Excited to share the first step toward a new line of work I'm developing here at Hopkins, pushing toward usable early prognosis in post-stroke aphasia: acute-phase ML models predicting 12-month recovery across both standardized measures *and* discourse outcomes!

The speech and language therapist’s role in supporting decision-making for people with aphasia: an international cross-sectional survey www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Resilience can be an important contributing factor in poststroke aphasia rehabilitation, but it remains underdefined and understudied. Read about a psychometrically robust resilience scale you can use in the clinic https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2026_JSLHR-25-00621 @udelaware.bsky.social

We're excited to share our new study on decoding brain activity in participants with post-stroke aphasia! We think this is an important step towards cognitive brain-computer interfaces for patients with language disorders www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/8

Study investigated factors influencing the operationalization of AOS assessment methods, mainly interrater reliability of perceptual characteristics of differentially diagnostic measures in order to inform assessment methods in AOS w/ concomitant #aphasia. https://on.asha.org/4voUAlg

Inner speech may be a good predictor of naming treatment outcomes in aphasia. This study shows that inner speech can be a useful tool for monitoring changes during naming therapy https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00357 @feinberg.northwestern.edu

In big healthcare organisational change, you can see how taking a more organic, unfolding, relational, 'learn-as-we-go' approach comes up against a need to know, a need for certainty, a need for clear solutions & things to measure. Think we'd do well to name this tension more than we do.

Intensive comprehensive aphasia approaches are growing in popularity but their theory is incomplete. This study uses Theory of Change & logic modelling to map how ICAPs work & highlight knowledge gaps. https://on.asha.org/47R4RMF

Language comprehension in chronic aphasia relies on the language network, not the Multiple Demand network www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Stroke survivors often face problems in language, motor, & cognitive skills because of neural network overlap. Authors look at these & how integrating speech & language therapy with arm ability training affects recovery in patients with Broca's aphasia. https://on.asha.org/3OWTcFv

Longitudinal prediction of naming and connected speech in post-stroke aphasia: Contribution of acute white matter characteristics https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41619614/

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As an NHS clinical psychologist, I can say pretty much everything here is contributing to the distress people are feeling. It's so validating- to feel heard & understood. This is not the usual 'political spin', this is a presentation of reality that so many people live every day. Thank you.

In the latest from #AJSLP, authors evaluate a 10-week aphasia intervention aimed at improver conversational language. Learn more about this pilot study and its implications! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00113 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social#AJSLP

This article from #ASHASIG2 looks at a new intervention for sentence production that can be tailored to people with aphasia https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00053 #SLPeeps #SLP2B

Some left-hemisphere stroke survivors have self-reported aphasia, despite scoring above the Western Aphasia Battery–Revised cutoff. This article examines rapid lexical retrieval and executive functioning in very mild aphasia. https://on.asha.org/49hAnEE

AJSLP is closing out 2025 with a whole issue of aphasiology resources for clinicians! Learn about the special issue full of articles developed from the 53rd Clinical Aphasiology Conference in Context! https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2025/12/the-latest-aphasia-resources-for-clinicians-in-ajslp/

Just published in open access; we are tremendously proud to have contributed to this landmark paper: Brady et al. (2025). European Stroke Organisation Guideline on Aphasia Rehabilitation. European Stroke Journal 10(4), 1189-1220. doi.org/10.1177/2396...

Due to potential barriers to telepractice with nonspoken communication modalities, authors of this research article sought to evaluate the Multimodal Communication Treatment with discourse via telepractice for people with aphasia. https://on.asha.org/3MGEMrX

I've yet to see a hardcopy myself but Amazon has some actual photos posted.

Pleased to share our paper published online today! Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia @lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...

Study sought to improve production of locative adjuncts in sentence & discourse tasks in persons w/ aphasia using implicit structural priming. They examined what factors impact degrees of structural priming effects. https://on.asha.org/4pft8SP @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social

#JSLHR study evaluated the feasibility & effectiveness of the comprehensive, high-dose aphasia treatment (CHAT) program, a modified-ICAP, when implemented by a public rehabilitation facility in Brisbane, Australia. https://on.asha.org/4o1wLL9 @sigperspectives.bsky.social#JSLHR

Authors examined if phase synchrony index (PSI) from resting-state EEG could predict aphasia recovery after #stroke. PSI, particularly inter-temporal PSI, may reflect recovery-related changes in networks post-stroke and could be a biomarker of aphasia recovery. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

PhD application deadline Dec 15th Excited to bring on a mentee to advance our precision rehabilitation of anomia research at the intersection of #cogsci and #aphasia

Directly rating 4 key dimensions w/ an auditory-perceptual approach shows promise as a highly efficient way to analyze connected speech in aphasia; more work will be necessary to develop this approach for clinical applications. https://on.asha.org/3LtXbb7 @sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps

Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking. My new @psychtoday.bsky.social essay excerpted and adapted from Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language, forthcoming this month @mitpress.bsky.social. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire... .

Individuals with poststroke aphasia face job loss after stroke. This article from #ASHASIG2 shows how SLPs can guide conversations and support adults with aphasia who wish to return to work https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00021 #SLPeeps #SLP2Be

Text messaging is an increasingly relevant rehabilitation target for people with aphasia. The validity and reliability of the Transactional EXchanges in Texting for Aphasia (TEXT-A) rating scale are evaluated in this recent #JSLHR study. https://on.asha.org/4qPiILu

Lippersley Pike. 1767! Following the old ways. I guess people were crossing this landscape before it became a grouse moor desert ... #moorland #Yorkshire

The October @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter is out now: bit.ly/3WyBMQ8 This issue covers Rx for child language, literacy, adult language, dysphagia, disability, and paediatric feeding. SIX of the papers are open access! #SLPeeps #SLP #SLT #wespeechies #speechbite #bskySPEECHIES

Study supports structural priming as an effective sentence production treatment for persons w/#aphasia, especially when verbs are not matched between primes & target. https://on.asha.org/47u4q9Y @csdisseminate.bsky.social @opencsd.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social#aphasia

DW. This page expands on two Clinical Rehabilitation articles: doi.org/10.1177/0269... and doi.org/10.1177/0269..., which are on Rehabilitation Thinking and a General Theory of Rehabilitation.

Measures of coping that are accessible to persons w/ aphasia are lacking. This #AJSLP article takes a step toward solving this problem by presenting a coping questionnaire, the Aphasia Brief COPE, standardized on persons w/ #aphasia. https://on.asha.org/47mSwid @sigperspectives.bsky.social#AJSLP

Our new paper on assessing conversations after brain injury is now OPEN ACCESS 📝🗣️ ✅ 5-min conversation ratings are more reliable & practical than 10-min ones ✅ MPC & MSC scales showed moderate reliability ✅ Scoring takes <30 min 👉 Read here: pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

Watch our latest Seminars Have you missed any of our seminars this year? Our YouTube chanel has recordings of our seminars available for you to watch anytime. Seminar 57 - How do speech pathologists deliver services to bi/multilingual adults with aphasia in a hospital and healthcare setting?…

The September @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter is out now: bit.ly/4nSwz1d This issue covers Rx for child speech and language, aphasia, dysarthria, dysphagia, disability, voice and fluency. SIX of the papers are open access! #SLPeeps #SLP #SLT #wespeechies #speechbite #bskySPEECHIES

"I felt really confident to enter the session": a pilot evaluation of a co-designed speech pathologist and interpreter collaboration tool for aphasia therapy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41017380/

Important paper by Sarah Schneck, @smwilson.bsky.social et al. "We found strong evidence that left posterior temporal cortex is the most critical region for language processing in post-stroke aphasia...right posterior temporal cortex made an independent contribution" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Researchers aimed to better understand SLPs' clinical practice re. rehabilitation of reading & writing w/ clients who have #aphasia. The research focused on improving educational training opportunities & access to literacy resources for SLPs. https://on.asha.org/3VscG55 @sigperspectives.bsky.social#aphasia

Researchers describe the incidence of aphasia, high-level language impairment, and swallowing impairment in patients post-stroke treated with mechanical thrombectomy. https://on.asha.org/3KlKbU6

New work on aphasia treatment outcome from Janina Wilmskoetter and the CSTAR team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

So honored to contribute to this important work and push forward #discourse research for underrepresented aphasia populations! Congratulations to all my co-authors and the incredible ASAL team! Our paper is available open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us for our next Seminar -24th Sept 2025 at 4pm “How do speech pathologists deliver services to bi/multilingual adults with aphasia in a hospital and healthcare setting?” Presentation by: Samantha Siyambalapitiya Register now for your free Zoom link - latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Out now via Open Access: The effectiveness of interventions to support informal stroke carers: a systematic review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our next study ½ day via Zoom: "When Language and Cognition Collide: treating co-occurring Aphasia + CCD after TBI" presented by Jude Berraondo SLT. Key principles, practical therapy, case examples, application to your own setting. 12th Nov, 2-5pm. £5. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-langu...

#Sleep health is poor in acute inpatient #rehabilitation after #stroke but improves over time. Improved sleep quality was associated w/ ⬇️ overnight activity & ⬆️ heart rate. Poor initial sleep quality & cognitive status were associated w/ ⬆️ overnight disruptions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Researchers aimed to involve stakeholders in the development of a novel approach combining remotely supervised but independently self-administered home-based transcranial direct current stimulation with an intensive aphasia telerehabilitation. https://on.asha.org/4n166y9

Huge thanks to Abi Roper, BAS, and the Dundee aphasia community for a fantastic conference! Grateful for the chance to present key findings from NIHR-funded HARP Aphasia Study about using smart camera tech in therapy. @basaphasia.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @abracabadger.com @vjoffe.bsky.social

This #OpenAccess study examined the effects of a combined treatment protocol, leveraging Treatment of Underlying Forms and a modified version of Sound Production Treatment, on language and speech outcomes in individuals with mild aphasia and apraxia. on.asha.org/4mg8wc4