Sökning: "rehabilitation aphasia"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden rehabilitation aphasia.

  1. 1. Aphasia and Communication in Everyday Life : Experiences of persons with aphasia, significant others, and speech-language pathologists

    Författare :Monica Blom Johansson; Karin Sonnander; Marianne Carlsson; Per Östberg; Per Wester; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Aphasia; Significant others; Interpersonal communication; Communication strategies; Communication partner training; Speech-language pathology services; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of this thesis were to describe the experiences of persons with aphasia and their significant others of their conversations and use of communication strategies, examine current practice of family-oriented speech-language pathology (SLP) services, and test a family-oriented intervention in the early phase of rehabilitation.The persons with aphasia valued having conversations despite perceiving their aphasia as a serious social disability. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Aphasia and the Challenge of Writing

    Författare :Ingrid Behrns; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Aphasia; writing ability; writing process; text writing; narrative; spoken language; discourse; revision; key-stroke logging; single-subject design; training; computerised writing aid;

    Sammanfattning : Background Writing difficulties are usually one of the integral symptoms of persons with aphasia. Earlier research based on studies of the spelling of single words has yielded interesting results. This work includes analyses of texts and text production. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Stroke rehabilitation: A randomized controlled study in the home setting; Functioning and costs

    Författare :Ann Björkdahl; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :rehabilitation; ADL; cost; home; caregiver; outcome; adaptation; occupational therapy;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: The purpose of the thesis was to describe and evaluate different aspects of rehabilitation after discharge for persons of working age after stroke. Aims were to compare an approach of support, information and training in the home setting with ordinary outpatient rehabilitation at the clinic and to describe the costs and factors influencing the costs. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Aphasia in acute stroke

    Författare :Ann Charlotte Laska; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Acute stroke; aphasia; atrial fibrillation; depression; drug treatment; prognosis; speech and language therapy;

    Sammanfattning : Aphasia is a language impairment due to a brain lesion, usually in the left hemisphere, and is a common symptom in acute stroke. The aims of this thesis were to evaluate aphasia in acute stroke patients, to assess spontaneous language recovery, to evaluate the test instruments, to evaluate the efficacy of drug treatment, and speech and language therapy for recovery of aphasia, and to assess the possibility to reliable identify depression in aphasic patients. LÄS MER

  7. 5. On functions, abilities and quality of life after subarachnoid haemorrhage : occupational therapy aspects

    Författare :Margareta Lindberg; Axel Fugl-Meyer; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Subarachnoid heamorrhage; impairment; disability; activities of daily living; work; leisure; depression; quality of life; rehabilitation; occupational therapy;

    Sammanfattning : This investigation addresses functions/impairments, abilities/disabilities and quality of life (QoL) in a consecutive series of non-hospitalised long-term survivors (2,5-12 years) of subarachnoid heamorrhage (SAH). The investigated parameters of functions/impairments were: motor, language, perceptual and memory functions. LÄS MER