| Assessing quality of metaphor interpretation by right hemisphere damaged patients |
2007 |
935 |
Patients with right hemisphere damage (RHD) can display various cognitive-linguistic deficits including disrupted comprehension of figurative language such as metaphor (Myers, 1999 and Tompkins, 1995). Most studies documenting figurative language com... |
| The costs of recovery: Intimate partner violence survivors’ experiences of financial recovery from abuse |
2017 |
598 |
The present study relies on the voices of survivors of past abuse to describe the amount, type, and impact of costs related to their experience of intimate partner violence (IPV). We use a content analysis methodology to present common themes that su... |
| Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine and Associated Risk Factors on Language Development |
1995 |
1867 |
During the past decade there has been a dramatic increase in the number of children born with prenatal exposure to cocaine. However, there is very little hard data concerning the later development of these children. The purpose of this preliminary st... |
| Exploring correlates of probably traumatic brain injury among intimate partner violence survivor |
2019 |
318 |
Although intimate partner violence (IPV) related (TBI) is increasingly recognized as an important area of concern, there is no existing research that seeks to identify correlates of IPV related TBI. Given the profound consequences of TBI, it is impor... |
| Impact of short-term study abroad program: Inservice teachers' development of intercultural competence and pedagogical beliefs |
2017 |
2340 |
A comprehensive study abroad program is one of the most effective ways to prepare multicultural and global teachers. However, in teacher education, most of the study abroad programs are designed for preservice teachers. In this study, we detailed the... |
| Improved Language in a Chronic Nonfluent Aphasia Patient After Treatment With CPAP and TMS |
2010 |
1082 |
Objective: To present pretreatment and post-treatment language data for a nonfluent aphasia patient who received 2 treatment modalities: (1) continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for his sleep apnea, starting 1-year poststroke; and (2) repetitiv... |
| The intersection of intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury: A call for interdisciplinary research |
2017 |
2168 |
An emerging body of research suggests that survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) are at a high risk for sustaining traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, most scholars and practitioners working on the problem of IPV have not examined how TBI c... |
| Measuring premorbid IQ in aphasia using indirect lexical access |
2006 |
1617 |
Estimating premorbid IQ is an important facet to neuropsychological or language evaluations, as it can provide valuable information when determining if performance represents a decline or impairment. In aphasia, assessment of premorbid abilities is d... |
| A metaphor comprehension intervention for patients with right hemisphere brain damage: A pilot study |
2006 |
2949 |
This intervention program addresses an important need in the clinical literature: tools for remediation of communication deficits associated with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD). Our program is motivated by the literature documenting non aphasic ... |
| Nature-Based Therapy: Its Potential as a Complementary Approach to Treating Communication Disorders |
2004 |
4205 |
Nature-based therapy (NBT) has been incorporated into the practice of many medical and mental health professions. Occupational therapists, physical therapists, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and to a lesser extent, speech-language pathologist... |
| Play in Children with Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Development and Implications for Assessment |
1998 |
1565 |
Play assessment of children with prenatal cocaine exposure is discussed in terms of the developmental play level and behaviors manifest during spontaneous play and the clinical implications for assessing such children. Studies have found a number of ... |
| A polymorphism in human estrogen-related receptor beta (ESRRß) predicts audiometric temporary threshold shift |
2016 |
284 |
Objective: A non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (rs61742642; C to T, P386S) in the ligand-binding domain of human estrogen-related receptor beta (ESRRß) showed possible association to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in our previous study... |
| Practice Update: What Professionals Who Are Not Brain Injury Specialists Need to Know About Intimate Partner Violence–Related Traumatic Brain Injury |
2016 |
1192 |
There is growing recognition of the risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) among victims and survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). A wide range of physically abusive behaviors may lead to injuries to the head or neck and place an individual at... |
| A Review of the Role of Auditory Evoked Potentials in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment |
2019 |
354 |
Around 75% to 90% of people who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are classified as having a mild TBI (mTBI). The term mTBI is synonymous with concussion or mild head injury (MHI) and is characterized by symptoms of headache, nausea, dizzines... |
| Risk for Traumatic Brain Injury in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
2016 |
1073 |
Research Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assist in identifying risk factors for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a population of individuals who experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). |
| Selective Training of Theory of Mind in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Series of Single Subject Training Studies |
2015 |
2373 |
Primary Objective:To examine the potential for treating deficits in Theory of Mind (ToM), i.e., using a person’s beliefs to understand and predict behaviour, and to test the hypothesis that improvements in ToM can be distinguished from performance in... |
| Stuttering following acquired brain damage: A review of the literature |
2010 |
3993 |
Communication problems resulting from acquired brain damage are most frequently manifested as motor speech disorders such as dysarthria, syndromes of aphasia, and impairments of pragmatics. A much less common phenomenon is the onset of stuttering in ... |
| Theory of Mind Training Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study: 0045 |
2006 |
711 |
[North American Brain Injury Society's Sixth Annual Conference on Brain Injury: October 2–4, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana: Abstract] |
| Training theory of mind following right hemisphere damage: A pilot study |
2007 |
2195 |
Successful communicative interactions in large part rely on an ability to infer the mental states of conversational partners. Understanding other people’s mental states, such as thoughts, beliefs, and emotions, allows us to understand and predict the... |
| Treating metaphor interpretation deficits subsequent to right hemisphere brain damage: Preliminary results |
2011 |
2035 |
Aims: This investigation sought to determine whether a structured intervention focused on improving use of semantic associations could improve patients' ability to provide oral interpretations of metaphors following right hemisphere damage (RHD).Meth... |
| Treatment of Metaphor Interpretation Deficits Subsequent to Traumatic Brain Injury |
2013 |
1777 |
Objective: To improve oral interpretation of metaphors by patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).Design: Both single subject experimental design and group analysis.Setting: Patients’ homes.Participants: Eight adult patients with moderate to sever... |
| Using lexical familiarity judgments to assess verbally mediated intelligence in aphasia |
2008 |
1057 |
In this study, a task using forced-choice lexical familiarity judgments of irregular versus archaic words (a newly developed measure called the Lexical Orthographic Familiarity Test; LOFT) was compared to a standardized oral word-reading measure (the... |