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The role of learning in improving functional writing in stroke aphasia.
CONCLUSIONS: These results show that small doses of writing therapy can lead to large gains in specific types of writing. These gains did not extend to improvements in frequency of writing in daily living, nor ecological measures of email writing. There is a need to develop bridging interventions between experimental tasks towards more multi-faceted and ecological everyday writing tasks. Implications for Rehabilitation Acquired dysgraphia can restrict people from participating in social, educational and professional life. This study has shown that copy and recall spelling therapies can improve the spelling of treated words...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - January 5, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Thiel L, Sage K, Conroy P Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

What are the factors that may influence the implementation of self-managed computer therapy for people with long term aphasia following stroke? A qualitative study of speech and language therapists' experiences in the Big CACTUS trial.
CONCLUSIONS: Personalisation, feedback and volunteer/assistant support were viewed as benefits of this complex intervention. However, the same benefits required resources including therapist time in learning to use software, procuring it, personalising it, working with volunteers/assistants, and building relationships with IT departments which formed barriers to implementation. The discussion highlights the need to consider integration of computer and face-to-face therapy to support implementation and potentially optimise patient outcomes. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Benefits of the self-managed computer approach to wo...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - January 17, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Burke J, Palmer R, Harrison M Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

The lived experience of engaging in everyday occupations in persons with mild to moderate aphasia.
Conclusion: Aphasia can have a long-term impact on engagement in everyday occupations and participation in society, but conversely, engagement in meaningful occupations can also contribute to adaptation to disability and life changes. Implications for Rehabilitation Aphasia can have a long-term impact on engagement in everyday occupations and participation in society. Health care professionals need to determine what clients with aphasia think about their occupations and life situations in spite of difficulties they may have verbalizing their thoughts. Experiences of engaging in meaningful occupations can help clie...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - January 25, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Niemi T, Johansson U Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

From concept to practice: a scoping review of the application of AI to aphasia diagnosis and management
CONCLUSION: Considerable scope remains to align AI technology with aphasia rehabilitation to empower patient-centred, customised rehabilitation and enhanced self-management.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONAphasia is an acquired communication disorder that impacts everyday functioning due to impairments in speech, auditory comprehension, reading, and writing.Given this communication burden, researchers have focused on utilising artificial intelligence (AI) methods for assessment, therapy and self-management.From a conceptualisation era in the early 1940s, the application of AI has evolved with significant developments in AI ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - May 12, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Achini Adikari Nelson Hernandez Damminda Alahakoon Miranda L Rose John E Pierce Source Type: research