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Written Language - Reading (see abbreviations table as needed for treatments)

Year
Reference (in chronological order)
Design
N
Class
Phase
Treatment
1979 Moyer, S. (1979). Rehabilitation of alexia: A case study. Cortex 15, 139-144.
CS
1
1
3
Multiple Oral Reading (MOR)
1982 Katz, R. C. & Nagy, V. T. (1982). A computerized treatment system for chronic aphasic patients. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 12 (pp. 153-160). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
CS
5
3
1
Computerized Aphasia Tx System
1985 Katz, R. C., & Nagy, V. T. (1985). A self-modifying computerized reading program for severely-impaired aphasic adults. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 15 (pp. 184-188). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
CS
5
3
1
Computerized word-picture matching
1986 Cherney, L. R., Merbitz, C. T., & Grip, J. C. (1986). Efficacy of oral reading in aphasia treatment outcome. Rehabilitation Literature, 47, 112-118.
G w/in
10
3
1
ORT
1986 De Partz, M. (1986). Re-education of a deep dyslexic patient: Rationale of the method and results. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 3, 149-177.
SS
1
3
1
Retraining GPCs
1986 Grossi, D., Fontanella, G. Fragassi, N. A., & Orsini, A. (1986). Alternative strategy for reading aloud: A case report. Acta Neurologica, 8, 36-44.
CS
1
3
1
Kinesthetic cues for letter identification
1988 Moody, S. (1988a). Rehabilitation of acquired dyslexia. Clinical Rehabilitation, 2, 291-298.
SS
5
3
1
Various reading txs
1988 Moody, S. (1988b). The Moyer reading technique re-evaluated. Cortex, 24, 473-476.
SS
3
3
1
Various reading txs
1989 Coltheart, M. & Byng, S. (1989). A treatment for surface dyslexia. In X. Seron, & G. Deloche (Eds.), Cognitive Approaches in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, (pp. 159-174). London: Lawrence Erlbaum.
SS
1
3
1
Lexical reading tx
1989 Scott, C., & Byng, S. (1989). Computer assisted remediation of a homophone comprehension disorder in surface dyslexia. Aphasiology, 3, 301-320.
SS
1
3
1
Lexical tx: homophone recognition & reading comp
1990 Laine, M., & Nieme, J. (1990). Can the oral reading skills be rehabilitated in deep dyslexia? In M. Hietanan et al. (Eds.), Clinical Neuropsychology: Excursions into the Field in Finland (pp. 80-85). Rauma, Finland: Suomen Psykologinen Seura.
CS
1
3
1
Retraining GPCs
1991 Friedman, R. B., & Robinson, S. R. (1991). Whole-word training therapy in a stable surface alexic patient: It works. Aphasiology, 5, 521-527.
SS
1
3
1
Training GPCs (irreg spellings)
1991

Katz, R. C., Wertz, R. T., Lewis, S. M., Esparza, C., & Goldjarb, M. (1991). A comparison of computerized reading treatment, computer stimulation, and no-treatment for aphasia. In T. E. Prescott (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 19 (pp. 243-254), Austin, TX.
(link to article)

G b/t
22
3
1
Computer reading Tx vs. computer stimulation vs. no Tx
1991 Mitchum, C. C., & Berndt, R. S. (1991). Diagnosis and treatment of the non-lexical route in acquired dyslexia: An illustration of the cognitive neuropsychological approach. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 6, 103-137.
(link to abstract)
CS
1
3
1
Phonological (GPC & blending)
1991 Moss, S. E., Gonzalez Rothi, L. J., & Fennell, E. B. (1991). Treating a case of surface dyslexia after closed head injury. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 35-47.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Speeded presentation for oral reading & comp
1991 Tuomainen, J., & Laine, M. (1991). Multiple oral rereading technique in rehabilitation of pure alexia. Aphasiology, 5, 401-409.
SS
3
3
2
MOR
1992 Behrmann, M. & Byng, S. (1992). A cognitive approach to the neurorehabilitation of acquired language disorders. In D.I. Margolin (Ed.), Cognitive Neuropsychology in Clinical Practice. New York: Oxford University Press.
CS
3
3
1
Lexical reading Tx: Linking orthography & semantics
1992 De Partz, M.P., Seron, X., & Van der Linden, M.V. (1992). Re-education of surface dysgraphia with a visual imagery strategy. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 9, 369-401.
SS
1
3
1
Visual imagery
1992 Rothi, L. J. G., & Moss, S. (1992). Alexia without agraphia: Potential for model assisted therapy. Clinical Communication Disorders, 2(1), 11-18.
SS
1
3
1
Rapid semantic judgment; inhibit LxL
1993 Hillis, A. E. (1993). The role of models of language processing in rehabilitation of language impairments. Aphasiology, 7, 5-26.
CS
1
3
2
GPC, speeded lexical decision & oral reading, word-definition, homophone tx
1994 Arguin, M., & Bub, D. N. (1994). Pure alexia: attempted rehabilitation and its
implications for interpretation of the deficit. Brain and Language, 47, 233-268.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Speeded same/different letter
matching task & over reading
of letter strings
1994 Lott, S., Friedman, R., & Linebaugh, C. (1994). Rationale and efficacy of a tactile-kinaesthetic treatment for alexia. Aphasiology, 8, 181-195.
SS
1
3
1
Tactile-kinesthetic for letter naming
1995 Behrmann, M., & McLeod, J. (1995). Rehabilitation for pure alexia: Efficacy of therapy and implications for models of normal word recognition. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 5(1), 149-180.
SS
1
3
1
Parallel processing of letters (not serial LxL)
1995 Cherney, L.R. (1995). Efficacy of oral reading in the treatment of two patients with chronic Broca’s aphasia. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 2, 57-67.
SS
2
3
2
Oral reading Tx (ORLA)
1995 Seki, K., Yajima, M., & Sugishita, M. (1995). The efficacy of kinesthetic reading treatment for pure alexia. Neuropsychologia, 33, 595-609.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
3
1
Kinesthetic Tx for LxL reading
1996 Weekes, B. & Coltheart, M. (1996). Surface dyslexia and surface dysgraphia: Treatment studies and their theoretical implications. Cognitive Neurophysology, 13, 277-315.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
2
1) Lexical reading Tx
2) Homophone spelling Tx
1998 Beeson, P. M. & Insalaco, D. (1998). Acquired alexia: Lessons from successful treatment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4, 621-635.
SS
2
3
1
Oral reading tx in 2 steps: 1) MOR, 2) reading phrase-formatted text
1998 Beeson, P. M. (1998). Treatment for letter-by-letter reading: A case study. In N. Helm-Estabrooks & A. Holland (Eds.), Approaches to the treatment of aphasia. San Diego: Singular Publishing Group.
CS
1
3
1
MOR
1998 Greenwald, M. L., & Rothi, L. J. G. (1998). Lexical access via letter naming in a profoundly alexic and anomic patient: A treatment study. Journal of the International Neuropsychologic Society, 4, 595-607.
SS
1
3
2
Letter naming to facilitate LxL reading
1998 Kendall, D. L., McNeil, M. R., & Small, S. L. (1998). Rule-based treatment for acquired phonological dyslexia. Aphasiology, 12, 587-600.
SS
1
3
1
GPC (implicit) using g-rule & c-rule words
1998 Maher, L., Clayton, M., Barrett, A., Schober-Peterson, D., & Rothi, L. (1998). Rehabilitation of a case of pure alexia: Exploiting residual abilities. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4(6), 636-647.
SS
1
3
1

Lexical Tx vs "motor cross-cuing" strategy

1998 Rothi, L. J. G., Greenwald, M. L., Maher, L. M., & Ochipa, C. (1998). Alexia without agraphia: Lessons from a treatment failure.In N. Helm-Estabrooks & A. L. Holland (Eds.), Approaches to the treatment of aphasia (pp. 179-201). San Diego, CA: Singular Press.
SS
1
3
1
Rapid semantic judgment; inhibit LxL
1998

Small, S.L., Flores, D.K., & Noll, D.C. (1998). Different neural circuits subserve reading before and after therapy for acquired dyslexia. Brain and Language, 62, 298-308.
(link to abstract)

SS
1
3
1
Training GPCs
1999 Lott, S. N., & Friedman, R. B. (1999). Can treatment for pure alexia improve letter-by-letter reading speed without sacrificing accuracy? Brain and Language, 67, 188-201.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Tactile-kinesthetic txs: letter naming vs speeded LxL
2000 Ellis, A. W., Lambon Ralph, M. A., Morris, J., & Hunter, A. (2000). Surface dyslexia: Description, treatment, and interpretation. In E. Funnell (Ed.), Case studies in the neuropsychology of reading (pp. 85-122). Hove, East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.
CS
1
3
1
Naming & single-wd reading via HW
2001 Francis, R. D., Riddoch, M. J., Humphreys, & W. Glyn. (2001). Treating agnosic alexia complicated by additional impairments. Neuropsychological Rehabiltation, 11, 113-145.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1

Re-teaching letter ID, GPCs, consonant cluster blending, irreg words

2001 Laganaro, M. & Venet, M.O. (2001). Acquired alexia in multilingual aphasia and computer-assisted treatment in both languages: Issues of generalization and transfer. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 53, 135-144.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Tx A: LxL reading inhibition; Tx B: phonological assembly & encoding
2001 Rosselli, M., Ardila, A., & Beltran, C. (2001). Rehabilitation of Balint's syndrome: A single case report. Applied Neuropsychology, 8, 242-247.
(link to abstract)
CS
1
3
1
Visuo-perceptual Tx w/ functional adaptation
2002 Brunsdon, R. K., Hannan, T. J., Coltheart, M. & Nichols, L. (2002). Treatment of lexical processing in mixed dyslexia: A case study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 12, 385-418.
(link to abstract)
CS
1
3
1
Lexical reading Tx
2002 Friedman, R., & Lott, S.N. (2002). Successful blending in a phonological reading treatment for deep alexia. Aphasiology, 16, 355-372.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
3
1
Bigraph-phoneme correspondence
2002 Friedman, R. B., Sample, D. M., & Lott, S. N. (2002). The role of level of
representation in the use of paired associate learning for rehabilitation of alexia. (2002). Neuropsychologia, 40, 223-234.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
3
1
Oral reading tx
2002 Mayer, J. F., & Murray, L. L. (2002). Approaches to the treatment of alexia in chronic aphasia. Aphasiology, 16, 727-744.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Modified MOR, Sequenced Exercises for Working Memory
2002 Peach, R. K. (2002). Treatment for phonological dyslexia targeting regularity effects. Aphasiology, 16(8), 779-789.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
GPC training (irreg spellings)
2002 Yampolsky, S., & Waters, G. (2002). Treatment of single word oral reading in an individual with deep dyslexia. Aphasiology, 16, 455-471.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Re-learning GPCs & blending (Wilson Reading System)
2003 Kendall, D. L., Conway, T., Rosenbek, J., & Gonzalez-Rothi, L. (2003). Phonological rehabilitation of acquired phonologic alexia. Aphasiology, 17(11), 1073-1095.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Phon Tx: Modified Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program
2003 Ska, B., Garneau-Beaumont D., Chesneau S., & Damien, B. (2003). Diagnosis
and rehabilitation attempt of a patient withy acquired deep dyslexia. Brain & Language, 53, 359-363.
CS
1
3
1
Priming paradigm: Associating words w/ pictures
2004 Cherney, L. (2004). Aphasia, Alexia, and Oral Reading. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 11, 22-36.
(link to abstract)
CS
2
3
1
MOR; ORLA
2005 Coelho, C. A. (2005). Direct attention training as a treatment for reading impairment in mild aphasia. Aphasiology, 19, 275-283.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Modified APT-II (Attention Process Training)
2005 Law, S.-P., & Wong, R. (2005). A model-driven treatment of a Cantonese-speaking dyslexic patient with impairment to the semantic and nonsemantic pathways. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 22, 95-110.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
OPCs (Chinese) & Ortho-semantic correspondences
2005

Sage, K., Hesketh, A., & Lambon Ralph, M. (2005). Using errorless learning to treat letter-by-letter reading: Contrasting word versus letter-based therapy. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 15, 619-642.
(link to abstract)

CS
1
3
2
Whole-wd Tx: listen & repeat (HW); Letter Tx: tactile-kinesthetic & LxL reading
2005 Sperling, A. J., Lott, S. N., Snider, F. S., Frideman, R. B. (2005). Speeded functor reading: A new treatment program for phonological text alexia. Brain & Language, 95, 209-210.
SS
1
3
1
Reading functors rapidly
2005 Viswanathan, M., & Kiran, S. (2005) Treatment for pure alexia using a model based approach: Evidence from one acute aphasic individual. Brain & Language, 95, 204-206.
SS
1
3
2
LxL reading, writing, semantic analysis