Scholars@Duke
Nidhi Mahendra Gupta

Nidhi Mahendra Gupta

Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
nidhi.mahendra@duke.edu
175 Baker House, DUMC 3887, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Creating Clinical Research Impact Through Social Media: Five Easy Steps to Get Started

Journal Article Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups · June 13, 2022 Purpose:The purpose of this tutorial is to provide a brief tutorial on how to get started with creating clinical impact of research through the use of varied social media channels. Full text Cite

A Viewpoint on Accent Services: Framing and Terminology Matter.

Journal Article Am J Speech Lang Pathol · March 10, 2022 PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to offer a contemporary viewpoint on accent services and contend that an equity-minded reframing of accent services in speech-language pathology is long overdue. Such reframing should address directly the use of nonp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mentoring Underrepresented Students in Speech-Language Pathology: Effects of Didactic Training, Leadership Development, and Research Engagement.

Journal Article Am J Speech Lang Pathol · March 10, 2022 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to implement and track the outcomes of a yearlong, structured mentoring program aimed at enhancing the retention and success of underrepresented graduate and undergraduate students in speech-language pathology. METHOD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racism, Equity and Inclusion in Communication Sciences and Disorders: Reflections and the Road Ahead

Journal Article Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders · 2021 Full text Cite

Knowledge of Palliative Care and Advance Directives among Speech-Language Pathology Students

Journal Article Topics in Language Disorders · July 1, 2020 Palliative care is specialized medical care offered to persons with serious health conditions, with the goal to relieve or prevent pain and suffering, to manage burdensome symptoms, and to optimize as much as possible the quality of life of patients and th ... Full text Cite

Palliative Care and Speech-Language Pathologists: From Training to Practice

Journal Article Topics in Language Disorders · July 1, 2020 Full text Cite

Nonfluent Primary Progressive Aphasia: Implications of Palliative Care Principles for Informing Service Delivery

Journal Article Topics in Language Disorders · July 1, 2020 Purpose: Nonfluent primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) is an established language-led dementia and a known variant of frontotemporal degeneration. The purpose of this article is to report the trajectory of a single case, AC, diagnosed with nfvPPA. We desc ... Full text Cite

Integrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Issues Into the Multicultural Curriculum in Speech-Language Pathology: Instructional Strategies and Learner Perceptions

Journal Article Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups · April 15, 2019 PurposeInstructors teaching courses on diversity issues in communication sciences and disorders do not typically or uniformly teach about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) culture. The purpose ... Full text Cite

Guest Editorial

Journal Article Speech Language and Hearing · January 2, 2019 Full text Cite

Editor's Column

Journal Article Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups · March 31, 2016 Full text Cite

Person-centered Feeding Care: A Protocol to Re-introduce Oral Feeding for Nursing Home Patients with Tube Feeding.

Journal Article J Nutr Health Aging · 2016 BACKGROUND: Although the literature on nursing home (NH) patients with tube feeding (TF) has focused primarily on the continuation vs. discontinuation of TF, the reassessment of these patients for oral feeding has been understudied. Re-assessing patients f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Becoming bilingual

Journal Article ASHA Leader · November 1, 2014 When children learn a second language, what’s the best way to support them and their families? Hint: It’s not about sacrificing the language they already know for the one they’re seeking to learn. ... Full text Cite

Access to Speech-Language Pathology Services for African-American Clients with Aphasia: A Qualitative Study

Journal Article Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Populations · August 2014 The purpose of this article is to report the perceptions and experiences of family members of five African-American clients with aphasia as they accessed speech-language pathology services. Client or family responses to a survey and during a semi-s ... Full text Cite

Teaching future providers about dementia: the impact of service learning.

Journal Article Semin Speech Lang · April 2013 In this article, we describe an innovative approach for providing speech-language pathology graduate students with exposure to long-term care settings and clinical training in service delivery for persons with dementia. Our pedagogical approach emphasizes ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Logopenic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia: Effects on Linguistic Communication

Journal Article Perspectives on Gerontology · May 2012 Recently, researchers have detailed the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia (LV-PPA) as the third subtype of primary progressive aphasia. In this article, I will present a case study of an individual with the logopenic variant of prima ... Full text Cite

Computer-assisted spaced retrieval training of faces and names for persons with dementia

Chapter · March 1, 2012 This study was designed to investigate the feasibility and document the outcomes of computer-assisted spaced retrieval training (SRT) for persons with dementia. Twenty three participants with mild to moderate dementia participated in computer-assisted SRT ... Cite

CE Introduction

Journal Article Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Populations · March 2012 Full text Cite

South Asian Stories: Firsthand Client Perspectives on Barriers to Accessing Speech-Language Pathology Services

Journal Article Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Populations · March 2012 This article details the experience of two South Asian individuals with family members who had communication disorders. I provide information on intrinsic and extrinsic barriers reported by these clients in responses to a survey and during individu ... Full text Cite

Cognitive-linguistic interventions for persons with dementia

Journal Article Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation · October 1, 2011 The purpose of this article is to present practitioners with current empirical evidence on 3 nonpharmacological, cognitive-linguistic interventions for persons with dementia. We begin with a brief review of cognitive- communicative functioning in Alzheimer ... Full text Cite

This review points to positive effects of behavioral interventions on verbal communication of persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers

Journal Article Evidence Based Communication Assessment and Intervention · June 1, 2011 This review provides a summary and appraisal commentary on the treatment review by Egan, M., Berube, D., Racine, G., Leonard, C., & Rochon, E. (2010). Methods to enhance verbal communication between individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their formal and ... Full text Cite

Effects of Vascular Dementia on Cognition and Linguistic Communication: A Case Study

Journal Article Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders · December 2009 AbstractPurpose: Vascular dementia is the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer's's disease. The purpose of this case report is to describe the evolution and progression of vascular dementia over t ... Full text Cite

CE Introduction

Journal Article Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders · December 2009 Full text Cite

Evidence-based practice recommendations: Caregiver-administered active cognitive stimulation for individuals with Alzheimer's disease

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · September 1, 2007 The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), its Special Interest Division 2 (SID-2, Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders), and the Veterans Adminis ... Cite

Evidence-based practice recommendations for dementia: Educating caregivers on Alzheimer's disease and training communication strategies

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · March 1, 2007 The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), its Special Interest Division 2 (SID-2, Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders), and the Veterans Adminis ... Cite

Individuals with Alzheimer's disease achieve implicit and explicit learning: Previous success replicated with different stimuli

Journal Article Aphasiology · February 1, 2007 Background: This study is a replication and extension of a verbal learning experiment reported in this journal (Arkin, Rose, & Hopper, 2000) with individuals who had Alzheimer's disease (AD). Those participants demonstrated implicit and explicit learning o ... Full text Cite

A Multicultural Perspective on Assessing TW, a Bilingual Client With Aphasia

Journal Article Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders · October 2006 Full text Cite

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: Group reminiscence therapy

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · September 1, 2006 In 2001, the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), in collaboration with the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), its Special Interest Division 2 (SID-2: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disor ... Cite

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: Simulated presence therapy

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · September 1, 2006 The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), its Special Interest Division 2 (SID-2: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders) and the Veterans Administ ... Cite

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: Montessori-based interventions

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · March 1, 2006 The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), its Special Interest Division 2 (SID-2: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders), and the Veterans Adminis ... Cite

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: Spaced-retrieval training

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · December 1, 2005 The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS), the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), its Special Interest Division 2 (SID-2, Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders), and the Veterans Adminis ... Cite

Evidence-based practice recommendations for working with individuals with dementia: Computer-assisted cognitive interventions (CACIs)

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · December 1, 2005 The Dementia Practice Guidelines (DPG) Writing Committee was formed to develop clinical practice guidelines for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working with individuals who have dementia. This committee performed a systematic and thorough review of the ... Cite

Developing evidence-based practice guidelines for speech-language pathologists serving individuals with Alzheimer's dementia

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · December 1, 2005 Alzheimer's disease (AD), an insidious neurodegenerative process that produces inexorable decline in intellectual functioning, is the leading cause of dementia and is creating the profession's largest clinical population. As the multiple cognitive deficits ... Cite

Effect of presentation modality on immediate and delayed recall in individuals with Alzheimer's disease.

Journal Article Am J Speech Lang Pathol · May 2005 Episodic memory (EM) deficits are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Story-retelling tasks are particularly sensitive to EM impairments and require participants to recall a short story immediately and after a delay. The purpose of this study was to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Why Is Yogurt Good for You? Because It Has Live Cultures

Journal Article Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders · April 2005 Full text Cite

Diversity and learner-centered education

Journal Article ASHA Leader · January 1, 2005 Full text Cite

Exercise and volunteer work: contexts for AD language and memory interventions.

Journal Article Semin Speech Lang · May 2004 This article describes two novel contexts for language and memory stimulation in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD): student-supervised physical exercise and partnered volunteering at community agencies. Information presented is based on 5 years of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cultural Competence in Health Care

Journal Article The ASHA Leader · April 2004 Full text Cite

Exercise and behavioural management training improves physical health and reduces depression in people with Alzheimer's disease

Journal Article Evidence Based Healthcare · January 1, 2004 Question. Does an exercise programme for people with Alzheimer's disease, plus behavioural management for their caregivers reduce functional dependence compared to routine care? Study design. Randomised controlled trial. Main results. At 3 months follow-up ... Full text Cite

fMRI variability and the localization of languages in the bilingual brain.

Journal Article Neuroreport · July 1, 2003 The cerebral localization of multiple languages is a topic of active research. This study presents a method for assessing whether partial overlap of active voxels reflects differential language localization, or simply the variability known to occur with mu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of four years of exercise, language, and social interventions on Alzheimer discourse.

Journal Article J Commun Disord · 2003 UNLABELLED: This article describes a comprehensive cognitive-linguistic intervention program for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients that provided communication skills practice in the context of health-enhancing and esteem-building community ... Full text Link to item Cite

Direct interventions for improving the performance of individuals with Alzheimer's disease.

Journal Article Semin Speech Lang · November 2001 Direct interventions are being used increasingly to maintain and improve the communicative and cognitive functioning of patients with Alzheimer's dementia. Speech-language pathologists can play an integral role in maximizing the functioning of dementia pat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Discourse analysis of Alzheimer's patients before and after intervention: Methodology and outcomes

Journal Article Aphasiology · August 9, 2001 This article describes a content-focused easy-to-use method of analysing the discourse of Alzheimer's patients. It also reports the results of the method's application to the discourse of seven experimental and four control Alzheimer's patients before and ... Full text Cite

Right hemisphere contribution to developmental language disorder: Neuroanatomical and behavioral evidence.

Journal Article J Commun Disord · 2001 UNLABELLED: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is identified by virtue of the verbal deficits that define it. However, numerous studies have also documented nonverbal deficits in this population. This study attempts to explain the co-occurrence of both ... Full text Link to item Cite

Insight in Alzheimer's patients: results of a longitudinal study using three assessment methods.

Journal Article Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen · 2001 UNLABELLED: Three direct measures of dementia insight were administered to 20 participants in a longitudinal Alzheimer's disease (AD) rehabilitation research project and to subsets of these participants that completed one (N = 19), two (N = 12), and three ... Full text Link to item Cite

Communication abilities of individuals with late-stage Alzheimer disease.

Journal Article Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord · 2000 The communication abilities of 49 individuals in the late stage of Alzheimer disease were examined in relation to other markers of late-stage Alzheimer disease (e.g., incontinence and ambulatory ability). Two existing tools used to stage severity of dement ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of an unfamiliar accent on the repetition ability of normal elders and individuals with Alzheimer's disease

Journal Article Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology · September 1, 1999 Understanding how cultural variables influence communicative interaction is crucial for speech-language pathologists, who increasingly come from diverse cultural backgrounds and also provide services to a culturally diverse clientele. The purpose of this s ... Cite