Archways: Aphasia Rehabilitation Services PLLC, 1425 Broadway #513, Seattle, WA (2026)

03/02/2026

Aphasia Research Highlights 📊 🔍 ⁣
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𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆/𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
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𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔⁣
In this study, researchers examined how picture exposure time and response delay influence naming and repetition in aphasia. Nineteen participants completed naming with long (3000 ms) versus brief (100 ms) picture exposure and 1- versus 5-second repetition delays.⁣
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𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔⁣
This study examined the subtle narrative impairments of individuals who score above the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R) cutoff for aphasia/“not aphasic by WAB” (NABW) but still report communication difficulty. Using the Brief Assessment of Transactional Success in communication in aphasia (BATS), the authors compared story retell performance across non-aphasic controls, NABW, mild anomic, and anomic groups. ⁣
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𝗥𝗘𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗪𝗔⁣
This qualitative study examined how aphasia affects romantic relationships and evaluated a 4-week intimacy-focused support group for people with aphasia (PWA) and their partners called “Rekindling with Aphasia.” Interviews revealed four key relational themes: reduced self-worth (“waiting” to feel normal again), unequal agency and caregiver-role shifts, guilt limiting emotional disclosure, and decreased physical intimacy.⁣
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𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗦⁣
In this cross-sectional study of 77 aphasia caregivers, Cao et al. (2026) examined whether perceived caregiving burden was associated with depressive symptoms and whether friendship support moderated this relationship. ⁣
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02/18/2026

APHASIA RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY 🗣️🧠

Have aphasia, love someone with aphasia, or work in stroke/aphasia care or research? We want to hear from YOU!⁣
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Join our project to shape the future of aphasia research. Together, we’ll identify the biggest ways aphasia impacts everyday life-so research and care focus on what matters most.⁣
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✨ 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 2 online surveys + 2 online meetings (about 6 hrs total)⁣
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💰 $200 payment⁣
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📅 Jan-Aug 2026⁣
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👉 Learn more & sign up: ⁣

https://tinyurl.com/NAAImpact⁣

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𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁!⁣ 💬
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Questions? Contact: coreimpact@aphasia.org

02/05/2026

Aphasia Research Highlights 📊 🔍 ⁣
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𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱⁣/𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲⁣
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𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗪𝗔⁣
This study examined the financial strain associated with post-stroke aphasia and found that aphasia contributes to substantial and inequitable economic burden beyond that experienced by stroke survivors without aphasia. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2018-2021), the authors compared income and wealth outcomes for people with aphasia (PWA) versus stroke survivors without aphasia.⁣
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𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗦 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟⁣
This study examined whether an existing screening tool for identifying unmet needs in carers of stroke survivors is suitable for carers of people with post-stroke aphasia, and how it might be adapted to better reflect aphasia-specific challenges.⁣
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𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡-𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗔𝗖 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗩𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧⁣
This case study evaluated Personalized AAC Verb Enhancement (PAVE), a person-centered intervention that integrates high-tech AAC with Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) for a person with chronic Broca’s aphasia.⁣
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𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬⁣
This study examined how social network structure relates to language recovery in people with chronic post-stroke aphasia. Compared to healthy older adults, people with aphasia had significantly smaller social networks that were often centered on a few close partners (e.g., spouses or immediate family), with fewer peripheral relationships. ⁣
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01/20/2026

APHASIA RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY 🗣️🧠

Have aphasia, love someone with aphasia, or work in stroke/aphasia care or research? We want to hear from YOU!⁣
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Join our project to shape the future of aphasia research. Together, we’ll identify the biggest ways aphasia impacts everyday life-so research and care focus on what matters most.⁣
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✨ 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 2 online surveys + 2 online meetings (about 6 hrs total)⁣
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💰 $200 payment⁣
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📅 Jan-Aug 2026⁣
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👉 Learn more & sign up: ⁣
https://tinyurl.com/NAAImpact⁣
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𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁!⁣ 💬
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Questions? Contact: coreimpact@aphasia.org

01/05/2026

Aphasia Research Highlights 📊 🔍 ⁣
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𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿/𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱⁣
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𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘-𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧⁣
PICTURE-IT (Producing Increasingly Complex Themes Using Right-hemisphere Engagement - Implemented with Telemedicine) is a multimodal discourse treatment designed to deliberately engage right-hemisphere-dominant cognitive-linguistic processes while targeting nouns and verbs within utterances of increasing complexity.⁣
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𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗦𝗔 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠⁣
APROCSA (Auditory-Perceptual Rating of Connected Speech in Aphasia) is a transcriptionless discourse analysis system designed to help SLPs efficiently characterize connected speech impairments in aphasia without the need for transcribing or coding language samples. In APROCSA, clinicians listen to a brief discourse sample (typically ~5 minutes), watch/listen to it twice without pausing, and rate observable discourse features in real time.⁣
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𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗜𝗗 𝗟𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔⁣
This study examined why individuals with very mild aphasia (Not Aphasic by WAB-R/NABW) often perform poorly on letter fluency tasks. Because letter fluency relies on both lexical retrieval and executive functioning (EF), the researchers aimed to determine whether slowed word retrieval, EF deficits, or a combination of both explain these impairments.⁣
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𝗦𝗬𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗫 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬⁣
This study examined Syntax Treatment for Aphasia Recovery (STAR), which is a sentence production intervention grounded in implicit structural priming. Structural priming leverages experience-based learning by repeatedly exposing individuals to specific sentence structures (e.g., transitive or dative constructions), thereby increasing the likelihood of producing those structures without explicit instruction. Unlike traditional syntax treatments that rely on metalinguistic explanation and rule learning, STAR minimizes cognitive-linguistic demands by embedding treatment within oral reading and picture description tasks.⁣
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12/15/2025

🧠 💼 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗼-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 💼 🧠 ⁣
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Returning-to-work after aphasia is a complex process influenced by linguistic impairment, workplace communication demands, environmental supports, and employer understanding. People with aphasia are significantly less likely to return to work than stroke survivors without aphasia, which can contribute to a loss of meaning and/or professional identity. Unaddressed barriers often include spoken and written communication load, time pressure, cognitive fatigue, and limited awareness among coworkers and supervisors.⁣
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Speech-language pathologists can play a central role in identifying these barriers and translating individual needs into job-relevant and modality-specific accommodations. This includes assessing real-world communication tasks, anticipating breakdown points, and advocating for supports that reduce cognitive-linguistic load while preserving role competence and autonomy. The slides that follow provide examples of accommodations that SLPs can recommend and trial with clients as part of the return-to-work process.⁣
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12/02/2025

Aphasia Research Highlights 📊 🔍 ⁣
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𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿/𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱⁣
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𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗪𝗔⁣
Work is deeply tied to identity, social connection, and purpose, and losing the ability to work can significantly impact self-worth and daily participation. This qualitative study interviewed 13 people with post-stroke aphasia to understand how they define “return to work,” what motivates them, and what barriers they face.⁣
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𝗦𝗙𝗔 + 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧⁣
This study evaluated a modified Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) protocol integrated with working-memory (WM) tasks to improve naming in nine adults with diverse aphasia profiles. By embedding WM tasks into semantic-feature generation, the protocol aimed to strengthen both linguistic activation and the temporary storage/manipulation processes that support lexical retrieval.⁣
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𝗖𝗢𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗟 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔⁣
People with nonfluent aphasia often present with both linguistic and cognitive control difficulties, particularly in working memory updating and interference control (skills that strongly influence everyday comprehension, word retrieval, and task management). This study examined whether weaknesses in cognitive control are driven by stroke itself, aphasia, or the severity/type of aphasia.⁣
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𝗖𝗢𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚⁣
This study examined how word-retrieval learning unfolds during Semantic⁣
Feature Analysis (SFA) and which cognitive abilities predict treatment response.⁣
Thirty-nine adults with chronic aphasia completed intensive SFA (~4 hours/day) with daily probes of trained and semantically related untrained items. Modeling session-to-session performance allowed the authors to capture learning as it happened rather than relying only on pre/post comparisons alone.⁣
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11/17/2025

Supporting Reading Comprehension in Aphasia 🧠 📚 ⁣
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For reading comprehension treatment, a variety of strategies can be used to support the linguistic and cognitive aspects of text comprehension.⁣
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* Visual Strategies⁣
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Additionally, text can be modified to be more aphasia-friendly via Supported Reading Comprehension Techniques.⁣
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What strategies have you found to be helpful in your sessions?⁣
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11/03/2025

Aphasia Research Highlights 📊 🔍 ⁣
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𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿/𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱⁣
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𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗧-𝗔 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗘⁣
Given the increasing use of texting in everyday life, many people with aphasia endorse a desire to focus on texting in treatment sessions. With this in mind, researchers in this study evaluated the Transactional EXchanges in Texting for Aphasia (TEXT-A): a brief and functional tool for assessing how effectively PwA convey meaning through text messages.⁣
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𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗘⁣
This study introduced the Functional Rating of Interaction Engagement Needs and Difficulties Scale (FRIENDS), a patient-reported tool developed to assess how aphasia affects friendships and social participation. Developed through eight co-design meetings with three people with aphasia and a caregiver, FRIENDS uses accessible language, pictorial supports, and a 5-point scale to mesure social access, reciprocity, emotional support, trust, and comfort in social settings.⁣
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𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟⁣
The Aphasia Brief COPE (ABC) is an aphasia-accessible adaptation of the Brief COPE designed to measure coping strategies in PwA. Researchers in this study simplified the original 28-item tool using plain language and a binary yes/no response format in order to reduce linguistic and cognitive demands.⁣
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𝗦𝗟𝗣 + 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟⁣
This pilot study evaluated the La Trobe University Aphasia Therapy Collaboration Tool for Speech Pathologists and Interpreters (LTU ACT-SPI), a co-designed resource aimed at supporting collaboration between SLPs and interpreters when delivering aphasia therapy to culturally and linguistically diverse clients. Four SLP-interpreter dyads used the tool to guide a role-played briefing session for a treatment session. Qualitative framework analysis identified four main themes: (1) mutual engagement promotes productive collaboration, (2) adapting therapy across languages is complex and requires additional skills and resources, (3) time is a limited resource, and (4) the tool has multiple benefits.⁣
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10/20/2025

Text-Level Reading 📚 📖 ⁣
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Reading text successfully requires a high-level of linguistic and cognitive integration.⁣
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People with aphasia demonstrate difficulties with both linguistic and extralinguistic cognitive factors such as verbal working memory, episodic memory, monitoring, and cognitive flexibility (Chesneau & Ska, 2015;⁣
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As part of alexia management, the Construction-Integration Model of Text Comprehension can be used clinically to conceptualize text-level comprehension in people with aphasia.⁣
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10/06/2025

Aphasia Research Highlights 📊 🔍 ⁣
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𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁/𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱⁣
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𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟⁣
Traditional naming assessments rely almost exclusively on visual stimuli which are not accessible for stroke survivors with co-occurring visual impairments (e.g., hemianopia, neglect, vision loss, etc.). To address this, researchers in this article developed and validated the Auditory Naming Test (ABT-6) which uses brief auditory descriptions rather than pictures to probe word retrieval.⁣
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𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪⁣
This review emphasizes that bilingual aphasia differs fundamentally from monolingual aphasia since multiple languages interact within the brain in complex ways. The authors outline how factors such as age of acquisition, frequency of use, and cognitive control systems shape both impairment and recovery. They argue that clinicians cannot simply apply monolingual frameworks when working with bilingual patients since recovery patterns often diverge from predictions based on monolingual research.⁣
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𝗥𝗛𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚⁣
Acquired dyslexia/alexia is a common sequela of post-stroke aphasia, often resulting in impaired decoding, slow reading, and reduced accuracy. Traditional rehabilitation approaches typically focus on strengthening grapheme-to-phoneme conversion, whole-word mapping, and compensatory strategies. This study explored whether a computer-assisted Rhythmic Reading Training (RRT) program (previously tested in children with dyslexia) could be adapted for adults with post-stroke alexia and aphasia.⁣
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𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬⁣
Recent evidence clarifies the long-debated role of the right hemisphere in language recovery after left hemisphere (LH) stroke. Using a large sample of 76 chronic stroke survivors with aphasia and 69 controls, researchers applied an adaptive semantic decision fMRI paradigm that minimized performance confounds and produced reliable, left-lateralized language activation.⁣
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09/29/2025

🧠 📚 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆⁣
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Reading and writing are often overlooked in aphasia treatment—but they’re essential for participation and independence. That’s why I partnered with MedBridge to create brand-new, comprehensive courses on alexia and agraphia!⁣
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These courses include:⁣
✅ Evidence-based assessment tools & PROMs⁣
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✅ Case studies applying the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA)⁣
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These courses highlight the latest assessment and treatment approaches published in the past few years—giving you cutting-edge tools and resources to use in practice.⁣
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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀:⁣
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Acquired Reading Impairment in Aphasia: Alexia Assessment & Treatment⁣
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Written Language Production in Aphasia: Agraphia Assessment⁣
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Written Language Production in Aphasia: Agraphia Treatment⁣
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