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Enhancing Research Generalizability in Cognitive Impairment

Learn about aphasia as an acquired language disorder caused by brain damage, affecting communication while sparing other cognitive abilities. The Aphasia Project offers communication support tools like ESI Planner and VERA, embracing generalizability challenges and testing approaches for functional abilities assessment.

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Enhancing Research Generalizability in Cognitive Impairment

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  1. Generalizability in Research with Cognitively Impaired Individuals Karyn Moffatt, Leah Findlater, Meghan Allen University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada The Aphasia Project

  2. What is aphasia? • Acquired language disorder • Caused by brain damage: stroke, tumor, trauma,… • Affects 1.1 millionNorth Americans • Impairment of communication abilities • Relative sparing of other cognitive abilities Aphasia is a loss of words – not intelligence ?? The Aphasia Project

  3. Applications File Facility: Supports existing communication strategies ESI Planner: Image and Sound Enhanced Daily Planner VERA: Uses a visual language for cooking instruction The Aphasia Project

  4. Generalizability Challenges • General vs. custom solutions • Large variability in skills and needs vs. The Aphasia Project

  5. A Couple of Approaches • Designing in the small; testingin the large Design Evaluation • Using detailed assessments of functional abilities The Aphasia Project

  6. But what else? The Aphasia Project

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