Why I care about researching the topic of aphasia rehabilitation?

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 lose their ability to talk or be verbally fluent and meaningful in their conversations. However, they continue to retain their intellect after stroke. My primary motivation to research treatment options for aphasia lies in providing support in talking and communication to this gradually increasing population with stroke-induced aphasia.

Research Positions

2021-2022

Postdoctoral Researcher, Psycholinguistics, Aphasia and Neuromodulation Lab,

New York University

2018-2021

Graduate Research Assistant, Speech and Applied Neuroscience Lab,

University of Kansas

2014-2015

Research Officer,

All India Institute of Speech & Hearing,

University of Mysore

Research Papers

In Progress

  • Sharma, S., Kidwai, J., Bloss, J. E., Wright, H. H. (Manuscript preparation) Discourse processing in aphasia: Extracting evidence-based finding for clinical use.


  • Pradeep. A., Kidwai, J., Duncan, E. S., Buchwald, A. (2023). Default mode networks and their role in language impairment in stroke and dementia. In S. Kiran & E. Andrews (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Language and the Brain (CHLB). Cambridge University Press.


  • Kidwai, J., Duncan, S., Buchwald, A. (Manuscript preparation) Resting state functional connectivity of ventral precentral gyrus.


  • Kidwai, J., Duncan, S., Buchwald, A. (Manuscript preparation) Investigating tDCS treatment induced functional connectivity changes in acquired apraxia of speech.


2022

  • Kidwai, J., Brumberg, J., & Gatts, J. T. (2022) 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


  • 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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