Objective
Historically, the benefits of aphasia therapy have been controversial based on largely anecdotal accounts. Views on the value of therapy to treat aphasia have fluctuated over the years. More recently, changes in our society have dictated the need for scientific evidence describing the nature course, and time of recovery in aphasia and how intervention can facilitate it. Increased advances in technology and the development of brain imaging techniques have provided greater insights into the patterns of recovery and how therapy can enhance it. However, we still lack a widely accepted scientific approach in describing the nature of aphasia and aphasia therapy. Current changes at the socio-economic dynamics of health care delivery in different countries have resulted in a wide variability of methods of delivery of therapy to aphasic patients. This has not only implication for the individual, but also for the socio-economic climate of the community, which he lives and functions.
This application proposes a series of two high level conferences on the scientific area of aphasia. The first proposed conference will focus on current research into the approaches of aphasia assessment and therapy. The second one will reverse the paradigm and focus on the theories of language and language systems informed by the evidence from the data based on clinical practise. Both meetings will be the first attempt to bring together and try to formulate a European scientific perspective of aphasia and its therapy. It should create opportunities for the European scientist in the field of aphasia to cross boundaries across nations, academically and clinically. It should provide opportunities for the young scientists to learn about the current topics in aphasia and to formulate questions about the research needed on this field as well as to present and discuss their research through the free paper and poster session. Finally, it will enable the delegates to acquire a scientific basis and knowledge, which will influence their future clinical investigations and practice at a European level.
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