Speech and language markers of neurodegeneration: a call for global equity

AM García, J de Leon, BL Tee, DE Blasi… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the field of neurodegeneration, speech and language assessments are useful for
diagnosing aphasic syndromes and for characterizing other disorders. As a complement to …

Symptom‐led staging for semantic and non‐fluent/agrammatic variants of primary progressive aphasia

CJD Hardy, C Taylor‐Rubin, B Taylor… - Alzheimer's & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
INTRODUCTION Here we set out to create a symptom‐led staging system for the canonical
semantic and non‐fluent/agrammatic variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA), which …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Primary Progressive Aphasia Based on Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience: A Sco** Review and …

E Gkintoni, E Michou - Brain Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background/Objectives: This systematic review of neuropsychological rehabilitation
strategies for primary progressive aphasia will consider recent developments in cognitive …

COS-PPA: protocol to develop a core outcome set for primary progressive aphasia

A Volkmer, DA Copland, ML Henry, JD Warren… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The term primary progressive aphasia (PPA) describes a group of language-led
dementias. Disease-modifying treatments that delay, slow or reverse progression of PPA are …

‛It's all communication': Family members' perspectives on the communication needs for themselves and their relatives with primary progressive aphasia

K Davies, T Howe, J Small… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Communication disabilities, such as primary progressive aphasia (PPA), impact
family members as well as the individuals with the condition. To provide adequate …

[HTML][HTML] Cope PPA—Adaptation of the Biographic-Narrative Approach for Persons with Primary Progressive Aphasia: Protocol for Clinical Trial Design

M Gauch, S Corsten, AL Köb, O Tüscher, I Heinrich… - Brain Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Persons with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) often experience limitations in their quality
of life (QoL). Some studies have shown positive effects of speech and language therapy on …

Collaborative turn-construction practices of people with primary progressive aphasia and their family conversation partners

A Volkmer, S Mistry, D Thompson… - Journal of …, 2023 - utppublishing.com
Background: Primary progressive aphasia describes a group of three rare language-led
dementias: semantic, logopenic, and non-fluent. The small number of conversation analysis …

Development of fidelity of delivery and enactment measures for interventions in communication disorders

A Volkmer, S Beeke, JD Warren… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study was part of a process evaluation for a single‐blind, randomized
controlled pilot study comparing Better Conversations with Primary Progressive Aphasia …

How do speech and language therapists enact aphasia psychosocial support in Ireland? A cross‐sectional online survey informed by normalization process theory

MX Manning, C Cleary… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Supporting psychosocial well‐being in aphasia is necessarily person‐centred,
interdisciplinary and coordinated. Shortcomings in such support are described in Ireland …

Symptom-led staging for primary progressive aphasia

CJD Hardy, C Taylor-Rubin, B Taylor, E Harding… - medRxiv, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The primary progressive aphasias (PPA) present complex and diverse challenges of
diagnosis, management and prognosis. A clinically-informed, syndromic staging system for …