Aphasia Qualitative Review Paper

Simmons-Mackie, Savage, and Worrall (2014) performed a review of literature to organize information from varied sources into a descriptive overview of conversation therapy for aphasia. Thirty articles met criteria for review and were identified as primary sources for the qualitative review (Simmons-Mackie, 2014). There was marked variation in conversation therapy approaches and outcome measures reported and a notable gap in information about one-on-one conversation therapy for individuals with aphasia (Simmons-Mackie, 2014). This review provides a description of various conversation therapy approaches and identified gaps in the existing literature (Simmons-Mackie, 2014). The review found valid measures of natural conversation, research on one-on-one conversation approaches for individuals with aphasia, and a systematic body of evidence consisting of high quality research are needed (Simmons-Mack, 2014). MedlinePlus (2016) separates aphasia in non-fluent and affluent forms. Expressive aphasia may be non-fluent in which case a person has trouble: finding the right word, speaking overall, and …show more content…
The University of South Carolina (2013) found that using speech entertainment techniques patients showed significant improvement in their ability to speak. During the “speech entertainment-audio visual” portion of the study, participants attempted to mimic a speaker in real-time whose mouth was made visible on the 3.5-inch screen of an iPod Touch and whose speech was heard via headphones (USC, 2013). The preliminary results suggest that training with speech entertainment improves speech production in Broca’s aphasia providing a potential therapeutic method for a disorder that has been shown to be particularly resistant to treatment (USC,

Show More

Related Documents: Aphasia Qualitative Review Paper

Essay about Psychology Workbook