Interviewer info
Lyssa Rome is a speech-language pathologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is on staff at the Aphasia Center of California, where she facilitates groups for people with aphasia and their care partners. She owns an LPAA-focused private practice and specializes in working with people with aphasia and other neurogenic communication impairments. Prior to becoming an SLP, Lyssa was a public radio journalist, editor, and podcast producer.
In this episode, Lyssa Rome interviews Dr. Janet Patterson about evaluating and treating auditory comprehension deficits for people with aphasia.
Guest info
Janet Patterson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a Research Speech-Language Pathologist at the VA Northern California Health Care System in Martinez California, where she was formerly the Chief of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Service. Janet has also held leadership positions in the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences, and ASHA Special Interest Group 2, Neurogenic Communication Disorders. She is an ASHA Fellow.
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