Video can be a great supplement to aphasia therapy. I’m sharing five ESL (English as a Second Language) videos that we can use to teach verbs in aphasia therapy. These…
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Learn to communicate better in dementia with the MESSAGE strategy from the University of Queensland. Each letter stands for a set of tips, which you can see demonstrated via YouTube…
As a speech-language pathologist, linguist, and fiction writer, I often notice how people communicate. And I often see people getting irritated when they can’t communicate easily. You may think that’s…
I recently worked with a patient who could count to ten fairly well, but could only say a few other words. For each number, I chose up to ten similar…
Learn how to communicate better with people living with Lewy body dementia (LBD). LBD is the second most common progressive dementia, after Alzheimer’s disease. It’s very difficult to diagnose and…
Ken was a quiet older gentleman who never initiated conversation. He had a great sense of humor, and would respond with short quips, but rarely said anything to extend a…
We can use easy discourse measures to demonstrate improvement that may not be detected by standardized measures. I don’t know about you, but I find it frustrating to know that…
Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarization (ARCS) is designed for people who have problems with word-finding, topic maintenance, or other cognitive-linguistic skills at the level of discourse. “Discourse” refers to verbal…
If you’re looking for an easy voice banking solution that provides a good synthesized voice, check out The Voice Keeper app. I’ve found it to be fast and easy, so…
Trying to evaluate communication during the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge. Like me, you’re probably minimizing what you carry into homes (or rooms). But we still need to provide a…