Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC)
Optimising the lives of people with Aphasia
SMS Study: Co-design of an intervention to support text messaging for adults with aphasia.
Our research team are developing a therapy package to support text-messaging for people with aphasia.
Aims of project
We want to understand how best to support text-messaging for people with aphasia.
We want to know:
- what helps and what makes text-messaging difficult for people with aphasia.
what skills are important to include in text-messaging therapy.
what text messaging goals people have for rehabilitation.
- how digital accessibility assists people with aphasia to text.
Together, we will develop a therapy package to support text-messaging.
How to get involved:
We are looking for:
- people with aphasia who are more than 1-month post-stroke.
- family members or carers.
- qualified health professionals (i.e., speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, neuropsychologists) with > 1 year clinical rehabilitation experience working with people with aphasia.
- Technology designers
You will be asked to:
- participate in a 2 hour focus group.
- You may also be asked to take part in 8 workshops. Each workshop will be 2 hours long.
The study will be done at the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service in Herston, Brisbane or online via Zoom.
If you would like to participate in this research project, please fill out our form.
Contact
Email Kori Ramajoo to learn more.
Research team
- Dr Jade Dignam
Kori Ramajoo
Professor David Copland
Associate Professor Sarah Wallace
Dr Sonia Brownsett
Dr Peter Worthy
Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS): Dr Emmah Doig, Dr Elizabeth Beadle, Emma O'Neill
University of Technology Sydney (UTS): Professor Emma Power
