Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Box 9552, Mississippi State, MS 39762, United States Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), Mississippi State University, Box 5405, Mississippi State, MS 39762, United States Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States Department of Industrial and Syste...

BACKGROUND Apraxia in patients with stroke may be overlooked, as clumsiness and deficient gestural communication are often attributed to frequently coexisting sensorimotor deficits and aphasia. Early and reliable detection of apraxia by a bedside test is relevant for functional outcome in patients with stroke. The present study was aimed at constructing a new bedside screening test for apraxia,...

Spectral and temporal degradation of the speech stream is increasingly used to model receptive language deficits such as aphasia and developmental language disorders. As with results from patient studies, the specific pattern of receptive deficits can reveal underlying structural and processing characteristics of different languages. Here, we test English- and German-speaking college students' ...

Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi have adopted medical malpractice reform legislation in response to the three crises in medical liability insurance. In 1975, Louisiana adopted damages caps, created a patient compensation fund, and mandated the submission of claims to screening panels. In 1987, Alabama adopted damages caps and modified the collateral source rule, but these reforms were declar...

This study explored the effects and effectiveness of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) for persons with aphasia. Three men with aphasia from left-hemisphere strokes participated in this study. The men received one semester of traditional therapy followed by one semester of AAT. While both therapies were effective, in that each participant met his goals, no significant differences existed between te...

UNLABELLED Language and lifestyle changes experienced following the onset of aphasia extend beyond the individual to impact family members of persons with aphasia. Research exploring the meaning of living successfully with aphasia has explored the perspectives of individuals with aphasia and speech-language pathologists. Family members' views of living successfully with aphasia may also contrib...

AphasiaDx is an expert system that has been created to assist with the diagnosis of aphasia. It has been developed using Common Lisp, Common Lisp Object System, and a logic programming system Prolisp. As part of a larger neurodiagnostic system, Neurobridge, AphasiaDx has been programmed to diagnose Broca’s aphasia, Wernicke’s Aphasia, global aphasia, mixed transcortical aphasia, transcortical s...

Dr. Robert Brodell, MD, is the Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Professor in the Departments of Dermatology and Pathology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Jeremy Jackson, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. William Taylor Sisson, MBA, is the D...