AAC revolutionizes aphasia therapy: Changes in cortical plasticity and spoken language production

Dietz, Aimee Rebekah; Vannest, Jennifer; Collier, Joe; Maloney, Thomas; Altaye, Mekibib; Szaflarski, Jerzy; Holland, Scott

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AAC revolutionizes aphasia therapy: Changes in cortical plasticity and spoken language production

Authors: Aimee Rebekah Dietz
Jennifer Vannest
Joe Collier
Thomas Maloney
Mekibib Altaye
Jerzy Szaflarski
Scott Holland
Publication date: 1 January 2014
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Restorative interventions are frequently preferred as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions are thought to impede neural recovery (Pulvermuller & Berthier, 2008; Weissling & Prentice, 2010). But, clinical observations suggest AAC interventions may improve aphasia (Dietz, Weissling, Griffith, & McKelvey, 2012). The purpose of this study was to compare the influence of a novel AAC and traditional restorative (TR) intervention on linguistic recovery and neural reorganization

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