The Science of Aphasia Rehabilitation

Chris Code, MA, PhD, FRCS, FBPsS, is Hon Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, UK, (Past) Foundation Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Sydney, Australia. He was awarded the 2010 Robin Tavistock Award for Services to Aphasia, is a Patron of AphasiaNow and is co-founding Editor of Aphasiology. Research interests include neuropsychology of language/speech, recovery and treatment of aphasia, psychosocial consequences of aphasia, public awareness and history of aphasia, apraxia and the evolution of language. Donald B. Freed is a professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies at California State University, Fresno, USA. His research mostly has concentrated on the treatment of word-finding problems associated with aphasia. He has presented a number of papers at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference and similar conferences. He has authored a textbook on motor speech disorders, as well as articles in Aphasiology, AJSLP, JSHR, and other journals.

1. Introduction: The clinical scientist Donald B. Freed and Chris Code 2. Generalisation of personalised cueing to enhance word finding in natural settings Ericka Olsen, Donald B. Freed, and Robert C. Marshall 3. Verb and noun deficits in stroke-induced and primary progressive aphasia: The Northwestern Naming Battery Cynthia K. Thompson, Sladjana Lukic, Monique C. King, M. Marsel Mesulam, and Sandra Weintraub 4. Considering a multi-level approach to understanding maintenance of global coherence in adults with aphasia Heather Harris Wright and Gilson J. Capilouto 5. Training healthcare providers in patient–provider communication: What speech-language pathology and medical education can learn from one another Michael I. Burns, Carolyn R. Baylor, Megan A. Morris, Thomas E. McNalley, and Kathryn M. Yorkston 6. Generalisation of a novel implicit treatment for coarse coding deficit in right hemisphere brain damage: A single-participant experiment Connie A. Tompkins, Victoria L. Scharp, Kimberly M. Meigh, Margaret Lehman Blake, and Julie Wambaugh 7. Do principles of motor learning enhance retention and transfer of speech skills? A systematic review Lauren P. Bislick, Phillip C. Weir, Kristie Spencer, Diane Kendall, and Kathryn M. Yorkston 8. Apportioning time for aphasia rehabilitation Chris Code