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RESOURCES

Free Materials From the University of Nebraska—Lincoln

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  • Multimodal Communication Screening Test for Aphasia (MCST-A)​

  • Aphasia Needs Assessment​

  • Scanning/Visual Field/Print Size/Attention Screening Task​

  • AAC Communicator Checklist

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Available here:

https://cehs.unl.edu/aac/aphasia-assessment-materials/

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AphasiaBank​

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  • Coherence Rating Scales

  • Core Lexicon

  • Correct Information Units

  • Automated Northwestern Narrative Language Analysis

  • Quantitative Production Analysis

  • Main Concept Analysis

  • Story Grammar

  • Systemic Functional Linguistic Analysis

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Available here: https://aphasia.talkbank.org/discourse/

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Social Communication PROMs​

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  • Profile of Communicative  Appropriateness (PACE

  • Available Here:  PACE

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  • Communicative Effectiveness Index (CETI)

  • Available Here: CETI

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  •  Stroke Social Network Scale (SSN)

  • Available Here: SSN​

Cognition​

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  • Thinking 4 AAC: See the cognitive demands of apps by selecting features of the AAC technology ​

  • Available here: https://tat4aac.ohsu.edu/

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  • Cognitive assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (CASP)

  • Tested on PWA 

  • ​Available Here: CASP

Hearing Screening PROMs​

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  • Hearing Handicap Inventory and Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale

  • Available Here: HHI and SSQ

Speech Rating Scales​

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  • Apraxia of Speech Rating Scale available in the appendix of The apraxia of speech rating scale: A tool for diagnosis and description of apraxia of speech article 

  • Available Here: ASRS

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  • ​Newcastle Dysarthria Assessment

  • Available Here: Newcastle

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  • Radbound Dysarthria Assessment

  • Available Here: Radbound

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Retrieved January 8, 2020, from https://www.asha.org /PRPSpecificTopic.aspx?folderid=8589942773§ion#Assessment.   â€‹

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AssistiveWare. (2009, April 20). ‎Proloquo2Go. Retrieved December 30, 2019, from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/proloquo2go/id308368164.   â€‹

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication. (n.d.). Retrieved March 8, 2020, from https://www.asha.org/PRPSpecificTopic.aspx?folderid=8589942773§ion â€‹

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Ball, A., Grether, S., Garza, K., & Romich, B. A case with severe agraphia using word prediction technology. Poster presented at: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention.   â€‹

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Beukelman, D. R., & Mirenda, P. (2005). Augmentative & alternative communication: Supporting children & adults with complex communication needs (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.  â€‹

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Brady, L. J. (2012). Retrieved from https://proactivespeech.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/quick_feature_matching_checklist.jpg  â€‹

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Brock, K., Koul, R., Corwin, M., & Schlosser, R. (2017). A comparison of visual scene and grid displays for people with chronic aphasia: A pilot study to improve communication using AAC. Aphasiology, 31(11), 1282-1306. doi:10.1080/02687038.2016.1274874  â€‹

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Camarota, S. A., & Zeigler, K. (2014, October 3). One in Five U.S. Residents Speaks Foreign Language at Home, Record 61.8 million. Retrieved January 6, 2020, from https://cis.org/One-Five-US-Residents-Speaks-Foreign-Language-Home-Record-618-million. ​

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Chokkattu, J. (2019, August 23). Don't let the bigger iPhones woo you away: The XS is still a masterpiece. Retrieved January 18, 2020, from https://www.digitaltrends.com/cell-phone-reviews/apple-iphone-xs-review/   â€‹

 

Coleman, M.B. (2011). Technology spotlight: Choosing onscreen keyboard layouts for students who use adaptive input devices. Newsletter of the Division for Physical and Health Disabilities (Summer ed., Vol. 29(2)pp. 11-14). Arlington, VA: Division for Physical and HEalth Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children.   â€‹

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Dietz, A., Quach, W., Lund, S. K., & McKelvey, M. (2012). AAC assessment and clinical-decision making: The impact of experience. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 28(3), 148-159. doi:10.3109/07434618.2012.704521  â€‹

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Do You Speak American . Sea to Shining Sea . American Varieties. (2005). Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/   â€‹

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Fager, S. K., Gromley, J., & Beukelmann, D. R. (2016). VISUAL COGNITIVE PROCESSING DEMANDS OF ABC AND QWERTY ONSCREEN KEYBOARDS: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI/TBI AND TYPICAL INDIVIDUALS. Retrieved January 21, 2020, from https://www.resna.org/sites/default/ files/conference/2016/cac/fager.html   â€‹

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Garrett, K. L., & Lasker, J. P. (2005). Adults with Severe Aphasia. In Augmentative & alternative communication: Supporting children & adults with complex communication needs (3rd ed., pp. 467–504). Baltimore, MA: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.   â€‹

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Gosnell, Jessica & Costello, John & Shane, Howard. (2011). Using a Clinical Approach To Answer “What Communication Apps Should We Use?”. Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication. 20. 87. 10.1044/aac20.3.87  â€‹

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Hux, K., Brown, J. A., Wallace, S., Knollman-Porter, K., Saylor, A., & Lapp, E. (2019). Effect of text-to-speech rate on reading comprehension by adults with aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, , 1-17. doi:10.1044/2019_AJSLP-19-00047  â€‹

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Hux, K., Knollman-Porter, K., Brown, J., & Wallace, S. E. (2017). Comprehension of synthetic speech and digitized natural speech by adults with aphasia. Journal of Communication Disorders, 69, 15-26. doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2017.06.006   â€‹

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Johnson, J. M., Inglebret, E., Jones, C., & Ray, J. (2006). Perspectives of speech language pathologists regarding success versus abandonment of AAC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 22(2), 85-99. doi:10.1080/07434610500483588

 

Katerina Hilari & Sarah Northcott (2017) “Struggling to stay connected”: comparing the social relationships of healthy older people and people with stroke and aphasia, Aphasiology, 31:6, 674-687, DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2016.1218436   â€‹

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King, C., & East, M. (2011). Learners' interaction with listening tasks: Is either input repetition or a slower rate of delivery of benefit? Paper presented at the , 17(1) 70-85.  â€‹

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Koul, R., Corwin, M., & Hayes, S. (2005). Production of graphic symbol sentences by individuals with aphasia: Efficacy of a computer-based augmentative and alternative communication intervention. Brain and Language, 92(1), 58-77. doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2004.05.008  â€‹

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McNaughton, D., & Light, J. (2013). The iPad and mobile technology revolution: Benefits and challenges for individuals who require augmentative and alternative communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 29(2), 107-116. doi:10.3109/07434618.2013.784930  â€‹

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Mesulam, M. M. (1981). A cortical network for directed attention and unilateral neglect. Annals of Neurology, 10(4), 309.  â€‹

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Millar, S. (2010). Symbol Set Comparison. Retrieved January 5, 2020, from https://www.spectronics.com.au/article/symbol-set-comparison.   â€‹

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Nicholas, M., & Connor, L. T. (2017). People with aphasia using AAC: Are executive functions important? Aphasiology, 31(7), 819-836. doi:10.1080/02687038.2016.1258539​

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Petroi, D., Koul, R. K., & Corwin, M. (2014). Effect of number of graphic symbols, levels, and listening conditions on symbol identification and latency in persons with aphasia. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 30(1), 40-54. doi:10.3109/07434618.2014.882984 â€‹

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Rose, T. A., Worrall, L. E., Hickson, L. M., & Hoffmann, T. C. (2012). Guiding principles for printed education materials: Design preferences of people with aphasia. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14(1), 11-23. doi:10.3109/17549507.2011.631583  

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SACCHETT, C. (2002). Drawing in aphasia: Moving towards the interactive. International Journal of Human - Computer Studies, 57(4), 263-277. doi:10.1006/ijhc.2002.1018  â€‹

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Shane, H., & Costello, J. (1994, November). Augmentative communication assessment and the feature matching process. Mini-seminar presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.   â€‹

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Trnka, K., McCaw, J., Yarrington, D., McCoy, K. F., & Pennington, C. (2009). User interaction with word prediction: The effects of prediction quality. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), 1(3), 1-34. doi:10.1145/1497302.149730  â€‹

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Wallace, S. E., Dietz, A., Hux, K., & Weissling, K. (2012). Augmented input: The effect of visuographic supports on the auditory comprehension of people with chronic aphasia. Aphasiology, 26(2), 162-176. doi:10.1080/02687038.2011.628004​

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Wallace, Sarah & Hux, Karen. (2013). Effect of two layouts on high technology AAC navigation and content location by people with aphasia. Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology. 9. 10.3109/17483107.2013.799237.  â€‹

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Wallace, S. E., Hux, K., & Beukelman, D. R. (2010). Navigation of a dynamic screen AAC interface by survivors of severe traumatic brain injury. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 26(4), 242-254. doi:10.3109/07434618.2010.521895  â€‹

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Wallace, S. E., Purdy, M., & Skidmore, E. (2014). A multimodal communication program for aphasia during inpatient rehabilitation: A case study. Neurorehabilitation, 35(3), 615-625. doi:10.3233/NRE-141136 ​

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