Dr Paul Conroy

Clinical Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy

Research

My research interests relate to aphasia and acquired communication deficits more broadly. Within aphasia, I am specifically interested in naming therapies, verb processing, writing therapies, sentence and discourse therapies. I am interested in the relationship between impairment therapies and functionally significant outcomes, particularly with regard to discourse and conversational data. I was funded by a Stroke Association Allied Health Professional Therapy Research Bursary to complete a PhD on the topic of 'Errorless learning as a treatment applied to verb and sentence impairments in aphasia'. The project was supervised by Professor Matt Lambon Ralph, and Dr Karen Sage, from NARU. Previously, I completed an MSc in Human Communication in 2003 at City University London which was funded by the HSA and the Speech and Language Therapy Department at Kings College Hospital, London; the dissertation for this degree was on the topic of discourse analysis of aphasic narratives.

Publications

2012

  • Paul Conroy, Matthew Lambon Ralph. (2012). Errorless Learning and Rehabilitation of Language and Memory Impairments. Psychology Press. eScholarID:171003
  • Carragher, M., Conroy, P., Sage, K. & Wilkinson, R. (2012). Can therapy change the everyday conversations of people with aphasia? A review of the literature and future directions. Aphasiology, 27(7), 895-916. eScholarID:171004 | DOI:10.1080/02687038.2012.676164
  • Conroy P., Snell C., Sage K. & Lambon Ralph, M. (2012). Using Phonemic Cueing of Spontaneous Naming to Predict Item Responsiveness to Therapy for Anomia in Aphasia. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93(1), S53-S60. eScholarID:144891 | DOI:10.1016/j.apmr.2011.07.205
  • Conroy, P. & Lambon Ralph, M. (2012). Overview of Special Issue on Errorless Learning & Rehabilitation of language and memory impairments in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and ways forward for future research. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 22(2), 319-328. eScholarID:171034 | DOI:10.1080/09602011.2012.662075
  • Conroy, P., Scowcroft, J. (2012). Decreasing cues for a dynamic list of noun and verb naming targets: a case-series aphasia therapy study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 22(2), 295-318. eScholarID:171005 | DOI:10.1080/09602011.2011.641434

2009

  • Conroy P, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA. (2009). A comparison of word versus sentence cues as therapy for verb naming in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23(4), 462-482. eScholarID:1d18086 | DOI:10.1080/02687030802514920
  • Conroy P, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA. (2009). Errorless and errorful therapy for verb and noun naming in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23(11), 1311-1337. eScholarID:1d18088 | DOI:10.1080/02687030902756439
  • Conroy P, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA. (2009). Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: can gains in picutre naming generalise to connected speech? International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 17, 1-27. eScholarID:1d18084 | DOI:10.1080/13682820802585975
  • Conroy P, Sage KE, Lambon Ralph MA. (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:1d18082 | DOI:10.1080/02687030802165574]