Expert Group Meeting on Aphasia
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: A multidisciplinary team of experts took stock of the current state of affairs about many aspects of aphasia in India, including community burden, diagnostic assessment, therapy, rehabilitation, research, education, and advocacy. The broad spectrum of aphasiology was matched by the types of participants ranging from neurologists, speech-language pathologists, clinical psychologists, linguists, to experts in neuroimaging and computer sciences. Threadbare discussion in 16 sessions over 3 days leads to the identification of pressing problems and possible solutions. Many action plans have been envisaged and recommendations made. A few examples with high priority are community-based and hospital-based study incidence and prevalence of aphasia, development of test batteries for the assessment of many components of speech and communication in Indian languages which are validated on rigorous psychometric, and linguistic criteria, national registry for aphasia, educational modules about aphasia for different target groups, resources for advocacy and its training, a bank of research questions and outlines of research protocols for young professionals to pursue. The expert group will continue to oversee execution of some of the actionable plans in short and long term.
Authors: Apoorva Pauranik, Annamma George, Aparna Sahu, Ashima Nehra, Avanthi Paplikar, Chitralekha Bhat, Gopee Krishnan, Harsimar Kaur, Jitendra saini, P. A. Suresh, Pawan Ojha, Pinky Singh, Pratap Sancheti, Prathibha Karanth, P. S. Mathuranath, Satyapal Goswami, Sonal Chitnis, N Sundar, Suvarna Alladi, Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah
Institutions: Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Tata Consultancy Services (India), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Fortis Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University)
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2911000385