We're a speech therapy software company making evidence-based treatment for adults with stroke, brain injury, and other conditions more accessible.
πΊοΈ Your patient's errors are a map
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Every word-finding error your patient makes is guiding you toward diagnosis and treatment. 'Banana' for 'apple' = semantic breakdownβ Once you know where the breakdown is, clinical decision-making gets easier. π And that's exactly what these two new handouts in the Virtual Rehab Center are designed to help with: π SLP Cheat Sheet: Anomia Treatments β a quick-reference table that matches treatments (SFA, PCA, AbSANT, VNeST, and more) to specific anomic profiles. Pull it up when you're deciding what to try with a patient. π What SLPs Need To Know: Anomia β a summary covering anomia foundations, assessment tools, treatments, and word-finding strategies. Great for a quick refresher any time. No pulling out your grad school notes, searching for research articles, or second-guessing your treatment. These handouts have it all, and they're free to download during your 3-week Virtual Rehab Center trial.
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Tactus Therapy
We're a speech therapy software company making evidence-based treatment for adults with stroke, brain injury, and other conditions more accessible.
When people with aphasia can't get words out, they often feel silly. Or stupid. It can bring on a whole range of emotions: frustration, sadness, confusion, anxiety, anger, embarrassment, and more. π For some patients and family members, it can be helpful to explain word retrieval, so they understand that saying words is actually a complex process. Let's take the word "kitten" for example: I often start by reassuring them... "You don't have to memorize everything on here. I just want to show...
When someone has aphasia, it might seem like they're forgetting the words. You might be tempted to explain word-finding difficulty as a "memory problem." But aphasia is a bit more complicated. When a word won't come out, it's still there. It's not forgotten. The problem is retrieval: pulling it out on demand, under time pressure, or in a specific moment. Our brain has to go through several steps to say a word, and any part of that process can be disrupted by aphasia. Let's take the word...
Patients with apraxia of speech (AOS) often have aphasia too. So they finally break through the word-finding wall ("I know the word I want!") only to hit a second one: motor planning. They know what they want to say, but the same word comes out three different ways β or not at all. Apraxia of speech is frustrating for your patients, and it can be intimidating to treat, but it's a lot more manageable with the right tools. For ready-made handouts, exercises and free HEPs for patients, try the...