Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment

Aphasia Center

The Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment was created to respond to the challenge of “living with aphasia.”

Aphasia Programs

Learn about our research opportunities, Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program and community groups.

How Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Aphasia Program Helps Participants

See how the Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia program helps people with aphasia

View our Aphasia Awareness Playlist

View and subscribe to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's Aphasia Awareness YouTube Playlist.

Defining Trajectories of Outcomes in Aphasia

PROJECT TYPE: Stroke

Research Project

Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program

Research Project

Aphasia Research Studies

PROJECT TYPE: Aphasia, Brain

Research Project

Aphasia Treatment Software

PROJECT TYPE: Aphasia

Research Project

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Research Project

Aphasia Community Programs

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Clinical Trials

Join our research in progress by volunteering to be a participant.

Timing of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with speech and language therapy (SLT): An Intervention Development study for Aphasia

This study will determine if it is better to receive tDCS before, during, or after the speech and language therapy session.

Modulating stimuli intensity to improve clinical outcomes in aphasia treatment

We are conducting a research study that will help us understand how to better schedule speech and language therapy. The therapy can be done from home on either your personal computer or laptop that we will lend to you.

Trajectory of Recovery in Aphasia

To describe trajectories of change in persons with aphasia during inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation to 18 months following stroke.

Measuring Real-World Talk Time and Locations of People With Aphasia Using Wearable Technology.

Small-Dose Behavioral Treatment Effects: Learning Following 2 Hours of Computer-Based Conversational Script Training in Individuals With Poststroke Aphasia.

Language and Attention Networks Have Distinct Roles in Language Improvement Following an Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program.

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