[Alzheimer's Disease]

Our work with people with Alzheimer's disease

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We recently received a small grant to examine using brain-computer interfaces with people who experience mild Alzheimer’s disease. Information about our work can be found below.

Between 2002 and 2015, our research focused on Alzheimer's disease. You will find links to that work and resources for families on this page.

For more information, please contact Dr. Melanie Fried-Oken.

Grant abstracts

Below are links to short descriptions of the grants that we worked on in the past.

Effectiveness of AAC in Individuals with Degenerative Language Disorders

Publications

Writing papers about our work is an important part of the research process. The papers you will find here have been included in conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals.

What's on Your Mind? Conversation Topics Chosen by People With Degenerative Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders for Communication Boards. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2015, 24(2), 272-280.

AAC to Support Conversation in Persons with Moderate Alzheimer's Disease. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2015, 28(4), 219-231. PMC # 3755605.

AAC Strategies and Tools for Persons with Dementia. The ASHA Leader 16 (2010): 8-11.

The Effect of Voice Output on AAC - Supported Conversations of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease. ACM Transactions of Accessible Computing (TACCESS). 2009, 1(3).

Presentations

Every year we give presentations about the work we are doing. We have a diverse team who present on different aspects of the study.

Symbols and Output Modes for Augmented Conversation in Moderate Dementia

ASHA, Variable Effects of AAC Input/ Output on Conversations in Dementia

Supporting Conversation in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Festival of International Conference on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology, Toronto, Canada, June, 2007.

Linguistic Access to Different Symbol Types by Persons with Dementia, ISAAC, Toronto, Canada, October, 2004

Communication Supports for Persons with Dementia

Can We Augment Conversation for Persons with Dementia?ISAAC, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2006

AAC is a Semantic Prime for Conversations in Moderate Alzheimer's Disease, ISAAC, Montreal, Canada, 2008

Community input

Below are links to articles and other writings from community members who are participating in our research. You will also find links to newsletters featuring our research.

Click the image below to see a full-size rendering of our research poster.