Dr Karen Sage MRCSLT, PhD

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
- Email: karen.sage@manchester.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)161 275 2683
Room T15, 3rd Floor
Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit
Zochonis Building
See the Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit for more information on my research.
Role
Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies
- Member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Member of the Health Professionals Council
- Member of the British Neuropsychological Society
- Member of the British Aphasiology Society
- Member of the Institute for Learning and Teaching
- Member of the Academy of Aphasia
Research
- Adult acquired aphasia including treatment of aphasia
- Cognitive neuropsychology and its application to aphasia therapy
- Reading and spelling problems in acquired language disorders
- Comparative studies of Spanish and English acquired language disorders
Methodological Knowledge
- Specialist aphasia clinic
- North West aphasia group: meets bi-monthly in conference room Zochonis 3rd floor
Teaching
- Module co-ordinator for HCDI 30540 Acquired Language and Communication Disorders
- HCDI 20122: Language Processing
- HCDI 30270/ HCDI 40100 Research projects
- PSYC 30102: Neuropsychology of language (2007-8)
Biography
Qualifications
- 1980 BA (Hons) European Studies (French and Spanish), Bath University
- 1984 Diploma in Disorders of Human Communication, City University , London
- 2004 PhD. Department of Psychology, University of York
Collaborators and affiliated staff
Current Graduate students
- Jacqueline Kindell (MClinRes)
- Amy Bastow (MClinRes)
- Eulyn Romain (MClinRes)
- Mandy Galling (MClinRes)
- Lindsey Hull (MRes)
- Marcella Carragher (Phd)
- Sarah Fox (Phd)
- Jennifer Thomson (PHd)
- Holly Robson (Phd)
Previous Graduate students
- Jennifer Read (Phd) Manchester Metropolitan University
- Emily Mayberry (Phd)
- Claerwen Snell (Phd): Warrington PCT
- Paul Conroy (PHd): University of Manchester
- Sian Davies (MPhil): East Lancs PCT
- Rachel Byrne (MPhil): South Manchester University Hospital
- Joanne Fillingham (PHd): Stoke on Trent PCT
- John Lancaster (PHd): Acute Pennine PCT/Manchester Metropolitan University
- Gill Pearl (MPhil): Speakeasy charity, Bury
Collaborators
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Professor Marcelo Berthier
CIMES, University of Malaga, Spain -
Professor Alys Young
Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work -
Professor Matt Lambon Ralph
Department of Psychology, Univerity of Manchester -
Professor Andrew Ellis
Psychology, University of York -
Fernando Cuetos
Psychology Dept, University of Oviedo, Spain
Selected publications
2012
- Conroy, P., Snell, C., Sage, K. Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2012). Using phonemic cueing of spontaneous naming to predict item responsiveness to therapy for aphasic word-finding difficulties: Results from a case-series of 22 patients with stroke aphasia. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93, S53-S60. eScholarID:148886 | DOI:10.1016/j.apmr.2011.07.205
- Cuetos, F, Rodriguez-Ferreiro, J., Sage K. & Ellis, A.W. (In-press). A fresh look at the predictors of naming accuracy and errors in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neuropsychology, 19(11), 1-15. eScholarID:138429
- Robson, H., Davies, S., Lambon Ralph, M.A. & Sage,K. (2012). Facilitating and Disrupting Speech Perception in Word Deafness. Aphasiology, 26, 177- 198. eScholarID:136985 | DOI:10.1080/02687038.2011.629360
- Robson, H., Keidel, J., Lambon Ralph, M.A. & Sage, K. (2012). Revealing and quantifying the impaired phonological analysis underpinning impaired comprehension in Wernicke's aphasia. Neuropsychologia, 50(2), 276-288. eScholarID:138428 | DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.022
- Robson, H., Sage, K. & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2012). Wernicke's aphasia reflects a combination of acoustic-phonological and semantic control deficits. Neuropsychologia, 50(2), 226-275. eScholarID:138427 | DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.021
2011
- Adrian, J.A., Gonzalez M., Buiza J.J. & Sage, K. (2011). Extending the use of Spanish Computer-assisted Anomia. Rehabilitation Program (CARP-2) in people with aphasia. Journal of Communication Disorders, 44, 666-677. eScholarID:136982 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2011.06.002
- E.J. Mayberry, K. Sage, S. Ehsan, & M.A. Lambon Ralph. (2011). Relearning in semantic dementia reflects contributions from both medial temporal lobe episodic and degraded neocortical semantic systems: Evidence in support of the complementary learning systems theory. Neuropsychologia, 49, 3591-3598. eScholarID:136984 | DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.09.010
- Lambon Ralph, M.A., Sage, K,, Green Heredia, C., Berthier, M. L., Martinez Cuitin, M., Torralva, T, Manes, F & Patterson, K. (2011). El-La: The impact of degraded semantic representations on knowledge of grammatical gender in semantic dementia. Acta Neuropsychologica, 9(2), 15-131. eScholarID:138946
- Mayberry, E. J., Sage, K., Ehsan, S., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2011). An emergent effect of phonemic cueing following relearning in semantic dementia. Aphasiology, 25(9), 1069-1077. eScholarID:129734 | DOI:10.1080/02687038.2011.575203
- Mayberry, E., Sage, K. & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2011). At the edge of semantic space: The breakdown of coherent concepts in semantic dementia is constrained by typicality and severity but not modality. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(9), 2240–2251. eScholarID:129735 | DOI:10.1162/jocn.2010.21582
- Pearl, G,. Sage, K. & Young, A. (2011). Involvement in volunteering; an exploration of the personal experience of people with aphasia. Disability & Rehabilitation, 33(19–20), 1805–1821. eScholarID:129731 | DOI:10.3109/09638288.2010.549285
- Sage, K., Snell, C. & Lambon Ralph. M.A. (2011). How intensive does aphasia therapy need to be? Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21, 26-41. eScholarID:119265 | DOI:10.1080/09602011.2010.528966
- Wilkinson, R., Bryan, K. Lock, S. & Sage, K. (2011). Interaction-focused intervention for couples where one partner has aphasia: Facilitating the collaborative production of topic initiating turns. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 13(1), 74-87. eScholarID:119263 | DOI:10.3109/17549507.2011.551140
2010
- Lambon Ralph, M.A., Sage, K., Jones, R., Mayberry, E. (2010). Coherent concepts are computed in the anterior temporal lobes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 107, 2717-2722. eScholarID:114500 | DOI:10.1073/pnas.0907307107
- Paul Conroy, Matthew Lambon Ralph, Karen Sage. (2010). Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech? International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44(6), 1036-1062. eScholarID:114501 | DOI:10.1080/13682820802585975
- Raymond Wilkinson, Karen Bryan, Sarah Lock, Karen Sage. (2010). Implementing and evaluating aphasia therapy targeted at couples’ conversations: A single case study. Aphasiology, 24(6-9), 869-886. eScholarID:114510 | DOI:10.1080/02687030903501958
- Snell, C., Conroy, P., Fillingham, J., Lambon Ralph, M. , Sage K. (2010). Predicting the outcome of anomia therapy for people with aphasia post CVA: Both language and cognitive status are key predictors. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 20(2), 289-305. eScholarID:114509
- Snell, C., Sage, K., Lambon Ralph, M. (2010). How many words should we provide in anomia therapy? A meta-analysis and a case series study. Aphasiology, 24(9), 1064-1096. eScholarID:114503 | DOI:10.1080/02687030903372632
2009
- Conroy, P. , Sage, K. , Lambon Ralph M.A. (2009). A comparison of word versus sentence cues as therapy for verb naming in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23(4), 462-482. eScholarID:114498 | DOI:10.1080/02687030802514920
- Cristina Green Heredia, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA, Marcelo Berthier. (2009). Relearning and retention of verbal labels in a case of semantic dementia. Aphasiology, 23, eScholarID:1d18089 | DOI:10.1080/02687030801942999
- Paul Conroy, Karen Sage, Matthew Lambon Ralph. (2009). Errorless and errorful therapy for verb and noun naming in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23, 1311. eScholarID:114499 | DOI:10.1080/02687030902756439
- Paul Conroy, Karen Sage, Matthew Lambon Ralph. (2009). The effects of decreasing and increasing cue therapy on improving naming speed and accuracy for verbs and nouns in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23(6), 707-730. eScholarID:114497 | DOI:10.1080/02687030802165574
2007
- Jefferies E, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA. (2007). Do deep dyslexia, dysphasia and dysgraphia share a common phonological impairment? Neuropsychologia, 45, 1553-1570. eScholarID:1d14323 | DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.12.002
2006
- Fillingham JK, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA. (2006). The treatment of anomia using errorless learning. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 16, 129-154. eScholarID:1d9042 | DOI:10.1080/09602010443000254
- paul conroy, Karen Sage, matthew Lambon ralph. (2006). Towards theory-driven therapies for aphasic verb impairments: A review of current theory and practice. Aphasiology, 20, 1159-1185. eScholarID:114496
- Sage KE, A.W.Ellis. (2006). Using orthographic neighbours to treat a case of graphemic buffer disorder. Aphasiology, 20, 851-870. eScholarID:1d11287
2005
- Fillingham JK, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA. (2005). Further explorations and an overview of errorless and errorful therapy for aphasic word-finding difficulties: The number of naming attempts during therapy effects outcome. Aphasiology, 19, 597-614. eScholarID:1d10484
- Sage KE, Hesketh A, Lambon Ralph MA. (2005). Using errorless learning to treat letter-by-letter reading: contrasting word versus letter based therapy. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 15, 619-642. eScholarID:1d7689 | DOI:10.1080/09602010443000155
2004
- Lambon Ralph MA, Hesketh A, Sage KE. (2004). Implicit recognition in pure alexia: The Saffran effect - A tale of two systems or two procedures? Cognitive Neuropsychology, 21, 401 - 421. eScholarID:1d25863
- Sage KE, Ellis. (2004). Lexical influences in graphemic buffer disorder. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 21, 2-4, 381-400. eScholarID:1d25653 | DOI:10.1080/02643290342000438
2003
- Fillingham J. K, Hodgson C, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA. (2003). The application of errorless learning to aphasic disorders: A review of theory and practice. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION, 13, 3, eScholarID:1d7279
2002
- Lambon Ralph MA, Moriarty L, Sage KE. (2002). DO NOT USE, CANNOT DELETE AS LINKED TO EARLY REPORT. Aphasiology, 16, 1-2, 56-82. eScholarID:1d7225
- Ralph MAL, Moriarty L, Sage KE. (2002). Anomia is simply a reflection of semantic and phonological impairments: Evidence from a case-series study. APHASIOLOGY, 16, 1-2, eScholarID:1d22216
- Ralph MAL, Moriarty L, Sage KE. (2002). Anomia is simply a reflection of semantic and phonological impairments: Evidence from a case-series study. Asphasiology, 16, 1-2, 56-82. eScholarID:1d7280
2000
- Lambon Ralph MA, Sage KE, Roberts J. (2000). Classical anomia: a neuropsychological perspective on speech production. Neuropsychologia, 38( 2), 186-202. eScholarID:1d6735
1999
- Hesketh A, Sage KE. (1999). For better, for worse; outcome measurement in speech and language therapy. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 1, 37-45. eScholarID:1d7122
- Hesketh A, Sage KE. (1999). Special issue: Conversation analysis - Overview. APHASIOLOGY, 13, 4-5, eScholarID:1d22215
- Hesketh A, Sage KE. (1999). Special issue: Conversation analysis - Overview. APHASIOLOGY, 13, 4-5. eScholarID:1d7227
- Hesketh A, Sage KE. (1999). Outcome Measurement : In Sickness and in Health. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology. Journal of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia, 1, 67-69. eScholarID:17d140
1998
- Lambon Ralph MA, Ellis AW, Sage KE. (1998). Word meaning blindness revisited. COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 15, 4, 389-400. eScholarID:1d7228
1996
- Lambon Ralph MA, Sage KE, Ellis AW. (1996). Word meaning blindness: A new form of acquired dyslexia. COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 13, 5, 617-639. eScholarID:1d7229