Purpose Provide an overview of existing knowledge on the concept of identity and identity changes and formation of people with language disorders of aphasia. To date, there has been limited exploration of identity changes of people with aphasia as communication difficulties have been perceived as a barrier …

Dysartrie is een spraakstoornis door spiercontroleproblemen, die ademhaling, fonatie, resonantie, articulatie en prosodie beïnvloedt. Dit tast zowel de spraak als het dagelijks functioneren aan. Logopedische behandelingen richten zich op het vaststellen van de oorzaak en het type dysartrie, en op het …

Dit artikel betreft een pilotonderzoek waarin het leven met afasie van Lot centraal staat. Het doel van dit artikel is om een nieuwe methodologie te introduceren voor onderzoek naar identiteitsveranderingen van personen met afasie (PMA) en de mogelijke toepassing hiervan in de behandelpraktijk. De gehanteerde …

This paper describes the changes in communication skills, knowledge and confidence in Speech Language Therapy (SLT) students in conversations with People With Aphasia (PWA) after Training Con-tAct, a Dutch Communication Partner Training. Methods: On a voluntary basis, nine SLT students (2nd yr) completed …

Objective The first objective was to assess the psychometric properties of the 92-item Dutch Naming Test (DNT-92), developed to assess word finding difficulties in people with aphasia, using Item Response Theory (IRT). The second objective was to select suitable items for a short version with a discriminative …

This thesis focuses on improving communication between people with aphasia and healthcare professionals (HCPs) working in hospitals or rehabilitation centers. After acquiring brain injury, people with aphasia generally go to healthcare facilities to receive acute- and multidisciplinary rehabilitation …

Inleiding. De opkomst van nieuwe technologieën biedt kansen voor de behandeling van afasiepatiënten, waardoor intensiever en zelfstandiger geoefend kan worden. Behandeling, ondersteund met een applicatie op een tablet, is daar één van. De afasiemodule van de behandelapplicatie STAPP is gebaseerd op Module …

Background There is an increasing amount of research that investigates the needs and wishes of people with aphasia and their relatives with regards to improving the accessibility of communication with healthcare professionals (HCP). An important way to improve this is by training HCP to use supportive …

Background Communication between people with aphasia and their healthcare professionals (HCPs) can be greatly improved when HCPs are trained in using supportive conversation techniques and tools. Communication partner training (CPT) is an umbrella term that covers a range of interventions that train …