What is it about?
Aphasia is a language disorder that hinders the ability to communicate effectively. Telepractice allows clinicians to conduct assessments and therapy remotely with clients experiencing various communicative disorders. Considering its emergence in the aphasia literature, telepractice assessments for aphasia are limited. This paper investigated whether current examinations of aphasia assessments via telepractice modalities are effective in providing optimal services.
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Why is it important?
We identified a lack of variation among the telepractice assessment protocols and aphasia tests used in the current literature. When investigating methodological quality and psychometric properties of the studies and their utilized tests, we found a lack of prominent study characteristics to encourage higher quality ratings, and poor validity and reliability ratings for majority of the standardized tests used.
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I hope this article provides guidance in the future examination and implementation of aphasia assessments via telepractice that will lead to better services in every modality.
Selina Teti
University of Western Ontario
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This page is a summary of: Telepractice Assessments for Individuals with Aphasia: A Systematic Review, Telemedicine and e-Health, August 2024, Mary Ann Liebert Inc,
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2024.0268.
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