Anna Volkmer

Senior Research Fellow

UCL, London, UK.

Latest Contribution

Telepractice in COVID-19 and beyond

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy, COVID-19

COVID-19 has suddenly forced health professionals to switch from face-to-face to remote video conferencing to deliver many or most of their services. This article considers the current state of this service delivery model (also called telepractice) for speech and language...

Till death do us part: the role of the speech and language therapists in palliative care

1 July 2021 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | communication, dysphagia, palliative care, speech-language pathology

Increasingly, speech and language therapists are being involved in end-of-life and palliative care. This study reports on a three-phase project to explore this in the context of the Australian healthcare system. In phase one, the authors described a scoping review...

Quick and valid: a new measure of aphasia

4 May 2021 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | aphasia, conversation, evaluation, participation, quality of life, severity

Aphasia can be caused by a stroke, brain injury or dementia. It is defined as a language disorder that impacts the domains of speaking, understanding, reading and writing. Given the impact on quality of life and conversation, there is a...