2018 Research Symposium at the ASHA Convention

The Research Symposium is a yearly event at the ASHA Convention, where current, theme-focused research is presented by invited speakers.

Symposium Topic

Advances in Neuroplasticity Research: Language Recovery in Aphasia

Symposium Presentations

• Language Mapping in Aphasia, Stephen Wilson, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Brain-based Understanding of Individual Language Difference After Stroke, Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD, Georgetown University Medical Center
• Biomarkers of Language Recovery in Chronic Aphasia, Cynthia Thompson, PhD, Northwestern University
• Neuroplasticity and Language Recovery in Aphasia, Swathi Kiran, PhD, Boston University
• Cortical Network Changes Associated with Aphasia Treatment, Julius Fridriksson, PhD, University of South Carolina
• Advances in Modeling Neural Correlates of Treatment-Related Recovery and Controversies in Aphasia Rehabilitation, Panel Discussion with all Research Symposium Speaker

The Research Symposium is funded, in part, by a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

Symposium Publications

Papers based on the 2018 Research Symposium were published in a Research Forum in the November 2019 issue of Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR). They will be available through PubMed Central beginning in May 2020.

• Kiran, S. (2019). Introduction to the 2018 research symposium forum. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(11), 3905–3906.
• Turkeltaub, P. E. (2019). A taxonomy of brain–behavior relationships after stroke. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(11), 3907–3922.
• Kristinsson, S., Yourganov, G., Xiao, F., Bonilha, L., Stark, B. C., Rorden, C., Basilakos, A., Fridriksson, J. (2019). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor genotype–specific differences in cortical activation in chronic aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(11), 3923–3936.
• Wilson, S. M., Eriksson, D. K., Yen, M., Demarco, A. T., Schneck, S. M., Lucanie, J. M. (2019). Language mapping in aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(11), 3937–3946.
• Thompson, C. K. (2019). Neurocognitive recovery of sentence processing in aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(11), 3947–3972.
• Kiran, S., Meier, E. L., Johnson, J. P. (2019) Neuroplasticity in aphasia: A proposed framework of language recovery. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(11), 3973–3985.