[PDF] Top 20 Accessibility of computer therapy and technology for people with aphasia

... to people with aphasia, a group largely under-represented in the existing ...following computer therapy aims to shed light on issues of efficacy and accessibility in computer ... See full document

... of technology in recent ...for people with mild to moderate levels of ...severe aphasia however, are less well documented and - where reported - present less consistent gains for measures of spoken ... See full document

... of people, rather than avatars, to demonstrate gestures, providing a simplified keypad for input, increased accessibility and incorporating fun elements such as a simple virtual ...of aphasia and of ... See full document

... of technology in recent ...for people with mild to moderate levels of ...severe aphasia, however, are less well documented and – where reported – present less consistent gains for measures of spoken ... See full document

... for people with ...for people with use of only one ...with technology, both before and since their strokes, may be partly responsible for these ...that aphasia is very variable and that a “one ... See full document

... whether technology enhanced writing therapy would improve performance on the Functional Assessment of Writing, and whether gains would be evident in both the technology assisted and handwritten ... See full document

... Five people with aphasia participated in the study. As mentioned in section 1, these participants were recruited as consultants to the GReAT project. They were recruited on the basis of all being at least ... See full document

... presentation. In the first ‘blind’ condition, they watched the video clip of the gesture and wrote down their understanding of the target. They were then shown a second slide which presented four written options for ... See full document

... internet technology from the clinical site. The hospital Information Technology department argued that their bespoke platform, delivered on personal computers, should be used, as this allowed all calls to ... See full document

... gesture therapy tool, GeST, for people with ...with aphasia has little spoken or written communication ability, S&L therapists often advocate the use of non-verbal communication strategies such ... See full document

... before therapy (time 1) after phase 1 (time 2), after phase 2 (time 3) and after a three week maintenance period in which participants had no further practice with GeST (time ... See full document

... ESFA therapy, and the video sampling ...non-essential therapy components (Abry et ...a therapy, like ESFA, are not known all therapy components need to be examined (Carroll et ...ESFA ... See full document

... AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Ce nter at Georgia ...on technology services, products and ...and Technology (ICT) Accessibility in corporate, governmental and nonprofit ... See full document

... to aphasia therapy have emerged in the last few decades: one approach focuses on restoring language whilst the other focuses on the consequences of that impairment (Worrall, ...2006). Aphasia ... See full document

... site accessibility software we are, in an important sense, designing into information systems the problematic liberal view of equality that we identify above, which results from the lack of engagement between the ... See full document

... 8.4.3 Future research This study suggestedthat extent of communication disability has a significant impact on the HRQL of people with SAQOL/SAQOL-39 aphasia following stroke.. Future stu[r] ... See full document

... ensure people had enough time to absorb the information and make their decision (Department of Health, ...with people with ...Participants’ aphasia was screened with the Frenchay Aphasia ... See full document

... BEXLEY LOCAL RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE 221 Erith Road Bexleyheath Kent DA7 6HZ Tek 0208 298 6180 Fax: 0208 298 6183 14 September2000 Ms Katerina Hilari ResearchSpeechand Language Therapi[r] ... See full document

... of aphasia in body functions and structures; consequences of aphasia in activities /participation; activities no longer performed after stroke; activities usually performed after stroke; barriers ... See full document

... of people with aphasia in the longer term post-stroke (six months onwards) are needed to begin to unravel the complex relationships between aphasia, activity and HRQL and explore the potential impact ... See full document