This special issue of Aphasiology brings together papers from six countries in three continents on the ways in which computers are being used in the domain. Information technology is now well established as a means of delivering treatment to people with aphasia and this issue includes papers which describe the latest ways in which this is being carried out. Doesborgh et. al. report on Multicue, a way in which the capabilities of computers are used to support cueing approaches to the treatment of naming difficulties; and Mortley et. al. use the internet as a means of delivering innovative treatment approaches to the client at home. It is important that the high tech glamour of the technology does not obscure the need to critically evaluate the contribution of this mode of treatment. Two papers, Wallesch & Johanssen-Horbach, and Wertz & Katz, review and critique the outcomes and effectiveness of computer mediated therapy.In the 21st century computers are increasingly a part of everyday life and two papers address ways in which people with aphasia may benefit from this and engage in the emerging "information society", Van de Sandt-Koenderman looks at ways in which the technology can be used to support communication in day to day life by the provision of appropriate communication aids. Egan et. al. report on training people with aphasia to access the internet on their own account so that they may fully engage with this resource as active citizens.
Author(s): Brian Petheram
Edition: Special
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 112
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 2
COPYRIGHT......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 4
COMPUTERS AND TREATMENT......Page 6
BEYOND TREATMENT......Page 7
Research and knowledge......Page 8
REFERENCES......Page 9
Superhighway to promoting a client-therapist partnership? Using the Internet to deliver word-retrieval computer therapy, monitored remotely with minimal speech and language therapy input......Page 10
Participants......Page 12
Procedures......Page 14
User interface......Page 16
Outcome measures......Page 18
Usage data......Page 19
Language data......Page 21
Interview data......Page 23
DISCUSSION......Page 24
CONCLUSION......Page 26
REFERENCES......Page 27
CUES ON REQUEST: THE EFFICACY OF MULTICUE, A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR WORDFINDING THERAPY......Page 28
EFFICACY OF CUEING TREATMENTS......Page 29
Participants......Page 30
Treatment......Page 31
RESULTS......Page 32
DISCUSSION......Page 33
REFERENCES......Page 35
COMPUTERS IN APHASIA THERAPY: EFFECTS AND SIDE-EFFECTS......Page 38
ADVANTAGES AND SIDE-EFFECTS OF COMPUTER-BASED THERAPY......Page 39
Computerised aids......Page 40
Might the use of computerised tasks within a therapeutic strategy improve communication?......Page 41
REFERENCES......Page 42
OUTCOMES OF COMPUTER-PROVIDED TREATMENT FOR APHASIA......Page 44
Outcome research terminology......Page 45
Five-phase treatment outcome research model......Page 47
THE DATA......Page 49
Phase 1 studies......Page 50
Phase 2 studies......Page 51
Phase III studies......Page 54
CONCLUSIONS......Page 55
REFERENCES......Page 56
HIGH-TECH AAC AND APHASIA: WIDENING HORIZONS......Page 60
LOW-TECH AAC INTERVENTION IN APHASIA: WHAT ARE THE LESSONS?......Page 61
Gestures, mimicking, pointing......Page 62
Communication books......Page 63
Acceptance......Page 64
Vocabulary......Page 65
Communication partners......Page 66
HIGH-TECH AAC INTERVENTION IN APHASIA......Page 67
High-tech communication aids, specifically designed for aphasia......Page 68
Conclusions about high-tech aids......Page 71
DISCUSSION......Page 72
REFERENCES......Page 74
Communication aids......Page 77
ACCESSIBLE INTERNET TRAINING PACKAGE HELPS PEOPLE WITH APHASIA CROSS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE......Page 80
BARRIERS TO INTERNET TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH APHASIA......Page 81
CONSIDERATIONS IN INTERNET TRAINING METHODS AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR PEOPLE WITH APHASIA......Page 82
Pilot stage......Page 83
Tutors......Page 85
Aphasia test results......Page 86
DISCUSSION......Page 89
Case 2: Sammy......Page 91
REFERENCES......Page 93
INDEX......Page 96
