Dr Brooke Ryan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Res Fellow in Speech & Postdoctoral Res Fellow in Speech
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Researcher biography
Brooke Ryan is a speech pathologist who primarily works in aphasia rehabilitation. Her research interests focus on understanding the impact of aphasia and improving psychosocial outcomes for people with aphasia and their families. She currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship to evaluate a novel aphasia intervention aimed at preventing depression.
Book Chapter
Hersh, Deborah, Worrall, Linda, O'Halloran, Robyn, Brown, Kyla, Grohn, Brooke and Rodriguez, Amy D. (2013). Assess for success: evidence for therapeutic assessment. In Nina Simmons-Mackie, Julia M King and David R Beukelman (Ed.), Supporting Communication for Adults with Acute and Chronic Aphasia (pp. 145-164) Baltimore, MA, United States: Brookes Publishing.
Journal Articles
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 tr. Trials, 17 153: 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 Paper
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. In: Special Issue: Abstracts of 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. 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, (54-54). 29-31 August 2012. 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.