Why I care about researching the topic of aphasia rehabilitation?
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Do you like to talk? If the answer is yes, then welcome to the club. I enjoy talking, whether it is to have a wonderful conversation, communicate my needs, feelings, emotions, have a hearty laugh, provide support and comfort to every other living being. Talking or spoken linguistic communication is a unique trait of human beings. Individuals with aphasia, dementia, TBI lose their ability to talk or be verbally fluent and meaningful in their conversations. My primary motivation to research treatment options for neurogenic communication disorders lies in providing support in talking and communication to this gradually increasing population.
Research Positions
2023- present
Director,
Aphasia Recovery with Technology Lab, SIU-C
2021-2022
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Psycholinguistics, Aphasia and Neuromodulation Lab, NYU
2016-2021
Doctoral Researcher,
Speech and Applied Neuroscience Lab, KU
2014-2015
Research Officer,
Dept. of Speech Language Pathology, AIISH
Research Papers
In Progress
Kidwai, J., Al Rjoob, M., Franca, M.C., Boyer, V. (in press) Revisiting a Service-Learning Component in AAC coursework: Design, Logistics, and Practical Challenges. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Kidwai, J., Rjoob Al., M., Boyer, V., Franca, MC. (under review in Focus in Autism and Developmental Disorders) Emergent literacy interventions in young children with autism spectrum disorder
Kidwai, J., Sun, Y. (under review in AJSLP) Inner speech: Preliminary evidence of the semantic and phonological nature of errors
Kidwai, J., Duncan, S., Buchwald, A. (under preparation) Investigating treatment induced functional connectivity changes in acquired apraxia of speech.
Duncan, S.E., Pradeep A.A., Kidwai, J., Buchwald, A. (under review) The default mode network and language impairment in stroke and neurodegeneration. Cambridge Handbook of Language.
2025
Boyer, V., Kidwai, J., Croft, D., (2025). Neurogenic Disorders and School Collaboration. Book chapter in Communication Disorders in SChools- Collaborative Scenarios
Shawler, L., Kidwai, J., Boyer, V., Lafo, G., Wright, K., Croft, D. (2025) How to select AAC: Further Evidence from Children with Complex Communication Needs. Augmentative and Alternative Communication. DOI:10.1080/07434618.2025.2519409
Kidwai, J., Al Rjoob, M., Boyer, V., Franca, M.C. (2025) Exploring exchange study abroad programs in speech, language, and hearing sciences. Perspectives of ASHA Special Interest Groups. DOI:10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00119.
2024
Kidwai, J., Brumberg, J., & Gatts, J. T. (2024) Aphasia and high-tech communication support: A survey of SLPs in USA and India. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2022.2109072
2022
Kidwai, J., Sharma S., Peper, M., & Brumberg, J. (2022) Investigating NIBS for language rehabilitation in aphasia. Aphasiology. DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2022.2089972
2021
Kidwai, J., Brumberg, J., & Marsh, B. (2021). A neural marker of speech intention: Evidence from contingent negative variation. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research, 64(6S), 2392-2399. DOI: 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00277
2019
Pitt, K. M., Brumberg, J. S., Burnison, J. D., Mehta, J., & Kidwai, J. (2019). Behind the scenes of noninvasive brain-computer interfaces: A review of electroencephalography signals, how they are recorded, and why they matter. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 4(6), 1622-1636. DOI: 10.1044/2019_pers-19-00059
Redmon, C., Zeng, Y., Kidwai, J., Wilson, D., & Yang, X. (2019). Detecting integration of top-down information in mismatch negativity: Evidence from phoneme restoration. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 40.DOI:10.17161/1808.30414
2017
Pebbili, G. K., Kidwai, J., & Shabnam, S. (2017). Dysphonia Severity Index in typically developing Indian children. Journal of Voice, 31(1), 125.e1-125.e6. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2015.12.017
2016
Priyadarshi, B., Goswami, S.P., Sen, M., & Kidwai, J. (2016). Is the development of reading skills linear? Journal of Advanced Linguistic Studies, 5 (1&2), 71-97.
Goswami, S.P., Kidwai, J., Kasturi, V. J., & Sharma, R. (2016). Functional communication: Panacea for persons with aphasia (PWA). Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 34, 101-109.
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