BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Aphasia can profoundly affect an individual's identity. Yet studying identity in people with aphasia presents methodological challenges, as language, our primary medium for self-expression, is disrupted. This study explored how people with aphasia experience and reshape identity …

Background and purpose Aphasia can profoundly affect an individual’s identity. Yet studying identity in people with aphasia presents methodological challenges, as language, our primary medium for self-expression, is disrupted. This study explored how people with aphasia experience and reshape identity …

Jaarlijks krijgen zo’n 10.000 mensen in Nederland afasie. Voor deze patiënten begint de uitdaging van communiceren in het ziekenhuis, waar het contact met zorgverleners hun eerste ervaring is met de communicatieve beperkingen. Zorgverleners beschikken vaak niet over de juiste vaardigheden om goed te …

I was a member of the organisation committee and I delivered two talks. One key-note on Storytelling in Speech-Therapy Education and one workshop on Psycological well-being in PWA. Also, I had a poster on our Scoping Review on identity changes in aphasia.

Aims: To detect differences in speech fluency in separate primaryprogressive aphasia syndromes (PPA) using automated analysistechniques. The resulting linguistic features are evaluated for theiruse in a predictive model to identify common patterns in speakerswith PPA. As fluency is observable in audio …

Purpose Provide an overview of existing knowledge on the concept of identity and identity changes and formation of people with language disorders of aphasia. To date, there has been limited exploration of identity changes of people with aphasia as communication difficulties have been perceived as a barrier …

Dysartrie is een spraakstoornis door spiercontroleproblemen, die ademhaling, fonatie, resonantie, articulatie en prosodie beïnvloedt. Dit tast zowel de spraak als het dagelijks functioneren aan. Logopedische behandelingen richten zich op het vaststellen van de oorzaak en het type dysartrie, en op het …

This paper describes the changes in communication skills, knowledge and confidence in Speech Language Therapy (SLT) students in conversations with People With Aphasia (PWA) after Training Con-tAct, a Dutch Communication Partner Training. Methods: On a voluntary basis, nine SLT students (2nd yr) completed …

Objective The first objective was to assess the psychometric properties of the 92-item Dutch Naming Test (DNT-92), developed to assess word finding difficulties in people with aphasia, using Item Response Theory (IRT). The second objective was to select suitable items for a short version with a discriminative …