Lauren Schwabisch
Speech-language pathologist and owner of Neuro Speech Services, a private practice in Northern Virginia helping adults with stroke, brain injury, and aphasia.
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Sep 9, 2026
Lauren SchwabischGUEST
So one really helpful resource is one put out by Stroke Org UK, which is in England and Wales.
Lauren SchwabischGUEST
And they have a booklet that talks about how to make mostly health education, but really any information accessible for someone with aphasia.
Lauren SchwabischGUEST
So one thing to know is that the length and complexity of written language especially, but also spoken language really needs to be adjusted.
Lauren SchwabischGUEST
So instead of having multiple paragraphs of text, we really want to boil that down to the most essential information.
Lauren SchwabischGUEST
So it might look like for someone who's very impaired, we may be looking at a single word, or we may be looking at maybe some keywords or a simple sentence.
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John SchwabischHOST
So can you talk a little bit about the tools and technologies that you've helped your patients use to communicate?