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Upcoming Aphasia Events
| Event |
Description |
Location |
Date |
| ITTS Webinars |
Free interactive webinars to learn more about how technology can improve reading, writing, talking, thinking and learning. For professionals, caregivers and persons with aphasia
www.ittsguides.com/store
or
Joan@innovativespeech.com |
ONLINE |
Email for Dates and Times |
"Aphasia"
Film Screenings |
“Aphasia” is the true story of actor Carl McIntyre who, after suffering a massive stroke and losing his ability to read, write and talk, struggles against overwhelming odds to redefine his life.
Click here for the film's website |
Various |
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| Music Therapy Clinic for Aphasia |
The Institute for Music & Neurologic Function (IMNF)is currently recruiting for its January 2013 Music Therapy Clinic for Aphasia. If you have been diagnosed with Aphasia, but can tap your fingers to the song You Are My Sunshine, this program may be for YOU!
Click here for more information |
IMNF
Bronx, NY |
Jan 2013 |
| The ARC Survived Our Strokes Cruise |
Enjoy 4 nights and 5 days aboard Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas with members of Aphasia Recovery Connection (ARC), a free online aphasia group on Facebook!
Click here for more information |
Miami
Nassau
CoCo Cay
Key West |
March 4 - 8, 2013 |
| Cruise for a Cause (A Benefit for Adler Aphasia Center) |
Enjoy 7 nights/8days aboard Celebrity Cruises' SUMMIT to Bermuda to benefit Adler Aphasia Center (Maywood and JCC MetroWest location in NJ)
Click here for more information |
Cape Liberty to Bermuda |
May 26 - June 2, 2013 |
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Article/Segment Name |
News Source |
Date |
The Man Who Could No Longer Speak to His Wife (Part I)
The Man Who Could No Longer Speak to His Wife (Part II)
by Francois Grosjean, Ph.D. |
Psychology Today |
Aug 14 &
Sept 1, 2012 |
"Aphasia & Stroke: recovering communication"
by Mary Spremulli |
Feeling FIt |
Aug 21, 2012 |
"Stroke victim discovers new way to communicate"
By Jane Lerner |
The Journal News |
Aug 17, 2012 |
"OSU-Tulsa camp offers support for people with aphasia"
by Karen Copeland |
OSU-Tulsa News |
July 19, 2012 |
"Brain Buddy"
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Daily Camera |
July 15, 2012 |
"Aphasia is a Loss of Language, NOT Intellect"
by Ellayne Ganzfried, MS, CCC-SLP |
Healthpronews |
June 2012 |
"New stroke support group looking for members"
By James McEvoy |
Sentinel (East Brunswick, NJ) |
April 26, 2012 |
"Living with Aphasia, a Communication Disorder"
by John Liechty, MSW |
Communication Currents
Volume 7, Issue 2 |
April 2012 |
"Justice 4 Aphasia"
Petition for PWA for Legal Accomodation |
Personal Website |
Jan 2012 |
Tips for Communicating after Stroke When Yes is No & Right is Left
by Mary Spremulli, M.A., CCC-SLP |
Voice Aerobics Blog |
August 2011 |
"Talk to Me"
by Snyder Center for Aphasia Life Enhancement
|
YouTube |
July 13, 2011 |
Interview with Jacqueline Hinckley
by WWSB Tampa (ABC) |
WWSB Tampa (ABC) |
July 11, 2011 |
"Bloom Where You Are Planted"
by David Dow |
YouTube |
May 4, 2011 |
"Help for When Talking is Tough"
by Elizabeth Witherspoon |
News Observer
|
March 21, 2011 |
"Reflections on the Aphasia Bill of Rights"
by John A. Liechty & Donald W. Garber |
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
Volume 43 - Issue 1 - pp 58-59 |
Feb 2011 |
"My So Called 'Normal' Life"
by David Dow |
The Challenger
Las Vega, NV |
April 2010 |
"Night Sky" Illuminates Struggles with Aphasia
by Kellie Rowden-Racette |
The ASHA Leader Online
|
July 14, 2009 |
| "Options for Aphasia Therapy When Insurance Stops" |
Stroke Connection Magazine |
May/June 2009 |
"Treating Aphasia"
by Dr. Jay Adlersberg (video) |
WABC
New Jersey |
May 14, 2009 |
"A stroke took his voice, but he never lost faith"
by Melissa Nann Burke |
York Daily Record
York, PA |
May 8, 2009 |
"Music tunes up the brain"
Interview with Concetta Tomaino, D.A. |
Consumer Reports on Health |
Feb 2009 |
"Finding God Without Words: A Guide to Pastoral Care for Persons with Aphasia"
by John A Liechty (with Justin B Heinzekehr) |
The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling
Fall 2008, Vol 62, No. 3 |
Fall 2008 |
"Lee Woodruff recounts family hardships at Rogers Memorial Library"
by Brandan O'Reilly |
Southampton Town News
Southampton, NY |
November 5th, 2008 |
"Patients Treated Regardless of Pay"
by Kara N Bussee |
The Parthenon Online
Student Newspaper of Marshall University |
October 30th, 2008 |
"Aphasia Center Honors Volunteers"
by Kathleen Thurber |
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Midland, TX |
Oct 18th, 2008 |
"Aphasia: Finding the Words"
by Drs. Blair & Rita Justice |
Univ of Texas Health Leader
Houston, TX |
October 1st, 2008 |
"Aphasia traps its victims in a silent world"
by Naseem S. Miller, Star-Banner |
Ocala Star-Banner
Ocala, FL |
August 5th, 2008 |
"Promising doctor becomes patient after brain injury"
by Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee |
ScrippsNews |
July 22nd, 2008 |
"Horsforth stroke survivors unite to launch campaign"
Horsforth Today |
Horstforth Today
United Kingdom |
July 16th, 2008 |
"At 60, He Learned to Sing So He Could Learn to Talk"
by Karen Barrow, NY Times |
New York Times |
April 22nd, 2008 |
"In the Land of Aphasia"
by Banu Turhan |
Newsweek |
April 11th, 2008 |
"Program Helps Stroke 'Victors' Learn to Communicate"
by Sarah Stover, Hometown News |
Hometown News (Florida) |
March 14th, 2008 |
"Aphasia sufferer finding herself a new voice"
by Erin Donaghue |
The Gazette
(Gaithersburg, MD) |
March 12th, 2008 |
"Engineering students donate to Stroke/Recovery Aphasia Group Therapy Program"
by Texas Tech Univ Health Sciences Ctr |
Statline (Texas Tech Univ Health Sciences Center's Weekly E-Newsletter) |
March 11th, 2008 |
"Connecting after Brain Injury"
by Rose Hoban, WUNC Radio
Click title to webpage with radio broadcast |
WUNC Radio |
December 31st, 2007 |
"Aphasia Awareness" - Sara Lee Kessler, New Jersey News' Health Watch (video segment)
View QuickTime Movie
View Windows Media File |
New Jersey News |
August 9th, 2007 |
"Aphasia"
by Dr. Fred Goodwin, Public Radio
(You will need RealPlayer to listen) |
The Infinite Mind, Public Radio |
July 3rd, 2007 |
"The Sounds of Silence: Relating to People with Aphasia"
by John A. Liechty |
As published in the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
Vol. 44, No. 8 (pp 53-55) |
August 2006 |
"On
the Tip of My Tongue: Living with Aphasia"
by John A. Liechty |
As published in the
Journal of Christian Nursing |
Spring 2006 |
"Kismet
in Bryant Park"
by Paul Rao, Ph.D.
CCC-SLP
|
First published in
The ASHA Leader
|
12/27/2005 |
"Recalled
to Life"
by Oliver Sacks, M.D.
|
The New Yorker |
10/31/2005 |
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Current Research & Clinical Trials
All research listed below has been shown to be A) a study aimed at understanding & improving the social, emotional, and political life of people with aphasia, B) a study aimed at better understanding aphasia as a syndrome and/or C) a therapy study. While the NAA lists these studies, we do not endorse any. Please participate only after consulting with a trusted medical professional.
All have been approved by an IRB (Institutional Review Board).
Post-Stroke Aphasia Study at NYU Medical Center
New York, NY
Click here for Flier
Study can also be found on clinicaltrials.gov
Posted July 16th, 2010
Semantic Feature Processing in Individuals with Stroke Aphasia
NYU Center for Brain Imaging
New York, NY
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Study at Univ of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Click here for Flier
See Study on ClinicalTrials.gov
Posted Sept 29, 2009
Alzheimer's/PPA-type Dementia Study at St John's University
Staten Island, NY
Click here for flier
Posted June 26th, 2009
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to Improve Speech in Aphasia
Click here for flier
Click here for clinicaltrial.gov link
Posted April 10th, 2009
CUNY Bilingual (Spanish-English) Aphasia Research Study
Click here for flier
Posted August 12th, 2008
Treating Intention in Aphasia: Neuroplastic Substrates. Conducted by Brain Imaging Rehabilitation & Cognition Lab at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Click here for details
Posted May 23rd, 2008
Research study for Non-Fluent Aphasia at Beth Abraham Health Services. Those chosen to participate may qualify for FREE THERAPY!
Click here for the flier (pdf)!
Posted November 29th, 2007.
(Still on-going and recruiting participants as of Aug 12th, 2008.)
Research study for those who are right-handed, native English speaking persons with nonfluent Aphasia at the University of Florida - Gainesville. Call (352) 376-1611 Ext 5395 for more information.
Click here for Press Release.
Posted November 7th, 2007.
(Still on-going and recruiting participants as of Aug 12th, 2008.)
University of Maryland needs individuals with aphasia for their research! Find out how you can be involved by clicking here!
Ongoing Clinical Research Trials &
Projects:
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