1st Edition

Computers and Aphasia A Special Issue of Aphasiology

Edited By Brian Petheram Copyright 2004
112 Pages
by Psychology Press

100 Pages
by Psychology Press

This special issue of Aphasiology brings together papers from six countries in three continents on the ways in which computers are being used in the domain. Information technology is now well established as a means of delivering treatment to people with aphasia and this issue includes papers which describe the latest ways in which this is being carried out. Doesborgh et. al. report on Multicue,... Read more

B.Petheram, Editorial.

S., M. van de Sandt, D. Frans van Harskamp, P. Koudstaal, E. Visch-Brink, Cues on Request: The Efficacy of Multicue, a Computer Program for Word Finding Therapy.

J. Mortley, J. Wade, P. Enderby, Superhighway to Promoting a Client-therapist Partnership? Using the Internet to Deliver Word-retrieval Computer Therapy, Monitored Remotely with Minimal Speech and Language Therapy Input.

C.W. Wallesch, H. Johannsen-Horbach, Computers in Aphasia Therapy - Effects and Side-effects.

R.T. Wertz, R. Katz, Outcomes of Computer-Provided Treatment for Aphasia.

M. van de Sandt, High- tech AAC and Aphasia: Widening Horizons?

J. Egan, L. Worrall, D. Oxenham, Accessible Internet Training Package Helps People with Aphasia Cross the Digital Divide.

Biography

Brian Petheram

'The publication seems timely given a increase in the number of aphasic individuals seen in clinic who already have considerable experience in the use of computers in their professional and/or private lives. It provides a very interesting read for those who are considering the use of computers in the delivery of therapy to their clients with aphasia.' William van Steenbrugge, Flinders University, Australia. In Aphasiology 20, 2006.