From the Editors: Language Sample Analysis: New and Neglected Clinical Applications
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - April 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: From the Editors Source Type: research
Continuing Education Instructions and Questions
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - January 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Continuing Education Instructions and Questions Source Type: research
Investigating Attentional Allocation With Eye Tracking During Category Learning in People With Aphasia
In this study, no differences were observed between individuals with aphasia and control participants on behavioral measures of accuracy and response time, though accuracies overall were lower than those of prior studies examining this task in young adults. Eye gaze data demonstrated that over the course of training, controls and individuals with aphasia learned to reduce the number of looks to the feature of lowest diagnosticity, suggestive of optimized attentional allocation. Eye gaze patterns, however, did not show increased looking or look times to all features of highest diagnosticity, which has been seen in young adu...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - January 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Word Learning in Aphasia: Treatment Implications and Structural Connectivity Analyses
Conclusions:
Although the present results are preliminary, they open the possibility that novel word learning practice in aphasia may stimulate remaining word learning mechanisms in aphasia and thereby influence language and verbal STM abilities. These results also suggest that preservation of novel word learning ability in aphasia in part depends on the integrity of the left arcuate track. (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - January 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The Time Course of Priming in Aphasia: An Exploration of Learning Along a Continuum of Linguistic Processing Demands
This study investigates learning in aphasia as manifested through automatic priming effects. There is growing evidence that people with aphasia have impairments beyond language processing that could affect their response to treatment. Therefore, better understanding these mechanisms would be beneficial for improving methods of rehabilitation. This study assesses semantic and repetition priming effects at varied interstimulus intervals, using stimuli that are both nonlinguistic and linguistic in tasks that range from requiring nearly no linguistic processing to requiring both lexical and semantic processing. Results indicat...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - January 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
A Review of the Application of Distributed Practice Principles to Naming Treatment in Aphasia
It is uncontroversial in psychological research that different schedules of practice, which govern the distribution of practice over time, can promote radically different outcomes in terms of gains in performance and durability of learning. In contrast, in speech–language treatment research, there is a critical need for well-controlled studies examining the impact of distribution of treatment on efficacy. In this article, we enumerate key findings from psychological research on learning and memory regarding how different schedules of practice differentially confer durable learning. We review existing studies of aphasia t...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - January 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Identification of Key Therapy Ingredients for SLPs Serving on Multidisciplinary Teams Facilitating Return to Learn for Students With Prolonged Cognitive Effects After Concussion: A Retrospective Case Series Analysis
Conclusions:
Overall, CDM results suggested that when working in a multidisciplinary team, SLPs can provide cognitive rehabilitation, support symptom reduction, and deliver psychoeducation potentially effective for students experiencing PCS. Key treatment and outcome measurement issues important for developing testable interventions are discussed. (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - January 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Considering Principles of Learning in the Treatment of Acquired Communication Disorders
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - January 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Issue Editor Foreword Source Type: research
From the Editors: Considering Principles of Learning in the Treatment of Acquired Communication Disorders
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - January 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: From the Editors Source Type: research
Growing Up With Technology: Does the Device Go in the Middle?
This article discusses the impact of technology on contexts for communication and presents a progression from unaided AAC strategies to the use of aided systems for fostering expressive language skills and supporting participation. Augmentative and alternative communication strategies offer many possibilities in terms of access to communication; however, where a device is placed both physically and figuratively can make an important difference. (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Continuing Education Instructions and Questions
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Continuing Education Instructions and Questions Source Type: research
AAC and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificially intelligent tools have given us the capability to use technology to address ever more complex challenges. What are the capabilities, challenges, and hazards of incorporating and developing this technology for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)? Artificial intelligence (AI) can be defined as the capability of a machine to imitate human intelligence. The goal of AI is to create machines that can use characteristics of human intelligence to solve problems and adapt to a changing environment. Harnessing the capabilities of AI tools has the potential to accelerate progress in serving individuals with ...
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Interacting With Persons Who Have ALS: Time, Media, Modality, and Collaboration via Speech-Generating Devices
In this study, the conversational partners were aware of, and sensitive to, the temporal–sequential demands of in-person interaction and the modality restrictions associated with SGD use. Clinical and device design recommendations are discussed. (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology Innovations to Build Skills and Compensate for Limitations in Adolescent Language
This article outlines applications of AAC technologies within those guiding priorities. In addition, the article outlines case examples in which adolescents with IDD and limited speech have benefited from AAC technologies to compensate for linguistic difficulties and build their language and communication skills. (Source: Topics in Language Disorders)
Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Issue Editor Foreword: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology to Support Language Across the Lifespan
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Source: Topics in Language Disorders - October 1, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Issue Editor Foreword Source Type: research
