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This special issue of Aphasiology brings together papers from six countries in three continents on the ways in which computers are being used in the domain. Information technology is now well established as a means of delivering treatment to people with aphasia and this issue includes papers which describe the latest ways in which this is being carried out. Doesborgh et. al. report on Multicue, a way in which the capabilities of computers are used to support cueing approaches to the treatment of naming difficulties; and Mortley et. al. use the internet as a means of delivering innovative treatment approaches to the client at home. It is important that the high tech glamour of the technology does not obscure the need to critically evaluate the contribution of this mode of treatment. Two papers, Wallesch & Johanssen-Horbach, and Wertz & Katz, review and critique the outcomes and effectiveness of computer mediated therapy.In the 21st century computers are increasingly a part of everyday life and two papers address ways in which people with aphasia may benefit from this and engage in the emerging "information society", Van de Sandt-Koenderman looks at ways in which the technology can be used to support communication in day to day life by the provision of appropriate communication aids. Egan et. al. report on training people with aphasia to access the internet on their own account so that they may fully engage with this resource as active citizens.
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A Special Issue of Aphasiology
Computers and aphasia: Their role in the treatment of aphasia and the lives of people with aphasia Edited by Brian Petheram Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
Published in 2004 by Psychology Press Ltd 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2FA www.psypress.co.uk This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Taylor & Francis Inc. 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001, USA Psychology Press is part of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2004 by Psychology Press Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library This book is also a special issue of the journal Aphasiology and forms issue 3 of Volume 18 (2004). Cover design by Leigh Hurlock
ISBN 0-203-31249-X Master e-book ISBN ISBN 1-84169-977-2 (hbk) ISSN 02 68-7038
APHASIOLOGY Volume 18 Number 3 March 2004
CONTENTS
Editorial Computers and aphasia: A means of delivery and a delivery of means Brian Petheram Papers Superhighway to promoting a client-therapist partnership? Using the Internet to deliver word-retrieval computer therapy, monitored remotely with minimal speech and language therapy input Jane Mortley Julia Wade and Pam Enderby
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Cues on request: The efficacy of Multicue, a computer program for wordfinding therapy Suzanne J.C.Doesborgh Mieke W.M.E.van de Sandt-Koenderman Diederik W.J.Dippel Frans van Harskamp Peter J.Koudstaal and Evy G.Visch-Brink
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Computers in aphasia therapy: Effects and side-effects Claus-W.Wallesch and Helga Johannsen-Horbach
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Outcomes of computer-provided treatment for aphasia Robert T.Wertz and Richard C.Katz
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High-tech AAC and aphasia: Widening horizons? Mieke W.M.E.van de Sandt-Koenderman
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