Open AccessTwo-Year Longitudinal Evaluation of Community Aphasia Center Participation on Linguistic, Functional Communication, and Quality of Life Measures Across People With a Range of Aphasia Presentations
Author(s) -
Lisa A. Edmonds,
Jodi Morgan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
american journal of speech-language pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.993
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1558-9110
pISSN - 1058-0360
DOI - 10.1044/2022_ajslp-21-00308
Subject(s) - aphasia , psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , rehabilitation , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , audiology , medicine , cognitive psychology , psychotherapist , neuroscience
The purpose of this study was to evaluate potential changes on a hierarchy of language tasks and measures of functional communication and quality of life in a group of people with aphasia (PWA) who attended a community aphasia center for 2 years. A secondary purpose was to determine whether there were any predictors of change.