ABSTRACT
AUTHORS’ NOTE TO READERS YN: As a researcher, I am intrigued with the complex study of brain-language relationships, and as a speech-language pathologist I am inspired by the creative therapeutic efforts used to help restore speech and language functions to maximum capability. But how does brain damage affect particular speech and language functions? And, how does speech-language therapy effect improvements in neural processing? These are some general questions that drive the clinical research I do. It is my hope that in answering these questions clinicians will be able to make better evidence-based decisions in their clinical work so that the ultimate goal of helping people with neurological damage/disease live better quality lives, from the standpoint of human communication, can be achieved.
