Use of Augmentative and Alternative… | 2024

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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 29 out of 100. Health systems and care delivery

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Through systematic instruction and retraining visual and sustained attention, the patient was able to engage meaningfully with a high-tech device to increase functional personal choice when supported by a partner. This case demonstrates the role high-tech assistive technologies can play in the rehabilitation and functional communication efforts for persons with severe traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular accidents.

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APA 7th

Eichhorn, K. A. (2024). Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology to Retrain Attention and Enhance Functional Communication Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinical Case Report. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_persp-24-00011

Vancouver

Eichhorn KA. Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology to Retrain Attention and Enhance Functional Communication Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinical Case Report. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. 2024. doi:10.1044/2024_persp-24-00011.

BibTeX

@article{eichhorn2024-2e1cf132,
  author  = {Eichhorn, Kimberly A.},
  title   = {{Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology to Retrain Attention and Enhance Functional Communication Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinical Case Report}},
  journal = {Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups},
  year    = {2024},
  doi     = {10.1044/2024_persp-24-00011},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_persp-24-00011}
}

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Key findings

Through systematic instruction and retraining visual and sustained attention, the patient was able to engage meaningfully with a high-tech device to increase functional personal choice when supported by a partner.
This case demonstrates the role high-tech assistive technologies can play in the rehabilitation and functional communication efforts for persons with severe traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular accidents.

Why it matters

This is a single case report showing that a high-tech communication device helped one patient with severe traumatic brain injury engage in functional communication after attention retraining. It does not study Alzheimer's disease and provides only preliminary, anecdotal evidence.

Study details

Study designcase report
Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 29/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record, so that was left out: it earned 28 of the 96 points we could judge it on, which is 29 out of 100.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups)
Journal's citation record	0 / 4	Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups: journal h-index 34 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	0 / 12	Design recorded as “case report”, which our rubric does not rank (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	4 / 5	2024 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	1 / 7	Cited 2 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	0 / 5	0.5 citations a year over 4 year(s) since 2024
Impact for its field and year	2 / 6	Cited 1.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	0 / 6	No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited	0 / 4	Cited 2 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	— / 4	OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Kimberly A. Eichhorn holds only 5 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score
Institution's track record	0 / 3	VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System: institution h-index 336 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	0 / 3	OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete)
Indexed in PubMed	1 / 2	Not in PubMed, but has a DOI
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Points	28 / 96	Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 28 of the 96 points we could judge it on is 29 out of 100.
Total	29 / 100	—

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