By Dr Karen Croot

Book Chapters

Croot K; Wauters L; Staiger A, 2025, 'Apraxia of speech in primary progressive aphasia and primary progressive apraxia of speech', in The Oxford Handbook of Communication Disorders in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Oxford University Press, pp. 110 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198888482.013.0007

Croot K, 2015, 'Motor speech disorders and models of speech production', in Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders, pp. 501 - 523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139108683.033

Croot K; Au C; Harper A, 2010, 'Prosodic structure and tongue twister errors', in Laboratory Phonology 10, DE GRUYTER MOUTON, pp. 433 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110224917.4.433

Journal articles

Volkmer A; Alves EV; Bar-Zeev H; Barbieri E; Battista P; Beales A; Beber BC; Brotherhood E; Cadorio IR; Carthery-Goulart MT; Cartwright J; Crutch S; Croot K; Freitas MID; Gallée J; Grasso SM; Haley K; Hendriksen H; Henderson S; Jiskoot L; Almeida IJ; Kindell J; Kingma R; Kwan-Chen LLY; Lavoie M; Lifshitz-Ben-Basat A; Jokel R; Mahut-Dubos A; Matias-Guiu JA; Masson-Trottier M; Meinzer M; McGowan E; Mendez-Orellana C; Meyer AM; Millanski C; Montagut N; Mooney A; Morhardt DJ; Nickels L; Norvik M; Nowenstein IE; Paplikar A; Pozzebon M; Renard A; Ruggero L; Rogalski E; Rysop AU; Sand Aronsson F; Suárez-González A; Savage S; Thi MT; Tsapkini K; Taylor-Rubin C; Tippett DC; Unger N; van Ewijk L; Wielaert S; Winsnes IE; Whitworth A; Yasa IC; Copland D; Henry ML; Warren JD; Varley R; Wallace SJ; Hardy CJD, 2025, 'An international core outcome set for primary progressive aphasia (COS-PPA): Consensus-based recommendations for communication interventions across research and clinical settings', Alzheimer S and Dementia, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.14362

Wauters LD; Croot K; Dial HR; Duffy JR; Grasso SM; Kim E; Schaffer Mendez K; Ballard KJ; Clark HM; Kohley L; Murray LL; Rogalski EJ; Figeys M; Milman L; Henry ML, 2024, 'Behavioral Treatment for Speech and Language in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech: A Systematic Review', Neuropsychology Review, 34, pp. 882 - 923, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11065-023-09607-1

Ruggero L; Croot K; Nickels L, 2023, 'Quality of Life Ratings and Proxy Bias in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Two Sides to the Story?', American Journal of Alzheimer S Disease and Other Dementias, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15333175231177668

Page ZA; Croot K; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Lam BCP; Kochan NA, 2023, 'Suitability of Computerised and Pencil‐and‐Paper Neuropsychological Assessments in Healthy Older Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians: The CogSCAN Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.078107

Page ZA; Croot K; Sachdev PS; Crawford JD; Lam BCP; Brodaty H; Miller Amberber A; Numbers K; Kochan NA, 2022, 'Comparison of Computerised and Pencil-and-Paper Neuropsychological Assessments in Older Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australians', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 28, pp. 1050 - 1063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617721001314

Page ZA; Croot K; Sachdev PS; Crawford JD; Lam BCP; Brodaty H; Miller Amberber A; Numbers K; Kochan NA, 2022, 'Comparison of computerised and pencil-and-paper neuropsychological assessments in older culturally and linguistically diverse Australians - CORRIGENDUM.', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s135561772200073x

Taylor-Rubin C; Nickels L; Croot K, 2022, 'Exploring the effects of verb and noun treatment on verb phrase production in primary progressive aphasia: A series of single case experimental design studies', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 32, pp. 1121 - 1163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2021.1879174

Kochan NA; Croot K; Crawford JD; Allison KC; Rossie M; Brodaty H; Lam BCP; Henry JD; Lee T; Draper B; Close J; Ong MY; Bentvelzen A; Sachdev PS, 2022, 'Computer‐administered neuropsychological assessment batteries: Validity, reliability, and user experience in an Australian sample of community‐living older adults in the CogSCAN Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.067031

Taylor-Rubin C; Croot K; Nickels L, 2021, 'Is word learning enough? Improved verb phrase production following cueing of verbs and nouns in primary progressive aphasia', Cortex, 139, pp. 178 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.022

Taylor-Rubin C; Croot K; Nickels L, 2021, 'Speech and language therapy in primary progressive aphasia: a critical review of current practice', Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 21, pp. 419 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14737175.2021.1897253

Krajenbrink T; Croot K; Taylor-Rubin C; Nickels L, 2020, 'Treatment for spoken and written word retrieval in the semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 30, pp. 915 - 947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2018.1518780

Ruggero L; Croot K; Nickels L, 2020, 'How Evidence-Based Practice (E3BP) Informs Speech-Language Pathology for Primary Progressive Aphasia', American Journal of Alzheimer S Disease and Other Dementias, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533317520915365

Croot K; Allison KC; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Crawford JD; Lam BCP; Lee T; Henry JD; Draper B; Close J; Ong MY; Rossie M; Kochan NA, 2020, 'Development of the Computer and Technology Attitude Questionnaire (CaTAQ) to inform performance on computerised cognitive testing in older adults in the CogSCAN Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.045676

Rossie M; Croot K; Allison KC; Brodaty H; Crawford JD; Lee T; Henry JD; Draper B; Close J; Ong MY; Lam BCP; Sachdev PS; Kochan NA, 2020, 'Predictors of acceptability and emotional response to computerized neuropsychological assessments in older adults: The CogSCAN Study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.044730

Croot K; Raiser T; Taylor-Rubin C; Ruggero L; Ackl N; Wlasich E; Danek A; Scharfenberg A; Foxe D; Hodges JR; Piguet O; Kochan NA; Nickels L, 2019, 'Lexical retrieval treatment in primary progressive aphasia: An investigation of treatment duration in a heterogeneous case series', Cortex, 115, pp. 133 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.01.009

Ruggero L; Nickels L; Croot K, 2019, 'Quality of life in primary progressive aphasia: What do we know and what can we do next?', Aphasiology, 33, pp. 498 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2019.1568135

Taylor-Rubin C; Croot K; Nickels L, 2019, 'Adherence to lexical retrieval treatment in Primary Progressive Aphasia and implications for candidacy', Aphasiology, 33, pp. 1182 - 1201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2019.1621031

Taylor-Rubin C; Azizi L; Croot K; Nickels L, 2019, 'Primary Progressive Aphasia Education and Support Groups: A Clinical Evaluation', American Journal of Alzheimer S Disease and Other Dementias, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533317519895638

Ruggero L; Nickels L; Croot K, 2019, 'Perspectives on Living Positively with Primary Progressive Aphasia', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fnhum.2019.01.00043

Taylor-Rubin C; Croot K; Nickels L, 2019, 'The effect of facilitation of lexical retrieval on verb phrase production in Primary Progressive Aphasia.', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fnhum.2019.01.00034

Biedermann B; Cholin J; Jorschick A; Croot K; Hameau S; Nickels L, 2018, 'Is the homophone advantage influenced by post-lexical effects?', Cortex, 108, pp. 283 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.01.014

Beirne MB; Croot K, 2018, 'Segmental speech error data elicited at prosodically-defined locations in tongue twisters', Data in Brief, 20, pp. 411 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.07.068

Beirne MB; Croot K, 2018, 'The prosodic domain of phonological encoding: Evidence from speech errors', Cognition, 177, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2018.03.004

Croot K, 2018, 'Treatment for Lexical Retrieval Impairments in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Research Update with Implications for Clinical Practice', Seminars in Speech and Language, 39, pp. 242 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1660783

Croot K; Lalas G; Biedermann B; Rastle K; Jones K; Cholin J, 2017, 'Syllable frequency effects in immediate but not delayed syllable naming in English', Language Cognition and Neuroscience, 32, pp. 1119 - 1132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2017.1284340

Taylor-Rubin C; Croot K; Power E; Savage SA; Hodges JR; Togher L, 2017, 'Communication behaviors associated with successful conversation in semantic variant primary progressive aphasia', International Psychogeriatrics, 29, pp. 1619 - 1632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217000813

Hameister I; Nickels L; Abel S; Croot K, 2017, '“Do you have mowing the lawn?”–improvements in word retrieval and grammar following constraint-induced language therapy in primary progressive aphasia', Aphasiology, 31, pp. 308 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2016.1197558

Cholin J; Croot K; Dell G; Biedermann B; Schwartz M, 2017, 'Prosodic and motor impairment in Apraxia of Speech: A single-case study', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/conf.fnhum.2017.223.00073

Jones K; Croot K, 2016, 'The effect of blocked, random and mixed practice schedules on speech motor learning of tongue twisters in unimpaired speakers', Motor Control, 20, pp. 350 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/mc.2013-0102

Heitkamp N; Schumacher R; Croot K; de Langen EG; Monsch AU; Baumann T; Danek A, 2016, 'A longitudinal linguistic analysis of written text production in a case of semantic variant primary progressive aphasia', Journal of Neurolinguistics, 39, pp. 26 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2015.12.002

Roche L; MacCann C; Croot K, 2016, 'Predictive factors for the uptake of coping strategies by spousal dementia caregivers: A systematic review', Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 30, pp. 80 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000105

Kember H; Croot K; Patrick E, 2015, 'Phonological Encoding in Mandarin Chinese: Evidence from Tongue Twisters', Language and Speech, 58, pp. 417 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0023830914562654

Croot K; Taylor C; Abel S; Jones K; Krein L; Hameister I; Ruggero L; Nickels L, 2015, 'Measuring gains in connected speech following treatment for word retrieval: a study with two participants with primary progressive aphasia', Aphasiology, 29, pp. 1265 - 1288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2014.975181

Roche L; Croot K; Maccann C; Cramer B; Diehl-Schmid J, 2015, 'The Role of Coping Strategies in Psychological Outcomes for Frontotemporal Dementia Caregivers', Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 28, pp. 218 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891988715588830

Hameister I; Nickels L; Croot K; Willmes K; Abel S, 2015, 'CIAT-Based Speech Therapy in Patients with Non-Fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia', SPRACHE-STIMME-GEHOR, 39, pp. S9 - S10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1387614

Taylor C; Croot K; Power E; Savage SA; Hodges JR; Togher L, 2014, 'Trouble and repair during conversations of people with primary progressive aphasia', Aphasiology, 28, pp. 1069 - 1091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2014.930411

Nickels L; Croot K, 2014, 'Understanding and living with primary progressive aphasia: Current progress and challenges for the future', Aphasiology, 28, pp. 885 - 899, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2014.933521

Raiser T; Croot K; Nickels L; Taylor C; Ackl N; Wlasich E; Stenglein‐Krapf G; Rominger A; Danek A, 2014, 'P4‐350: WORD RETRIEVAL IN PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA FOLLOWING LANGUAGE THERAPY', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2014.07.120

Croot K; Ballard K; Leyton CE; Hodges JR, 2012, 'Apraxia of speech and phonological errors in the diagnosis of nonfluent/agrammatic and logopenic variants of primary progressive aphasia', Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 55, pp. S1562 - S1572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0323)

Power E; Code C; Croot K; Sheard C; Gonzalez Rothi LJ, 2010, 'Florida Apraxia Battery-Extended and Revised Sydney (FABERS): Design, description, and a healthy control sample', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803390902791646

Croot K, 2010, 'The emergent paradigm in Laboratory Phonology: Phonological categories and statistical generalisation in Cutler, Beckman and Edwards, Frisch and Bréa-Spahn, Kapatsinski, and Walter', Laboratory Phonology, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/labphon.2010.021

Croot K; Nickels L; Laurence F; Manning M, 2009, 'Impairment- and activity/participation-directed interventions in progressive language impairment: Clinical and theoretical issues', Aphasiology, 23, pp. 125 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687030801943179

Croot K, 2009, 'Progressive language impairments: Definitions, diagnoses, and prognoses', Aphasiology, 23, pp. 302 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687030801942981

Nickels L; Croot K, 2009, 'Progressive language impairments: Intervention and management: A special issue of Aphasiology', Aphasiology, 23, pp. 123 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687030801943021

Taylor C; Kingma RM; Croot K; Nickels L, 2009, 'Speech pathology services for primary progressive aphasia: Exploring an emerging area of practice', Aphasiology, 23, pp. 161 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687030801943039

Rastle K; Harrington JM; Croot KP; Coltheart M, 2005, 'Characterizing the motor execution stage of speech production: Consonantal effects on delayed naming latency and onset duration', Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception and Performance, 31, pp. 1083 - 1095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.31.5.1083

Croot K, 2002, 'Diagnosis of AOS: Definition and criteria', Seminars in Speech and Language, 23, pp. 267 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2002-35800

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