Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment
Aphasia Center
The Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment was created to respond to the challenge of “living with aphasia.”
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How Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Aphasia Program Helps Participants
See how the Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia program helps people with aphasia
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Aphasia Day 2018 presentation by Melanie Drane
The Language of the Heart: Stories, Creativity and Resilience in the Presence of Aphasia. Keynote address by Melanie Drane, MA, MFA, LMFT,
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Our Projects
Take a look at a few of the projects we work on everyday.
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Clinical Trials
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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.
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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.
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Trajectory of Recovery in Aphasia
To describe trajectories of change in persons with aphasia during inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation to 18 months following stroke.
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Who Benefits From an Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program?
This article summarizes current outcomes from intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) and examines data from one ICAP to identify those who respond and do not respond to treatment.
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