Improve Communication Tools for People With Aphasia
Exploring whether AI can help communication devices to produce more personalised language for users.
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Full description:
Inclusion criteria:
Adults (18+) with long-term expressive (Broca’s) aphasia, with unimpaired language comprehension and cognition, use English as their main language and have had aphasia for more than 6 months.
Participation involves:
• Providing some language samples from before aphasia (optional formats include written or recorded).
• Taking part in one online session (approximately 45–60 minutes via Microsoft Teams).
• Receiving a £10 Amazon voucher as compensation for your time.
Opportunity Deadline
6th August 2026
Payment:
£10 Amazon voucher
Expenses:
£0
Organisation
MSc Student Project (Queen Mary University of London)
This is a Masters level student project run by a former speech and language therapist, now studying computer science. This project is supervised by two professors at Queen Mary University (Dr Ekaterina Ivanova and Prof Matthew Purver) and has ethics approval granted by the Queen Mary
Research Ethics Committee (QME26.2448).
Details
Topic:
Data & technology
Stroke or cardiovascular disease
Other
Location:
[Not applicable]
Involvement type:
Designing and managing
What support is offered?
The researcher will do everything possible to make the online session as accessible as possible given their experience of working with people with aphasia. Participants may also request signposting to supportive charities.
Can the work be done from home?
Yes
Suitable for a beginner?
Yes
