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BYU Aphasia Research Groups

Publications and Presentations

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  • Pertab, K., Harmon, T. G., Sandberg, J., Pertab, J., Evans, W. S. (2024). The Acceptability of Relationship-Centered Communication Partner Training for couples impacted by aphasia: A mixed methods pilot investigation. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Harmon, T. G. (2024). Understanding and addressing the individualized emotional impact of aphasia: A framework for speech-language pathologists. Invited manuscript for special issue of Seminars in Speech and Language, 45(1), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1776418
  • Harmon, T. G., McDonald, E., Steele, K. (2024). Effects of cognitive and social demands on linguistic production for people with moderate, mild, or no aphasia. Aphasiology, 38(2), 281-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2023.2189512
  • Harmon, T. G., Johnson, A., Ward, V., Nissen, S. L. (2023). Physiological arousal, attentiveness, emotion, and word retrieval in aphasia: Effects and relationships. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(5S), 2554-2564. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00305
  • Nelson, B. S., Harmon, T. G., Dromey, C., Clawson, K. D. (2023). Telling stories in noise: The impact of background noises on spoken language for people with aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(5S), 2444-2460. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00299
  • Haley, K. L., Jacks, A., Richardson, J. D., Harmon, T. G., Lacey, E., Turkeltaub, P. E. (2023). Do people with apraxia of speech and aphasia improve or worsen across repeated sequential word trials? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(4), 1240-1251. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00438
  • Harmon, T. G., Nielsen, C., Loveridge, C., Williams, C. (2022). Effects of positive and negative emotion on picture naming for people with mild to moderate aphasia: A preliminary investigation. Advance online publication. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00190
  • Harmon, T. G., Dromey, C., Nelson, B., Chapman, K. (2021). Effects of Background Noise on Speech and Language in Young Adults. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 64(4), 1104-1116. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00376
  • Haley, K. L., Cunningham, K. T., Jacks, A., Richardson, J. D., Harmon, T. G., Turkeltaub, P. E. (2021). Repeated word production is inconsistent in both aphasia and apraxia of speech. Aphasiology, 35(4), 518-538. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2020.1727837
  • Stark, B. C., Dutta, M., Murray, L. L., Bryant, L., Fromm, D., … Harmon, T. G., … Sharma, S. (2021). Standardizing assessment of spoken discourse in aphasia: A working group with deliverables. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 30(1S), 491-502. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00093
  • Harmon, T. G. (2020). Everyday communication challenges in aphasia: Descriptions of experiences and coping strategies. Aphasiology, 34(10), 1270–1290. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2020.1752906
  • Harmon, T. G., Jacks, A., Haley, K. L., Bailliard, A. (2020). How responsiveness from a communication partner affects story retell in aphasia: Quantitative and qualitative findings. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology. 29(1), 142-156. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_AJSLP-19-0091
  • Harmon, T. G., Jacks, A., & Haley, K. L. (2019). Speech fluency in acquired apraxia of speech during narrative discourse: Group comparisons and dual-task effects. American Journal of Speech-Langauge Pathology, 28(July), 905–914. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_AJSLP-MSC18-18-0107
  • Harmon, T. G., Jacks, A., Haley, K. L., & Bailliard, A. (2019). Dual-task effects on story retell for participants with moderate, mild, or no aphasia: Quantitative and qualitative findings. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(6), 1890–1905. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-L-18-0399
  • Harmon, T. G., Hardy, L., Haley, K. L. (2018). Proactive social validation of methods and procedures used for training speech production in aphasia. Aphasiology, 32(8):922-943. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2017.1385051
  • Haley, K. L., Womack, J. L., Harmon, T. G., McCulloch, K. L., Faldowski, R. A.(2018). Life activity choices by people with aphasia: Repeated interviews and proxy agreement. Aphasiology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1506087
  • Harmon, T. G., Jacks, A., Haley, K. L., Faldowski, R. A. (2016). Listener perceptions of simulated fluent speech in nonfluent aphasia. Aphasiology, 30(8), 922-942. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2015.1077925
  • Haley, K. L., Shafer, J., Harmon, T. G., Jacks, A. (2016). Recovering with acquired apraxia of speech: The first two years. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 25(4S), S687-S696. https://doi.org/10.1044/2016_AJSLP-15-0143
  • Harmon, T. G., Johnson, A., Ward, V., Nissen, S. L. (2023). Physiological arousal, attentiveness, emotion, and word retrieval in aphasia: Effects and relationships. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00305
  • Harmon, T. G., McDonald, E. M., Steele, K. M. (2023). Effects of cognitive and social demands on linguistic production for people with moderate, mild, or no aphasia. Aphasiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2023.2189512

Select Presentations

  • Dixon, K., Dromey, C., Harmon, T. G., Nielsen, T. (2021, Nov). Effects of background noise on the speech acoustics of people with aphasia. Acoustical Society of America. Seattle, WA.
  • Williams, C., Crane, L., Cobbley, C., Harmon, T. G. (2021, Nov). Responding, adapting, and engaging: How people with aphasia react to social and cognitive challenges. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Virtual/Washington, DC.
  • Steele, K., McDonald, E., Rapp, B., Harmon, T. G. (2021, Nov). How social and cognitive demands affect language production during narrative discourse for people with aphasia. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Virtual/Washington, DC.
  • Harvey, L., Bandosz, M., Zuniga, M., Biel, M., Brancamp, T., Evans, W., Hambridge, T., Harmon, T. G., Wallace, S. E. (2021, Nov). Post-traumatic growth in aphasia: Measurement and examination of lived experiences. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Virtual/Washington, DC.
  • Hinckley, J., Bislick, L., Brancamp, T., Caputo, M.†, Dietz, A., Duncan, S., Evans, W., Hambridge, T.†, Harmon, T. G., Kim, E., Koo, H., Rushlow, D., Rushlow, J. C., Van Allan, S., Wallace, S. E. (2021, Nov). Rising United in Research: Multi-stakeholder Team Updates from Project BRIDGE. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Virtual/Washington, DC.
  • Dutta, M., Stark, B. C., Murray, L. L., Fromm, D., Ramage, A., Harmon, T. G. (2021, Oct). Current practices in spoken discourse analysis in aphasia. Virtual Academy of Aphasia Conference.
  • Harmon, T. G. (2020, March). Helping people with aphasia cope with communication challenges. Oral presentation given at the Utah Speech-Language and Hearing Association annual convention. Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Jacks, A., Haley, K. L., Harmon, T. G. (2019). Improved fluency with auditory masking in participants with left inferior frontal lesions. Paper submitted to: Motor Speech Conference, February 20-23, Santa Barbara, CA.
  • Haley, K. L., Cunningham, K. T., Jacks, A., Richardson, J., Harmon, T. G. (2019). Error consistency on repeated productions does not differentiate between apraxia of speech and aphasia with phonemic paraphasia. Paper submitted to: Motor Speech Conference, February 20-23, Santa Barbara, CA.
  • Harmon, T. G., Bell, L. (undergraduate student), Riley, R. (undergraduate student), Loveridge, C. (Master’s student) (November, 2019). Coping With Communication Challenges: Insights From People With Aphasia. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Orlando, FL.
  • Harmon, T. G., Picetti, D. (Master’s student), Haley, K. L., Jacks, A. (May, 2019). Response to emotional and attentional demands in aphasia: A qualitative descriptive study. Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Whitefish, MT.
  • Harmon, T. G., Jacks, A., Haley, K. L. (2018, May). Is there a trade-off between speed and accuracy during dual task narrative production in aphasia? Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Austin, TX.
  • Haley, K. L., Harmon, T. G., (2018, May). Interview consistency and proxy agreement for the Life Interests and Values Cards. Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Austin, TX.
  • Harmon, T. G., Jacks, A., Haley, K. L. (2018, Feb). Dual-task interference on speech fluency during story retell for people with apraxia of speech. Motor Speech Conference. Savannah, GA.
  • Jacks, A., Haley, K. L., Harmon, T. G., Eshghi, M. (2018, Feb). Neural correlates of prosodic measures in adults with aphasia and/or apraxia: A lesion-behavior mapping study. Motor Speech Conference. Savannah, GA.
  • Harmon, T. G., Haley, K. L. (2017, Nov). Using social validation to promote personal motivation and program implementation. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Haley, K. L., Harmon, T. G., Smith, M. (Master’s student), Jacks, A. Richardson, J., Dalton, S. G., Shafer, J. (2017, Nov). Apraxia of speech in conduction aphasia: A clinical reality. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Haley K. L., Jacks, A., Jarrett, J. (undergraduate student), Harmon, T. G., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Henry, M. L. (2017, May). Quantitative features of AOS in nonfluent and logopenic variants of PPA. Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Park City, UT.