Publications

  • Gray, T., Palevich, J., & Sandberg, C. (2024). Bilingual Abstract Semantic Associative Network Training (BAbSANT): A Russian–English case study. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 27(2), 229–245. doi:10.1017/S1366728923000500
  • Sandberg, C. W., Khorassani, H., Gray, T., & Dickey, M. W. (2023). Novel participant-level meta-analytic evidence for AbSANT efficacy. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 4; 1-22. doi 10.3389/fresc.2023.1017389
  • Sandberg, C. W., Zacharewicz, M., & Gray, T. (2021). Bilingual Abstract Semantic Associative Network Training (BAbSANT): A Polish-English Case Study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 106143.
  • Peñaloza, C., Scimeca, M., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadam, N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S., & Kiran, S. (2021). Telerehabilitation for word retrieval deficits in bilinguals with aphasia: Effectiveness and reliability as compared to in-person language therapy. Frontiers in neurology, 12, 598.
  • Gray, T. (2020). The relationship between semantic control, language control, and nonverbal control in bilingual aphasia. Behavioral Sciences, 10(10), 155.
  • Sandberg, C., & Gray, T., (2020). Abstract Semantic Associative Network Training (AbSANT): A replication and update of an abstract word retrieval therapy program. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Dekhtyar, M., Kiran, S., & Gray, T. (2020). Is bilingualism neuroprotective for patients with aphasia. Neurpsychologia, 139(2). doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107355
  • Sandberg, C., Gray, T., & Kiran, S. (2019). Development of a Free Online Interactive Naming Therapy for Bilingual Aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Gray, T., & Kiran, S. (2018). The effect of task complexity on linguistic and non-linguistic control mechanisms in bilingual aphasia. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1-19.
  • Gray, T., Navarro, J., Fragoso, N., Conner, O. (2018). Codeswitching in bilingual aphasia. Frontiers in Psychology Conference Abstract: 56th Annual Academy of Aphasia meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2018.228.00100
  • Kiran, S., & Gray, T. (2018). Chapter 10: Understanding the nature of bilingual aphasia: Diagnosis, assessment, and rehabilitation. In J. Rothman & L. Serratrice (Eds.), Studies in Bilingualism. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Gray, T. (2017). Bilingual Aphasia: An intervention roadmap and the dynamic interplay between lexical access and language control. Perspectives: Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders.
  • Gray, T., & Kiran, S. (2016). The relationship between language control and cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 19(03), 433-452.
  • Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (2016). Control mechanisms in aphasia. Frontiers in Psychology Conference Abstract: 54th Annual Academy of Aphasia Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2016.68.00085
  • Kiran, S., Sandberg, C., Gray, T., Ascenso, E., & Kester, E. (2013). Rehabilitation in bilingual aphasia: Evidence for within-and between-language generalization. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22(2), S298.
  • Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (2013). A theoretical account of lexical and semantic deficits in bilingual aphasia. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 56, 1314-1327.

Conference Presentations

2024

Griffith, D., Coleman, B., Mendez, D., Siah, S., Cunnigen, D., Delgado, G., Meschack, B., Stevenson, L., & Gray, T. (2024, March). How do SLPs improve speech and language rehabilitation outcomes for Black adults with aphasia? Poster presented at the California Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, San Francisco, CA.

Morales, M., Domingo, D., Rojas, A., Mares, K., Medrano, P., Sandberg, C., & Gray, T. (2024, March). Abstract semantic associative network training (AbSANT) administered to Spanish speaking persons with aphasia. Poster presented at the California Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, San Francisco, CA.

Roman, L., Ballerda, S., Razón, M., Veluya, J., Sandberg, C., Gray, T. (2024, March). The effect of training abstract words in a bilingual context with a Tagalog-English person with aphasia. Poster presented at the California Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, San Francisco, CA.

2023

Rowell, A, Thompson, T., Mendez, D., Cunnigan, D., Stevens, L., & Gray, T. (2023, March). Reworking the Recipe: How to create and support a BIPOC aphasia conversation group. Poster presented at the 5th Aphasia Leadership Summit, Raleigh-Durham, NC.

Morales, M., Tampa, K., & Gray, T. (2023, March). Establishing and supporting a culturally and linguistically responsive Spanish speaking aphasia conversation group. Poster presented at the 5th Aphasia Leadership Summit, Raleigh-Durham, NC.

Olivares, B., & Gray, T. (2023, March). Task switching in bilingual aphasia. Poster presented at the California Speech and Hearing Association, Anaheim, CA.

2022

Sandberg, C., Gray, T., Khorassani, H., & Dickey, M.W. (2022). Meta-analysis of AbSANT efficacy. Frontiers in Psychology Conference Abstract: 60th Annual Academy of Aphasia meeting.

Lundeen, E., Dinsmore, K., Sandberg, C., & Gray, T. (2022). Exploring cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. Frontiers in Psychology Conference Abstract: 60th Annual Academy of Aphasia meeting.

Veluya, J.O., Sandberg, C.W., & Gray, T. (June, 2022). The Effect of Training Abstract Words in a Bilingual Tagalog-English Aphasia Treatment. Proposal accepted as a poster presentation at the International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Khorassani, H., Morales, M., Sandberg, C.W., & Gray, T. (June, 2022). Caregiver-Led Word Retrieval Training Using a Free Online Interactive Naming Therapy Website for Persons With Aphasia. Proposal accepted as a poster presentation at the International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Khorassani, H., Morales, M., Sandberg, C.W., & Gray, T. (May, 2022). Caregiver-Led Word Retrieval Training Using a Free Online Interactive Naming Therapy Website for Persons With Aphasia. Proposal accepted as a poster presentation at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Wrightsville Beach, NC.

Doyle, K., & Gray, T. (2022, March).  Prepotent response inhibition and resistance to distractor interference in bilingual aphasia. Proposal accepted as a poster presentation at the California Speech and Hearing Association, Pasadena, CA.

Ibarra, L., Doyle, K., Adams, A.*, Khorassani, H., Morales, M., & Gray, T. (2022, March). Examining cognitive reserve in bilingual aphasia. Proposal accepted as a poster presentation at the California Speech and Hearing Association, Pasadena, CA.

Khorassani, H., Morales, M., Sandberg, C., & Gray, T. (2022, March). Caregiver-led treatment using a free interactive naming therapy website for persons with aphasia. Proposal accepted as a student research symposium presentation at the California Speech and Hearing Association, Pasadena, CA.

Cachapero, J., Sandberg, C. & Gray, T. (2022, March). The Effect of Training Abstract Words on Category Generation. Proposal accepted as a student research symposium presentation at the California Speech and Hearing Association, Pasadena, CA.

2021

Gray, T. (2021, May). Language control, semantic control, and cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. Proposal accepted as a platform presentation at Clinical Aphasiology Conference, online.

Sandberg, C. W., Gray, T., and Villard, S. (2021, May). Factors influencing treatment outcomes for word finding in monolingual and bilingual persons with aphasia. Proposal accepted as a platform presentation at Clinical Aphasiology Conference, online.

Lopez, K., Vasquez, A., Soto, J., Tollast, A., Gray, T., Gravier, M., & Higby, E. (2021). Cross-linguistic treatment effects in bilingual individuals with aphasia. Frontiers in Psychology Conference Abstract: 59th Annual Academy of Aphasia meeting.

Khorassani, H., Peng, L., Barraza, A., & Gray, T. (2021, March). Examining the effects of proactive interference in bilingual aphasia. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience, online format.

Peng, L. & Gray, T. (2021, March). Transient control and global sustained control mechanisms in bilingual aphasia. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience, online format.

Barraza, A., Khorassani, H., Peng, L., & Gray, T. (March, 2021). Examining verbal and nonverbal prepotent response inhibition in bilingual aphasia. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience, online format.

Scimeca, M., Peñaloza, C., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadem, N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S., Kiran, S. (2021, November). A telerehabilitation protocol for word retrieval impairment in bilingual aphasia: Implementation and insights. Proposal Number: 11262. Proposal accepted as a seminar talk at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C.

Peng, L. & Gray, T. (2021, March). Transient and global sustained control in bilingual aphasia. Paper presented as a student research symposium presentation at the California Speech and Hearing Association annual conference (online).

Navarro, J., Gray, T., Sandberg, C. (2021, March). The Effect of Training Abstract Words in a Bilingual Aphasia Treatment.  Proposal accepted as a student research symposium presentation at the California Speech and Hearing Association annual conference (online).

2020

Gray, T. (2020, May). Language control, semantic control, and cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. Proposal accepted as a platform presentation at Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Maui, HI (Conference canceled).

Sandberg, C. W., Gray, T., and Villard, S. (2020, May). Factors influencing treatment outcomes for word finding in monolingual and bilingual persons with aphasia. Proposal accepted as a platform presentation at Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Maui, HI (Conference canceled).

Peñaloza, C., Scimeca, M., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadama, N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S., Kiran, S. (2020, October). Feasibility and reliability of teletherapy for word retrieval deficits in bilingual aphasia.  Poster to be presented at the 11th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation, online.

Sandberg, C. & Gray, T. (2020, October). Monolingual and bilingual abstract semantic associative network training (AbSANT/BAbSANT): theoretically-based anomia therapy that promotes within- and cross-language generalization.  Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, online.

Peng, L. & Gray, T. (2020, November). Sustained and transient control mechanisms in bilingual aphasia. Proposal Number: 10517. Proposal accepted as a technical talk at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

Peng, L., Ayala, V., Khorassani, H., & Gray, T. (2020, November). Stroop task performance in bilingual aphasia.Proposal Number: 11382. Proposal accepted as a poster at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

Ayala, V., Khorassani, H., Peng, L., & Gray, T. (2020, November). Resistance to proactive interference in bilingual aphasia. Proposal Number: 12414. Proposal accepted as a poster at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

Khorassani, H., Peng, L., Ayala, V., & Gray, T. (2020, November). The examination of prepotent response inhibition in bilingual aphasia using a nonverbal simon task. Proposal Number: 12360. Proposal accepted as a poster at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

Scimeca, M., Peñaloza, C., Gaona, A., Carpenter, E., Mukadem, N., Gray, T., Shamapant, S., Kiran, S. (2020, November). A telerehabilitation protocol for word retrieval impairment in bilingual aphasia: Implementation and insights. Proposal Number: 11262. Proposal accepted as a seminar talk at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

Navarro, J. & Gray, T. (2020, March). The effect of training abstract words in a bilingual aphasia treatment.  Proposal accepted as presentation at the California Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, Anaheim, CA (Convention canceled).

Peng, L., Peck, M., & Gray, T. (2020, March). Switch costs and mixing costs in bilingual aphasia.  Proposal accepted as a poster at the California Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, Anaheim, CA (Convention canceled).

2019

Villard, S., Sandberg, C., Gray, T. (Nov., 2019). Paper to be presented at the American, Speech, and Hearing Association annual conference, Orlando, FL. Title: Attention, Language Control, Semantic Control, & Language Impairment in Bilingual Persons With Aphasia, Orlando, FL.

Peng, L., Peck, M., & Gray, T. (March, 2019).  Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. Title: Exploring nonlinguistic codeswitching in bilingual aphasia.

Gray, T., Villard, S., Sandberg, C. (March, 2019).  Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA. Title: Relationships between attention, cognitive control, and within- and between-language control in bilingual persons with aphasia.

Peng, L., Peck, M., & Gray, T. (March, 2019).  Poster presented at the California Speech and Hearing Association, Pasadena, CA. Title: An exploratory analysis of visual relatedness in bilingual aphasia.

2018

Gray, T., Navarro, J., Fragoso, N., Conner, O. (Oct., 2018). Codeswitching in bilingual aphasia.Frontiers in Psychology Conference Abstract: 56th Annual Academy of Aphasia meeting.

Gray, T., Molina, J., Dagher, R., Fragoso, N. (May, 2018). Poster presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Austin, TX. Title: Lexical access, language control, and cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. 

Sandberg, C., Gray, T., Kiran, S. (March, 2018). Paper presented at the Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Associaiton annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA.  Title: Development of an Online Naming Therapy for Bilingual Aphasia.

Sandberg, C., Gray, T., Kiran, S. (March, 2018). Paper presented at the California Speech and Hearing Association, Sacramento, CA.  Title: Development of an Online Naming Therapy for Bilingual Aphasia.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Dekhtyar, M., Peñaloza, C. Kiran, S., Gray, T. (Feb, 2018).  Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society, Washington, D.C.  Title: Cognitive Control and its Relationship with Cognition and Language in Monolingual and Bilingual Aphasia.

2017

Gray, T., Valilla-Rohter, S., Villard, S. (November, 2017).  Thinking Beyond Language: Bilingualism, Attention & Learning in Aphasia.  Accepted for platform presentation at the American Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, Los Angeles, CA. 

Sasunian, D., Etchegoin, P., Molina, J., Shah, P., Lucchesi, D., & Gray, T. (November, 2017).  Non-linguistic, inhibitory control in bilingual aphasia: Typical vs atypical exemplars.  Accepted for poster presentation at the American Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, Los Angeles, CA.  

Sasunian, D., Etchegoin, P., & Gray, T. (November, 2017).  Bilingual Aphasia: Exploring the Relationship Between Language Control & Lexical Access.  Accepted for oral presentation at the American Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, Los Angeles, CA.  

Sasunian, D., Etchegoin, P., Tidaback, K., Darwiche, K., & Gray, T.  (March, 2017). Bilingual aphasia: exploring the relationship between language control and lexical access. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual conference, San Francisco, CA. 

Sasunian, D., Etchegoin, P., Tidaback, K., Darwiche, K., & Gray, T. (March, 2017).  Lexical access vs. language control in bilingual aphasia.  Poster presented at the the California Speech and Hearing Association annual conference, Pasadena, CA. 

2016

Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (October, 2016). Control mechanisms in aphasia.  Platform paper presented at 54th Annual meeting of Academy of Aphasia, Llandudno, Wales. 

Gray, T., DesRoches, C., & Kiran, S. (May, 2016).  Non-linguistic cognitive control in monolingual vs. bilingual aphasia.  Poster presented at the 46th Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Charlottesville, VA. 

2015

Gray, T., & Kiran, S. (September, 2015).  Mechanisms of language control and cognitive control in bilingual aphasia. Seminar at the International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, Crete, Greece. 

Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (May, 2015).  Domain general vs. domain specific language and cognitive processing in bilingual aphasia.  Poster presented at the 45th Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Monterey, CA. 

Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (March, 2015).  Control mechanisms in bilingual aphasia.

Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2014

Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (November, 2014).  Application of current theoretical models to bilingual aphasia rehabilitation.  Seminar at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL. 

Kiran, S., Gray, T., Kapse, K., & Salcedo. S (June, 2014). Language Networks in English-Spanish bilinguals with and without aphasia. Poster at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference 2014, Hamburg, Germany.

2013

Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (November, 2013). Cognitive control in bilingual aphasia.

Seminar at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Kiran, S., Gray, T., Kushal, K., & Raney, T. (October, 2013) Language networks in English-Spanish bilinguals with and without aphasia. Academy of Aphasia, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (May, 2013).  Cognitive control in bilingual aphasia.  Poster at the 43rd Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Tuscon, AZ. 

Gray, T., Glynn, P., Luk, G., & Kiran, S. (April, 2013).  Gray matter volume differences between Spanish-English and Hindi-English bilinguals. Poster at the 20th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2012

Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (November, 2012). Bilingual aphasia: What is the role of proficiency and impairment? Seminar at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.

Gray, T., & Kiran, S. (October, 2012). Linguistic versus non-linguistic interference suppression in bilingual aphasia.  Academy of Aphasia, San Francisco, USA.

Kiran, S., Balachandran, I., Lucas, J., & Gray, T. (October, 2012). The nature of lexical semantic access in bilingual aphasia. Academy of Aphasia, San Francisco, USA.

Kiran S., Sandberg, C., Kester, E., Ascenso, E., Gray, T., & Roberts, P. (May, 2012).  Rehabilitation of bilingual aphasia: Evidence for within and between language generalization. Platform at the 42nd Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA. 

Gray, T. & Kiran, S. (March, 2012). A theoretical account of bilingual aphasia.

Poster at the 19th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, Chicago, Il.