Congratulations Amanda Wadams for recent publication!

Amanda Wadams is the first author on a systematic review published in Frontiers in Rehabilitation. The title of the paper is Metacognitive Treatment in Acquired Brain Injury and Its Applicability to Aphasia: A Systematic Review.  Congratulations Amanda!

Abstract:

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review is to identify the utility of metacognitive therapeutic intervention for persons with acquired brain injury (ABI), with a focus on persons with aphasia.

Methods: A search of six databases resulted in two hundred and sixty-six unique manuscripts relating to the explicit use of metacognitive treatment for people with ABI. Two independent reviewers rated abstracts for inclusion or exclusion of the study given predetermined criteria. Twenty-nine articles, five of which included people with aphasia, were selected for inclusion in this systematic review. SCED+ and PEDro+ rating scales were used to rate the methodological quality of each study.

Results: Methodological quality of the 29 studies that met inclusion criteria ranged from weak to high quality studies. Three -hundred and sixty-nine individuals with ABI took part in the 29 studies. Varying treatment methods were employed. Outcome measures were inconsistent. Metacognitive treatment has been applied to people with aphasia with positive results, but efficacy of the treatment cannot yet be determined.

Conclusions: Metacognitive therapeutic intervention tends to be effective for persons with acquired brain injury (ABI) despite variability between intervention designs and treatment outcomes across studies. Due to so few studies with participants with aphasia, we were unable to draw conclusions regarding the efficacy of metacognitive treatment for people with aphasia. Further research on the efficacy of metacognitive treatment for this population is warranted.

Join us for a talk from Dr. Charles Ellis

All are invited to attend our first SLHS colloquium of the 2021-22 academic year. Our first speaker is  Dr. Charles Ellis, PhD CCC-SLP.  Dr. Ellis is an ASHA Fellow and Professor at the University of Florida. Though his population of interest is aphasia, the impact of social determinants of health are relevant to all of the populations that we as SLPs and Audiologists serve!

If you missed it, he was awesome! Check out the recording, below.

Lessons Learned from Aphasia Telepractice: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health and Other Factors

Telepractice approaches have emerged as a foundational approach for offering SLP/A after the onset of COVID-19. However, even when the client and provider are able to align from a technological standpoint, other difficult to measure factors can influence the success or failure of telepractice approaches in similar ways to face-to-face approaches. In this presentation, the presenter will provide an overview of the initiation of a telepractice aphasia research program and the discuss the impact of social determinants of health on the success of the approach and clinical outcomes achieved.

 

Congrats Louisa Suting on publishing in Perspectives In Speech and Language

Analysis of Real-World Language Use in a Person With Wernicke’s Aphasia

Louisa has published the first of several studies where we analyze the communication environment in the homes of people with aphasia and those without. In this first study, we looked at changes in the natural language occurring at home before and after a massed practice type treatment with an individual with Wernicke’s aphasia.