Kirrie J Ballard
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Recent Articles
1.
Monroe P, Halaki M, Luscombe G, Kumfor F, Ballard K
Brain Impair
. 2024 Jan;
24(3):732-749.
PMID: 38167370
Background: Individuals living in residential aged care facilities with cognitive decline are at risk of social isolation and decreased wellbeing. These risks may be exacerbated by decline in communication skills....
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Wauters L, Croot K, Dial H, Duffy J, Grasso S, Kim E, et al.
Neuropsychol Rev
. 2023 Oct;
34(3):882-923.
PMID: 37792075
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) are neurodegenerative syndromes characterized by progressive decline in language or speech. There is a growing number of studies investigating...
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McLeod S, Kelly G, Ahmed B, Ballard K
Int J Speech Lang Pathol
. 2023 May;
25(3):388-402.
PMID: 37227246
Purpose: To evaluate the effect, usage, and user-experience for SayBananas!, a Mario-style mobile game providing Australian children access to high-dose individualised speech therapy practice. Method: Participants were 45 rural Australian...
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Hanley L, Ballard K, Dickson A, Purcell A
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
. 2022 Dec;
32(1):169-189.
PMID: 36475751
Purpose: This is a pilot study to apply an articulatory kinematic speech intervention that uses the principles of motor learning (PML) to improve speech and resonance outcomes for children with...
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Nguyen T, Castro N, Vitevitch M, Harding A, Teng R, Arciuli J, et al.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol
. 2022 Nov;
25(6):915-928.
PMID: 36416187
Purpose: Speed and accuracy of lexical access change with healthy ageing and neurodegeneration. While a word's immediate phonological neighbourhood density (i.e. words differing by a single phoneme) influences access, connectivity...
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Bamford C, Masso S, Baker E, Ballard K
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
. 2022 Jun;
31(4):1878-1893.
PMID: 35772178
Purpose: The aim of this systematic scoping review was to identify the elements that exist in dynamic assessments of communication in children, synthesize and arrange them into a framework, and...
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Md Nor A, Masso S, Ballard K
Int J Speech Lang Pathol
. 2022 Apr;
24(3):294-306.
PMID: 35473426
: Individuals with stroke-related apraxia of speech (AOS) plus aphasia tend to produce more speech errors with increasing word length. The Words of Increasing Length task (WIL) uses a 3-point...
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Dyson B, Hakansson G, Ballard K
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
. 2022 Apr;
31(3):1188-1204.
PMID: 35363995
Purpose: There is mounting evidence that the agrammatism that defines Broca's aphasia can be explained in processing terms. However, the extant approach simply describes agrammatism as disparate deficits in a...
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El-Wahsh S, Balandin S, Bogaardt H, Kumfor F, Ballard K
Int J Lang Commun Disord
. 2022 Mar;
57(3):680-694.
PMID: 35338749
Background: There is growing recognition that communication can be affected in multiple sclerosis (MS) and can negatively impact relationships, employment and psychological well-being. Some persons with MS (PwMS) implement strategies...
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Maas E, Ballard K, Gutierrez K
Aphasiology
. 2022 Feb;
28(1):25-48.
PMID: 35125605
Background: Apraxia of speech (AOS) is considered a speech motor planning/programming disorder. While it is possible that co-occurring phonological impairments exist, the speech motor planning/programming deficit often makes it difficult...