Informativeness ratings of messages created on an AAC processing prosthesis

MR Bartlett, RB Fink, MF Schwartz, M Linebarger - Aphasiology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Background: SentenceShaper™(SSR) is a computer program that supports spoken
language production in aphasia by recording and storing the fragments that the user speaks …

Aphasic speech with and without SentenceShaper® : Two methods for assessing informativeness

RB Fink, MR Bartlett, JS Lowery, MC Linebarger… - Aphasiology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: SentenceShaper®(SSR) is a computer program that is for speech what a word‐
processing program is for written text; it allows the user to record words and phrases, play …

[PDF][PDF] Building on residual speech: a portable processing prosthesis for aphasia.

MC Linebarger, JF Romania, RB Fink… - Journal of …, 2008 - rehab.research.va.gov
This article examines the challenges of developing electronic communication aids for
individuals with mild-tomoderate aphasia and introduces a new portable aid designed for …

Exploring SentenceShaperTM: Treatment and augmentative possibilities

E Albright, B Purves - Aphasiology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Advances in computer technology have led to the development of innovative
approaches to aphasia treatment. One example is SentenceShaperTM, a software program …

Integrating technology and targeted treatment to improve narrative production in aphasia: A case study

D McCall, T Virata, MC Linebarger, RS Berndt - Aphasiology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Studies of aphasic sentence production have identified a number of promising
approaches to improving performance at the single sentence level, but these studies have …

AAC for hypothesis testing and treatment of aphasic language production: Lessons from a “processing prosthesis”

M Linebarger, M Schwartz - Aphasiology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The design of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology
for aphasic individuals must be informed by a theory of the underlying disorder in order to …

The impact of interface design during an initial high-technology AAC experience: A collective case study of people with aphasia

A Dietz, K Weissling, J Griffith… - Augmentative and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this collective case study was to describe the communication behaviors of
five people with chronic aphasia when they retold personal narratives to an unfamiliar …

The impact of graphic contextual information and instruction on the conversational behaviours of a person with severe aphasia

KL Garrett, C Huth - Aphasiology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Backgrounds: Individuals with severe expressive aphasia often have difficulty sharing
adequate amounts of specific information to sustain topical conversations. Aims: This single …

Augmented input: The effect of visuographic supports on the auditory comprehension of people with chronic aphasia

SE Wallace, A Dietz, K Hux, K Weissling - Aphasiology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Augmented input (AI), or the use of visuographic images and linguistic
supports, is a strategy for facilitating the auditory comprehension of people with chronic …

Widening the temporal window: Processing support in the treatment of aphasic language production

M Linebarger, D McCall, T Virata, RS Berndt - Brain and Language, 2007 - Elsevier
Investigations of language processing in aphasia have increasingly implicated performance
factors such as slowed activation and/or rapid decay of linguistic information. This approach …