Christa M. Akers

ORCID: 0009-0003-4837-3834
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Research Areas
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Language Development and Disorders

Thomas Jefferson University
2022-2024

Jefferson College of Health Sciences
2022

Jefferson College
2022

Background Evidence regarding the effect of conversationally based communication group treatment on discourse production in aphasia is limited. Given rich, complex experiences provided these groups, it seemed plausible that participation them could result improvement simpler aspects production.Aims To examine effects informativeness and efficiency structured conversational tasks adults with chronic aphasia.Methods & Procedures The data for this study were discourses elicited prospectively...

10.1080/02687038.2022.2032586 article EN Aphasiology 2022-02-14

Background Evidence suggests that communication-based aphasia group treatment may increase formal assessment scores and improve features of discourse production. The real-life interactions which occur during use grammatically complete relevant utterances.

10.1080/02687038.2024.2311949 article EN Aphasiology 2024-02-11

Previous studies have used semantic verb categories to compare how speakers with and without aphasia use types during narrative monologue discourse tasks. In this study, we explore the of verbs by conversation. Using previously collected conversational samples produced 23 adults chronic their familiar partners, classified category. Semantic type did not differ (fluent vs. nonfluent) when controlling for severity. Distribution across was similar participants aphasia. Conversation partners...

10.1097/tld.0000000000000343 article EN Topics in Language Disorders 2024-07-01
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