Essays about: "aphasia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word aphasia.

1. 1. A group of Swedish speakers’ performance on Swedish adaptations of the Bedside WAB-Rand CLQT : The performance of cognitively and linguistically nonimpaired adults on measures of language and cognition and its relationship to verbal fluency

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Logopedi

   Author : Sam Skogström; [2024]
   Keywords : CLQT; bedside WAB-R; aphasia; cognition; verbal fluency tests; CLQT; bedside WAB-R; afasi; kognition; ordflödestest;

   Abstract : There are currently no Swedish norms for the bedside version of the Western Aphasia Battery (B-WAB-R) and the Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT). It is unknown whether age, gender, and education influence performance in a Swedish context. READ MORE

3. 2. Group activities for people with aphasia – experiences and impact on psychosocial well-being.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Logopedi

   Author : Samra Mujkanovic; [2024]
   Keywords : aphasia; group activities; rehabilitation; psychosocial; well-being; afasi; rehabilitering; gruppaktiviteter; psykosocialt; välmående;

   Abstract : Afasi är en språkstörning som främst uppstår till följd av en stroke och drabbar cirka 30 % av alla strokepatienter i Sverige. Personer med afasi upplever ofta besvär med det psykosociala välmåendet, exempelvis depression, förlust av arbete och påverkade relationer. READ MORE

4. 3. Pre-stroke communication style and post-stroke functional communication in people with severe aphasia : A quantitative observational study

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Logopedi

   Author : Robin Tiba; [2023]
   Keywords : aphasia; communication style; functional communication; cognitive function; afasi; kommunikationsstil; funktionell kommunikation; kognitiva funktioner;

   Abstract : Speech and language pathologists working with aphasia therapy regularly encounter close relatives of people with aphasia. A common observation is that close relatives discern a connection regarding how the person with aphasia manages communication difficulties, related to their communication style before suffering from stroke. READ MORE

5. 4. Patient Empowerment and Accessibilityin e-Health Services : Accessibility Evaluation of a Mobile WebSite for Medical Records Online

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion

   Author : Axel Johansson; [2015]
   Keywords : accessibility; accessibility evaluation; accessibility guidelines; assistive technologies; disability; expert evaluation; ISO; personas; w3c; WCAG 2.0;

   Abstract : This thesis evaluates a DEMO version of the mobile web site for medical recordsonline, m.minavardkontakter.se, from a web accessibility point of view. The evaluationis an expert evaluation based on the ISO standard for web accessibility, Web ContentAccessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2. READ MORE

6. 5. The influence of educational level and occupational status on the spoken language production of persons with agrammatic aphasia

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Baran Johansson; [2013-06-04]
   Keywords : agrammatic aphasia; spoken language production; speech production; syntactic; morphological; semantic; phonological; lexical;

   Abstract : Can educational background and occupational status have an influence on the spoken language production of persons with agrammatic aphasia? This study is an attempt to answer this question based on the investigation of speech production of three American high school and three American university educated persons with agrammatic aphasia. Syntactic, morphological, semantic, phonological and lexical analyses have been performed on the data. READ MORE