In the absence of words… A systemic N=1 study of Art Therapy in combination with Storytelling as a contributive therapy for adults suffering with acquired brain injury and possibly diagnosed with aphasia. People with acquired brain injury and aphasia can experience communication impairments and therefore …

Background: Lexical access problems of inflected verbs are common in aphasia. Previous research addressed these problems either in purely linguistic terms (e.g., verb movement) or in terms of lexical characteristics (e.g., frequency). We propose a new measure of verb complexity, which combines linguistic …

Speech Music Therapy for Aphasia (SMTA) is een relatief nieuwe, in Nederland ontwikkelde behandelingsmethode voor mensen met afasie en/of spraakapraxie. Specifiek onderzoek naar deze methode bij mensen met chronische globale afasie is nog niet eerder gedaan. Door middel van literatuurstudie, een vragenlijst …

Lebensqualität gewinnt in der logopädischen Diagnostik und Therapie immer mehr an Bedeutung. Um eine patientengerechte Behandlung zu ermöglichen, ist es primär notwendig die von Betroffenen empfundene Lebensqualität zu erfassen. Patienten, bei welchen aufgrund eines Schlaganfalls eine Aphasie entstanden …

Niet aangeboren hersenletsel is een aandoening waar veel muziektherapeuten mee te maken hebben. Mensen komen na een CVA of hersentumor, maar ook na ongeval of ziekten als Alzheimer en Parkinson met hersenletsel terecht in een revalidatiecentrum of verpleeghuis. Deze patiënten worden met tal van klachten …

To investigate social participation of stroke survivors with aphasia and het related and environmental factors: what is already known; how to measure; how is the patients' perception; how do they participate.

Patients with poststroke aphasia have higher mortality rates and worse functional outcome than patients without aphasia. Nurses are well aware of aphasia and the associated problems for patients with stroke because they have daily contact with them. The challenge is to provide evidence-based care directed …

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Background The experiences of residents who have communication difficulties such as dysphasia are largely absent from the literature. Aim To illuminate the everyday experiences of four residents with severe communication difficulties living in a residential care setting in the Netherlands. Methodology …