Luisa Zenobi-Bird

Thank you 😊

31.08.2025 19:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And that’s a wrap on #BASconf25 in Dundee - the City of Discovery!

We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟

Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.

Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️

#aphasia #community

20.08.2025 15:11 — 👍 21    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2

@rosemary-townsend.bsky.social @jentslt.bsky.social @jeanrutter.bsky.social @jennie-grassly-slt.bsky.social @luisazb.bsky.social @shariceclough.bsky.social @lucyebryant.bsky.social might you share and re-post the below please?

07.02.2025 17:31 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

It was a privilege to attend a preview of this wonderful exhibition. Congratulations to everyone involved! 👏👏👏

17.12.2024 08:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Brilliant Bilingualism CEN session today on the City Gesture Checklist and its adaptation into Kannada. Thank you!

11.12.2024 20:48 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

This is a flyer for the Aphasia Therapy Finder. The Aphasia Therapy Finder is a free online tool to help speech therapists find and access high quality resources and instructional videos for evidence-based aphasia therapies.

The Aphasia Therapy Finder is a free online tool to help speech therapists find and access high quality resources and instructional videos for evidence-based aphasia therapies. If you haven’t already, please check it out and share widely.

10.12.2024 09:46 — 👍 18    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1

Red logo showing a rail bridge icon with three rainbow-esque arcs representing the sides of the bridge. Text reads "BAS2025 DUNDEE"

British Aphasiology Society International Conference. Dundee. Aug 18-20th 2025.

Preparations for #BASconf25 in Dundee are coming along swimmingly!

The conference theme is #Community.

Visit the website for more information and to sign up for updates.

blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/

#Aphasia #SLT

09.12.2024 14:19 — 👍 25    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0

Wow 🤩 best aphasia poster award! Thank you #TavistockTrustForAphasia and #UKSF! 🎉🎉🎉 So proud #QueenSquareSpeechies #NHNN #PWA #ConversationPartnerVolunteers

05.12.2024 16:12 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Competing Noises”: How Background Noise Impacts the Communication Experiences of People With Mild-to-Moderate Aphasia Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the subjective experiences of people with aphasia when communicating in the presence of various typ...

Aphasia therapy often occurs in quiet clinic environments, but everyday communication doesn't. People w/aphasia's (PWA's) increased perceived difficulty for coping w/ background noise should be acknowledged, & training should be designed to prepare them for this. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

04.12.2024 00:20 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them . ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .

Our next #Bilingualism #CEN #CPD event on 11th December (12pm-1pm) is on ‘Using City Gesture Checklist with bilingual people’ with Dr Anna Caute and colleagues. Please drop us a message at
bilingualismlondoncen@gmail.com for the zoom link/to be added to our CEN mailing list. 😀🙏🏽

28.11.2024 08:56 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

It’s a wonderful resource! I only just noticed it here too. Definitely to be shared with #QueenSquareSpeechies

24.11.2024 15:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you @jodiallenslt.bsky.social and our wonderful #QueenSquareSpeechies colleagues for this great webinar series! 👏👏👏

21.11.2024 07:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Images of the Queen Square Motor Speech SLT team

Motor speech subtypes as defined by Darley, Aronson & Brown (1969)

Definition of spasticity & causes of upper motor neuron impairment

Salient features of hypokinetic dysarthria & patient descriptions of their own speech symptoms

“The effects of neurological disease on speech are usually lawful, predictable and clinically recognisable” [Professor Joseph Duffy]

That’s a wrap for #QueenSquareSpeechies motor speech series #2024 🤩

20.11.2024 17:01 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0