Episode 89: Tell Me More! AphasiaBank and Discourse Analysis with Brett McCardel, MS, CCC-SLP
On this episode, Brett and Leigh Ann dive into discourse analysis for your patients with Aphasia. Brett discusses the various resources available on AphasiaBank to assist clinicians with completing discourse analyses in everyday practice. This is especially helpful for our patients working on anomia in conversation.
AphasiaBank is a shared database of multimedia interactions for the study of communication in aphasia. I encourage you to access the links below to get familiar with the different tools and resources available in AphasiaBank. This is research growing fruit for clinical use! Check it out!
topics covered:
What is AphasiaBank?
Utility of discourse analysis with PWA (patients with Aphasia)
Description of available discourse analysis protocols on AphasiaBank.
Application of tools on AphasiaBank in clinical practice.
General therapy considerations for discourse-level treatments.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
dive into the literature:
Boyle, M. (2011). Discourse treatment for word retrieval impairment in aphasia: The story so far. Aphasiology, 25, 1308 - 1326.
A. Whitworth, S. Leitão, J. Cartwright, J. Webster, G.J. Hankey, J. Zach, D. Howard & V. Wolz (2015) NARNIA: a new twist to an old tale. A pilot RCT to evaluate a multilevel approach to improving discourse in aphasia, Aphasiology, 29:11, 1345-1382.
more on brett mccardel:
Check out Brett’s website, full of great Aphasia resources: Archways Rehab
Connect with Brett on Instagram.
Brett McCardel, MS, CCC-SLP, is the owner and founder of Archways - Aphasia Rehabilitation Services, a private practice based in Seattle, WA that specializes in providing speech and language services to people with aphasia. He has worked with people with aphasia across the continuum of care and across a variety of service-delivery models (including telehealth and intensive aphasia programs). He is passionate about aphasia advocacy and promoting a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia.
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