Dr Brooke Ryan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Res Fellow in Speech
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
+61 7 336 51380
Book Chapters
Ryan, Brooke, Worrall, Linda, Sekhon, Jasvinder, Baker, Caroline, Carragher, Marcella, Bohan, Jaycie, Power, Emma, Rose, Miranda, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Togher, Leanne and Kneebone, Ian (2020). Time to step up: a call for the speech pathology profession to utilise stepped psychological care for people with aphasia post stroke. Psychotherapy and aphasia: interventions for emotional wellbeing and relationships. (pp. 1-16) edited by Kate H. Meredith and Giles N. Yeates. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429030482-1
Hersh, Deborah, Worrall, Linda, O'Halloran, Robyn, Brown, Kyla, Grohn, Brooke and Rodriguez, Amy D. (2013). Assess for success: evidence for therapeutic assessment. Supporting Communication for Adults with Acute and Chronic Aphasia. (pp. 145-164) edited by Nina Simmons-Mackie, Julia M King and David R Beukelman. Baltimore, MA, United States: Brookes Publishing.
Journal Articles
Tjokrowijoto, Priscilla, Thomas, Sonia, Kneebone, Ian, Ryan, Brooke and Stolwyk, Renerus J. (2024). Aphasia, depression, and psychological therapy (ADaPT): A single case design evaluation of a modified cognitive behavioural therapy to treat depressive symptoms in stroke survivors with aphasia. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1-45. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2024.2331840
Baker, Caroline, Thomas, Sonia, Tjokrowijoto, Priscilla, Ryan, Brooke, Kneebone, Ian and Stolwyk, Renerus (2024). Aphasia Depression and Psychological Therapy (ADaPT): Perspectives of People with Post-Stroke Aphasia on Participating in a Modified Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Healthcare, 12 (7), 771. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12070771
Baker, Caroline, Ryan, Brooke, Rose, Miranda L., Kneebone, Ian, Thomas, Shirley, Wong, Dana and Wallace, Sarah J. (2024). Developing consensus-based clinical competencies to guide stroke clinicians in the implementation of psychological care in aphasia rehabilitation. Brain Impairment, 25 (1) ARTN IB23091, 1-13. doi: 10.1071/ib23091
Ludlow, Kristiana, Russell, Jeremy K., Ryan, Brooke, Brown, Renee L., Joynt, Tamsin, Uhlmann, Laura R., Smith, Genevieve E., Donovan, Caroline, Hides, Leanne, Spence, Susan H., March, Sonja and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2023). Co-designing a digital mental health platform, "Momentum", with young people aged 7-17: A qualitative study. Digital Health, 9 ARTN 20552076231216410, 1-22. doi: 10.1177/20552076231216410
Ryan, Brooke, Kneebone, Ian, Rose, Miranda, Togher, Leanne, Power, Emma, Hoffmann, Tammy, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Carragher, Marcella and Worrall, Linda (2023). Preventing depression in aphasia: a cluster randomised control trial of the Aphasia Action Success Knowledge (ASK) program. International Journal of Stroke, 18 (8), 996-1004. doi: 10.1177/17474930231176718
Wallace, Sarah, Anemaat, Lisa, Attard, Michelle, Baker, Caroline, Berg, Karianne, Carragher, Marcella, Isaksen, Jytte, Ryan, Brooke, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Wang, Edwina, Worrall, Linda and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2023). Best practice in post-stroke aphasia services according to people with lived experience. a modified nominal group technique study. Aphasiology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2023.2262693
Ray, Sayampurna, Ryan, Brooke, Baldwin, Peter, Thomas, Shirley and Kneebone, Ian (2023). Communicative accessibility and prospective acceptability of a digital behavioural activation intervention for people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 38 (5), 895-918. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2023.2244166
Shiggins, Ciara, Ryan, Brooke, Dewan, Farhana, Bernhardt, Julie, O'Halloran, Robyn, Power, Emma, Lindley, Richard I., McGurk, Gordon and Rose, Miranda L. (2023). Inclusion of people with aphasia in stroke trials: a systematic search and review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 105 (3), 580-592. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.06.010
Trebilcock, Megan, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Ryan, Brooke (2023). A survey of speech pathologists’ opinions about the prospective acceptability of an online implementation platform for aphasia services. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 58 (2), 390-405. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12796
Trebilcock, Megan, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Ryan, Brooke (2022). Pilot trial of the online implementation intervention Aphasia Nexus: connecting evidence to practice. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2153918
El-Helou, Rebecca, Rogers, Jeffrey M., Ryan, Brooke, Marsden, Dianne L., Winkler, Ann, Baillie, Andrew and Kneebone, Ian (2022). Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the Mood Assessment Post-Stroke (MAPS) mood screening training. Brain Impairment, 24 (3), 679-695. doi: 10.1017/brimp.2022.34
Shiggins, Ciara, Ryan, Brooke, O'Halloran, Robyn, Power, Emma, Bernhardt, Julie, Lindley, Richard. I., McGurk, Gordon, Hankey, Graeme. J. and Rose, Miranda. L. (2022). Towards the consistent inclusion of people with aphasia in stroke research irrespective of discipline. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 103 (11), 2256-2263. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.07.004
Tyler, Chloe, Finch, Emma, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Ryan, Brooke, Soroli, Efstathia, Martinez-Ferreiro, Silvia and Wallace, Sarah J. (2022). Aphasia outcome measurement in clinical practice: an international survey. Aphasiology, 37 (10), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2022.2112143
El-Helou, Rebecca, Ryan, Brooke and Kneebone, Ian (2022). Development of the “Kalmer” relaxation intervention: co-design with stroke survivors with aphasia. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45 (9), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2069294
Cheng, B. B. Y., Ryan, B. J., Copland, D. A. and Wallace, S.J. (2022). Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia: perspectives of people with aphasia on receiving information about recovery. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 33 (5), 1-32. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2022.2051565
Cheng, Bonnie B. Y., Ryan, Brooke J., Copland, David A and Wallace, Sarah J (2022). Prognostication in poststroke aphasia: perspectives of significant others of people with aphasia on receiving information about recovery. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31 (2), 896-911. doi: 10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00170
Iwasaki, Natsumi, Ryan, Brooke, Worrall, Linda, Rose, Miranda and Baker, Caroline (2022). Experiences of mood changes and preferences for management within stepped psychological care from the perspective of spouses of people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 37 (2), 1-32. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2021.2015746
Cheng, Bonnie B. Y., Ryan, Brooke, Copland, David A. and Wallace, Sarah J. (2022). Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia: speech pathologists’ clinical insights on formulating and delivering information about recovery. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (18), 5046-5059. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1922514
Ryan, Brooke J., Clunne, Stephanie M., Baker, Caroline J., Shiggins, Ciara, Rose, Miranda L. and Kneebone, Ian I. (2021). A systematic review of non-drug interventions to prevent and treat anxiety in people with aphasia after stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (18), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1925752
Trebilcock, Megan, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Ryan, Brooke (2021). Development of an online implementation intervention for aphasia clinicians to increase the intensity and comprehensiveness of their service. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (17), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1910867
Baker, Caroline, Rose, Miranda L, Ryan, Brooke and Worrall, Linda (2020). Barriers and facilitators to implementing stepped psychological care for people with aphasia: Perspectives of stroke health professionals. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 28 (8), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2020.1849952
Bennett, Rebecca J., Meyer, Carly J., Ryan, Brooke J. and Eikelboom, Robert H. (2020). How Do Audiologists Respond to Emotional and Psychological Concerns Raised in the Audiology Setting? Three Case Vignettes. Ear and Hearing, 41 (6), 1675-1683. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000887
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Pitt, Rachelle, Till, Kirsty, Finch, Emma and Ryan, Brooke (2020). Speech language pathologists’ practice with children of parents with an acquired communication disability: a preliminary study. Brain Impairment, 22 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1017/brimp.2020.11
Bennett, Rebecca J., Meyer, Carly J., Ryan, Brooke, Barr, Caitlin, Laird, Emma and Eikelboom, Robert H. (2020). Knowledge, beliefs, and practices of Australian audiologists in addressing the mental health needs of adults with hearing loss. American Journal of Audiology, 29 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1044/2019_aja-19-00087
Arnold, Hayley, Wallace, Sarah J., Ryan, Brooke, Finch, Emma and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2019). Current practice and barriers and facilitators to outcome measurement in aphasia rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study using the theoretical domains framework. Aphasiology, 34 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1678090
Baker, Caroline, Worrall, Linda, Rose, Miranda and Ryan, Brooke (2019). ‘It was really dark’: the experiences and preferences of people with aphasia to manage mood changes and depression. Aphasiology, 34 (1), 19-46. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1673304
Ryan, Brooke, Bohan, Jaycie and Kneebone, Ian (2019). Help-seeking and people with aphasia who have mood problems after stroke: perspectives of speech-language pathologists. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 54 (5) 1460-6984.12476, 779-793. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12476
Baker, Caroline, Worrall, Linda, Rose, Miranda and Ryan, Brooke (2019). Stroke health professionals’ management of depression after post-stroke aphasia: a qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1621394
Meyer, Carly J., Koh, Sheena S.H., Hill, Annie J., Conway, Erin R., Ryan, Brooke J., McKinnon, Eril R. and Pachana, Nancy A. (2019). Hear–communicate–remember: feasibility of delivering an integrated intervention for family caregivers of people with dementia and hearing impairment via telehealth. Dementia, 19 (8), 147130121985070-2701. doi: 10.1177/1471301219850703
Melvin, Katelyn, Meyer, Carly and Ryan, Brooke (2019). “We don't know what we don't know”: providing information about communication to families of children with Down syndrome. Child: Care, Health and Development, 45 (3), 423-432. doi: 10.1111/cch.12658
Carragher, Marcella, Ryan, Brooke, Worrall, Linda, Thomas, Shirley, Rose, Miranda, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Khan, Asad, Hoffmann, Tammy C., Power, Emma, Togher, Leanne and Kneebone, Ian (2019). Fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) trial: a psychosocial intervention administered by speech and language therapists to prevent depression in people with post-stroke aphasia. BMJ Open, 9 (5) e023560, e023560. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023560
Wallace, Sarah J., Baker, Caroline, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Bryant, Lucy, Le Dorze, Guylaine, Power, Emma, Pritchard, Madeleine, Rose, Miranda L., Rose, Tanya, Ryan, Brooke, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Togher, Leanne and Trebilcock, Megan (2019). A how-to guide to aphasia services: celebrating Professor Linda Worrall’s contribution to the field. Aphasiology, 33 (7), 888-902. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1609774
Trebilcock, Megan, Worrall, Linda, Ryan, Brooke, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Jagoe, Caroline, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Bright, Felicity, Cruice, Madeline, Pritchard, Madeleine and Le Dorze, Guylaine (2019). Increasing the intensity and comprehensiveness of aphasia services: identification of key factors influencing implementation across six countries. Aphasiology, 33 (7), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1602860
Clunne, Stephanie Jane, Ryan, Brooke Jade, Hill, Annie, Brandenburg, Caitlin and Kneebone, Ian (2018). Are currently available e-mental health programs for depression applicable and accessible to people with post-stroke aphasia? A scoping review and accessibility test. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20 (12) e291, e291. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9864
Baker, Caroline , Worrall, Linda , Rose, Miranda , Hudson, Kyla , Ryan, Brooke and O’Byrne, Leana (2017). A systematic review of rehabilitation interventions to prevent and treat depression in post-stroke aphasia. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 (16), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1315181
Morris, Reg, Eccles, Alicia, Ryan, Brooke and Kneebone, Ian I. (2017). Prevalence of anxiety in people with aphasia after stroke. Aphasiology, 31 (12), 1410-1415. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2017.1304633
Ryan, Brooke, Hudson, Kyla, Worrall, Linda, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Thomas, Emma, Finch, Emma, Clark, Kathy and Lethlean, Jennifer (2017). The aphasia action, success, and knowledge programme: results from an Australian phase I trial of a speech-pathology-led intervention for people with aphasia early post stroke. Brain Impairment, 18 (3), 284-298. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2017.5
Worrall, Linda E., Hudson, Kyla, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Ryan, Brooke and Simmons-Mackie, Nina (2017). Determinants of living well With aphasia in the first year poststroke: a prospective cohort study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 98 (2), 235-240. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.06.020
Worrall, Linda, Ryan, Brooke, Hudson, Kyla, Kneebone, Ian, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Hoffman, Tammy, Power, Emma, Togher, Leanne and Rose, Miranda (2016). Reducing the psychosocial impact of aphasia on mood and quality of life in people with aphasia and the impact of caregiving in family members through the Aphasia Action Success Knowledge (Aphasia ASK) program: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 17 (153) 153, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1257-9
Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Ryan, Brooke and Hickson, Louise (2015). This is a partnership between all of us: Audiologists’ perceptions of family member involvement in hearing rehabilitation. American Journal of Audiology, 24 (4), 536-548. doi: 10.1044/2015_AJA-15-0026
Grohn, Brooke, Worrall, Linda, Simmons-Mackie, Nina and Hudson, Kyla (2014). Living successfully with aphasia during the first year post-stroke: a longitudinal qualitative study. Aphasiology, 28 (12), 1405-1425. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2014.935118
Rodriguez, Amy D., Worrall, Linda, Brown, Kyla, Grohn, Brooke, McKinnon, Eril, Pearson, Charlene, Van Hees, Sophia, Roxbury, Tracy, Cornwell, Petrea, MacDonald, Anna, Angwin, Anthony, Cardell, Elizabeth, Davidson, Bronwyn and Copland, David A. (2013). Aphasia LIFT: exploratory investigation of an intensive comprehensive therapy programme. Aphasiology, 27 (11), 1339-1361. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2013.825759
Grohn, Brooke, Worrall, Linda E., Simmons-Mackie, Nina and Brown, Kyla (2012). The first 3-months post-stroke: What facilitates successfully living with aphasia?. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14 (4), 390-400. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2012.692813
Hall, Alexandra, Grohn, Brooke, Nalder, Emily, Worrall, Linda and Fleming, Jennifer (2012). A mixed methods study of the experience of transition to the community of working-aged people with non-traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 13 (1), 85-98. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2012.7
O'Halloran, Robyn, Grohn, Brooke and Worrall, Linda (2012). Environmental factors that influence communication for patients with a communication disability in acute hospital stroke units: A qualitative metasynthesis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93 (1), S77-S85. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.06.039
Conference Papers
Harvey, Sam, Cheng, Bonnie, Shiggins, Ciara, Ryan, Brooke, Tanya Rose, Palmer, Rebecca, Burton. Bridget, Worthy, Peter, Deslandes, Ryan, Kong, Anthony Pak-Hin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Soroli, Eva, Dutta, Manaswita, Martinez Ferreiro, Silvia, Alyahya, Reem, Pais, Analise, Shinton, Ray, Pernworth, Janis and Wallace, Sarah J. (2023). Making research summaries accessible to people with aphasia following stroke: an international co-design study. Stroke 2023 – The Combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Nursing and Allied Health Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 August 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/17474930231188838
Baker, Caroline, Rose, Miranda, Ryan, Brooke, Worrall, Linda and Kneebone, Ian (2019). 'Stepping up' to manage mental health and wellbeing after post-stroke aphasia. SMART STROKES 2019 Conference, Hunter Valley, NSW Australia, 8-9 August 2019. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Clunne, S., Ryan, B., Baker, C., Rose, M. and Kneebone, (2019). A systematic review of interventions to prevent or treat anxiety for people with aphasia after stroke. UK Stroke Forum, Telford, United Kingdom, 3-5 December 2019. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Baker, Caroline, Worrall, Linda, Rose, Miranda and Ryan, Brooke (2018). Experiences of mood changes and depression after post-stroke aphasia. 18th International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC), Aveiro, Portugal , 5-7 September 2018 . Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom : Routledge. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1486384
Ryan, Brooke and Pitt, Rachelle (2018). “It took the spark from him for a little while”: A case study on the psychological impact of parental stroke and aphasia on a young boy. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC), Aveiro, Portugal, 5–7 September 2018 . Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1485858
Carragher, M., Ryan, B., Worrall, L., Thomas, S., Rose, M., Simmons-Mackie, N., Togher, L., Power, E., Khan, A., Hoffman, T. and Kneebone, I. (2018). ASK (Action Success Knowledge), a psychosocial intervention to prevent depression in people with post stroke aphasia - treatment fidelity. 27th European Stroke Conference, Athens, Greece, 11-13 April 2018. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger.
Grohn, B., Hawck, K. and Rose, T. (2012). Using the burden of stroke scale with people who have aphasia: simplified text formatting was preferred but did not influence scores. Stroke 2012 Conference - A combined event of the Stroke Society of Australasia 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting and the 8th Smart Strokes Australasian Nursing and Allied Health Stroke Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 29-31 August 2012. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4930.2012.00907.x
Thesis
Grohn, Brooke (2013). Living successfully with aphasia during the first year post stroke. PhD Thesis, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland.