state; (d) assess motivation perceived benefits participating program.This employed mixed-method design document 8-week adapted program. A pre-/posttreatment used outcome measures resilience, stress,...

Purpose This study continued Phase I investigation of a modified Phonomotor Treatment (PMT) Program on motor planning in two individuals with apraxia speech (AOS) and aphasia and, support from prior work, refined methodology for treatment intensity duration, measure communicative participation, the use effect size benchmarks specific to AOS. Method A single-case experimental design multiple baselines across behaviors participants was used examine acquisition, generalization, maintenance...

Recently, the literature has witnessed a surging interest regarding use of mind-body approaches with people who have aphasia, generating plethora possible outcome measures. During this same time, core set for aphasia been recommended. The purpose clinical focus article is to give our survivor, co-survivor, and clinician stakeholder coauthors platform share their personal narrative yoga journey, goal identifying primary domains central capturing impact on recovery process poststroke aphasia....

Purpose: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for persons with aphasia (PWA) are commonly used to measure various outcomes. Persons present language deficits that can likely increase respondent burden. Elements contribute burden include readability, design, and formatting methods. The aims of this study were determine how PROMs PWA rate in level on readability levels. Method: Irwin's 2012 review was inclusion criteria additional developed after identified. This method resulted 14 PROMs,...

Purpose This viewpoint offers a perspective on the potential impact of an adapted yoga program for people with stroke-induced aphasia, call additional work in this area. Conclusion Aphasia often results decreased quality life (QoL) from fewer social interactions, relationship strain between survivors and co-survivors, depression, multitude other factors. We suggest therapeutic co-survivors could enhance several components dyad's lives that are frequently diminished as result ultimately...

Purpose Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who work with people aphasia focus on assessment and intervention to support improved communication outcomes for their clients. Friendship, a key component of quality life, often depends communicative interaction, many report having reduced social circles. The purpose this study was explore the perceptions SLPs working clients role in supporting friendship development maintenance. Method An online survey composed questions addressing SLP...

Background People with aphasia (PWA) report higher levels of stress in comparison to stroke survivors without aphasia. If untreated, chronic is known have detrimental effects the body and brain can negatively impact health well-being. According extant literature, self- proxy-report agreement on objective domains than subjective domains, like stress. In addition, high mutuality, also as shared feelings between two people, been strongly associated low survivors. Little known, however,...

Epilepsy affects 1% of the general population and is highly prevalent among Veterans. The purpose this phase I study was to investigate a presurgical linguistically distributed language treatment program that could potentially diminish effects proper-name retrieval deficits following left anterior temporal lobe resection for intractable epilepsy. A single-subject multiple-baseline design employed three individuals with late-onset chronic Word administered prior resection. primary outcome...

Purpose An increasing number of anomia treatment studies have coupled traditional word retrieval accuracy outcome measures with more fine-grained analysis errors to allow for comprehensive measurement treatment-induced changes in retrieval. The aim this study was examine picture naming after phonomotor treatment. Method Twenty-eight individuals aphasia received 60 hr treatment, an intensive, phoneme-based therapy anomia. Confrontation assessed pretreatment, immediately posttreatment, and 3...

A variety of accent modification approaches exist for non-native English speakers. The training program developed this study, phonomotor treatment, is based on a parallel distributed processing model phonology and was hypothesized to modify via improved sound production in speaker. participant 20-year-old native Wuhan Mandarin Chinese In the context single-subject repeated probe design, he received probes prior to, during, immediately following training. Training intensive delivered 20 hours...

This pilot study examined the impact of feedback type on learning a novel speech task, as measured by listener ratings, and will inform procedures for future investigations within larger sample size. Twenty-four native monolingual English-speaking college-aged adults participated in single training session to learn Hindi phrases. Participants were randomly placed into one three groups: knowledge performance (KP), results (KR), or combined KP + KR condition. Participant was assessed at 1 day...