Aphasia Clinic

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10/16/2019 Added

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A clinic at UNL's Barkley Center offers services to those with speech, language and hearing challenges. Here's a look at the clinic and how it works.

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[00:00:03.740]Terry Hatch and Claire Kubichek head for
[00:00:06.030]a local cafe and talk about what they plan to order.
[00:00:09.550]Or did you say pancakes?
[00:00:11.052]Yeah.
[00:00:11.885]They are a part of Aphasia Community Partners,
[00:00:14.170]a program at the University of Nebraska Lincoln,
[00:00:16.950]that pairs volunteers with individuals who have aphasia.
[00:00:20.980]A condition affecting communication.
[00:00:23.490]Typically we meet up at a coffee house,
[00:00:26.070]or one time we met at Barnes and Noble and we just
[00:00:28.540]get a snack and kind of talk about how our weeks are going.
[00:00:31.540]And just kind of get him more comfortable
[00:00:33.270]with his communication.
[00:00:34.810]Ten years ago Terry had a stroke
[00:00:36.800]causing injury to part of the brain.
[00:00:39.310]And your language center is the part of your brain
[00:00:41.810]that helps you to find words and to be able to put
[00:00:45.630]those word in the correct order.
[00:00:47.450]And it also helps you to comprehend the words
[00:00:49.840]that you hear.
[00:00:51.030]At UNLs Barkley Memorial Center
[00:00:53.350]graduate student Jenna Haverkamp helps Terry deal
[00:00:56.390]with the challenges that come with aphasia.
[00:00:59.340]The speech, language and hearing clinic at the
[00:01:01.550]Barkley Center is also a training ground
[00:01:04.010]for speech pathology students.
[00:01:06.050]I feel like that's really preparing me to go out
[00:01:09.311]into the real world and apply what I know
[00:01:13.840]because I've already had that experience.
[00:01:15.890]University research is put to use
[00:01:18.160]in the clinic to address a broad range of disorders
[00:01:21.100]among clients of all ages.
[00:01:23.600]We're training students in a top 20 ranked program
[00:01:26.580]in the country to become excellent
[00:01:28.700]speech language pathologists and to expand services
[00:01:32.240]to people who need the service.
[00:01:34.620]In the clinic clients work
[00:01:36.150]to improve brain function and learn strategies
[00:01:39.080]that help them compensate for a loss.
[00:01:41.460]For example, Terry carries a notebook
[00:01:43.660]with commonly used phrases.
[00:01:46.340]Wipe your feet.
[00:01:49.600]Yes?
[00:01:51.320]Terry embraces the world with a warm smile
[00:01:53.960]and a sense of humor, but aphasia can be frustrating
[00:01:57.170]and isolating.
[00:01:58.510]Aphasia Community Partners helps break the silence.
[00:02:02.130]This program really is about helping people to get good
[00:02:05.960]at using the skills we're teaching them here in the clinic,
[00:02:08.760]using them outside of the clinic.
[00:02:10.580]And having someone there to kind of coach them while
[00:02:13.120]they're out there.
[00:02:14.240]Claire's experience as a volunteer
[00:02:16.410]confirms her decision to be a speech language pathologist.
[00:02:20.190]Making sure that this is something I'm really passionate
[00:02:22.240]about and I think I found that.
[00:02:23.810]So that's really awesome.
[00:02:25.290]And Terry, he's found a community.
[00:02:28.450]Family.

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