Deborah Hersh
@deborahhersh
Professor of speech pathology at Curtin University School of Allied Health. Interested in aphasia, stroke rehabilitation and qualitative research approaches.
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17-08-2009 00:06:18
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Thank you so much RCSLT 💙 and all the wonderful families and practitioners who contribute to Engage with Developmental Language Disorder. It is a great honour to be part of the team receiving a Giving Voice award 😊 Dr Michelle St Clair Nikki Botting Suze Leitao Jenny Gibson #DevLangDis
Congratulations 👏 👏 Such an important opportunity for many people with #aphasia and their families. Can’t wait to see this camp in Melbourne! Let us know how aphasiacre can help! 😁
Excited to have another piece of work published with this fab team! "Muddles and puzzles: Metaphor use associated with disease progression in Primary Progressive Aphasia" #PPA #openaccess Dr Anna Volkmer Jade Cartwright Deborah Hersh @cjdhardy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
At the Australian Aphasia Association 2023 Conference in Perth. Listening to all the presenters and people with aphasia tell their individual stories has been such a joy. Lots of tears, humour and applause shared in the room. Being here has been a great reminder of why we work in this field!
Listening to Claire Bennington and Emma Beesley on aphasia awareness at the Australian Aphasia Association Conference in Perth.
Big week at the Australian Aphasia Association and Aphasiology Symposium of Australasia 2023 conferences! Strong focus on mental health, the power of group support and advances in technology. Feeling very privileged to be elected to the AAA board and look forward to continuing the amazing work of this organisation!
What a grand Long lunch for Aphasia we had this afternoon in Brisbane. Congratulations to Jade Dignam and Dr. Ciara Shiggins for raising awareness of aphasia, creating such a fun & delicious event as well as raising $14,820 for the Australian Aphasia Association. Thank you!
Such a wonderful #honours research symposium Curtin School of Allied Health Curtin University Very proud of ALL of our #slp2b students
Enjoy this new publication - Thanks to co-authors Dr Brooke Ryan and Claire Morrisby: The kitchen assessment: an interactional analysis of assessment and feedback between an occupational therapist and a patient with aphasia post stroke tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Our article on how to apply the RAISE Assessment Framework for Primary Progressive Aphasia to support the use of common practice assessments is out now! Another wonderful collaboration with Jade Cartwright Dr Anna Volkmer Deborah Hersh Anne Whitworth ! pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20…
A new paper out to highlight #aphasia and #livingalone. Thanks to colleagues Clare Williamson, Emily Brogan and Mandy Stanley “It's day to day problems:” Experiences of people with aphasia who live alone tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
. Deborah Hersh discussing how people with #aphasia may experience clinical #assessment. People can be confused, overwhelmed, disappointed by focus on deficits How does this compare with experience of #DecisionMaking #capacity #assessment? We need to look at this! #IARC24
A wonderful aphasia choir Norfolk Libraries - Norfolk County Council yesterday. My fav moment was sitting back & watching moments of connection between new & older members, supporting each other and sharing experience. Plus Euros banter of course…Just joyful. UEA Speech & Language Therapy #mySLTday
Out now in Vol 26, Issue 3: “It's day to day problems:” Experiences of people with aphasia who live alone" by Deborah Hersh, Clare Williamson, Emily Brogan & Mandy Stanley @speechpathaus national conference 2023 #SLP #aphasia tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
