Sarah E Wallace, Janet Patterson, Mary Purdy, Kelly Knollman-Porter, Patrick Coppens
PURPOSE: This scoping review examined studies reporting restorative treatments designed to improve auditory comprehension in people with aphasia. METHOD: We searched eight databases using keywords aphasia, auditory comprehension, treatment, intervention, and rehabilitation, for studies published between 1970 and 2020. Searches returned 170 records, and after applying exclusionary criteria, 28 articles remained. For each article, two authors independently extracted data on study design parameters, participant characteristics, treatment protocol, and treatment outcomes, including generalization...
October 17, 2022: American Journal of Speech-language Pathology