Pleased to share our paper published online today!
Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia
@lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...
@annacaute.bsky.social
Lecturer at University of Essex, School of Health and Social Care, speech and language therapist, aphasia researcher.
Pleased to share our paper published online today!
Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia
@lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...
Are you an SLT, SLTA or Rehab Assistant using gesture for aphasia therapy in acute stroke care? MSc SLT students (@laurarees.bsky.social @maddyhaines.bsky.social) would love to interview you about this developing area of clinical practice! @susieslt.bsky.social @annacaute.bsky.social. #Aphasia #SLT
06.11.2025 11:05 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0SLT students at Essex Uni are looking to interview SLTs and SLTAs with experience of using gesture in aphasia therapy in acute settings- please get in touch with Maddy and Laura if youโre interested. @basaphasia.bsky.social @susieslt.bsky.social @aphasiatherapycen.bsky.social @abracabadger.com
10.10.2025 08:18 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Really looking forward to hearing Jude Berrando share her expertise about CCD and aphasia! @basaphasia.bsky.social
05.09.2025 08:11 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Student #SLTs! Need a natty little book on #dysphagia to slip in your pocket on placement? My new book offers an A-Z of EDS!: www.routledge.com/Navigating-E...
25.08.2025 07:08 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐
Written & performed by Scots Scriever, Taylor Dyson,
for #BASconf25
Life wis different then, things taken fur grantit
Haud it a up in a hazy gold shimmered nostalgia
When the reality is iy a crashin white cauld
Memories are fragmentit noo
And time moves at a different pace,
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And thatโs a wrap on #BASconf25 in Dundee - the City of Discovery!
Weโve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community ๐
Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.
Safe journeys home โ see you in Cardiff next year! ๐๏ธ
#aphasia #community
Such a privilege to present in @basaphasia.bsky.social conference symposium with @abracabadger.com, @annacaute.bsky.social, Chirag Girish Kiran and @susieslt.bsky.social about #gesture ax & therapy. 1/2 #BASConf25 #aphasia
20.08.2025 20:27 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Huge thanks to Abi Roper, BAS, and the Dundee aphasia community for a fantastic conference! Grateful for the chance to present key findings from NIHR-funded HARP Aphasia Study about using smart camera tech in therapy. @basaphasia.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @abracabadger.com @vjoffe.bsky.social
20.08.2025 16:05 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sarah-Eve Poirier presenting the ACCES project which developed free training for businesses about accessible communication. acces.arterequebec.com/en/ #BASconf2025
20.08.2025 13:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Helene Killmerโs key findings about how parents with aphasia interact with children- asking a child to do something needs more linguistic resources than asking them to stop. #BASconf2025 @basaphasia.bsky.social
20.08.2025 13:15 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The City Gesture Checklist (CGC) a โquick and dirtyโ printable resource for gesture analysis in aphasia. As featured in yesterday's #BASconf25 with @annacaute.bsky.social
doi.org/10.25383/cit...
The City Gesture Checklist has been adapted and translated into Kannada by Chirag Girish Kiran in collaboration with his supervisors; this was a complex process with lots of considerations e.g., cultural differences, differences in dialect, vocabulary choice #BASconf25
19.08.2025 13:43 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The City Gesture Checklist addresses this gap figshare.com/s/04a60389e5...
19.08.2025 13:27 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Great talk about creative CPT in acute setting- ideas, experiences, challenges and reflections- from Jen Thomson, Firle Beckley and Nikki Hafter. #BASconf2025 @basaphasia.bsky.social
20.08.2025 11:53 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Kannada version of the CGC is available here: osf.io/yt24q
Congratulations to Chirag for his excellent MSc project at Uni of Essex.
We now have a symposium with speakers discussing perspectives on gesture assessment and treatment with Anna Caute, Abi Roper, Chirag Girish Kiran, Sussex Williams, Elissa Manzi. Gesture is critical to communication and there is an unmet need for standardised assessment. #BASconf25
19.08.2025 13:24 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Richard Talbot presents findings of a systematic review around implementation of telehealth interventions for people with PPA.. finding the main barriers were the technology & the main facilitators were parts of the intervention. #BASconf25 @rtslt.bsky.social
19.08.2025 14:56 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fascinating key note from Dr Molly Manning discussing techniques and complexities of involving people with aphasia in research #BASconf2025 @basaphasia.bsky.social
20.08.2025 09:57 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Dr Molly Manning is discussing personal and societal factors affecting living successfully with aphasia. #BASconf25 @basaphasia.bsky.social
20.08.2025 09:17 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fantastic to see so many people with #aphasia here at the BAS conference in wonderful Dundee! If youโre here, come and say hello on the Cuespeak stand and see whatโs new in the app. #bskySPEECHIES #BASconf25
19.08.2025 13:57 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Next up @niamhdevane.bsky.social presenting on telehealth #apahsia assessment equivalence to face-to-face administration: the FATE-A study #BASConf25
19.08.2025 10:45 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Lightening talk โก๏ธHelena Gruenstern presents her training for a neuro rehab team to improve communication with PWA, which includes videos of a variety of communication strategies #BASconf25
19.08.2025 11:57 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Great mix of research and clinical insights in the morning sessions. Really encouraging to see such a focus on technology in aphasia management. #BASConf2025
18.08.2025 13:05 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1There's now a little excerpt posted on the website, if people are interested:) www.neuralresearchlab.com/childrens-book #aphasia
12.08.2025 14:34 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The protocol for our #MRFF funded research is out now! bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8...
Our project has codesigned and developed a browser extension to re-render webpages to an โaphasia-friendlyโ (accessible) format.
Look out for our presentation and demo at @asamelb2025.bsky.social in Nov!
Thanks so much for inviting us! Very proud of Chirag Girish Kiran for presenting his MSc research with such aplomb. Here is the Kannada version of the City Gesture Checklist that he developed, freely available via OSF: osf.io/9tmb5/ @universityofessex.bsky.social @abracabadger.bsky.social
13.12.2024 09:41 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Front page of the preprint
A revised version of our scoping review on code-switching in neurodevelopmental conditions is now available on OSF: osf.io/x8ugc We identified 31 studies exploring this bilingual phenomenon & we offer implications for families, for research, & for educational, & speech & language therapy practice
27.08.2024 13:00 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0