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The Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale
- K. O'Neil, Mary Purdy, Janice Falk, L. Gallo
- Medicine
- Dysphagia
- 1999
Abstract. The Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale (DOSS) is a simple, easy-to-use, 7-point scale developed to systematically rate the functional severity of dysphagia based on objective assessment… Expand
Executive function ability in persons with aphasia
- Mary Purdy
- Psychology
- 1 April 2002
Background: There is an increasing recognition that the communication problems one observes in persons with aphasia extend beyond verbal deficits and that the myriad of symptoms observed are not… Expand
Educating and training caregivers of persons with aphasia
- Mary Purdy, Jane Hindenlang
- Psychology
- 1 May 2005
Background: Because communication deficits caused by aphasia affect both persons with aphasia and their communication partners, most speech-language pathologists are aware of the importance of client… Expand
Prediction of strategy usage by adults with aphasia
- Mary Purdy, A. Koch
- Psychology
- 1 February 2006
Background: Management of aphasia often focuses on training augmentative communication strategies such as communication books, computerised systems, gestures, writing, or drawing. Although many… Expand
An Investigation of the Communicative Use of Trained Symbols Following Multimodality Training
- Mary Purdy, R. Duffy, C. Coelho
- Psychology
- 1994
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Intensive multimodal communication treatment for people with chronic aphasia
- Mary Purdy, S. Wallace
- Psychology
- 2 October 2016
Background: Clinicians often teach persons with aphasia (PWA) non-verbal strategies to compensate for reduced verbal communication. The manner in which they teach the strategies may have an impact on… Expand
Factors Influencing AAC Usage by Individuals With Aphasia
- Mary Purdy, A. Dietz
- Psychology
- 1 September 2010
Abstract Instructing individuals with aphasia in the usage of AAC strategies and devices is a challenging endeavor. Not only does this population present with a wide range of linguistic impairments...
Aphasia, Alexia, and Agraphia
- Mary Purdy
- Psychology
- 2016
Aphasia is a general language disorder resulting from brain damage, and alexia and agraphia are specific impairments in reading and writing, respectively. This article describes the symptoms… Expand
Multimodal Communication Training in Aphasia: A Pilot Study.
- Mary Purdy, Julie A. Van Dyke
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of medical speech-language pathology
- 1 September 2011
Management of patients with aph asia often focuses on training nonverbal augmentative communication strategies; however, these strategies frequently do not generalize to natural situations. The… Expand
Reading comprehension treatment in aphasia: a systematic review
- Mary Purdy, P. Coppens, +4 authors Donald B. Freed
- Psychology
- 3 June 2019
ABSTRACT Background: Reading difficulties often present as a consequence of aphasia. The specific nature of reading deficits varies widely in manifestation, and the cause of these deficits may be the… Expand