43rd ANNUAL CLINICAL APHASIOLOGY CONFERENCE

43rd ANNUAL CLINICAL APHASIOLOGY CONFERENCE CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON Leanne Togher PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON Monica Strauss Hough PROGRAM COMMITTEE Edna Babbitt Patrick Doyle Margaret Blake Lisa Edmonds Mary Boyle Brooke Hallowell G. Albyn Davis Jaime Mayer Mary Purdy LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIRPERSON Audrey Holland LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE Edwin Maas PUBLICATION EDITOR Swathi Kiran TREASURER Michael Kimbarow WEBPAGE MAINTENANCE (www.clinicalaphasiology.org) Shannon Hula CONFERENCE SOFTWARE SUPPORT (http://cac2013.library.pitt.edu) John Barnett, Dept. of Information Systems, University of Pittsburgh RSCA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON Connie A. Tompkins RSCA COMMITTEE MEMBERS Joyce Harris Swathi Kiran Argye Hillis Lewis Shapiro William Hula Cynthia Thompson Heather Harris Wright

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding for the Research Symposium and Student Fellows was provided by a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. CAC 2013 CEU PROGRAM CHAIR Leora Cherney ASHA CEUs will be offered. An annual ASHA CE Registry fee is required to register for ASHA CEUs. ASHA CE Registry fees are paid by the participant directly to the ASHA National Office. The annual CE Registry fee allows registration of an unlimited number of ASHA CEUs for the calendar year. Contact the ASHA CE staff at 800.498.2071, ext 8591 for CE Registry fee subscription information.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 5:00 - 7:00pm

CAC Registration

6:30 - 9:00pm

Opening Reception and Dinner Buffet

Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 8:00 - 9:00

Breakfast and Registration

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks Leanne Togher, Conference Chair Monica Hough, Program Chair Audrey Holland, Local Arrangements Chair Connie Tompkins, NIDCD Research Symposium Chair

9:15-10:15 NIDCD Research Symposium Presentation Todd Parrish, Ph.D. Associate Professor Northwestern University "Understanding the analyses underlying structural and functional connectivity" Moderator: Connie Tompkins 10:15-10:45 Discussion and Questions 10:45-11:05: Break 11:05-12:05 NIDCD Research Platform Presentation Dorothee Saur University of Leipzig "A multimodal approach investigating connectivity in language networks" Moderator: Connie Tompkins 12:05-12:35: Discussion and Questions 12:35 - 2:30 LUNCH - Large group NIDCD Fellows luncheon with Research Symposia Keynote Speakers 2:30-2:45

NIDCD Fellows' Poster Blast

2:45-4:45 Platform Session I: Word Retrieval and Naming: Theory and Practice Moderator: Roberta Elman 2:45-3:15

Dosing of a cued picture naming treatment for anomia Stacy M. Harnish, Jodi Morgan, Floris Singletary, Leslie Gonzalez-Rothi, Bruce Crosson

3:15-3:45

Stability of a measure of lexical diversity (D) in narrative discourse Mary Boyle

3:45-4:15

Differential patterns of noun verb naming and the verb argument complexity in persons with aphasia and normal elderly adult Jee Eun Sung, Eun Jung Kwag

4:15-4:45

Changes in functional connectivity associated with direct training and generalization effects of a theory based generative naming treatment Chaleece W. Sandberg, Swathi Kiran

4:45-5:00

Break

5:00-6:30

Poster Presentations (NIDCD Fellows): Session I

6:45 - 8:15 NIDCD Fellows' Reception with Host Mentors Thursday, May 30th, 2013 7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast 8:30-9:30 CAC Invited Keynote Speaker Moderator: Monica Hough "Executive Functioning and Aphasia" Alfredo Ardila, Ph.D. Professor Florida International University 9:30-9:50: Discussion and Questions 9:50-10:00 BREAK

10:00-11:00 CAC Invited Keynote Speaker Moderator: Monica Hough "Neurophysiology and Executive functioning in cognitive impairment" D. Erik Everhart, Ph.D. Professor East Carolina University 11:00-11:20:

Discussion and Questions

11:20-11:30

BREAK

11:30-12:30

Platform Session II: Quality of Life and Aphasia Moderator: Elizabeth Armstrong

11:30-12:00: Better pathways for people with aphasia Linda Worrall, Emma Thomas, Alexia Rohde, Miranda Rose, Leanne Togher, Alison Ferguson 12:00-12:30: Aphasia United: A unified voice for aphasia. Linda Worrall, Elayne Ganzfried, Nina Simmons-Mackie, Jacqueline Hinckley, Sarah Wallace 12:30 - 2:30 LUNCH - Large Group CAC Mentoring Luncheon Coordinator: Julie Wambaugh Seniors Mentors: Stacie Raymer, Old Dominion University Carl Coelho, University of Connecticut Junior Mentors: TBC 2:30-4:00: Platform Session III: Apraxia of Speech: Treatment and Profiles Moderator: TBC 2:30-3:00: Feedback and feedforward control in speech production in apraxia of speech and aphasia Edwin Maas, Marja-Liisa Mailend, Frank Guenther 3:00-3:30: Sound Production Treatment: Investigation of blocked and random practice effects Julie Wambaugh, Christina Nessler, Sandra Wright, Shannon Mauszycki

3:30-4:00. Quantitative speech production profiles and focal left hemisphere lesion Katarina L. Haley, Adam Jacks, Heidi L. Roth, Young Truong 4:00-4:15 BREAK 4:15-5:15: Platform Session IV: Aphasia Treatment: Replication and Extension Moderator: G. Albyn Davis 4:15-4:45: The effects of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment on a group of persons with aphasia: Replication and extension of previous findings Lisa A. Edmonds, Jimena Ojeda, Kevin Mammino, Sam Wu 4:45-5:15: Cross-structural priming in sentences with verb particles and verb prepositions: A replication Michelene Kalinyak-Fliszar, Francine Kohen, Anna Benetello, Nadine Martin 5:15-6:45:

Poster Presentations: Session II

Friday, May 31st, 2013 7:30 - 9:00

Breakfast

9:00 - 2:00

FREE MORNING

2:00-3:30: Platform Session V: Treatment of Aphasia: Proven Techniques Moderator: Nadine Martin 2:00-2:30: Melodic Intonation Therapy in subacute aphasia. Mieke van de Sandt-Koenderman, Ineke van der Muelen, Evy G. Visch-Brink, Gerard M. Ribbers 2:30-3:00 Multi-modality aphasia therapy is as efficacious as constraint induced aphasia therapy for chronic aphasia: A Phase 1 study Miranda Lee Rose, Michelle Attard, Zaneta Mok, Lucette Lanyon, Abby Foster 3:00-3:30: Descriptions of an intensive residential aphasia treatment program: Rationale, clinical processes, and outcomes Ronda Winans-Mitrik, James Schumacher, William Hula, Michael Dickey, Patrick Doyle 3:30-4:00: BREAK

4:00-6:00: Platform Session VI: Treatment of Aphasia: What's New? Moderator: Mary Purdy 4:00-4:30: Semafore: Preliminary results David Howard 4:30-5:00 Therapeutic effect of an intensive comprehensive aphasia program: Aphasia LIFT Amy Rodriguez, Linda Worrall, Eril McKinnon, Brooke Grohn, Kyla Brown, Sophia Van Hees, Jade Dignam, David Copland 5:00-5:30: A treatment sequence for "phonological aphasias": Strengthening the core deficit. Kindle Rising, Pelagie M. Beeson 5:30-6:00: Treatment Panel Saturday, June 1st, 2013 7:00 - 8:30

NIDCD Breakfast

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast

8:30-10:00

Poster Presentations: Session III

10:00-10:15

BREAK

10:15-12:15: Platform Session VII: Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Moderator: Laura Murray 10:15-10:45: Performance of concussed and non-concussed individuals on Subtests VIII of the C-RTT Anthony Salvatore 10:45-11:15. Functional workplace communication elicitation for persons with traumatic brain injury Peter Meulenbroek, Leanne Togher, Lyn Turkstra 11:15-11:45: Word finding pauses in primary Progressive aphasia (PPA): Effects of lexical category Jennifer Mack, Aya Meltzer-Asscher, Sarah Dove, Sandra Weintraub, Marcel Mesalum, Cynthia K. Thompson

11:45-12:15: Phonological processing in primary progressive aphasia Maya L. Henry, Pelagie M. Beeson, Steven Z. Rapcsak, Miranda Babiak, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini 12:15-2:15

CAC Steering Committee Luncheon Meeting

12:15-1:30:

Lunch - large group

2:15-3:15: Platform Session VIII: Analysis & Treatment of Discourse Moderator: TBC 2:15-2:45: Propositional idea density in written descriptions of health: Potential clinical applications Elizabeth Spencer, Alison Ferguson, Hugh Craig, Kim Colyvas 2:45-3:15 Implicit treatment of underlying comprehension processes improves narrative comprehension in right hemisphere brain damage Connie A. Tompkins, Margaret T. Blake, Victoria L. Scharp, Kimberly M. Meigh, Julie L. Wambaugh 3:15-3:30:

BREAK

3:30-5:00: Platform Session IX: Aphasia Supports: Use and Repair Moderator: Edie Babbitt 3:30-4:00: Supported Reading Comprehension for people with Aphasia: Photographic and linguistic supports Aimee Dietz, Kelly Knollman-Porter, Karen Hux 4:00-4:30: Learned communication non-use is a reality in very early aphasia recovery. Preliminary results from an ongoing observational study Erin Godecke, Elizabeth Armstrong, Deborah Hersh, Julie Bernhardt 4:30-5:00: Conversation partner responses to problematic talk produced by people with aphasia: Some alternatives to repair Scott Barnes, Alison Ferguson 5:00

Closing Remarks CAC 2014

6:30 Cash Bar 7:00 - 11:30 BANQUET and entertainment Sunday, June 2nd, 2013: Departure

Poster Session I NIDCD Research Symposium Fellows Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 1. I-Practice: The effectiveness of a tablet-based home program in aphasia treatment. Abigail R. Wilkins, Jacquie Kurland, Polly E. Stokes 2. Supporting narrative retells for people with aphasia using AAC: Photographs or line drawings? Text or no text? Julie Dryden Griffith, Aimee Dietz, Kristi Weissling 3. Use of drawing to improve word retrieval in chronic nonfluent aphasia Anna Taylor, Monica Strauss Hough 4. Comparing semantic and syntactic expectation between verbs and thematic roles: Evidence from eye tracking Hyejin Park, Lisa A. Edmonds 5. Neural substrates of improvement following treatment in a case of phonological agraphia/alexia. Andrew Tesla DeMarco, Kindle Rising, Steve Z. Rapcsak, Stephen M. Wilson, Pelagie M. Beeson 6. More to language than picture naming: Norms and patient data for a verb generation task. Alisson Reber, Jacquie Kurland 7. The effect of computerized verb network strengthening treatment on lexical retrieval in aphasia. Daniel Furnas, Lisa A. Edmonds 8. Effects of phonomotor treatment on the reading abilities of individuals with aphasia and phonological alexia. Carmel Elizabeth Brookshire, Rebecca Hunting Pompon, Megan Oelke, Diane Kendall 9. Development and simulation testing of a computerized adaptation measure of communicative functioning in aphasia. Stacey Kellough, William Hula, Patrick Doyle 10. Cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. Teresa Gray, Swathi Kiran 11. Assessing to RET by individuals with chronic nonfluent aphasia: A clinical perspective. Ryan S. Husak, Robert C. Marshall 12. Learning ability as a predictor of success with therapy. Sofia Vallila Rohter, Swathi Kiran 13. Analyzing agrammatic narrative production using Northwestern Narrative Language Assessment (NNLA) and Computerized Language Analysis (CLAN): A qualitative and quantitative comparison. Chien-Ju Hsu, Cynthia K. Thompson 14. Comprehension of who and which NP questions: Which account do the data support? Shannon Brooke Mackenzie, Tracy Love, Roberto Gutierrez, Matthew Walenski, Lew Shapiro

Poster Session II Thursday, May 30th, 2013 1. Personalizing AAC for persons with aphasia: The role of text and pictures. Aimee Dietz, Kristi Weissling, Julie Griffith, Miechelle McKelvey 2. Cortical stimulation and language outcomes in aphasia. Katie Ross, Amber L. Hollingsworth, Michael de Riesthal, Billy Irwin 3. Word retrieval treatments for aphasia: Connected speech outcomes. Anastasia Marie Raymer, Stacey Simone, Jordan Kenagy, Kimberly G. Smith 4. Assessment of neglect dyslexia with functional materials. Elizabeth E. Galletta, Luca Campanelli, Kristen K. Maul, AM Barrett 5. Development and simulation testing of a computerized adaptive version of the Philadelphia Naming Test William Hula, Stacey Kellough 6. Comprehension of sentences with reversible semantic roles is sensitive to phonological STM capacity. Nadine Martin, Francine P. Kohen, Michelene Kalinyak-Flizsar, Mary Guerro 7. Phonomotor rehabilitation of anomia in aphasia Diane L. Kendall, Carmel Brookshire, Megan Oelke, Stephen Nadeau 8. Deficits of case marker processing in persons with mild cognitive impairment Jung Min Hyun, Jee Eun Sung, Jee Hyang Keong, Hee Jin Kang, Hee-Jin Kim 9. Rubric scoring of a clinical test of executive functioning. Robert C. Marshall, Colleen Karow 10. The feasibility of a multimodal communication treatment for aphasia during inpatient rehabilitation Sarah Wallace, Mary Purdy 11.Qualitative Analysis of verbal fluency performance in persons with right hemisphere damage. Gopee Krishnan, Prathibha Karanth 12. The relationship between brain volume loss in TBI and measures of cognition and narrative discourse. Karen Le, Carl Coelho, Jennifer Mozeiko, Frank Krueger, Jordan Grafman 13. Concurrent validation of an eye-tracking -based method for assessing attention allocation Brooke Hallowell, Sabine Heuer, Vanessa Shaw 14. Working memory capacity and it's relation to passive sentence comprehension in persons with mild cognitive impairment. Jee Eun Sung, Jin Kyung Kim, Jee Hyang Jeong 15. Non dominant hand performance on the Rey Complex Figure Test across five age groups. Colleen M. Karow, Nancy Helm-Estabrooks 16. Exploring the relationship between ease of articulation and treatment for AOS. Linda Shuster, Claire Cottrill 17. Effects of verb bias and syntactic ambiguity on reading in people with aphasia Gayle DeDe 18. Measuring Quality of Life for an economic evaluation of aphasia: First steps Aura Kagan, Nina Simmons-Mackie, Jeffrey Hoch, J. Charles Victor, Ada Mok, Lee-ann Kant, Shelley Sharp, David Streiner

19. An intensive interdisciplinary treatment program for persons with aphasia Elizabeth Louise Hoover, Gloria Waters, David Caplan, Anne Carney 20. The effect of emotion on verbal recall in traumatic brain injury. Natalie Marie Czimskey, Thomas P. Marquardt

Poster Session III Saturday, June 1, 2013 1. Mild conduction aphasia and narrative functionality: Beyond the assessment of impairment (A case study) Gloria Streit Olness, Julie Marie Gober 2. Effects of semantic and multimodal communication program for switching behavior in moderate-severe aphasia. Shannon Carr, Sarah E. Wallace 3. Tracking social connection versus isolation in aphasia Candice P. Vickers, Darla P. Hagge 4. Characteristics of polysyllabic word repetitions in individuals with fluent and nonfluent aphasia. Michael P. Cannito, Monica Strauss Hough, Richard Dressler, Eugene H. Buder 5. Effort invested in cognitive tasks by adults with aphasia. A pilot study Stephanie Cotton Christensen, Heather Harris Wright 6. Construct validity and reliability of working memory tasks for people with aphasia. Gayle DeDe, Jessica Knilans, Matthew Ricca, Brittany, Trubi 7. PWAs and PBJs: Language for describing a simple procedure. Davida Fromm, Margaret Forbes, Audrey Holland, Brian MacWhinney 8. Acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of script training: A comparison of errorful and error-reducing conditions. Leora R. Cherney, Roz C. Kaye, Jaime B. Lee, Sarel Van Vuuren 9. Effects of auditory masking on speech fluency on aphasia and apraxia of speech: Immediate and delayed responses Adam Jacks, Katarina L. Haley, Young Kinh-Nhue Truong 10. Propositional idea density: Computerized analysis to determine effects of presence and severity of aphasia. Alison Ferguson, Elizabeth Spencer, Lucy Bryant, Hugh Craig, Kim Colyvas, Linda Worrall 11.Perceived stress and depression in stroke patients with and without aphasia. Jacqueline Laures-Gore, Lauren DeFife 12.Validation of an IPAD based therapy for language and cognitive rehabilitation in individuals with brain damage Swathi Kiran, Carrie Des Roches, Isabel Balanchandran, Elsa Ascenso 13. Phonological Alexia and agraphia: Should we remediate phonological awareness, phonological memory, or both? Jaime Mayer

14. Progressive apraxia of speech: Might there be subtypes? Joseph R. Duffy, Edythe E. Strand, Jennifer L. Whitwell, Keith A. Josephs 15. Conversation Therapy for aphasia: A survey. Nina Simmons-Mackie, Linda Worrall, Meghan Savage 16. Reading comprehension and Parkinson's disease. Stefanie L. Rutledge, Laura L. Murray 17. A comparison of semantic feature analysis and promoting aphasics' communicative effectiveness for treating anomia in patients with aphasia. Don Freed, Katie Torstensen 18. A multimodal neurolinguistic treatment approach for conduction aphasia: A single case study Jillian K. Spratt, Angela Roberts, Bracia Eaton, Debra Medzon, J.B. Orange 19. Heading and cognitive performance in female collegiate soccer players. Dorian Sobel, Margaret Lehman Blake, Summer Ott 20. The effect of cognitive load in discourse fluency in women with TBI. Lindsey Byom, Lyn Turkstra