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Luisa Zenobi-Bird

@luisazb.bsky.social

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Speech and Language Therapist @NHNN UCLH #aphasia #ICAP #multilingualism #bilingualism #neurodiversity #EDI she/her 📍London, UK - from 🇮🇹& 🇬🇧

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British Aphasiology Society @basaphasia.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

And that’s a wrap on #BASconf25 in Dundee - the City of Discovery! We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟 Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event. Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️ #aphasia #community

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Dr Abi Roper @abracabadger.com · 07/02/2025

@rosemary-townsend.bsky.social @jentslt.bsky.social @jeanrutter.bsky.social @jennie-grassly-slt.bsky.social @luisazb.bsky.social @shariceclough.bsky.social @lucyebryant.bsky.social might you share and re-post the below please?

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Luisa Zenobi-Bird @luisazb.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It was a privilege to attend a preview of this wonderful exhibition. Congratulations to everyone involved! 👏👏👏

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Luisa Zenobi-Bird @luisazb.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Brilliant Bilingualism CEN session today on the City Gesture Checklist and its adaptation into Kannada. Thank you!

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Sam Harvey @samharveyaphasia.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The Aphasia Therapy Finder is a free online tool to help speech therapists find and access high quality resources and instructional videos for evidence-based aphasia therapies. If you haven’t already, please check it out and share widely.

This is a flyer for the Aphasia Therapy Finder. The Aphasia Therapy Finder is a free online tool to help speech therapists find and access high quality resources and instructional videos for evidence-based aphasia therapies.

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Dr Abi Roper @abracabadger.com · 09/12/2024

British Aphasiology Society International Conference. Dundee. Aug 18-20th 2025. Preparations for #BASconf25 in Dundee are coming along swimmingly! The conference theme is #Community. Visit the website for more information and to sign up for updates. blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/ #Aphasia #SLT

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Luisa Zenobi-Bird @luisazb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Wow 🤩 best aphasia poster award! Thank you #TavistockTrustForAphasia and #UKSF! 🎉🎉🎉 So proud #QueenSquareSpeechies #NHNN #PWA #ConversationPartnerVolunteers

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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Aphasia therapy often occurs in quiet clinic environments, but everyday communication doesn't. People w/aphasia's (PWA's) increased perceived difficulty for coping w/ background noise should be acknowledged, & training should be designed to prepare them for this. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

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“Competing Noises”: How Background Noise Impacts the Communication Experiences of People With Mild-to-Moderate Aphasia

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the subjective experiences of people with aphasia when communicating in the presence of various typ...

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Bilingualism London CEN @bilingualismloncen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Our next #Bilingualism #CEN #CPD event on 11th December (12pm-1pm) is on ‘Using City Gesture Checklist with bilingual people’ with Dr Anna Caute and colleagues. Please drop us a message at bilingualismlondoncen@gmail.com for the zoom link/to be added to our CEN mailing list. 😀🙏🏽

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a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .

ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .

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Jodi Allen @jodiallenslt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

“The effects of neurological disease on speech are usually lawful, predictable and clinically recognisable” [Professor Joseph Duffy] That’s a wrap for #QueenSquareSpeechies motor speech series #2024 🤩

Images of the Queen Square Motor Speech SLT team

Motor speech subtypes as defined by Darley, Aronson & Brown (1969)

Definition of spasticity & causes of upper motor neuron impairment

Salient features of hypokinetic dysarthria & patient descriptions of their own speech symptoms

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