Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment
Aphasia Center
The Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment was created to respond to the challenge of “living with aphasia.”
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Aphasia Programs
Learn about our research opportunities, Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program and community groups.
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How Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Aphasia Program Helps Participants
See how the Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia program helps people with aphasia
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View our Aphasia Awareness Playlist
View and subscribe to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's Aphasia Awareness YouTube Playlist.
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Our Projects
Take a look at a few of the projects we work on everyday.
Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program
Research Project
View our Aphasia Awareness Playlist
Research Project
Aphasia Community Programs
Research Project
Clinical Trials
Join our research in progress by volunteering to be a participant.

Timing of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with speech and language therapy (SLT): An Intervention Development study for Aphasia
This study will determine if it is better to receive tDCS before, during, or after the speech and language therapy session.
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Modulating stimuli intensity to improve clinical outcomes in aphasia treatment
We are conducting a research study that will help us understand how to better schedule speech and language therapy. The therapy can be done from home on either your personal computer or laptop that we will lend to you.
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Trajectory of Recovery in Aphasia
To describe trajectories of change in persons with aphasia during inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation to 18 months following stroke.
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