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Prof. Aviah Gvion

Associate Professor and Lecturer in the Department of Communication Disorders

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A speech-language pathologist by training and clinical practice. Throughout most of her professional career, she has focused on the assessment and treatment of individuals with acquired language impairments (aphasia), difficulties in reading and writing (dyslexia and dysgraphia), speech disorders (dysarthria), and swallowing disorders (dysphagia). These acquired impairments arise from conditions such as head injuries, strokes, brain tumors, and more.

She manages the Speech-Language Pathology Sector at Reut Rehabilitation Hospital in Tel Aviv. In her roles at Ono Academic College, she engages in teaching these areas and conducting research. Her research focuses on various aspects of acquired language, speech, and swallowing disorders, including clinical phenomena, assessment, and treatment.

Teaching Areas

Acquired language disorders (aphasia, dyslexia, dysgraphia), motor speech disorders, assessments, clinical integration for special populations, seminar instruction.

Research interests

Aphasia, dyslexia, dysgraphia.

Selected Publications

Gvion, A. & Biran, M. (2023): An access deficit or a deficit in the phonological representations themselves: What can we learn from naming errors?, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 40(1), 25-42, DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2023.2208745. IF: 3.750, Q1
Sella, O., Gvion, A., & McRae, J. (2021). Speech and language therapists’ management of ventilated patients and patients with tracheostomy in Israel. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. IF: 3.02, Q1.
Gvion, A., Stark, R., Bartur, G., & Shahaf, G. (2020) Behavioural and electrophysiological evaluation of the impact of different cue types upon individuals with acquired anomia. Aphasiology. IF: 2.773, Q1
Gvion, A., Friedmann, N. (2016). A principled relation between reading and naming in acquired and developmental anomia: Surface dyslexia following impairment in the phonological output lexicon. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, IF: 3.209, Q1.
Lifshitz Ben Basat, A., Gvion, A., Vatin, J. J., & Mashal, N. (2016). Transcranial direct current stimulation to improve naming abilities of persons with chronic aphasia: A preliminary study using individualized based protocol. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 38, 1-13. IF: 1.853, Q1

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