John E Pierce

Using Open-Source Software to Help Spanish Speakers With Aphasia Learn Everyday Sentences: A Single-Case Experimental Design Purpose: There is a critical need to develop evidence-based and accessible interventions for Spanish speakers with aphasia (SSWA). Script trainin...

Researchers examined the acceptability, usability, & preliminary efficacy of a script training intervention delivered via open-source software using adaptive distributed practice for Spanish speakers w/ #aphasia. https://on.asha.org/44Og5jA

@sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social

A screenshot of the new Google Scholar Labs interface. The search includes a starting question and a list of articles with an AI summary of each one's findings.

Google Scholar has been AI-ified.

You still get direct links to articles ✅
You get a brief summary of article results, which seem accurate ✅
Scholar doesn't try to answer your query directly, only presents evidence ✅
Scholar decides what articles to return ⚠️

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Well let me know if you find anyone! Would love to offer languages like Welsh, Gaeilge, Māori…

Makes a great student project, or can be done with a small amount of funding, OR by enthusiastic volunteers. Obviously needs native speakers though. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@armstrongslt.bsky.social

Yes I think the Basque Comprehensive Aphasia Test was adapted through the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists group - they have a procedure which is being used for many languages now.
I’d be thrilled to offer Welsh on my site www.aphasiatherapyonline.com - do you know anyone who could lead that?

Interesting! Are there any Welsh language aphasia assessments?

I feel very strongly that tables and figures should be put *within the manuscript* until it's ready for publication. Saves endless scrolling by the reviewer.
I would be more likely to review for journals who promise this.
Willing to die on this hill.

Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking For 150 years, Broca's area has defined speech production. Now scientists have discovered a second parallel system that controls the melody and rhythm of how we speak and sing.

Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking. My new
@psychtoday.bsky.social essay excerpted and adapted from Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language, forthcoming this month @mitpress.bsky.social.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...
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I use gesture therapy in the acute stroke unit, do you?

@maddyhaines.bsky.social and @laurarees.bsky.social would like to hear from you if you are an SLT, SLTA or rehab assistant

I've started to lose trust in research from certain places - trial results always seem too perfect. Every outcome is p<0.0001, recruitment is fast... Is it just me?

Help Improve Support for People with Mild Aphasia

Aphasia research and rehabilitation often overlooks people with milder aphasia. For these stroke survivors, communication can often seem “fine” to others, but they might still struggle with:- Finding the right words- Keeping up in complex or group…

📣 Aphasia Therapy Online is now live in Norwegian (bokmål) 🇳🇴

Huge thanks to Kristine Tveter Borgen, Vanessa Seidler Krone, and Assoc. Prof. Melanie Kirmess for making this adaptation possible 🙏

Explore here 👉 www.aphasiatherapyonline.com/no
And here’s a small taste of the Norwegian additions ⬇️

We are excited to introduce ASA Keynote Speaker - Lauren Fletcher, who will be presenting "HealthTalk Connect – Collaboration is the Key to Clinical Research"

For more information on the Aphasiology Symposium visit the website- www.aphasiasymposium.com.au

YouTube video by National Aphasia Association Ask the Expert: AI and Aphasia

AI is changing fast - so how might it affect life with aphasia?

I covered some possibilities in an #aphasia-friendly talk to members of the National Aphasia Association 🇺🇸
Bryn Bowles, who lives with aphasia, also spoke about how she uses AI in daily life. #aphasia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru9t...

🚘 Do you support return to driving following stroke?

💭 We want your views on the best ways to support people with aphasia to get back behind the wheel.

👂We want to hear from all multidisciplinary team members!

uniofqueensland.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Aphasia-specific or generic outcomes? a comparison of two health-related quality of life instruments for economic evaluations of aphasia treatments - Quality of Life Research Purpose Economic evaluations based on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) inform healthcare decisions. The generic EuroQol 5-Dimensions Health Questionnaire, 3-Level (EQ-5D-3L) permits conversion t...

💭 Planning an economic evaluation for a #stroke or #aphasia study?

📊 We compared the EQ-5D-3L & SAQOL-39g

⚠️ We found use of the EQ-5D-3L in economic evaluations including people with aphasia requires caution.

📖 Why? Read the paper here: link.springer.com/10.1007/s111...

Placement poverty is real. Allied health students should be included. #speechpathology #bskyspeechies

Thanks for highlighting our review! An under researched area that I’m looking forward to shedding more light on‼️

Glad to see it changing with developments like the AAA course and @nelsonjslp.bsky.social’s PhD work creating and intervention

Exactly! It came through strongly in our co-design work that people who suddenly found themselves “carers” of family with aphasia felt unprepared, undersupported and overwhelmed.

Carers in post-stroke aphasia: a scoping review of interventions and outcomes beyond communication partner training Carers of people with aphasia face unique challenges. Research has demonstrated that these carers have a higher burden of care and more negative stroke-related outcomes in comparison to carers of s...

We know communication partner training is extremely important for carers of people w #aphasia, but what about other interventions? Our PhD candidate @nelsonjslp.bsky.social conducted a review. There are lots of promising approaches! Most with exploratory evidence only.
doi.org/10.1080/0963...

Sydney - People with Aphasia are needed for a study on user experiences of virtual reality.

If you can come to UTS for a 2-2.5 hr session to experience & give feedback on virtual reality scenarios, please see more info here - aphasiacre.wpcomstaging.com/2025/03/05/g...

Advert for aphasia research

📢 Can you support aphasia research?

Face-to-face And Telehealth Equivalence of assessments in Aphasia (FATE-A) is a research project *improving access to healthcare*

This is the *final month* of recruitment

We are hoping to see 100 people with aphasia

More info: blogs.city.ac.uk/FATE-A/take-...

We’ll need a clinical trial to be certain.

🚨 SLPs, we need your help! 🚨 We are conducting a 20-30 minute survey study on perceptual ratings of pharyngeal residue in MBS 🩻. We’re looking for SLPs 👩‍⚕️ at all levels—clinicians, trainees, and students—to take part. Link to survey ➡️ www.tinyurl.com/2025CurtisAI...

New #aphasia and internet search paper from authors @hcid.city and @citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social and beyond.

openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/34...

🔎 #Search
🔡 #Aphasia
✅️ #A11y

Thank you Linda 😊 Really excited about this area. Plenty to do!!

Aphasia therapy now available in Vietnamese online 

Vietnamese Fact Sheet:   www.aphasiatherapyonline.com/vi/aphasia.

Dialects include vocab & accents tailored to Northern, Southern, and Australian Vietnamese communities.

Visit the Vietnamese site - url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/oSsHC0YZ4V....

Assessment is a key challenge of this area for sure! In fact I hope to have a PhD student looking at Ax soon.

For fantastic insights into the challenges of "very mild" aphasia, see Cavanaugh & Haley, 2020; Mozeiko & Pascariello, 2020.

@rbcavanaugh.bsky.social @jenmozeiko.bsky.social