Jen Thomson
@jentslt.bsky.social
Clinical Specialist Speech & Language Therapist in Stroke - Leeds, UK
Clinical/research interests: aphasia, dysarthria, stroke, rehabilitation, counselling (trainee)
Clinical/research interests: aphasia, dysarthria, stroke, rehabilitation, counselling (trainee)
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Jen Thomson
@jentslt.bsky.social
· Nov 24
The requirements, the relationships, and the rules: experiences and perceptions of how time is spent supporting recovery on a stroke rehabilitation unit for stroke survivors with aphasia
Stroke survivors with aphasia experience a range of challenges during hospital-based stroke rehabilitation. These include limited rehabilitative activities and difficulties interacting with healthc...
www.tandfonline.com
Pleased to share our paper published online today!
Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia
@lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...
Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia
@lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...
Reposted by Jen Thomson
Too often, women dim their light or reshape themselves to fit outdated moulds of leadership. Our Circles leadership programme helps women to reclaim their own image of what it means to lead. Read how Suraiya Hassan, Circles alumni, felt empowered. https://bit.ly/486COcF
January 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Too often, women dim their light or reshape themselves to fit outdated moulds of leadership. Our Circles leadership programme helps women to reclaim their own image of what it means to lead. Read how Suraiya Hassan, Circles alumni, felt empowered. https://bit.ly/486COcF
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As an NHS clinical psychologist, I can say pretty much everything here is contributing to the distress people are feeling. It's so validating- to feel heard & understood. This is not the usual 'political spin', this is a presentation of reality that so many people live every day. Thank you.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:38 AM
As an NHS clinical psychologist, I can say pretty much everything here is contributing to the distress people are feeling. It's so validating- to feel heard & understood. This is not the usual 'political spin', this is a presentation of reality that so many people live every day. Thank you.
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In the latest from #AJSLP, authors evaluate a 10-week aphasia intervention aimed at improver conversational language. Learn more about this pilot study and its implications! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00113 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 PM
In the latest from #AJSLP, authors evaluate a 10-week aphasia intervention aimed at improver conversational language. Learn more about this pilot study and its implications! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00113 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
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This article from #ASHASIG2 looks at a new intervention for sentence production that can be tailored to people with aphasia https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00053 #SLPeeps #SLP2B
Syntax Treatment for Aphasia Recovery: Implicit Learning Through Structural Priming
Purpose: Although sentence production deficits are common in persons with aphasia
(PWA), available treatments are limited. Implicit structural pr...
pubs.asha.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This article from #ASHASIG2 looks at a new intervention for sentence production that can be tailored to people with aphasia https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00053 #SLPeeps #SLP2B
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Some left-hemisphere stroke survivors have self-reported aphasia, despite scoring above the Western Aphasia Battery–Revised cutoff. This article examines rapid lexical retrieval and executive functioning in very mild aphasia.
https://on.asha.org/49hAnEE
https://on.asha.org/49hAnEE
Rapid Lexical Retrieval and Executive Functioning in Very Mild Aphasia
Purpose: Left-hemisphere stroke survivors who score above the Western Aphasia Battery–Revised (WAB-R) cutoff, but have self-reported aphasia, hav...
on.asha.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some left-hemisphere stroke survivors have self-reported aphasia, despite scoring above the Western Aphasia Battery–Revised cutoff. This article examines rapid lexical retrieval and executive functioning in very mild aphasia.
https://on.asha.org/49hAnEE
https://on.asha.org/49hAnEE
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AJSLP is closing out 2025 with a whole issue of aphasiology resources for clinicians! Learn about the special issue full of articles developed from the 53rd Clinical Aphasiology Conference in Context! https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2025/12/the-latest-aphasia-resources-for-clinicians-in-ajslp/
The Latest Aphasia Resources for Clinicians in AJSLP - ASHA Journals Academy
More than 2 million Americans have aphasia, and that number is growing annually. Every year, clinicians and researchers gather to present new findings in aphasia and other neurologic language disorder...
academy.pubs.asha.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
AJSLP is closing out 2025 with a whole issue of aphasiology resources for clinicians! Learn about the special issue full of articles developed from the 53rd Clinical Aphasiology Conference in Context! https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2025/12/the-latest-aphasia-resources-for-clinicians-in-ajslp/
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Just published in open access; we are tremendously proud to have contributed to this landmark paper: Brady et al. (2025). European Stroke Organisation Guideline on Aphasia Rehabilitation. European Stroke Journal 10(4), 1189-1220. doi.org/10.1177/2396...
December 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just published in open access; we are tremendously proud to have contributed to this landmark paper: Brady et al. (2025). European Stroke Organisation Guideline on Aphasia Rehabilitation. European Stroke Journal 10(4), 1189-1220. doi.org/10.1177/2396...
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Due to potential barriers to telepractice with nonspoken communication modalities, authors of this research article sought to evaluate the Multimodal Communication Treatment with discourse via telepractice for people with aphasia.
https://on.asha.org/3MGEMrX
https://on.asha.org/3MGEMrX
The Feasibility of Modified Multimodal Communication Treatment With Discourse via Telepractice for People With Aphasia
Purpose: Multimodal Communication Treatment with discourse via telepractice (teleMCT+D) is a modified version of Multimodal Communication Treatme...
pubs.asha.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Due to potential barriers to telepractice with nonspoken communication modalities, authors of this research article sought to evaluate the Multimodal Communication Treatment with discourse via telepractice for people with aphasia.
https://on.asha.org/3MGEMrX
https://on.asha.org/3MGEMrX
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I've yet to see a hardcopy myself but Amazon has some actual photos posted.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've yet to see a hardcopy myself but Amazon has some actual photos posted.
Pleased to share our paper published online today!
Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia
@lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...
Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia
@lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...
The requirements, the relationships, and the rules: experiences and perceptions of how time is spent supporting recovery on a stroke rehabilitation unit for stroke survivors with aphasia
Stroke survivors with aphasia experience a range of challenges during hospital-based stroke rehabilitation. These include limited rehabilitative activities and difficulties interacting with healthc...
www.tandfonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Pleased to share our paper published online today!
Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia
@lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...
Highlighting the #stroke rehab unit experiences of stroke survivors with #aphasia
@lindseythiel.bsky.social @basaphasia.bsky.social @clinacslt.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MQ3E6...
Reposted by Jen Thomson
Study sought to improve production of locative adjuncts in sentence & discourse tasks in persons w/ aphasia using implicit structural priming. They examined what factors impact degrees of structural priming effects. https://on.asha.org/4pft8SP @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social
Priming Adjuncts in Sentence and Discourse Production in Neurotypical Adults and Persons With Aphasia
Purpose: Although optional elements of speech, speakers frequently use adjunct phrases (e.g., on the rug, by the weekend) to enrich message conte...
pubs.asha.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Study sought to improve production of locative adjuncts in sentence & discourse tasks in persons w/ aphasia using implicit structural priming. They examined what factors impact degrees of structural priming effects. https://on.asha.org/4pft8SP @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social
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#JSLHR study evaluated the feasibility & effectiveness of the comprehensive, high-dose aphasia treatment (CHAT) program, a modified-ICAP, when implemented by a public rehabilitation facility in Brisbane, Australia. https://on.asha.org/4o1wLL9
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
Clinical Effectiveness of the Comprehensive, High-Dose Aphasia Treatment Program for People With Poststroke Aphasia
Purpose: Intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) are a novel service delivery model incorporating best practice principles in aphasia re...
on.asha.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
#JSLHR study evaluated the feasibility & effectiveness of the comprehensive, high-dose aphasia treatment (CHAT) program, a modified-ICAP, when implemented by a public rehabilitation facility in Brisbane, Australia. https://on.asha.org/4o1wLL9
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
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Authors examined if phase synchrony index (PSI) from resting-state EEG could predict aphasia recovery after #stroke. PSI, particularly inter-temporal PSI, may reflect recovery-related changes in networks post-stroke and could be a biomarker of aphasia recovery.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Authors examined if phase synchrony index (PSI) from resting-state EEG could predict aphasia recovery after #stroke. PSI, particularly inter-temporal PSI, may reflect recovery-related changes in networks post-stroke and could be a biomarker of aphasia recovery.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Directly rating 4 key dimensions w/ an auditory-perceptual approach shows promise as a highly efficient way to analyze connected speech in aphasia; more work will be necessary to develop this approach for clinical applications. https://on.asha.org/3LtXbb7 @sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps
Feasibility of Auditory-Perceptual Rating of Four Dimensions of Connected Speech in Aphasia
Purpose: The purpose of this preliminary research study was to evaluate the feasibility of directly rating four dimensions of connected speech in...
on.asha.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Directly rating 4 key dimensions w/ an auditory-perceptual approach shows promise as a highly efficient way to analyze connected speech in aphasia; more work will be necessary to develop this approach for clinical applications. https://on.asha.org/3LtXbb7 @sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps
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Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking. My new
@psychtoday.bsky.social essay excerpted and adapted from Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language, forthcoming this month @mitpress.bsky.social.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...
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@psychtoday.bsky.social essay excerpted and adapted from Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language, forthcoming this month @mitpress.bsky.social.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...
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Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking
For 150 years, Broca's area has defined speech production. Now scientists have discovered a second parallel system that controls the melody and rhythm of how we speak and sing.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking. My new
@psychtoday.bsky.social essay excerpted and adapted from Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language, forthcoming this month @mitpress.bsky.social.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...
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@psychtoday.bsky.social essay excerpted and adapted from Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language, forthcoming this month @mitpress.bsky.social.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...
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Individuals with poststroke aphasia face job loss after stroke. This article from #ASHASIG2 shows how SLPs can guide conversations and support adults with aphasia who wish to return to work https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00021 #SLPeeps #SLP2Be
Workplace Reentry for Adults With Aphasia: Understanding Definitions and Motivations
Purpose: Research has shown that individuals with poststroke aphasia face job loss after their stroke. While individuals living with aphasia want...
on.asha.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Individuals with poststroke aphasia face job loss after stroke. This article from #ASHASIG2 shows how SLPs can guide conversations and support adults with aphasia who wish to return to work https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00021 #SLPeeps #SLP2Be
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Text messaging is an increasingly relevant rehabilitation target for people with aphasia. The validity and reliability of the Transactional EXchanges in Texting for Aphasia (TEXT-A) rating scale are evaluated in this recent #JSLHR study.
https://on.asha.org/4qPiILu
https://on.asha.org/4qPiILu
Validity and Reliability of the Transactional EXchanges in Texting for Aphasia Rating Scale
Purpose: Text messaging is an increasingly relevant rehabilitation target for people with aphasia (PWA). Given the chronicity of aphasia and the ...
on.asha.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Text messaging is an increasingly relevant rehabilitation target for people with aphasia. The validity and reliability of the Transactional EXchanges in Texting for Aphasia (TEXT-A) rating scale are evaluated in this recent #JSLHR study.
https://on.asha.org/4qPiILu
https://on.asha.org/4qPiILu
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Lippersley Pike. 1767! Following the old ways. I guess people were crossing this landscape before it became a grouse moor desert ... #moorland #Yorkshire
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Lippersley Pike. 1767! Following the old ways. I guess people were crossing this landscape before it became a grouse moor desert ... #moorland #Yorkshire
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The October @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter is out now: bit.ly/3WyBMQ8 This issue covers Rx for child language, literacy, adult language, dysphagia, disability, and paediatric feeding. SIX of the papers are open access! #SLPeeps #SLP #SLT #wespeechies #speechbite #bskySPEECHIES
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November 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The October @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter is out now: bit.ly/3WyBMQ8 This issue covers Rx for child language, literacy, adult language, dysphagia, disability, and paediatric feeding. SIX of the papers are open access! #SLPeeps #SLP #SLT #wespeechies #speechbite #bskySPEECHIES
Reposted by Jen Thomson
Study supports structural priming as an effective sentence production treatment for persons w/#aphasia, especially when verbs are not matched between primes & target. https://on.asha.org/47u4q9Y
@csdisseminate.bsky.social @opencsd.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social
@csdisseminate.bsky.social @opencsd.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social
Structural Priming Treatment in Aphasia: The Role of Lexical and Abstract Syntactic Representations
Purpose: Sentence production is impaired in many persons with aphasia (PWA). However, few effective treatments for sentence production exist. Rec...
on.asha.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Study supports structural priming as an effective sentence production treatment for persons w/#aphasia, especially when verbs are not matched between primes & target. https://on.asha.org/47u4q9Y
@csdisseminate.bsky.social @opencsd.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social
@csdisseminate.bsky.social @opencsd.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social
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DW. This page expands on two Clinical Rehabilitation articles: doi.org/10.1177/0269... and doi.org/10.1177/0269..., which are on Rehabilitation Thinking and a General Theory of Rehabilitation.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
DW. This page expands on two Clinical Rehabilitation articles: doi.org/10.1177/0269... and doi.org/10.1177/0269..., which are on Rehabilitation Thinking and a General Theory of Rehabilitation.
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Measures of coping that are accessible to persons w/ aphasia are lacking. This #AJSLP article takes a step toward solving this problem by presenting a coping questionnaire, the Aphasia Brief COPE, standardized on persons w/ #aphasia. https://on.asha.org/47mSwid
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
The Aphasia Brief COPE
Purpose: Measures of coping that are accessible to persons with aphasia in both clinical and research environments are lacking. The current artic...
on.asha.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Measures of coping that are accessible to persons w/ aphasia are lacking. This #AJSLP article takes a step toward solving this problem by presenting a coping questionnaire, the Aphasia Brief COPE, standardized on persons w/ #aphasia. https://on.asha.org/47mSwid
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
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Our new paper on assessing conversations after brain injury is now OPEN ACCESS 📝🗣️
✅ 5-min conversation ratings are more reliable & practical than 10-min ones
✅ MPC & MSC scales showed moderate reliability
✅ Scoring takes <30 min
👉 Read here:
pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
✅ 5-min conversation ratings are more reliable & practical than 10-min ones
✅ MPC & MSC scales showed moderate reliability
✅ Scoring takes <30 min
👉 Read here:
pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
Feasibility and Reliability of the Adapted Kagan Scales for Rating Conversations for People With Acquired Brain Injury: A Multiphase Iterative Mixed-Methods Design
Purpose: Rating the quality of conversations can assess communication skills in
both people with acquired brain injury and their communication pa...
pubs.asha.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Our new paper on assessing conversations after brain injury is now OPEN ACCESS 📝🗣️
✅ 5-min conversation ratings are more reliable & practical than 10-min ones
✅ MPC & MSC scales showed moderate reliability
✅ Scoring takes <30 min
👉 Read here:
pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
✅ 5-min conversation ratings are more reliable & practical than 10-min ones
✅ MPC & MSC scales showed moderate reliability
✅ Scoring takes <30 min
👉 Read here:
pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Jen Thomson
Watch our latest Seminars
Have you missed any of our seminars this year? Our YouTube chanel has recordings of our seminars available for you to watch anytime. Seminar 57 - How do speech pathologists deliver services to bi/multilingual adults with aphasia in a hospital and healthcare setting?…
Have you missed any of our seminars this year? Our YouTube chanel has recordings of our seminars available for you to watch anytime. Seminar 57 - How do speech pathologists deliver services to bi/multilingual adults with aphasia in a hospital and healthcare setting?…
Watch our latest Seminars
Have you missed any of our seminars this year? Our YouTube chanel has recordings of our seminars available for you to watch anytime. Seminar 57 - How do speech pathologists deliver services to bi/multilingual adults with aphasia in a hospital and healthcare setting? Presentation by: Samantha Siyambalapitiya. This presentation will discuss findings from a qualitative case study conducted at a Queensland hospital exploring the current practice of speech pathologists working with bi/multilingual adults with aphasia.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Watch our latest Seminars
Have you missed any of our seminars this year? Our YouTube chanel has recordings of our seminars available for you to watch anytime. Seminar 57 - How do speech pathologists deliver services to bi/multilingual adults with aphasia in a hospital and healthcare setting?…
Have you missed any of our seminars this year? Our YouTube chanel has recordings of our seminars available for you to watch anytime. Seminar 57 - How do speech pathologists deliver services to bi/multilingual adults with aphasia in a hospital and healthcare setting?…