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  • Operates more than 50 sites of care
  • Advances Ability of patients of all ages
  • Recognized as "#1 Rehabilitation Hospital in America" by U.S. News & World Report every year since 1991
Leora Cherney

Leora Cherney, PhD

  • Senior Research Scientist, RIC
  • Professor, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Profile

Gender:
Female

Education, Residency and Internship

Education

1978
University of Cape Town, Cape Town (South Africa), BSc
1980
Northwestern University, MA
1990
Northwestern University, PhD

Honors & Awards

  • 2001 Fellow, American Speech-Language Hearing Association
  • 2001 Fellow, Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association
  • 1994 Twenty-First Annual Distinguished Lecturer, St. Louis University

Publications

Cherney, L.R., Simmons-Mackie, N., Raymer, A., Armstrong, E., & Holland, A. L.  (2013). Systematic Review of Communication Partner Training in Aphasia: Methodological Quality.  Intl J of Speech Language Path. In press.

Cherney, L. R., Babbitt, E. M., Hurwitz, R., Rogers, L. M., Wang, X., Harvey, R. L., Parrish, T., & Stinear, J. (2013). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Aphasia: The Case of Mr. C.  Topics in Stroke Rehabil, 20(1).

Kiran, S., Ansaldo, A., Bastiaanse, R., Cherney, L.R., Howard, D., Faroqi-Shah, Y., Meinzer, M., & Thompson, C.K.  (2012).  Neuroimaging in aphasia treatment research: Standards for establishing the effects of treatment. NeuroImage. Available online Oct 9.

Cherney, L. R. (2012). Aphasia treatment: Intensity, dose parameters, and script training.  Intl J of Speech-Language Path, 14, 424-31.

Cherney, L. R., Harvey, L. R., Babbitt, E. M., Hurwitz, R., Kaye, R. C., Lee, J. B., & Small, S. L. (2012). Epidural cortical stimulation and aphasia therapy.  Aphasiology, 26(9), 1192-1217. 

Cherney, L. R. & Van Vuuren, S. (2012). Telerehabilitation, virtual therapists, and acquired neurologic speech and language disorders.  Seminars in Speech and Language, 33, 243–258.

Cherney, L. R., Patterson, J. P., & Raymer, A. S. (2011). Intensity of Aphasia Therapy: Evidence and Efficacy. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 11(6), 560-569.

Cherney, L. R., Oehring, A. K., Whipple, K., & Rubenstein, T. (2011).
“Waiting on the Words”: Procedures and outcomes of a drama class for individuals with aphasia. Seminars in Speech and Language, 32, 229-242.

Cherney, L. R., Halper, A. S., & Kaye, R. C. (2011). Computer-based script training for aphasia: Emerging themes from post-treatment interviews. J of Communication Disorders, 44, 493–501.

Cherney, L. R., Babbitt, E. M., Semik, P., & Heinemann, A. W. (2011). Psychometric Properties of the Communication Confidence Rating Scale for Aphasia (CCRSA): Phase 1. Topics in Stroke Rehab, 18, 352-360.

Babbitt, E.M., Heinemann, A. W., Semik, P., & Cherney, L. R.
(2011). Psychometric Properties of the Communication Confidence Rating Scale for Aphasia (CCRSA): Phase 2. Aphasiology, 25, 727-735.

Cherney, L. R., Kaye, R. C., & Hitch, R.S . (2011). The best of both worlds: Combining synchronous and asynchronous telepractice in the treatment of aphasia.  Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 21(3), 83-93.

Cherney, L. R. (2010). Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia (ORLA): Impact of Aphasia Severity on Cross-Modal Outcomes in Chronic Nonfluent Aphasia.
Seminars in Speech-Language Pathology, 31, 42-51.

Cherney, L. R. (2010). Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia (ORLA): Evaluating the Efficacy of Computer-Delivered Therapy in Chronic Nonfluent Aphasia. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 17(6), 423-431.

Holland, A. L., Halper, A. S., & Cherney, L. R. (2010). Tell me your story: Analysis of Script topics selected by persons with aphasia. Am J of Speech-Lang Path, 19, 198-203.

Cherney, L. R., Gardner, P., Logemann, J. A., Newman, L. A., O’Neil-Pirozzi, T., Roth, C. R., Solomon, N. P. (2010) The role of speech-language pathology and audiology in the optimal management of the service member returning from Iraq or Afghanistan with a blast-related head injury: Position of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Clinical Trials Research Group. J of Head Trauma Rehab, 25(3), 1-5.

Simmons-Mackie, N., Raymer, A. S., Armstrong, E., Holland, A. L., & Cherney, L. R. (2010). Communication partner training in aphasia: A systematic review. Arch Phys Med Rehab, 91(12), 1814-1837.

Cherney, L. R., Erickson, R. K., & Small, S. L. (2010). Epidural Cortical Stimulation as Adjunctive Treatment for Non-Fluent Aphasia: Preliminary Findings. J of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 81(9), 1014-1021.

Lee, J., Fowler, R., Rodney, D., Cherney, L. R. & Small, S. L.
(2010). IMITATE: An intensive computer-based treatment for aphasia based on action observation and imitation.  Aphasiology, 24(4), 449-465.

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