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. 2022 Aug;36(8):557-564.
doi: 10.1177/15459683221100489. Epub 2022 May 21.

Rigorous Qualitative Research Involving Data Collected Remotely From People With Communication Disorders: Experience From a Telerehabilitation Trial

Carole Anglade  1 , Michel Tousignant  2 , Isabelle Gaboury  1
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Rigorous Qualitative Research Involving Data Collected Remotely From People With Communication Disorders: Experience From a Telerehabilitation Trial

Carole Anglade et al. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Diverse challenges arise with research involving people with communication disorders while using remote methods for data collection. Ethical and methodological issues related to the inclusion of people with communication disorders in research, specifically qualitative research, are magnified by communication challenges specific to remote communication. Avenues are discussed to ensure that remote data collection processes can include people with a communication disorder, while limiting negative impacts on the validity of the data.

Keywords: communication impairment; post-stroke aphasia; remote services; research accessibility; speech and language pathology.

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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