Gary Robinaugh

PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2024
Area of Study: Speech-Language Pathology

MA, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2014
Area of Study: Speech-Language Pathology

BS, Brigham Young University, 2012
Area of Study: Communication Sciences and Disorders

Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado
(2024 – Present)

Multimodal Communication in progressive aphasia: a mixed methods experience sampling study

As speech-language abilities decline, people with PPA benefit from multimodal communication. However, day-to-day use of communication modalities remains underexplored. This study used Experience Sampling Method (ESM) to characterize multimodal communication in five dyads (PPA participants and partners).

Quantifying meaningful information in incorrect naming responses following strategic word-retrieval treatment in primary progressive aphasia

Naming interventions targeting self-cueing in persons with lvPPA and svPPA have been shown to promote generalized improvement in word-finding. However, there is no established method for evaluating how well people communicate meaningful lexical and semantic information for items that are not correctly named. Using a novel scoring procedure, the Meaningful Information Score (MIS), we quantified the amount of meaningful information shared on incorrectly named or unnamed items from the Boston Naming Test (BNT).