title: Providing audiological services to individuals with aphasia: considerations, preliminary recommendations, and a call for research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The populations most susceptible to hearing loss and to aphasia overlap substantially, creating a high likelihood that audiologists will be called on to assess and treat individuals with aphasia. There is, however, scarce research available to guide best practices for serving this population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The available relevant literature is reviewed to summarize what is already known, providing basic information about aphasia and its potential impact on audiological diagnostic and intervention processes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suggestions for managing aphasia in the clinical audiology setting are provided, and areas of needed research are identified so that services for individuals with aphasia can be optimized.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. jsilkes@uw.edu
authors.forename: JoAnn P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Silkes
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications*; D001298:Audiology / Q000379:methods*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends