John M. Labick, M.S., a licensed Speech-language Pathologist (CCC-SLP), has practiced over 40 years to rehabilitate persons living with aphasia (PLWA). Throughout his career, John gained functional therapy skills in various healthcare settings, including acute care hospitals, long-term acute units, outpatient facilities, and home-health environments.
Early in his clinical practice, John promoted, organized, and supervised a traumatic brain injury (TBI) home-health team of therapy. John incorporated early computer technology to challenge attention, problem-solving, thinking, and speech recovery. Observing that TBI survivors were determined to regain their prior recognition of self, John extended the home health program into a community-based TBI setting to engage in return to work skills.
John’s career achievements led him to the role of Coordinator of Speech Pathology at a level one trauma hospital. This intensive acute medical experience impacted John’s insight into neuro-recovery. Being a lifelong student, John explored research into f-MRI development. This study of f-MRI neuro research led to the development of the Aphasia Imagery Encoding Application — a visual problem-solving and spatial-retrieval language app.
This innovative aphasia app (available on the Apple App Store) utilizes attention-cueing techniques, multi-task touchscreen activities, and targeted interventions to facilitate neuro-recovery and assist a person living with aphasia in reclaiming their prior essence of self.
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