I was recently working with a patient and family on aphasia intervention strategies. This client had received speech therapy services before but asked me to come into the home for speech therapy services and family training. The client's speech was non-fluent and largely unintelligible when I arrived. BUT. With the implementation of evidence based strategies …
Miscommunication Is A Two-Way Street
One of the most challenging things I hear as a speech therapist is "my <insert loved one's name here> doesn't understand me anymore" or "I don't understand my loved one". Y’all. Communication is a two-way street. We know this. Aphasia or TBI don’t change this. In fact, I think that when someone we love is …
The A. To Z. SLP is proud to announce that they will be presenting at Mozz Fest 2022:
“Effective Communication Strategies For Communication With People With Aphasia For the IT Professional” Aphasia is a disorder of language following stroke, brain injury/concussion, or other neurological change. There are currently over a million people living in the US who have aphasia, with nearly 180,000 new cases ever year. Many people with aphasia can live independent …
Aphasia, The Unwelcome Guest.
When aphasia, dysphagia, apraxia, or TBI have a seat at the dinner table it can feel as if an unwelcome guest has arrived. When people we love survive neurological diseases and injuries they can feel like they aren’t fully able to participate during the holidays. Families feel helpless. It doesn't have to be so hard. …
Is This Insane? Maybe not.
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